User manual GIGABYTE GV-N730SL-2GL

[. . . ] Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful and (2) this device must accept any inference received, including that may cause undesired operation. Representative Person's Name: ERIC LU Signature: Eric Lu Date: Dec. 101 12MD-N4464TE-101 GeForceTM 4 MX440-8X Graphics Accelerator Copyright © 2003 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO. , LTD Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO. , LTD. 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 Please do not remove any labels on VGA card, this may void the warranty of this VGA card. [. . . ] If necessary, consult your computer's manual for help in removing the cover. 3. Or, if your computer has any on-board graphics capability, you may need to disable it on the motherboard. For more information, see you computer documentation. GV-N730SL-2GL Graphics Accelerator -6- 4. 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. English 5. Replace the screw to fasten the card in place, and replace the computer cover. 6. Plug the display cable into your card; then turn on the computer and monitor. If your graphics card came with a DVI connector, you can connect a flat panel display to the appropriate connector, as shown below. . . To TV or VCR To VGA Monitor To TV or VCR You are now ready to proceed with the installation of the graphics card driver. For detailed instructions, select your operating system from the list below. -7- Hardware Installation English 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"). (Please follow the subsection 3. 1. 3 "Driver installation" to install the driver for your graphics accelerator. ) 3. 1. · Auto-Detect (Windows determines the proper mode. ) · General Timing Formula (GTF) · Discrete Monitor Timings (DMT) · Fixed Aspect Ratio Timings Color Correction properties The Color Correction Properties is used to adjust the color settings. Set Desktop and Video Overlay brightness (gamma) levels can also be changed. - 19 - Software Installation English Performance and Quality Settings properties The sliders lets to decide whether your application should use qulity or high performance texture. · Image Settings: Moving the slider to the left will maximize application performance, while moving the slider to the right will provide excellent 3D image quality. · Antialiasing: Improves image quality by removing jagged edges from 3D images. · Anisotropic Filtering: Use a texture filtering technique that blends multiple texture samples together. It will result in high quality textures, with a negligible reduction in the application's performance. Direct3D Settings properties Performance and Compatibility options. · Mipmap detail level · Maximum system memory for PCI mode textures · Enable fog table emulation · Custom Direct3D settings More Direct3D button Texel Alignment The slider lets you position the texel origin between the upper-left corner and the center of the texel. GV-N730SL-2GL Graphics Accelerator - 20 - OpenGL Settings properties Performance and Compatibility options. · Multi-Display Hardware Acceleration · · · · Default Color Depth (for textures) Buffer-Flipping Mode Vertical Sync Custom OpenGL settings English Overlay Controls properties The Overlay Controls Properties can adjust Overlay zoom contorls and Overlay color controls. 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. The "Adjust Colors" button will access "Color Correction" properties page. Troubleshooting properties The NVIDIA settings taskbar utility lets you conveniently access various features and presets you've configured in the Display Properties directly from the Windows taskbar. [. . . ] To install the graphics card driver for Win® 98/98SE / Win® 2000 / Win® ME, please insert the Installation CD. Click Install Display Driver item, and follow the wizard to install the driver. If Windows® does not show the CD automatically, please run following steps: 1. Type the following: D:\SETUP. exe (If D is not your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter. ) 4. [. . . ]