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Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 Product Manual

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  • Page 2 Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of Creative Technology Ltd. Copyright © 1999 Creative Technology Ltd. All rights reserved.
  • Page 3 PACKAGE, INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE. PROMPTLY RETURN, WITHIN 15 DAYS, THE SOFTWARE, ALL RELATED DOCUMENTATION AND ACCOMPANYING ITEMS TO THE PLACE OF ACQUISITION FOR A FULL REFUND. This is a legal agreement between you and Creative provides are accessible only to persons who are must reproduce on the merged or integrated Technology Ltd.
  • Page 4 OR FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST PURPOSE. CREATIVE IS NOT OBLIGATED Creative if you fail to comply with any term or SAVINGS, LOST REVENUES OR LOST DATA TO PROVIDE ANY UPDATES, UPGRADES condition of this Agreement. You agree upon such...
  • Page 5 PRODUCT RETURNS THERE IS ANY INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN provision of this Agreement is deemed invalid or If you must ship the software to Creative or an THE TERMS OF THE SOFTWARE LICENSE unenforceable by any country or government authorized Creative distributor or dealer, you must...
  • Page 6 Software acquired in the EU. This Agreement is the entire agreement between us, and you agree that Creative will not have any liability for any untrue statement or representation made by it, its agents or anyone else...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    To change the display settings in Windows NT 4.0..........11 To change the performance settings in Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0..12 Getting More Information.......................12 For 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 ................12 For Creative BlasterControl..................13 For Creative SoftMPEG .....................13 Product Guide vi...
  • Page 8 Technical Specifications Architecture Highlights..................14 3D Features.....................14 2D Features.....................16 Video Support....................16 Specifications ....................16 Drivers ......................17 Utilities ......................17 Applications Supported .................17 Troubleshooting System Hangs, Blank Screen or Corrupted Display ........19 Windows 98 Multi-Monitor Display Problems..........19 Other Display Problems.................20 Beeping Sounds During System Startup.....................21 Problems Installing Software ................22 Problems Using Software ................22 Problem with OpenGL Applications ............23...

  • Page 9: Introduction

    (including trilinear mipmapping and anisotropic filtering) with full scene anti-aliasing to create realistic images that rival more expensive graphics workstations. The 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 provides outstanding 2D and video acceleration as well and also supports software DVD decoders through hardware color and pixel format conversion.

  • Page 10: Serial And Model Numbers

    VGA monitor CD-ROM drive installed Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 3). Updating Drivers To download the latest drivers for 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, visit Creative’s Web site (http://www.cle.creaf.com). 2 3D Blaster™ RIVA TNT2™ M64...

  • Page 11: Preliminary Step For Windows 95 Users

    Preliminary step Since Windows automatically detects new hardware and starts the software installation procedure upon startup, you should verify your Windows version number before installing the for Windows 95 graphics card. users To verify your Windows 95 version number 1. Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel. 2.

  • Page 12: Knowing And Installing Your Graphics Card

    Knowing and Installing Your Graphics Card This section shows you the connectors on the 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 card. Video Expansion connector Connect to a video expansion board. VGA Out connector Connects to your monitor via a monitor cable.

  • Page 13: To Install The Graphics Card

    To install the 1. Switch off your computer and all peripheral devices. 2. Touch any metallic surface on your computer to discharge any static electricity graphics card 3. Disconnect the power cord from the wall outlet. 4. Remove the computer cover. 5.

  • Page 14: Installing Software

    9. Connect the monitor cable to the VGA Out connector of 3D Blaster Riva TNT2 M64, as shown in Figure 4. • If you are using a multi- VGA Monitor frequency monitor, you may cable VGA out need a special 15-pin...

  • Page 15: To Install In Windows 95 (Retail Version)

    5. In the Install From Disk dialog box, type D:\WINDOWS (where D: represents your CD-ROM drive) and click the OK button. 6. If prompted to select drivers, click the 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 drivers. The drivers are copied to your system.

  • Page 16: To Install In Windows 98

    3. Click the Other Locations button when it appears in the Update Device Driver Wizard dialog box. 4. Insert the 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 CD into your CD-ROM drive. 5. In the Select Other Location dialog box, type D:\WINDOWS (where D: represents your CD-ROM drive) and click the OK button.
  • Page 17 3. Click the Next button. 4. Insert the 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 CD into your CD-ROM drive. 5. In the Models list box, click the Have Disk button.

  • Page 18: To Install In Windows Nt 4.0 (Service Pack 3)

    6. In the Install From Disk dialog box, type D:\WINDOWS (where D: represents your CD-ROM drive) and click the OK button. If you are installing 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 as a second or subsequent card to make use of Windows 98’s multi-monitor capability, you will see an Update Driver Warning message telling you that the driver you have selected may not work correctly.

  • Page 19: Changing Settings

    Changing Settings To change the 1. Right-click your desktop, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu. display settings in 2. In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Settings tab. 3. In the Desktop Area group box, move the slider to set the desired resolution. Windows NT 4.0 4.

  • Page 20: To Change The Performance Settings In Windows 95/98 And Windows Nt 4.0

    Getting More Information For 3D Blaster The Help file for 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 gives a brief introduction to the features supported by this graphics card. RIVA TNT2 M64 To open the Help file for 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64...

  • Page 21: For Creative Blastercontrol

    Click Start -> Programs -> Creative -> 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 -> 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 Help. For Creative The Help file for Creative BlasterControl shows you how to use the BlasterControl utility to customize your screen resolution, color depth, and refresh rate in Windows.

  • Page 22: Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications Architecture Highlights 64-bit wide graphics engine and frame buffer 32 MB SDRAM 250 million pixels/sec, bilinear filtered 3D Features Optimized for Microsoft’s Direct3D API Complete DirectX 6.x support 100% hardware triangle setup Twin texel (TNT) 32-bit graphics pipeline •...
  • Page 23 TextureBlend support examples: • Multi-texture • Bump map • Texture modulation • Light maps • Reflection maps • Detail textures • Environmental maps • Procedural textures • Sub-pixel accurate Backend blend • 32-bit ARGB rendering with destination alpha • Point sampled, bilinear, trilinear and 8-tap •...

  • Page 24: Features

    2D Features High performance 128-bit 2D/GUI/DirectDraw acceleration • Accelerated primitives include BLT, indexed DIB color translation, transparent BLT, stretch BLT, points, lines, polylines, polygons, fills, patterns, arbitrary rectangular clipping and fast text rendering hardware font cache • Pipeline optimized for multiple color depths including 32, 24, 16, 15, and 8 bits per pixel Fast 32-bit VGA/SVGA support Multi-buffering (Double, Triple, Quad buffering) for smooth animation and video playback...

  • Page 25: Drivers

    Windows 95 and Windows 98 display driver, DirectDraw, Direct3D, DirectVideo, ActiveX OpenGL ICD for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 VBE 3.0 compliant Utilities Creative Enhanced BlasterControl™ Creative Enhanced SoftMPEG Applications Supported All Windows 95 applications, including DirectDraw and Direct3D games and applications OpenGL applications under Windows 95 and Windows 98.
  • Page 26 Table 2: Refresh rates supported by different video modes Refresh Number of Colors Rates Resolution 256 (8-bit) 64k (16-bit) 16.7 million (32-bit) The refresh rates shown in the 60, 70, 72, 75, 85, 100, 60, 70, 72, 75, 85, 100, 60, 70, 72, 75, 85, 100, table are the highest obtainable 640x480...

  • Page 27: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting System Hangs, After installing 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 and starting your system, the monitor displays a blank screen. Blank Screen or Corrupted Display Solutions Try the following: Switch off your system and wait a while before switching it on again.

  • Page 28: Other Display Problems

    5. In the Select Device dialog box, click the Have Disk button. 6. Insert the 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 CD into your CD-ROM drive. 7. Follow steps 6 through 13 of the procedure in “To install in Windows 98” on page 8 to complete the update.

  • Page 29: Beeping Sounds During System Startup

    When the system is starting up, there is a series of prolonged beeps. System Startup Cause Your 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 card may not be firmly inserted into the expansion slot. Solution Ensure that the bus connector of the graphics card is fully inserted into the expansion slot.

  • Page 30: Problems Installing Software

    3. In the Adapter Type group box or on the Adapter tabbed page, click the Change button. 4. In the Select Device dialog box, click 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, and then click the OK button. 22 3D Blaster™ RIVA TNT2™ M64...

  • Page 31: Problem With Opengl Applications

    5. In the Insert Disk message box, click the OK button without inserting any CD. 6. If 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 drivers and later versions of DirectX drivers are already installed, click the Skip File button until the Adapter Type group box or the Adapter tabbed page appears.

  • Page 32: Problem With Pci Bridge (In Windows 95)

    Problem with After installing RIVA TNT2 M64 onto a Pentium II LX system or any other AGP system, the Resources tabbed page of the RIVA TNT2 M64 Properties dialog box PCI Bridge in Windows 95 shows resource conflicts similar to the following: (in Windows 95) Memory Range used FEDC0000 - FEDDFFFF used by PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge.

  • Page 33: Problem With Agp Aperture Size

    Problem with AGP DirectDraw/Direct3D fails to use hardware acceleration (HAL). Aperture Size Cause The CMOS setting for the AGP Aperture size is less than 8 MB. Solution Set the AGP Aperture size to 8 MB or more. Do the following in CMOS: 1.

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