User manual GIGABYTE GV-AV64S-T

[. . . ] Upgrade your Life AV64S-T RADEONTM 7000E Graphics Accelerator USER'S MANUAL ¤¤¤å¨Ï¥Î¤â¥U REV. 1. 32 12MD-AV64ST-132 AV64S-T Graphics Accelerator Chapter 1 User' Manual s 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 Notice Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet. The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may appear in this document nor does it make a commitment to update the information contained herein. [. . . ] WINDOWS® 98 /98SE or WINDOWS ME /WINDOWS XP DRIVER AND UTILITIES INSTALLATION The installation of Win 98/98SE / 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"). Then you can follow guides to setup your AV64S-T driver (Please follow the subsection 3. 1. 3 "Step By Step Installation" to install the driver for your graphics accelerator. 3. 1. 1. Operating system requirement l If your OS is Microsoft Windows, when loading the AV64S-T drivers for the system, please make sure your system ( Windows 98/98SE or Windows ME)has installed DirectX8. 1 or later. l If you install the AV64S-T drivers for the mainboard, which consist of SIS, ALI or VIA chipsets, please install the appropriate Driver program for that mainboard. Or please contact your motherboard nearest dealer for M/B Diver. 9 AV64S-T Graphics Accelerator 3. 1. 2. DirectX Installation Install Microsoft DirectX 8. 1 to enable 3D hardware acceleration support for Win98/98SE or WinME to achieve better 3D performence. Note: For software MPEG support in Win98/98SE or WinME, you must DirectX first install. 1. Installation DirectX Driver Click "Display Driver Setup Utility"Item. 2. Click "Yes" icon. 3. Click "Yes"icon. 10 Software Installation 4. Click "OK" item. 11 AV64S-T Graphics Accelerator 3. 1. 3. Driver Installation The following is the step-by-step installation guide. Step 1: New Hardware Found After AV64S-T 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. Step 2: Update Device Driver Wizard: Standard PCI Graphics Adapter(VGA) 1. Click "Next"icon. MDon'click " t Cancel" because , the system will hang if you press it. Step 3: Update Device Driver Wizard: Finish At this time, system will ask for your Windows CD in order to complete the VGA driver installation. If you don't have the CD, you can press C:\Windows\System directory. Step 4: System Setting Change 2. . Click "Finish"icon. 12 Software Installation 3. . Click "NO"icon. After the system has finished loading, insert the AV64S-T driver CD disk into your CDROM, and then you can see the AUTORUN window. Click "Install Display Driver(Radeon VE Series) 13 AV64S-T Graphics Accelerator 2. . Click " Next"icon. 3. Click " Yes"icon. 4. Click " Finish"icon to restart computer. 14 Software Installation 3. 1. 4. Utilities on driver CD The utilities include Display Driver and V-Tuner utilities. 3. 1. 5 Taskbar Icon After installation of the display drivers, you will find an GBT icon on the taskbar' status s area. Right-clicking this icon opens the GBT control panel, showing a menu composed of shortcute of the graphics board' enhanced and other functions. s You may click the "Display Properties"item, and then click Settings. Click the appropriate tab to change your display settings. You can link to GBT web site for updated information about the graphics borad, latest drivers, and other information. 15 AV64S-T Graphics Accelerator V-Tuner (Overclock Utility) V-Tuner lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory (Core Clock and Memory Clock) 16 Software Installation VGA Info 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. 17 AV64S-T Graphics Accelerator 3. 1. 6. Display Property pages The screen shows the information of display adapter, color, the range of display area . . Setting (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 changeresolution. Click"Advanced. . " for adapter icon and setting. You can click the item to change the color depth. Options Properties n Enable ATI taskbar icon application enables or disables the ATI taskbar icon. n Show ATI icon on taskbar adds or removes the ATI icon from the taskbar. 18 Software Installation OpenGL Properties: The OpenGL properties page gives you complete control of the OpenGL settings. n Optimization Preference l Quality allows you to optimize your OpenGL settings for quality. l Performance allows you to optimize your OpenGL settings for performance n OpenGL Settings l Convert 32 bit textures to 16 bit allows you to increase video performance for games that make heavy use of textures. l Enable KTX buffer region extension enables rapid updates of those portions of your screen that have been moved. [. . . ] Follow the Wizard's on-screen instructions to complete the installation. 23 AV64S-T Graphics Accelerator 3. 3. WINDOWS 2000 DRIVER INSTALLATION Please make sure the Windows NT 2000 have installed Windows ® 2000 Service Pack version 2 (or later) before installing the graphics accelerator driver. With Windows ® 2000 running on your computer, you need to install the AV64S-T 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 Graphics card. Type the following: D:\SETUP (If D is not your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter. ) 5. [. . . ]