User manual GIGABYTE GV-GF2010

[. . . ] Please do not remove any labels on VGA card , this may void the warranty of this VGA card. This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U. S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited. March 17, 2003 Taipei, Taiwan 2 Table of Content Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION 1. 1. [. . . ] MIn order to ensure your graphics card working correctly, please use official Gigabyte BIOS only Use none official gigabyte BIOS might cause problem on the graphics card. 5 AP64D /AP64D-H Graphics Accelerator 2. 2. BOARD LAYOUT AP64D/AP64D-H (4Mx16 64MB DDR) S-Video (TV -O ut) VGA Monitor C onnector (15pin) DVI Connector AV Output S-VideoO utput S-Video VGA Output VGA Monitor C onnector (15pin) DVI Output DVI Connector 6 Hardware Installation 2. 3. Now that you have prepared your computer, you are ready to install your graphics accelerator card. Power off the computer and monitor , then disconnect the display cable from the backof your computer. 2. 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 your computer documentation. 7 AP64D /AP64D-H Graphics Accelerator 4. Locate the AGP slot. 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. AP64D/A P64D-H Graphics card AGP Slot 5. Replace the screw to fasten the card in place, and replace the computer cover. AP64D/A P64D-H G raphics card 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 Fla t Panel Di splay To VGA MON ITOR 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: 8 Software Installation 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D: 3. 1. WINDOWS® 98 /98SE / WINDOWS ME /WINDOWS XP DRIVER AND UTILITIES INSTALLATION The installation of Win 98/98SE / Win ME / Win XP drivers is very simple. l Enable page flipping allows you to enable hardware acceleration of page flipping to swap full screen buffers. l Force 16-bit Z-buffering allows you to disable all other formats of Z-buffer and utilizes 16-bit Z-buffering. l Disable dithering when alpha blending may remove artifacts left on the screen when both dithering and alpha blending are enabled. l Wait for vertical sync lowers the frames per second rate in full screen games However this can reduce the image tearing that can occur with higher frame rates. l Enable texture compression enables and disables texture compression. l Full Screen anti-aliasing allows you to set the level of full-screen anti-aliasing. This will result in an overall higher quality image with a slight reduction inerformance. 20 Software Installation n Anisotropic texture filtering allows you to set a level of anisotropic texture filtering. This will result in much higher quality textures with a negligible reduction in performance. The Sharp setting is recommended for larger, more detailed, mipmapping scenes. The Fuzzy setting is recommended for smaller, less detailed, mipmapping scenes. n Defaults restores your Direct 3D setting to their default values. Color Properties The Color Properties is used to adjust the color settings. [. . . ] Using an S-Video cable or the supplied adapter cable, attach one end of the cable to your graphics card and the other to your television (or VCR). See " Connecting your graphics card to a TV (or VCR)"on the following page. 23 AP64D /AP64D-H Graphics Accelerator Overlay Properties The Overlay Properties is used to adjust the Brightness / Contrast / Saturation / Hue/ Gamma settings. 24 Software Installation 3. 2. WINDOWS NT 4. 0 DRIVER INSTALLATION Please make sure the Windows NT 4. 0 have installed Windows NT 4. 0 Service Pack version 6. 0 (or later) before installing the graphics accelerator driver. Type the following: D:\SETUP (If D is not your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter. ) 5. [. . . ]