User manual GIGABYTE GV-NX66L256DP2

[. . . ] Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet.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 that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitment to update the information contained herein. English Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Replace the screw to fasten the card in place, and replace the computer cover. 3. Plug the display cable into your card; then turn on the computer and monitor. If your graphics card came with a DVI-I connector, you can connect a flat panel display to the appropriate connector, as shown below. . . To TV / VCR To VGA Monitor To Flat Panel Display You are now ready to proceed with the installation of the graphics card driver. Please refer to next chapter for detailed instructions. -7- Hardware Installation English How to enable NVIDIA® SLITM (Scalable Link Interface) technology: After installing two SLI-ready graphics cards of the same model on an SLI motherboard (Figure 1), users can enable SLI mode simply through the graphics card driver (For the GV-NX66L256DP2/GV-NX66L256DP, driver version must be at least 77. 74)(Note). Figure 1 Step 1: After installing the graphics card driver, right-click on Desktop and select Properties. Step 2: Click the GeForce 6600 LE tab when advanced properties dialog box appears. Select SLI multi-GPU from the side menu and select the Enable SLI multi-GPU check box (Figure 2) and click Apply. Figure 2 Step 3: Restart your system when prompted. Please do not enable SLI multi-GPU in Windows 2000. GV-NX66L256DP2/GV-NX66L256DP Graphics Accelerator -8- 3. Software Installation In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D: The installation of Windows® 2000 / Windows® 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. ) English 3. 1. Operating System Requirement · When loading the graphics card drivers for the system, please make sure your system has installed DirectX 9. 0c or later version. Click this icon to open the control panel. on the taskbar's Right click the icon. You can adjust the properties of the graphics accelerator from here. GV-NX66L256DP2/GV-NX66L256DP Graphics Accelerator - 18 - 3. 1. 6. Display Properties pages To access Display Properties pages, right-click the GIGABYTE icon on the taskbar and select Display Properties or right-click on Desktop and then select Properties. · Global Driver Settings: Select the Settings item and move the slider below to set the degree of antialiasing to used in Direct3D and OpenGL applications. · Antialiasing settings: allows to set the degree of the Global Driver Settings. SLI multi-GPU properties * To enable SLI mode, select the Enable SLI multi-GPU check box and click Apply after installation of two GV-NX66L256DP2/GV-NX66L256DP graphics cards on an SLI-capable motherboard. Then restart your system when prompted. "*" Only Windows XP operating system supports the SLI mode. Please do not enable SLI multi-GPU in Windows 2000. GV-NX66L256DP2/GV-NX66L256DP Graphics Accelerator - 20 - Color Correction properties The Color Correction Properties is used to compensation for variations in luminance between a source image and its output on a display device. Adjust the color correction settings to provide more accurate color reproduction of images(such as photographs) on your display device. Increasing the brightness and/or the gamma value equally across all channels makes these games appear brighter and more playable. English Video Overlay Settings properties The Video Overlay Settings Properties can adjust Overlay zoom controls 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. Full Screen Video properties The Full Screen Video Properties can adjust the display to full screen mode when video is being played. - 21 - Software Installation English Tools 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 Windows® 2000, 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. [. . . ]