Gigabyte GV-R96X128DU Manual
Gigabyte GV-R96X128DU Manual

Gigabyte GV-R96X128DU Manual

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EN 55011
Limits and methods of measurement
of radio disturbance characteristics of
industrial,scientific and medical (ISM
high frequency equipment
Limits and methods of measurement
EN 55013
of radio disturbance characteristics of
broadcast receivers and associated
equipment
EN 55014
Limits and methods of measurement
of radio disturbance characteristics of
household electrical appliances,
portable tools and similar electrical
apparatus
EN 55015
Limits and methods of measurement
of radio disturbance characteristics of
fluorescent lamps and luminaries
EN 55020
Immunity from radio interference of
broadcast receivers and associated
equipment
EN 55022
Limits and methods of measurement
of radio disturbance characteristics of
information technology equipment
DIN VDE 0855
Cabled distribution systems; Equipment
part 10
for receiving and/or distribution from
part 12
sound and television signals
CE marking
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Safety requirements for mains operated
electronic and related apparatus for
household and similar general use
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electrical appliances
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Declaration of Conformity

We, Manufacturer/Importer
G.B.T. Technology Träding GMbH
Ausschlager Weg 41, 1F, 20537 Hamburg, Germany
declare that the product
( description of the apparatus, system, installation to which it refers)
3D Graphics Accelerator
GV-R96X128D Ultra
is in conformity with
(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared)
in accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive
The manufacturer also declares the conformity of above mentioned product
with the actual required safety standards in accordance with LVD 73/23 EEC
(full address)
EN 61000-3-2*
EN 60555-2
EN 61000-3-3*
EN 60555-3
EN 50081-1
EN 50082-1
EN 55081-2
EN 55082-2
ENV 55104
EN50091-2
(EC conformity marking)
Safety for information technology equipment
EN 60950
including electrical bussiness equipment
EN 50091-1
General and Safety requirements for
uninterruptible power systems (UPS)
Manufacturer/Importer
Date : Dec. 16, 2003
Disturbances in supply systems cause
by household appliances and similar
electrical equipment "Harmonics"
Disturbances in supply systems cause
by household appliances and similar
electrical equipment "Voltage fluctuations"
Generic emission standard Part 1:
Residual commercial and light industry
Generic immunity standard Part 1:
Residual commercial and light industry
Generic emission standard Part 2:
Industrial environment
Generic emission standard Part 2:
Industrial environment
lmmunity requirements for household
appliances tools and similar apparatus
EMC requirements for uninterruptible
power systems (UPS)
Timmy Huang
Signature:
Name:
Timmy Huang

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  • Page 1: Declaration Of Conformity

    Declaration of Conformity We, Manufacturer/Importer (full address) G.B.T. Technology Träding GMbH Ausschlager Weg 41, 1F, 20537 Hamburg, Germany declare that the product ( description of the apparatus, system, installation to which it refers) 3D Graphics Accelerator GV-R96X128D Ultra is in conformity with (reference to the specification under which conformity is declared) in accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive EN 55011...
  • Page 2 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Per FCC Part 2 Section 2.1077(a) Responsible Party Name: G.B.T. INC. (U.S.A.) Address: 17358 Railroad Street City of Industry, CA 91748 Phone/Fax No: (818) 854-9338/ (818) 854-9339 hereby declares that the product Product Name: 3D Graphics Accelerator Model Number: GV-R96X128D Ultra Conforms to the following specifications:...
  • Page 3 GV-R96X128D Ultra Radeon 9600 XT Graphics Accelerator USER'S MANUAL ¤¤¤å¨Ï¥Î¤â¥U Rev. 101 12MD-R96X128DU-101...
  • Page 4 User's Manual Copyright Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. ("GBT") No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any from without the expressed, written permission of GBT. Trademarks Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners. Notice Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet.
  • Page 5: 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. Win XP DRIVER AND UTILITIES INSTALLATION ........
  • Page 6: Introduction

    1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. PREFACE GV-R96X128D Ultra features 4-pipeline architecture for twice the rendering power, 128MB of memory to accelerate latest 3D games and new SMARTSHADER 2.1 technology ™ supporting DirectX 9.0 and the latest OpenGL functionality to give developers the freedom ®...
  • Page 7: Hardware Installation

    DO NOT APPLY POWER TO YOUR SYSTEM IF IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED ON THE CARD. 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. - 5 -...
  • Page 8: Board Layout

    2.2. BOARD LAYOUT GV-R96X128D Ultra (128MB DDR) VGA Monitor Connector (15pin) TV-Out DVI Connector VGA Output Analog Monitor Analog LCD Monitor VGA Monitor Connector (15pin) AV Output NTSC / PAL TV TV-out S-VideoOutput Projector DVI Output DVI Connector Digital LCD Monitor DVI-I to D-sub VGA Output Connector...
  • Page 9: 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 10 4. Locate the AGP slot. If necessary, remove the metal cover from this slot; then align your graphics card with the AGP slot, and press it in firmly until the card is fully eated. 5. Replace the screw to fasten the card in place, and replace the computer cover.
  • Page 11: Software Installation

    3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D: The installation of Win 98/98SE / Win 2000 / Win ME / Win XP drivers is very simple. ® ® ® ® When you insert the driver CD into your CD-ROM drive, you can see the AUTORUN window (if it does not show up, run "D:\setup.exe").
  • Page 12: Directx Installation

    3.1.2. DirectX Installation Install Microsoft DirectX 9(or later version) to enable 3D hardware acceleration support for Windows 98 / 98SE / Windows 2000 / Windows ME or Windows XP to achieve ® ® ® ® better 3D performence. Note: For software MPEG support in Windows 98/ 98SE/ Windows 2000/ Windows ®...
  • Page 13 4.Click "Finish" item. Then the DirectX 9 installation is completed. - 11 - Software Installation...
  • Page 14: Driver Installation

    3.1.3. Driver Installation The following is the step-by-step installation guide. 1. Click "Install Display Drivers (Radeon 9600 Series)" item. 2.Click "Next". 3.Click "Yes". GV-R96X128D Ultra Graphics Accelerator - 12 -...
  • Page 15 4. Click "Express" or "Custom" icon. 5. Click "Finish" to restart computer. - 13 - Software Installation...
  • Page 16: Utilities On Driver Cd

    3.1.4. Utilities on driver CD The utilities include Display Driver and V-Tuner utilities. Please follow the steps. Install V-Tuner : 1. Click "V-Tuner" item. 2.Click "Next". 3. Enter your name and company. 4. Click "Finish" to restart computer. GV-R96X128D Ultra Graphics Accelerator - 14 -...
  • Page 17 Install Hydravision : 1. Click "Hydravision Install" item. 2.Click "Next". 3.Click "Yes". 4.Click "Next". - 15 - Software Installation...
  • Page 18 5.Click "Next". 6. Click "Finish" to restart computer. GV-R96X128D Ultra Graphics Accelerator - 16 -...
  • Page 19: Taskbar Icon

    3.1.5. Taskbar Icon After installation of the display drivers, you will find an GBT icon on the taskbar's status area. Right-clicking this icon opens the GBT control panel, showing a menu composed of shortcut of the graphics card's enhanced and other functions. You may click the "Display Properties"...
  • Page 20 Min. V-Tuner Display & Adjust Core Close V-Tuner Clock Display Core Clock Display Memory Clock Display & Adjust Memory Clock Link to the Website of Gigabyte Help Description Close V-Tuner to System Tray GV-R96X128D Ultra Graphics Accelerator - 18 -...
  • Page 21 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...
  • Page 22 After installation of the display drivers, you will find an ATi icon on the taskbar's status area. Clicking this icon open the ATi control panel. 2.Using Single Display HYDRAVISION ™ HYDRAVISION and the Desktop Manager are activated whenever Windows starts. ™...
  • Page 23: 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 24 VPU Recover Properties: The VPU Recover Properties allows the ATI display driver to reset the graphics accelerator when it stops responding to commands from the display driver. Using VPU Recover the display driver will, in most cases, be able to reset the graphics accelerator without requiring a system restart.
  • Page 25: Direct3D Settings

    3D Properties: You can adjust Direct3D and OpenGL settings from 3D properties page. Direct3D Settings: Use custom settings checkbox When Use sustom settings is checked, you can click "Custom" button to access Custom Settings. Using Custom Settings is recommended for advanced users only.
  • Page 26 Mipmap Detail Level slider This will allow you to choose the texture quality of the mipmaps the application will use. Mipmaps are a collection of different sized textures of the same image. As the user moves closer to a 3D object the image quality should increase, requiring a higher quality texture of the same image.
  • Page 27: Opengl Settings

    OpenGL Settings: Use custom settings checkbox When Use sustom settings is checked, you can click "Custom" button to access Custom Settings. Using Custom Settings is recommended for advanced users only. SMOOTHVISION 2.1 Anti-Aliasing checkbox improves image quality by removing jagged edges from 3D images, resulting in smoother, more naturallooking objects.
  • Page 28 Mipmap Detail Level slider This will allow you to choose the texture quality of the mipmaps the application will use. Mipmaps are a collection of different sized textures of the same image. As the user moves closer to a 3D object the image quality should increase, requiring a higher quality texture of the same image.
  • Page 29 Color Properties: The Color Properties is used to adjust the color settings. It also allows gamma control for video playing of the Video Overlay. The color settings affect all display devices mapped to the view. You can change red, green, and blue display colors. Set Desktop and Video Overlay brightness (gamma) levels can also be changed.
  • Page 30 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 31 Overlay Properties: The Overlay Properties is used to adjust the Brightness / Contrast / Saturation / Hue / Gamma settings. Overlay properties allows for the viewing of full-motion video on your PC. However, there is only one video overlay, which is only available on the Primary display. The video overlay controls are automatically activated during playback of any video file type that supports overlay adjustments.
  • Page 32: Win ® 98/98Se / Win ® 2000 / Win ® Me Driver Installation

    3.3. BIOS FLASH UTILITY BIOS update procedure: Note: Please download the newest BIOS from our website (www.gigabyte.com.tw) or contact your local dealer for the file. If you want to realize the BIOS flash information, please refer to detail on subsection 5.1.
  • Page 33: Troubleshooting Tips

    4. TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. Contact your dealer or GBT for more advanced troubleshooting information. Check that the card is seated properly in the AGP slot. Ensure that the display cable is securely fastened to the card's display connector. Make sure that the monitor and computer are plugged in and receiving power.
  • Page 34: 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 35: Resolutions And Color Depth Table (In Windows ® Xp)

    5.2. Resolutions and Color Depth Table (In Windows ® GV-R96X128D Ultra 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 (interlaced) (interlaced) (interlaced)
  • Page 36 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 (interlaced) (interlaced) (interlaced) (interlaced) (interlaced) (interlaced) 1280 x 768 1280 x 960 1280 x 1024 (interlaced) (interlaced) (interlaced) (interlaced) (interlaced)
  • Page 37 Display Refresh Color Depth (bpp) Screen Rate 8bpp(256 color) 16bpp(65K color) 32bpp(16.7M) Resolution (Hz) Standard mode High mode True mode 1792 x 1344 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.
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