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Gigabyte GV-R96128D User Manual

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GV-R96128D
Radeon 9600 Series Graphics Accelerator
USER'S MANUAL
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Rev. 101
12MD-R96128D-101
R96128D_101.p65
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2003/7/24, ¤U¤È 03:46

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  • Page 1 GV-R96128D Radeon 9600 Series Graphics Accelerator USER'S MANUAL ¤¤¤å¨Ï¥Î¤â¥U Rev. 101 12MD-R96128D-101 R96128D_101.p65 2003/7/24, ¤U¤È 03:46...
  • Page 2 Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited. Jule 21, 2003 Taipei, Taiwan GV-R96128D Graphics Accelerator - 2 - R96128D_101.p65 2003/7/24, ¤U¤È 03:46...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ................... 4 1.1. PREFACE ....................4 1.2. KEY FEATURES ..................4 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION ............... 5 2.1. UNPACKING ................... 5 2.2. BOARD LAYOUT ..................6 2.3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION ..............7 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ..............9 3.1.

  • Page 4: Introduction

    . GV-R96128D supports the new AGP 8X standard, which allows large volumes of texture and vertex data to be transferred faster from system memory to the chip.

  • Page 5: Hardware Installation

    M DO NOT APPLY POWER TO YOUR SYSTEM IF IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED ON THE CARD. M In order to ensure your graphics card working correctly, please use official Gigabyte BIOS only. Use none official gigabyte BIOS might cause problem on the graphics card.

  • Page 6: Board Layout

    2.2. BOARD LAYOUT 1) GV-R96128D (128MB DDR) DVI Connector TV-Out VGA Monitor Connector (15pin) DVI-I to D-sub VGA Output Connector Analog LCD Monitor DVI Output DVI Connector Digital LCD Monitor AV Output NTSC / PAL TV TV-out S-VideoOutput Projector VGA Monitor...

  • Page 7: Hardware Installation

    2.3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION Installing Your Graphics card. Now that you have prepared your computer, you are ready to install your graphics accelerator card. To install your graphics accelerator card: 1. Power off the computer and monitor, then disconnect the display cable from the back of your computer.
  • Page 8 Graphics card with the AGP slot, and press it in firmly until the card is fully eated. GV-R96128D Graphics card AGP Slot 5. Replace the screw to fasten the card in place, and replace the computer cover.

  • Page 9: Software Installation

    (Windows 98/98SE, Windows2000 or Windows ME) has installed DirectX 9 or later version. l If you install the GV-R96128D drivers for the motherboard, which consist of SIS, ALI or VIA chipsets, please install the appropriate Driver program for that motherboard. Or please contact your motherboard nearest dealer for M/B Driver.

  • Page 10: Directx Installation

    ® ® ME or Windows XP, you must install DirectX 9(or later version) first. ® 1. Install DirectX Driver: Click "Install DirectX 9" Item. 2.Click "Next" icon. 3.Click "Next" icon. GV-R96128D Graphics Accelerator - 10 - R96128D_101.p65 2003/7/24, ¤U¤È 03:48...
  • Page 11 4.Click "Finish" item. Then the DirectX 9 installation is completed. - 11 - Software Installation R96128D_101.p65 2003/7/24, ¤U¤È 03:48...

  • Page 12: Driver Installation

    The following is the step-by-step installation guide. Step 1: New Hardware Found After GV-R96128D is inserted into your computer at the first time, the windows will automatically detect a new hardware in the system and pop out a "New Hardware Found" message.
  • Page 13 3.Click "No" icon. After the system has finished loading, insert the GV-R96128D driver CD disk into your CD- ROM, and then you can see the AUTORUN window. If it does not show up, please run "D: \setup.exe". Step 5: Driver Setup (Pictures below are shown in Windows XP) 1.
  • Page 14 3.Click "Yes". 4. Click "Express" or "Custom" icon. 5. Click "Finish" to restart computer. GV-R96128D Graphics Accelerator - 14 - R96128D_101.p65 2003/7/24, ¤U¤È 03:48...

  • Page 15: Utilities On Driver Cd

    3.1.4. Utilities on driver CD The utilities include Display Driver and V-Tuner utilities. Please follow the steps. l Install V-Tuner : 1. Click "V-Tuner" item. 2.Click "Next". 3. Enter your name and company. 4. Click "Finish" to restart computer. - 15 - Software Installation R96128D_101.p65 2003/7/24, ¤U¤È...
  • Page 16 Install Hydravision : 1. Click "Hydravision Install" item. 2.Click "Next". 3.Click "Yes". 4.Click "Next". GV-R96128D Graphics Accelerator - 16 - R96128D_101.p65 2003/7/24, ¤U¤È 03:48...
  • Page 17 5.Click "Next". 6. Click "Finish" to restart computer. - 17 - Software Installation R96128D_101.p65 2003/7/24, ¤U¤È 03:48...

  • Page 18: Taskbar Icon

    Settings. Click the appropriate tab to change your display settings. Right click the icon. You can link to GBT website for updated information about the graphics card, latest drivers, and other information. GV-R96128D Graphics Accelerator - 18 - R96128D_101.p65 2003/7/24, ¤U¤È 03:48...
  • Page 19 VGA Information VGA Info lists the relevant information about your card. Color Adjust Color Adjust allows you to make color adjustments, such as brightness, contrast and gamma values for each or all of RGB colors. - 19 - Software Installation R96128D_101.p65 2003/7/24, ¤U¤È...
  • Page 20 GV-R96128D ™ graphic cards that have more than one display output can benefit fully from this software. A GV-R96128D with only one display output can still take advantage of the many features of HYDRAVISION ™...

  • Page 21: Display Properties

    3.1.6. Display Properties pages The screen shows the information of display adapter, color, the range of display area and the refresh rate. Settings (Resolutions and Color depth for windows) The Setting properties page allows you to adjust the Direct 3D settings. You can move the slider to the change resolution.
  • Page 22 As the user moves closer to a 3D object the image quality should increase, requiring a higher quality texture of the same image. The base mipmap is the highest quality texture, and all subsequent mipmaps are smaller sized GV-R96128D Graphics Accelerator - 22 - R96128D_101.p65...
  • Page 23 textures of the same image. Moving the slider to the right selects a higher quality base mipmap, delivering the highest quality application experience. Moving the slider to the left selects a lower quality mipmap, delivering the highest application performance. n Wait for Vertical Sync This will lower the frame rate of full screen games but reduce the image tearing that can occur with the higher frame rate.
  • Page 24 As the user moves closer to a 3D object the image quality should increase, requiring a higher quality texture of the same image. The base mipmap is the highest quality texture, and all subsequent mipmaps are smaller sized GV-R96128D Graphics Accelerator - 24 - R96128D_101.p65...
  • Page 25 textures of the same image. Moving the slider to the right selects a higher quality base mipmap, delivering the highest quality application experience. Moving the slider to the left selects a lower quality mipmap, delivering the highest application performance. n Wait for Vertical Sync This will lower the frame rate of full screen games but reduce the image tearing that can occur with the higher frame rate.
  • Page 26 Direct 3D and OpenGL games played in fullscreen mode. (NOTE: Game Gamma is NOT supported in Windows NT4.0) n Default resets the desktop brightness and color settings to the default values. GV-R96128D Graphics Accelerator - 26 - R96128D_101.p65...
  • Page 27 Display Properties: If your VGA card is equipped with a S-Video connector, you can use a second output device (e.q. a TV or a computer monitor) as part of your operating desktop extending your desktop to second device or copying your desktop on the second device. Select Display Type Enable / Disable "Extend my windows desktop onto this monitor"...
  • Page 28 The SMARTGART Properties ensures system stability by automatically performing a ™ variety of bus tests that determine your optimal graphics accelerator settings. Changing these settings might result in system instability. GV-R96128D Graphics Accelerator - 28 - R96128D_101.p65 2003/7/24, ¤U¤È 03:49...

  • Page 29: Windows 2000 Driver Installation

    ® 2 (or later) before installing the graphics accelerator driver. With Windows 2000 running on your computer, you need to install the GV-R96128D driver ® to take advantage of the higher performance, resolutions, and special graphic features of the Graphics card. To ensure you install the latest driver, use the Installation CD that shipped with your GV-R96128D Graphics card.

  • Page 30: Troubleshooting Tips

    If necessary, adjust your monitor's setting by monitor's adjust panel to make the screen looks focused, crisp, and sharp. (Please refer to the monitor’ s manual.) GV-R96128D Graphics Accelerator - 30 - R96128D_101.p65 2003/7/24, ¤U¤È 03:49...

  • Page 31: Appendix

    5. Appendix 5.1. How to reflash the BIOS? We use GV-AR64SH VGA card and Atiflash BIOS flash utility as example. How to reflash the BIOS for your graphics card? 1. Extract the Zip file to the drive C: or A: 2.

  • Page 32: Resolutions And Color Depth Table (In Windows ® Xp)

    5.2. Resolutions and Color Depth Table (In Windows ® GV-R96128D 2D Single Display Modes Display Refresh Color Depth (bpp) Screen Rate 8bpp(256 color) 16bpp(65K color) 32bpp(16.7M) Resolution (Hz) Standard mode High mode True mode 640 x 480 800 x 600...
  • Page 33 Display Refresh Color Depth (bpp) Screen Rate 8bpp(256 color) 16bpp(65K color) 32bpp(16.7M) Resolution (Hz) Standard mode High mode True mode 1152 x 864 P (interlaced) P (interlaced) P (interlaced) P (interlaced) P (interlaced) P (interlaced) 1280 x 768 1280 x 960 1280 x 1024 P (interlaced) P (interlaced)
  • Page 34 1800 x 1440 1856 x 1392 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1200 1920 x 1440 2048 x 1536 * Lower maximum refresh rates at some resolutions when using lower bandwidth memory configuration. GV-R96128D Graphics Accelerator - 34 - R96128D_101.p65 2003/7/24, ¤U¤È 03:49...

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