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ONTENTS

 

Chapter 1– Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1

 

Welcome to 3Dlabs!........................................................................................................ 2

 

System Requirements...................................................................................................... 2

 

Features ........................................................................................................................... 3

 

Chapter 2 – Setup................................................................................................................ 7

 

Preparing for Installation................................................................................................. 8

 

Before you begin your installation.............................................................................................................8

 

Installing your Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 Graphics Accelerator Card......................................8

 

If you are upgrading the graphics card in your system.............................................................................11

 

Connecting the Monitor ................................................................................................ 11

 

Connecting a DVI monitor.......................................................................................................................12

 

Connecting a VGA monitor .....................................................................................................................13

 

Attaching a Stereo Device............................................................................................. 14

 

Installing the Driver Software ....................................................................................... 14

 

Make sure your computer is ready ...........................................................................................................14

 

Removing an existing driver under Windows NT....................................................................................15

 

Removing an existing driver under Windows 2000 .................................................................................15

 

Removing an existing driver under Windows XP....................................................................................15

 

Installing your Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 driver.....................................................................16

 

Heidi Drivers for AutoDesk Applications..................................................................... 16

 

Verify the Default Video Display Driver ...................................................................... 16

 

Verifying under Windows NT .................................................................................................................17

 

Verifying under Windows 2000...............................................................................................................17

 

Verifying under Windows XP..................................................................................................................17

 

Verify the System Startup Version................................................................................ 17

 

Verifying under Windows NT .................................................................................................................17

 

Verifying under Windows 2000...............................................................................................................18

 

Verifying under Windows XP..................................................................................................................18

 

Registering Your 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card ................................................... 18

 

Chapter 3 – Software Configuration ................................................................................. 19

 

The 3Dlabs Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 Driver ............................................. 20

 

Configuring the Video Display ..................................................................................... 20

 

Using the Wildcat Configuration tab .......................................................................................................20

 

Using the Wildcat Monitor tab.................................................................................................................22

 

Enabling stereo display ............................................................................................................................24

 

 

3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card User's Guide

 

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Summary of Contents for Workstation x1000

Page 1: ...3Dlabs Inc Wildcat III 6210 and Wildcat III 6110 Graphics Accelerator Card User s Guide 3Dlabs Inc 480 Potrero Avenue Sunnyvale CA 94086 408 530 4700 www 3dlabs com...

Page 2: ...use harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the fo...

Page 3: ...nder Windows 2000 15 Removing an existing driver under Windows XP 15 Installing your Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 driver 16 Heidi Drivers for AutoDesk Applications 16 Verify the Default Video...

Page 4: ...0 Diagnostics 30 Obtaining a Usable Video Resolution 31 Using the Last Known Good option in Windows NT 31 Booting into Safe Mode 31 Determining a defective unit 31 Reinstalling the Video Driver 32 Rem...

Page 5: ...3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card User s Guide v...

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Page 7: ...CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card User s Guide...

Page 8: ...terface DVI I compliant digital display device 3 MB of free space on the computer s primary system disk for the video display driver software NOTE If you purchased your Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III...

Page 9: ...E OR DUAL MONITORS SEE Appendix A Specifications FOR A LIST OF SUPPORTED RESOLUTIONS AND REFRESH RATES TO DISPLAY AT A SPECIFIC RESOLUTION WITH THE DESIRED REFRESH RATE BOTH THE VIDEO CARD AND MONITOR...

Page 10: ...ensions Fog function Fog offset Occlusion culling Texture Extensions 3D textures edge border and LOD clamps Mipmap generation Color table Color masking LOD 4D Video Extensions Interlace Interlace read...

Page 11: ...olate dot3 Stencil Operations Dithering Rich set of blending operations Depth buffering 24 and 32 bit Additional Features SuperScene full scene multisampled anti aliasing Point sampled with sixteen sa...

Page 12: ...INTRODUCTION 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card User s Guide 6...

Page 13: ...CHAPTER 2 SETUP 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card User s Guide...

Page 14: ...er than carpet Touch the metal chassis of the computer to drain off any static electricity before touching the card Do not wear wool or polyester clothing Work in an area with a relative humidity of a...

Page 15: ...stalling your Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 Graphics Accelerator Card using a Phillips head screwdriver 6 If an anti static wrist strap was included in your box attach it to your wrist and atta...

Page 16: ...instructions on securing the card to the chassis Loose cards and connections can cause grounding and operating problems 9 Remove the anti static wrist strap if used and replace the cover on your syste...

Page 17: ...uctions 3 Install the Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 Graphics Accelerator Card driver software see Installing the Driver Software later in this chapter Connecting the Monitor The Wildcat III 621...

Page 18: ...this chapter 3 Connect the workstation monitor s video cable to the primary DVI I port on the Wildcat III video card This connector is labeled 1 in the picture above and on the I O panel of your card...

Page 19: ...Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 video card NOTE If you are connecting both a VGA and digital flat panel monitor you must connect the VGA monitor to the primary DVI I port labeled 1 3 Turn on pow...

Page 20: ...0 or Wildcat III 6110 as an upgrade are reinstalling the driver or are updating the operating system Make sure your computer is ready Make sure your workstation has the following before installing Wil...

Page 21: ...or privileges 2 From the Start menu go to Settings Control Panel and click Add Remove Programs 3 Under Change or Remove Programs highlight the current Display Driver and click Change Remove 4 Click Ye...

Page 22: ...he Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 through the use of OpenGL To install the Heidi driver and to activate full screen multisampling consult the README TXT located under the Heidi directory of the...

Page 23: ...ies dialog box Verifying under Windows XP 1 From the Windows Start menu go to Control Panel Performance and Maintenance System Hardware Device Manager 2 Under Display Adapters verify that two Wildcat...

Page 24: ...fy that Microsoft Windows XP Professional is the listed as the Default operating system It is IMPORTANT that your operating system matches the driver you installed Click OK 4 Click OK again to close t...

Page 25: ...CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card User s Guide...

Page 26: ...if necessary 2 Close any open applications 3 Right click on the Windows desktop or left click if you ve altered the default mouse setup and choose Properties from the menu Click the Settings tab then...

Page 27: ...SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card User s Guide 21...

Page 28: ...erties dialog box 2 Click Color Calibration to modify the color settings Make modifications to the Color Calibration dialog box then check the Apply Gamma Color Calibration to 3D Windows Only box if y...

Page 29: ...s You are returned to the Wildcat Monitor Display Properties dialog box 4 Click OK on the Display Properties dialog box to accept the changes Reboot the workstation if you are prompted to do so Most c...

Page 30: ...de when you no longer wish to view in stereo Follow the steps above and select Monoscopic Display under Display Mode to disable stereo mode Enabling Multiview and Genlock on the Wildcat III 6210 The W...

Page 31: ...bled video wait 10 seconds and your previous settings will be restored 7 Click OK then Yes to accept changes You are returned to the Wildcat Monitor tab 8 Click Multiview 9 Choose the signal source fr...

Page 32: ...LED does not illuminate or if the primary monitor does not display the startup sequence consult Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 6 Start Windows and log on using an account with administrative privileges 7...

Page 33: ...continue 3 If your application supports optimized configurations select the configuration for your application from the Configuration pulldown menu and click Next to view a summary of the application...

Page 34: ...ation Wizard Click Next to continue 3 Select New Configuration on the pulldown menu then click Next 4 Enter a name for the new configuration then select the configuration you want to use as a model fo...

Page 35: ...CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card User s Guide...

Page 36: ...sable Video Resolution later in this chapter for instructions Solution Reboot into VGA Safe Mode to verify the display properties are configured correctly for the monitor type If the software setup is...

Page 37: ...Mode Press CTRL ALT DEL but do not log on to the Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating system Instead shut down then boot into Safe Mode to choose another resolution or reinstall the video driver 1 Res...

Page 38: ...indows 2000 1 Log on to Windows 2000 using an account that has administrative privileges Please consult your system administrator or Microsoft Windows 2000 User s Manual for more information on Admini...

Page 39: ...ext 8 Under Locate Driver Files make sure the appropriate search location is selected and that Disk 1 of the driver media is loaded in the appropriate drive then click Next The Wizard locates the driv...

Page 40: ...APPENDIX A SPECIFICATIONS 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card User s Guide...

Page 41: ...or Wildcat III 6110 DMA channels AGP 4X or 2X Video memory Wildcat III 6210 Frame Buffer 128 MB Texture Buffer 256 MB DirectBurst 32MB Wildcat III 6110 Frame Buffer 64 MB Texture Buffer 128 MB Direct...

Page 42: ...ion Max Refresh Rate Hz SuperScene Antialiasing Supported Stereo Available At Hz 2048 x 1152 1920 x 1440 1920 x 1200 1920 x 1080 1856 x 1392 1824 x 1368 1824 x 1128 1792 x 1344 1792 x 1120 1600 x 1200...

Page 43: ...lution Max Refresh Rate Hz SuperScene Antialiasing Supported Stereo Available At Hz 2048 x 1152 1920 x 1440 1920 x 1200 1920 x 1080 1856 x 1392 1824 x 1368 1824 x 1128 1792 x 1344 1792 x 1120 1600 x 1...

Page 44: ...SPECIFICATIONS 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card User s Guide 38...

Page 45: ...APPENDIX B SOFTWARE LICENSE 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card User s Guide...

Page 46: ...intellectual property rights therein No title to the SOFTWARE FEATURES any copies thereof or any intellectual property rights therein are transferred to you You are hereby granted for your own intern...

Page 47: ...ABS INC ITS LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS LIABILITY ARISING UNDER THIS LICENSE EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU FOR THE PRODUCT OR SOFTWARE GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY THIS LIMITATION IS INTENDED TO LIMIT THE...

Page 48: ...tion finds any provision of this AGREEMENT or portion thereof to be unenforceable that provision of the AGREEMENT shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of the...

Page 49: ...APPENDIX C REGULATORY STATEMENTS Error Not a valid link 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card User s Guide...

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Page 51: ...APPENDIX D TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card User s Guide...

Page 52: ...am into device commands that are specific to the screen s display controller the graphics board Atmospheric Effects The effect derived from adding one or more layers around an object Bilinear Sampling...

Page 53: ...raphics peripheral and the operating system EVGA Extended Video Graphics Array EVGA runs at 1024 x 768 Flat Shading The simplest method of shading Each triangle is assigned one single color resulting...

Page 54: ...The smallest addressable element of a cathode ray tube display More simply put the individual dots that make up the screen image Point Sampling The basic method of adding texture to an object Point sa...

Page 55: ...d by a set of triangles Texture Mapping A technique that enables 2D graphic images to be wrapped around or pasted on to a 3D primitive Perspective correction and lighting calculations allow for added...

Page 56: ...TERMS AND DEFINITIONS 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card User s Guide 52...

Page 57: ...INDEX 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card User s Guide...

Page 58: ...tions 20 27 specifications 35 Enabling Multiview and Genlock 24 Stereoscopic display 24 Enabling stereo display 24 System Requirements 2 Features 3 Terms and definitions 48 Gamma 49 textures 50 Glossa...

Page 59: ...INDEX Safe mode 31 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card User s Guide 55...

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