User manual GIGABYTE GV-GF1280RT-64

[. . . ] 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minimum system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Replace the screw to fasten the card in place, and replace the computer cover. English After installation, you must connect the power cable to your GV-GF1280RT-64 graphics card (connect the black power connector to the graphics card and both of the two white power connectors to the power supply), or system will not boot. 7. 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. -7Hardware Installation English 3. Software Installation In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive to be Drive D: The installation of Win® 2000 / 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. Operating system requirement · When loading the graphics card drivers for the system, please make sure you have installed DirectX 9 or later version to your system. · If you install the graphics card drivers for the motherboard built on SIS or VIA chipsets, please install the appropriate driver program for that motherboard. Or please contact your motherboard nearest dealer for motherboard driver. GV-GF1280RT-64 Graphics Accelerator -8- 3. 1. 2. DirectX installation Install Microsoft DirectX to enable 3D hardware acceleration support for Windows® 2000 or Windows® XP to achieve better 3D performance. You may click the "Display Properties" item, and then click Settings. Click the appropriate tab to change your display settings. Right click the icon. Click "VGA Information" item into the "VGA Info" and "Color Adjust" tabs. You can link to GBT website for updated information about the graphics accelerator, latest drivers, and other information. GV-GF1280RT-64 Graphics Accelerator - 16 - VGA Information VGA Info lists the relevant information about your card. English 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 - Software Installation English After installation of the display drivers, you will find a NVIDIA icon area. · General Timing Formula (GTF) is a standard used by most new displays. · Discrete Monitor Timing (DMT) is an older standard still in use on some displays. Enable this option if your display requires DMT. GV-GF1280RT-64 Graphics Accelerator - 20 - · Coordinated Video Timing Standard (CVT) becomes the VESA standard on March 2003. · Fixed aspect ratio timing forces the displayed image to retain the aspect ratio of the mode rather than aspect ratio of the display. Note: The driver may place back borders around the displayed image, as needed. English Performance and Quality Settings properties The sliders lets to decide whether your application should use quality or high performance texture. · Application profiles: Select the application profile from the list of profiles. · 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 value: allows to set the degree of the Global Driver Settings. Color Correction properties The Color Correction Properties is used to compensate 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. [. . . ] 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. Click on "Install Display Drivers" to begin the Installation Wizard. [. . . ]