User manual GIGABYTE GV-NX78T256D-ZK

[. . . ] Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet.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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] We suggest you to connect both of the two power cables on the graphics card to the power supply to achieve optimal graphics performance. 3. Plug the display cable into your graphics card; then turn on the computer and monitor. To connect a flat panel directly to your graphics card, use the DVI-I connector. To connect a VGA monitor to the DVI-I connector, plug the DVI-I to D-sub adapter into the DVI-I connector, then plug the monitor cable into the adapter. Connect a flat panel To TV / VCR / VIVO To Flat Panel Display Connect a VGA monitor via DVI-I to D-sub adapter You are now ready to proceed with the installation of the graphics card driver. Please refer to next chapter for detailed instructions. GV-NX78T Series Graphics Accelerator -8- How NVIDIA® SLITM (Scalable Link Interface) technology works: In an SLI configuration, two SLI-ready graphics cards with the same model and from the same manufacturers are connected together via SLI bridge connector in a system that provides two x 16 PCI Express slots to scale graphics performance. The picture below shows that two graphics cards are linked in parallel in an SLI configuration. Two SLI-ready graphics cards of the same type. (Example: GV-NX66T128D) SLI bridge connector (provided by motherboard manufacturer) English For more information about the hardware configuration of an SLI system, please refer to motherboard user manual. -9- Hardware Installation English 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. ) 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 the appropriate tab to change your display settings. Right click the icon. Click the VGA Information item into the "VGA Info" and "Color Adjust" tabs. You can link to GIGABYTE website for updated information about the graphics accelerator, latest drivers, and other information. GV-NX78T Series 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. · 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: allows to set the degree of the Global Driver Settings. SLI multi-GPU properties Your graphics card features NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface (SLI) technology. Add a second graphics card with SLI technology for significant improvements in rendering performance. Please do not enable SLI multi-GPU in Windows 2000. GV-NX78T Series Graphics Accelerator - 20 - 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. 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 Overlay Controls 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. [. . . ] Also enables full screen video playback via the video mirroring control button. English nView Hot Keys properties This tab lets you perform various actions with shortcut keys or key combinations. nView Mouse properties This tab can modify and extend mouse behavior with kinematic actions. - 27 - Software Installation English nView Tools properties This tab can improve nView functionality for mobile and desktop users. GV-NX78T Series Graphics Accelerator - 28 - 3. 2. Windows® 2000 driver installation With Windows running on your computer, you need to install the graphics card driver to take advantage of the higher performance, resolutions, and special graphics features of the graphics card. To ensure you install the latest driver, insert the Installation CD that shipped with your graphics card. To install the graphics card driver for Windows® 2000, please insert the Installation CD. [. . . ]