User manual GIGABYTE GV-R7064T

[. . . ] Upgrade your Life GV-R7032T/GV-R7064T RADEONTM 7000 Graphics Accelerator USER'S MANUAL ¤¤¤å¨Ï¥Î¤â¥U REV. 1. 02 12M D- R70 64T- 102 English User's Manual 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 Notice Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before pwblicution of this booklet.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. [. . . ] Selecting Application Preference will result in high quality textures, with a negligible reduction in the application's performance. l Anisotropic Filtering slider By moving this slider to the right, as the number of samples taken increases, the quality of the final image increases significantly. 16X provides extremely detailed, crisp-looking images as a result of the largest number of texture samples possible. n Texture Preference slider Selecting this decides whether your application should use high quality or high performance textures. Moving the slider to the right delivers the highest quality experience. Moving the slider to the left emphasizes a high performance solution while still providing good visuals. n Mipmap Detail Level slider This will allow you to choose the texture quality of the mipmaps the application will use. Mipmaps are a collection of different sized textures of the same image. As the user moves closer to a 3D object the image quality should increase, requiring a higher quality texture of the same image. The base mipmap is the highest quality texture, and all subsequent mipmaps are smaller sized - 21 Software Installation English English textures of the same image. Moving the slider to the right selects a higher quality base mipmap, delivering the highest quality application experience. Moving the slider to the left selects a lower quality mipmap, delivering the highest application performance. n Wait for Vertical Sync This will lower the frame rate of full screen games but reduce the image tearing that can occur with the higher frame rate. Selecting Application Preference allows the application to decide whether or not it should display its frames at the refresh rate of the monitor. Selecting Always Off allows the application to run at its highest possible frame rate, regardless of the monitor' refresh rate which is s typically less than the frame rate at which the application will run. n Compatibility Settings button This button allows you to access advanced settings that can solve compatibility issues for a few specific OpenGL applications. l Force Z-buffer depth allows you to explicitly set the Z-Buffer depth. l Alpha dithering method l Support KTX buffer region extension Enabling this feature allows rapid updates of those portions of your screen that have changed. Note that most applications will not be affected by activating this feature. l Defaults button allows you to reset the OpenGL Compatibility Settings to default values. n Defaults button This button allows you to reset the OpenGL Settings to default values. GV-R7032T/GV-R7064T Graphics Accelerator - 22 - Direct 3D Properties: The Direct 3D properties page allows you to adjust the Direct 3D settings. n Main Settings slider Moving the slider to the left will maximize application performance, while moving the slider to the right will provide excellent 3D image quality. Moving this slider from one position to the next changes the individual Custom Settings sliders found below. l Custom Settings checkbox When Custom Settings is checked, the Main Settings slider is disabled, allowing you to move each individual slider in the Custom Settings section below. [. . . ] Click on " Install Display Drivers(Radeon VE Series)"to begin the Installation Wizard. Follow the Wizard's on-screen instructions to complete the installation. 3. 3. BIOS FLASH UTILITY GV-R7032T/GV-R7064T BIOS update procedure: MNote: Please download the newest BIOS from our website (www. gigabyte. com. tw) or contact your local dealer for the file. MIf you want to realize the BIOS flash information, please refer to detail on P. 30 GV-R7032T/GV-R7064T Graphics Accelerator - 28 - 4. [. . . ]