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Intense 3D 100 Installation Guide October 1997 DHA019720...
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Intergraph and/or other third parties which is protected by copyright, trade secret and trademark law and may not be provided or otherwise made available without prior written authorization.
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This limited warranty applies only to the original purchaser and is not transferrable. Intergraph Corporation is not liable for damages arising out of the use of or inability to use this product. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages for consumer products, so these limitations may not apply to you.
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Warranty Card Intense 3D 100 Graphics Accelerator Product Serial Number (printed on the board) Date of Purchase Reason for Return Customer Name Mailing Address Telephone Number...
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Incredible Windows and MS-DOS performance. Spectacular video playback. Intense 3D 100 pushes performance limits to bring you a whole new interactive 3D experience. Its leading edge architecture includes a programmable RISC processor that demands less host processor and bus use than other architectures. The result is an interactive 3D experience for videos, World Wide Web browsers, Windows applications, and games.
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Features Intense 3D 100 offers the following high-end 3D graphics features: Feature Benefit Gouraud shading Provides exceptionally photo-realistic shading effects. Bilinear and trilinear Enables smooth, realistic surface filtering textures. MIP-mapped images Eliminates blockiness of images when viewed from different distances.
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Win95, Direct 3D, Direct Draw , and others. Software Intense 3D 100 software consists of a device driver delivered on a diskette. This driver is for installation on systems running the Windows 95 or the Windows NT 4.0 operating system.
About Intergraph Intergraph is an international company that concentrates on interactive computer graphics. Corporate headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama, is the center of Intergraph’s administrative, research and development, marketing, and manufacturing activities. Intergraph has sales and support offices in 50 countries.
Preparing for Installation Follow these instructions to prepare your computer for Intense 3D 100. Ensure Your Computer Is Ready Ensure that your IBM PC-compatible computer has the following: A Pentium processor. 8 MB or more of system memory. A CD-ROM drive.
Make a Copy of the Distribution Diskette Make a copy of the distribution diskette containing the Intense 3D 100 driver as a precaution. Should anything happen to the copy, you will still have the original diskette.
Intense 3D 100 board to the computer’s chassis. Install the Board To install an Intense 3D 100 board: Align the board with the PCI expansion slot, ensuring that the gold- fingered connectors on the board’s edge are aligned properly with the slot connector.
Finish the Installation To finish the installation: Close the computer. Connect the computer monitor’s video cable to the video output port on the Intense 3D 100 board. Install the Intense 3D 100 driver as instructed in Chapter 4, “Installing the Software.”...
(the Intense 3D 100 board). When prompted to specify how you will install the driver, select Driver from disk provided by manufacturer. Insert the diskette containing the Intense 3D 100 driver into the floppy disk drive. In the Install from Disk dialog, select OK.
Installing the Windows NT 4.0 Driver To install the Windows NT driver: Insert the diskette containing the Intense 3D 100 driver into the computer’s floppy disk drive. Log on to Windows NT using an account that has administrative privileges. In the Control Panel, double-click Display to view the Display Properties dialog.
Installing and Running Games (Windows To install and run the Rendition Ready version of Quake: From the Quake CD, install the MS-DOS version of Quake. From the Intense 3D 100 Games CD, copy VQUAKE from the directory to the directory on your...
Reinstall the Intense 3D 100 board as instructed in Chapter 3, “Installing the Hardware.” If there is still no video output, install Intense 3D 100 in a different PCI expansion slot, and then restart the computer. If there is still no video output, there may be a hardware problem with the Intense 3D 100 board.
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If the card causes a resource conflict, reboot the computer into Windows 95 Safe Mode and continue. If the card does not cause a resource conflict, the Intense 3D 100 board should work properly. If you have other adapter cards to reinstall, go back to step 5.
If the Intense 3D 100 driver does not run, or no Vérité tab shows in the Display Properties dialog, boot the computer into Windows 95 Safe Mode. Then reinstall and configure the Intense 3D 100 driver as instructed in Chapter 4, “Installing the Software.”...
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When running F-22 Flight Simulator, if problems occur with functions in the F-22 fighter, install the patch contained in the file available from Intergraph’s Internet sites. When running HellBender, go into Options to turn on hardware acceleration. You may have to increase the video display resolution to...
Getting Help Use the information in this chapter if you encounter a problem with Intense 3D 100, want to get product information or fixes, or want to contact Intergraph for help. World Wide Web If your computer has a World Wide Web browser, connect to the Intense 3D 100 pages at http://www.intergraph.com/ics/i3d100.
IBBS), send a fax to 205-730-1110, or leave a message for the System Operator (Sysop) at 205-730-1413. Intergraph FAXLink Ue the Intergraph FAXLink to get technical support information by fax from a touch-tone phone or fax machine phone: Call 800-240-4300 to get information on how to use the FAXLink.
Warranty Service To get warranty service, contact the original place of purchase to determine if your Intense 3D 100 board is covered within their warranty period. If the place of purchase warranty period has expired, your extended warranty period is covered by Intergraph. Refer to the limited warranty statement at the beginning of this document for details.
640 x 480 16, 256, 64,000, 16.8 million 60, 72, 75, 85, 120 * The Intense 3D 100 driver allows these refresh rates, but they exceed guaranteed operating conditions. Most games run automatically at the resolutions for which they are designed.
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