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ASUS V8460/V8440/V8420 Series User’s Manual

INDEX

Saturation 50
Scheme 32, 34, 38
Screen adjustments 42
Screen positioning 44
Single frame

Capture 55

SmartDoctor

Advanced setup 63
Functions 62

Software

Installation procedures 11

Stereoscopic / 3D file 73
Stereoscopic mode 34, 37
Store

Original settings 29

System monitor 63
System requirements

Monitor refresh rates 34
OS 12

Taskbar 29, 40

ASUS icon 29
NVIDIA icon 51
VideoSecurity icon 59

Texel alignment 48
Timing adjustment 55, 56
Troubleshooting 76
TV 44

Change format 44
Device adjustments

Brightness / flicker filter /
contrast 44

Tuner problems 50
Video output format 44

Tweak utility 55

Graphics speed 55

2D test 55

Engine 55
Load default 55
Memory 55

Safe mode recovery 56
Timing adjustment 55
Use tweak settings 55

Typical

D3D OSD settings 36
OpenGL OSD settings 39

Uninstall

Digital VCR 66
Display driver 21, 23

Windows 2000 25
Windows 98 23
Windows NT 4.0 25

Driver 25

Use

Asus utilities 55
Block transfer 49
Desktop color depth 49
Display adapter scaling 43
Embossment 35
Fast linear-mipmap 49
Tweak settings 55
Up to X MB 49

Utilities

Desktop 51
Digital VCR 65
SmartDoctor 27
Tweak 26, 55
VideoSecurity 28, 57
VR Picture Viewer 73

Utility

Taskbar 40

Vertical sync 49

INDEX

Summary of Contents for V8420 Series

Page 1: ...V8460 V8440 V8420 Series Programmable nFiniteFX Graphics Card USER S MANUAL Hardware Video Drivers ...

Page 2: ... appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trade marks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe NVIDIA nFiniteFX GeForce4 and Lightspeed Memory Architecture are registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation Windows MS DOS and DirectX are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporati...

Page 3: ...cnews asus com tw ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL America Address 6737 Mowry Avenue Mowry Business Center Building 2 Newark CA 94560 USA General Fax 1 510 608 4555 General Email tmd1 asus com Technical Support Support Fax 1 510 608 4555 General Support 1 502 933 8713 Web Site www asus com Support Email tsd asus com ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Europe Address Harkortstr 25 40880 Ratingen BRD Germany General Fax ...

Page 4: ...tallation 13 Windows 98 13 Method 1 ASUS Quick Setup Program 13 Method 2 Display Property Page 14 Method 3 Plug and Play 15 Windows 2000 15 Method 1 ASUS Quick Setup Program 15 Method 2 Plug and Play 16 Windows NT 4 0 18 Method 1 Display Property Page 18 Drivers 19 Install Display Driver 19 Install DirectX 20 Install GART Driver 21 Uninstall the Display Driver 23 Windows 98 ME 23 Method1 Using the...

Page 5: ...ows Display Properties 41 Digital Flat Panel 43 44 TV 44 Color Correction 45 Digital Vibrance 45 Active Color Channel 45 Brightness Contrast Gamma 45 Custom color settings 45 GeForce4 46 Additional Properties 46 Using the ASUS Utilities 55 ASUS Tweak Utility 55 ASUS VideoSecurity 57 ASUS SmartDoctor 62 ASUS Digital VCR 65 ASUS VR PictureViewer 73 5 Resolution Table 74 6 Troubleshooting 76 7 Index ...

Page 6: ...ase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help WARNING The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations Changes or modifications to this unit...

Page 7: ...with the world s latest pro grammable 3D graphics chip architecture Built in high speed 128 64MB DDR video memory with Lightspeed MemoryArchitectureTM II Programmable vertex and pixel shader Up to 4 9 Billion Samples per SecondFSAAFillRate 1 23Trillion Operations per Second 76 GigaFLOPS Optimized for DirectX 8 and OpenGL Features NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti4600 4400 4200 Graphics Processing Unit GPU with t...

Page 8: ...ctX and OpenGL acceleration 8 texture mapped filtered lit texels per clock cycle Single pass multitexturing 32 bit colors Z stencil buffer Advanced per pixel lighting texturing and shading Cube environment mapping bump mapping S3 texture compression Programmable Vertex Shader offers complex animation to generate smooth animation and nature look characters Programmable for lens effects such as wide...

Page 9: ...e time Drawings are for reference only actual cards may vary S VID IN S S COMP IN S VID OUT COMP OUT 2 H W Setup V8460 V8440 V8420 Deluxe Layout DVI I Dual Link output 24pins NVIDIA T M GeForce4 Ti T M 4600 4400 4200 GPU Chip Graphics Processing Unit Chip with Fan VGA BIOS Frame Buffer DDR Frame Buffer DDR Frame Buffer DDR Frame Buffer DDR DVI enabled Flat Panel Display VR Glasses Output 3D Glasse...

Page 10: ... DVI plug connector or a new type of analog plug connector that uses four additional pins plus a ground plane plug to maintain constant impedance for the analog RGB signals NVIDIA T M GeForce4 Ti T M 4600 4400 4200 GPU Chip Graphics Processing Unit with Heatsink Notes Use the same TV standard for all devices and cannot be connected at the same time Drawings are for reference only actual cards may ...

Page 11: ...ng VGA Card 1 Change your display driver to Standard VGA 2 Shut down your computer and unplug all electrical cords 3 Replace the existing VGA card with your graphics card 4 Restart your computer 5 Install the ASUS display driver NOTE This graphics card series can only be installed in motherboards with an AGP slot WARNING Computer boards and components contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC ch...

Page 12: ...Address RemappingTable Driver which is necessary to use the DIME feature of AGP DIME means Direct Memory Execute which is accessed directly by most AGP chips when VGARTD is installed for complex texture mapping operations For other notes or release information see the README files in the installation CD disc This Manual assumes that your CD ROM disc drive is drive D and that Windows is in C WINDOW...

Page 13: ...l also the DirectX runtime libraries DirectX must be installed so that your video player can take advantage of hardware acceleration See 3 Software Setup Install GART Driver and 3 Software Setup Install DirectX later in this manual for the setup steps Method 1 ASUS Quick Setup Program NOTE See3 SoftwareSetup Drivers InstallDisplayDriverformoreinformation 1 Start Windows 2 Switch display to Windows...

Page 14: ...therwise proceed to the next step 7 Click Browse to search the CD ROM drive In the Drives box of the Open dialog box select your CD ROM drive and then click OK 8 In theFolders box double click the WIN9x folder and then selectASUSNV9X INF in the File name box 9 Click OK A list of video cards appears Select your VGA card type for your operating system and then click OK 10 The Update Driver Warning b...

Page 15: ...ng all the necessary files on your computer it will prompt you to restart your computer Click Yes to restart your computer and to complete Setup 3 Click Cancel to enter the Windows desktop 4 Insert the CD installation disc into your CD ROM drive 5 The ASUS Windows 2000 Install Shell appears Click Drivers and then click Install Display Driver on the Driver dialog box 6 Follow the onscreen instructi...

Page 16: ...installation disc into your CD ROM drive to bring up the Locate Driver Files item of the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box 4 WhenthenextFoundNewHardware Wizard dialog box appears select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended andthenclick Next Method 2 Plug and Play 1 Start Windows 2 When Windows detects your ASUS graphics card the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears 3 C...

Page 17: ...rch Results item of the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box 9 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup 10 When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer it will prompt you to restart your computer 11 Click OK to restart your computer and to complete Setup 8 When prompted to select the display driver to install in your system select the one that is locate...

Page 18: ...ter your computer restarts right click the desktop and click Properties 3 Click the Settings tab 4 Select Change Display Type 5 Select Adapter Type and click Change 6 Click Have Disk 7 Insert the CD installation disc 8 Type D NT40 or click Browse to select the path of the display driver for Windows NT Click OK 9 Select ASUS V8460 V8440 V8420 and then click OK 10 Windows NT will once again prompt f...

Page 19: ...up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Drivers If you prefer to install the drivers individually follow the steps on the following pages Windows 2000 Setup will only copy the display drivers Windows NT 4 0 SETUPNT4 TXT will appear Follow the instructions toinstallthedisplaydriver Youmay refer to the installation procedures earlier in 3 Software Setu...

Page 20: ... ROM drive Click Drivers Install DirectX Microsoft DirectX allows 3D hardware acceleration support in Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 and Windows XP For Software MPEG support in Windows 98 you must first install Microsoft DirectX and then an MPEG compliant video player 2 The Drivers box appears Click Install DirectX to select the DirectX version you want to install WARNING Some games writte...

Page 21: ...Follow the on screen instructions to finish the GART driver installation The succeeding steps assume that you are installing for an Intel chipset 1 Insert the CD installation disc into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Drivers 2 The Drivers box appears Click Install GAR...

Page 22: ...e Setup 4 If you selected No on the previous screen before clicking OK you will bepresentedwithaselectionofother drivers Make your driver selection and click Install 5 When the Welcome screen appears click Next to continue 6 Once the driver installation is finished click Finish ...

Page 23: ...n 1 Insert the CD installation disc into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Drivers 2 Click Uninstall Display Driver and follow the on screen directions Method 2 Usingt he Control Panel 1 ClickStart andthenpointtoSettings 2 Click Control Panel 3 Double click the Add Remo...

Page 24: ...ompt you to restart your computer Click Yes to restart Windows 2000 XP Method1 Using the Autorun Screen See Windows 98 Method 1 Using the Autorun Screen earlier in this section for the procedures Method 2 Using Control Panel 1 ClickStart andthenpointtoSettings 2 Click Control Panel 3 Double click the Add Remove Programs icon 4 ClicktheChange RemovePrograms icon 5 Click ASUS Display Drivers from th...

Page 25: ...o bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Drivers 2 The Drivers box appears Click the Next Page arrow and then click Install WDM Capture Driver 3 When the ASUS WDM Capture Driver Setup box appears click Install ASUS WDM Capture driver and then click OK To complete the installation simply follow the on screen instructions or prompts 4 When the I...

Page 26: ...priately may damage your card and cause your system to be unstable 1 Insert the CD installation disc into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Utilities 2 The Utilities box appears Click Install ASUS Tweak Utility 3 When the Welcome box appears click Next To complete the i...

Page 27: ...o your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Utilities 2 The Utilities box appears Click Install SmartDoctor NOTE If your graphics card is not equipped with a monitor IC an error message warns you that monitor IC was not detected The installation will abort SmartDoctor works onl...

Page 28: ... using a video capture device such as a digital camera 1 Insert the CD installation disc into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Utilities 2 The Utilities box appears Click Install VideoSecurity 3 When the Welcome box appears click Next to start the installation To compl...

Page 29: ... buttononthe Settingsmenu Click the appropriate tab to change the display settings Refresh Rate This control changes the refresh rate of the current screen resolution Click right click the ASUS Control Panel icon then point to Refresh Rate and click the desired refresh rate Next the system prompts whether to keep the setting Click OK to keep the setting otherwise click Cancel or press ESC 4 Softwa...

Page 30: ...r to 800x600 TrueColor Click OK to restart your computer to make the change Click right click the ASUS Control Panel icon point to More Resolution and then click the desired screen resolution Thesystemwillautomatically set the resolution selected without restarting your computer Information Information lists pertinent data about the graphics card It supplies links to theASUSTeK COMPUTER INC web si...

Page 31: ...gamma values for each or all of the RGB colors These adjustments can be made for D3D Game and OpenGL environments D3D Game D3D Game lets you make your favorite color settings for D3D games OpenGL OpenGL lets you make your favorite color settings for OpenGL applications NOTE The color settings of D3D Game and OpenGL are not adjustable below 8 bit color depth ...

Page 32: ...appearance of many screen elements simultaneously and functions like a macro saving a scheme retains particular system presets Apply existing schemes or create and save schemes by saving the current settings existing schemes may be deleted A scheme may be developed to satisfy the requirements of special situations ie whenever play ing a certain game or a movie Color Spline This tool shows the dist...

Page 33: ...ot give the expected effects Therefore it may be necessary to adjust the direction effect slider leftwards to gain added responsiveness Foreground Foreground is set in conjunction with background to stretch the histogram chart on the D3D OSD box of current games to scale the depth of 3D objects Move the foreground slider leftwards to shift the foreground along the Z axis towards 0 Background Backg...

Page 34: ...erated Page Flipping Select this option for the best stereoscopic visual quality Page flipping provides double vertical resolution compared with Line Interleave The monitor must be able to support the high frequency at least 100Hz necessary for this mode Refresh Rate To prevent eye discomfort and fatigue high refresh rates are preferred Some monitors however may not be able to support a high refre...

Page 35: ...hoice only CTRL ALT X key combinations can be defined Keys that are unavailable for hotkey X values include ESC ENTER TAB SPACEBAR PRINT SCREEN or BACKSPACE Press any other key to complete the combination For example to define the hot key combina tion CTRL ALT D having placed the cursor in the box press D NOTE Hot keys will be available only if you selected the Enable OSD check box IMPORTANT Befor...

Page 36: ...a and development by XPIRAL Efecto Caos S L D3D OSD Histogram The OSD Histogram Chart pinpoints the Z axis range upon which 3D objects appear as well as how they gather For example if the above chart simulated was displayed for a car racing game the vertices to the left of the E line could be the model of the game player s car and those objects to the right of the E line could be the road houses o...

Page 37: ...ual quality set Embossment in conjunction with View Angle See On Screen Display later in this section for more details Mode Line Interleave Select this option for better monitor compatibility particularly for monitors with less bandwidth or less range of horizontal vertical frequency Stereoscopic visual quality however will be poor since only half the vertical lines are generated Page Flipping Sel...

Page 38: ...onitor can support the selected refresh rate interlaced mode under the following display scales 16 bits 2048x1536 1024x768 Stereo Mode 32 bits 1280x960 640x480 Stereo Mode 1280x1024 640x480 Stereo Mode 1600x900 800x600StereoMode 1600x1200 800x600StereoMode On Screen Display Enable OSD Clicking on the check box enables access to the advanced box When selected this option opens the OpenGL On Screen ...

Page 39: ...nd Gamma In most games use the keyboard UP or DOWN arrow keys to select a new setting The PLUS or MINUS keys move the sliders To restore the defaults press the HOME key To close screen settings display use the END key Known Issues on Selected Games Applications See the included support CD for the latest information OPENGLVR TXT in the WIN9XME folder All registered and unregistered trademarks are t...

Page 40: ...s Manual 40 4 Software Reference TaskBar Utility This utility gives convenient access to various features and presets that may be configured in the Display Properties Menu directly from the Windows taskbar 4 S W Reference Taskbar Utility ...

Page 41: ...nfigure the TwinView display and to make additional property adjustments To use Windows Display Properties click the ASUS icon on the taskbar s status area to open the ASUS Control Panel Menu Click Windows Display Properties click the Settings tab and then click Advanced NOTE Instead of clicking the ASUS Control Panel icon you may right click the Windows 98 2000 desktop click Properties and then c...

Page 42: ... adjust the position of your monitor For fine adjustments use the arrows Display Timing Selects the proper timing mode Auto Detect allows Windows to receive the proper timing information directly from the monitor itself NOTE Some older monitors may not support this feature General Timing Formula GTF GTF is a standard used by most new hardware Discrete Monitor Timings DMT DMT is an older standard s...

Page 43: ...el display when running at resolutions lower than the maximum resolution supported Use display adapter scaling Adapter automatically scales the appearance of the display on the monitor default Centered output Centers the image on the flat panel and does not adjust the scale NOTE This funciton is only available with DVI 2V1D cards 4 S W Reference Device Selection ...

Page 44: ...tput format based on the four quadrants indicated by the arrows Click on the arrows to reposition output on the TV monitor TV Change Format Opens a window that specifies a particular TV output format NOTE This function is only available with T Deluxe Combo cards Video output format This field specifies the type of output signal sent to the TV If the correct connector cable is connected S Video out...

Page 45: ...nnels Red Green or Blue Brightness Contrast Gamma These sliders help calibrate the visual output of the display card Changes to colorsettingsareshownimmediatelyon the monitor Automatically apply these settings at startup Selectingthisoptionwillautomatically restore the color adjustments when Windows is restarted NOTE If the PC is running on a network the color will be adjusted after you have logge...

Page 46: ... accesses extra features and supplies an Internet link for drivers product updates and news Manually Select Anti aliasing Mode Off no antialiasing Disables anti aliasing in 3D applications Select Off if you require maximum speed performance in your applications 2x Enables antialiasing using the 2x mode Select this for improved image quality and high performance in 3D applications Quincunx Antialia...

Page 47: ...hile running Direct3D applications Mipmapping Mipmap detail level This option lets you adjust the Level of Detail LOD bias for mipmaps A lower biasprovidesbetterimagequalitywhileahigherbiasaugmentsperformance Choose from five preset bias levels Options are Best Image Quality High Image Quality Blend High Performance Best Performance PCI Texture Memory Size NOTE This setting applies only to PCI dis...

Page 48: ...default values conform to the Direct3D specifications Some software may expect texel origin to be defined elsewhere The image quality of such applications will improve if the texel origin is redefined Dragging the slider leftward positions the texel origin closer to its upper left corner and moving the slider rightward positions it closer to the center Range 0 to 7 default 3 ...

Page 49: ...nes whether textures of a specific color depth should be used by default in OpenGL applications Options are Use desktop color depth default Always use 16 bpp and Always use 32 bpp Buffer flipping mode This setting determines the buffer flipping mode for full screen OpenGL applications Options are Auto select default Use block transfer and Use page flip Vertical sync This setting specifies how vert...

Page 50: ...ific area of the video output screen NOTE when enabling overlay zoom Video players that are not able to detect the presence of Video Mirror may not update the zoom factor immediately while displaying a still frame Select screen region to zoom This option lets you select the region on the video playback to zoom in or out Zoom control This option lets you zoom in or out on the selected portion of th...

Page 51: ...he Desktop Utilities dialog Enable Desktop Manager and Desktop Manager Configuration Click this button to access the Desktop Display Manager setup menus Using the Quick Tweak icon Right click the NVIDIA taskbar icon to display a popup menu of options including OpenGL Direct3D or Color settings The menu also contains items forrestoringdefaultsettings Leftclick on the icon twice and the Display Prop...

Page 52: ...e button to complete profile setting Repeat this step for each program that you want to add to the Desktop Display Manager Desktop Display Manager In the TwinView Extended Desktop Mode this Display Manager sets up the PC to run one or more programs on one or both monitors or desktops Among others it also allows you to undertake program management features such as restoring application windows to t...

Page 53: ...mize andRestorewindowsfunctions Select Make windows transparent when dragged to make a transparent window and save more space on your desktop only on Windows 2000 XP Zoom settings Clicking Launch Zoom Window button to open a Zoom Window magnifies a selected area of your screen Hot keys Hightlight an item from Select an action then assign a key or a combination of keys for the action Click the Add ...

Page 54: ... or multiple monitors you can create up to 32 different desktops to distribute the open applications amongthem Thisprevents application clutter on your desktop Click the Show taskbarQuickTweak icon to add the NVIDIAQuick Tweak icon to the Windows taskbar 4 S W Reference Desktop Utilities ...

Page 55: ...ity click Start and point to Programs Asus Tweaking Utilities and then click Tweak Timing Adjustment Timing Adjustment lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory Use tweak settings on next startup Selecting this item allows you to use your authorized settings whenWindows starts Graphics Speed Engine Lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine Memor...

Page 56: ... until the Windows Startup Menu appears For some machines and Windows 98 you can use CTRL to bring up the Startup Menu Enter the number for Safe mode and then press ENTER 2 In Windows click Start and point to Programs Asus Tweak Utility and then click Tweak Safe Mode Recovery 3 The ASUS Tweak Safe Mode Properties box appears Click the appropriate settings Using Tweak Safe Mode Recovery Timing Adju...

Page 57: ...e errors Before you execute VideoSecurity there are some limitations you have to understand so that you can appropriately use it Due to changing temperatures the captured image of some CCDs will be twisted which may give a wrong detection If the features e g color luminance of the object are similar to that of background the object may not be detected clearly The CCD cannot capture the object smoo...

Page 58: ...EOSEC The directory is user configurable When VideoSecurity is ran a sub directory automatically created under the main directory using the current date and time as the folder name For example 1999 11 30_12 30 20 means that VideoSecurity was started on 30 November 1999 at 12 30 20 PM Detect Region Full window detects all visible area when watchdog function is on User define region detects only the...

Page 59: ...e this Tracing Box to choose the error processing method for tracing Handling Procedure Click the Handling Procedure tab to set up personalized handling procedure through Recording Send email Make phone call or Execute specific program VideoSecurity will execute procedures set up by the user once any error is detected 4 S W Reference ASUS VideoSecurity Devices Click the Devices tab to select captu...

Page 60: ...Region Click the Detect Region button to define your VideoSecurity video window Use your mouse to drag your intended rectangular region Running ASUS VideoSecurity Click theASUS icon on the taskbar s status area Clicking this icon opens theASUS Control Panel then click the ASUS VideoSecurity to run VideoSecurity ...

Page 61: ... V8440 V8420 Series User s Manual 4 Software Reference 4 S W Reference ASUS VideoSecurity Show History Click the Show History button to see the abnormal situation record including the date time and other information ...

Page 62: ...hip temperature fan speed and voltage Notifies users about irregular hardware events such as temperature overheat fan malfunction and out of safe range voltage Forcibly cools down the graphic chip when the graphic chip s temperature is over an acceptable temperature to protect the graphic chip from overheat damage Cools down the graphic chip s temperature when it is idle and restores it to its max...

Page 63: ...PU is idle The CPU temperature will then drop NOTE If you have already installed any CPU cooling software in your system you should just choose only one Running more than one CPU cooling software at the same time is redundant After CPU cooling is enabled and when you run System Monitor in Programs Accessories System Tools to monitor CPU usage you will find that CPU usage has reached its maximum th...

Page 64: ...ity When SmartDoctor senses that something is wrong with your card graphic chip the message display region will show a detailed description of the error or problem The component in question will also have a flashing red value If you enabled overheat protection in Advanced Setup dialog box SmartDoctorwillcooldownthegraphic chip in time to protect it from possible overheat damage Press OK to set you...

Page 65: ...minimum system requirement is Pentium III 650 MHz or Athlon 650 Mhz ASUS Digital VCR features 1 WithASUS Digital VCR you can watch and record TV programs from your TV tuner and also can enjoy all kinds of medias effortlessly from numerous signal inputs such as analog digital camcoderers VCRs and PC cameras 2 The Channel Surfing function allows you to watch a snapshot of 16 channels at one time whi...

Page 66: ...ck ASUS Digital VCR You may also run ASUS Digital VCR by clicking or right clicking the ASUS Con trol Panel icon see 4 Software Reference ASUS Control Panel on the taskbar s status area to display theASUS Control Panel pointing to ASUS Digital VCR and then clicking it Uninstalling ASUS Digital VCR To uninstall the software click Start and point to Programs and then ASUS Digital VCR and then click ...

Page 67: ...le click the display then click the Full Screen button You may also use CTRL S or ESC to disable full screen display The display will then revert to its previous size Enable wallpaper display NOTE Before using the Enable wallpaper display option make sure that the View as Web Page option of the Active Desktop setting is not selected see Start Settings Active Desktop View as Web Page To Enable wall...

Page 68: ...ion click or select the Always onTop command from the Window W menu Setup When first using ASUS Digital VCR you must set up the video source Use the Setup button on theASUS Digital VCR Control Panel or use the F9 hot key to show or hide the video source setup screen on the monitor Use your mouse pointing device or the UP and DOWN arrow keys to select options Brightness Saturation Contrast Hue andt...

Page 69: ...settings There are four default profiles in Record Profiles drop down list Click the arrow to create your most frequently used settings IMPORTANT It is the intent ofASUS that this product be used in full compliance with the copyright laws of your respective and other countries and that prior permission be obtained from copyright owners whenever necessary ...

Page 70: ... computer and you had to leave but you don t want to miss the rest of the show all you need is to record it with ASUS TimeShifting When you come back you don t have to wait unlike traditional recorders for the recording to finish to be able to watch what s been recorded Just click Play and playback will start immediately this while recording still continuing in the background The de interlace mode...

Page 71: ...l Click the Frequency Tuning button to fine tune the channels and to modify the TV signal if the built in tables don t work TV Tuner Click the TV Tuner tab to select your TV receiver and country After completing the settings you can execute Channel Surfing by clicking the Channel Surfing button to simultaneously view a snapshot of 16 channels rather than a flipping through all the channels ...

Page 72: ...the Devices tab to set up your Video Device andAudio Device Many capture devices are supported by digitalVCR After a correct installation of theWDM device driver Digital VCR will list all the available devices Select the mixer line you use to input the live audio so that Digital VCR can properly record it into files ...

Page 73: ...re Reference ASUS VR PictureViewer ASUS VR PictureViewer lets you view stereo images size your stereo image and set the VR effect of your 3D glasses 1 Click the View menu and then click VR On to enable stereoscopic display Opening a Stereoscopic or 3D File To run ASUS VR PictureViewer click or right click the ASUS Control Panel icon see 4 Software Reference ASUS Control Panel on the taskbar status...

Page 74: ...70Hz 112 7 200Hz 135 1 240Hz 166 2 1024 x 768 60Hz 48 4 70Hz 56 4 72Hz 57 5 75Hz 60 0 85Hz 68 7 100Hz 81 7 120Hz 98 8 140Hz 116 6 144Hz 120 2 150Hz 125 7 170Hz 144 1 200Hz 172 8 240Hz 212 1 1152 x 864 60Hz 53 7 70Hz 62 9 72Hz 64 9 75Hz 67 5 85Hz 77 1 100Hz 91 3 120Hz 111 2 140Hz 131 3 144Hz 135 2 150Hz 141 4 170Hz 162 9 200Hz 194 9 1280 x 960 60Hz 60 0 70Hz 69 9 72Hz 72 1 75Hz 75 2 85Hz 86 0 100Hz...

Page 75: ... 95 3 120Hz 115 4 140Hz 136 8 144Hz 140 4 150Hz 146 8 1600 x 1200 60Hz 75 0 70Hz 87 5 72Hz 90 1 75Hz 94 0 85Hz 106 1 100Hz 127 5 120Hz 154 5 1920 x 1080 60Hz 67 1 70Hz 78 7 72Hz 81 1 75Hz 84 6 85Hz 96 4 100Hz 113 9 1920 x 1200 60Hz 74 6 70Hz 87 4 72Hz 90 0 75Hz 94 0 85Hz 106 7 100Hz 126 7 1920 x 1440 60Hz 89 4 70Hz 104 9 72Hz 108 5 75Hz 112 5 85Hz 129 4 2048 x 1536 60Hz 95 5 70Hz 111 9 72Hz 115 3 ...

Page 76: ... an Aladdin IV AGPset To get the best compatibility the display card uses AGP Bus Master mode instead of AGP execute mode for motherboards using this AGPset You must install DirectX 6 or later so that your player can take advantage of the hardware acceleration mode DirectDraw Try to switch to a lower resolution color depth or refresh rate Switching to a lower mode allows your player to use hardwar...

Page 77: ... Available models 7 B Background 33 36 Blind 33 36 Brightness 31 32 36 39 44 45 Buffer flipping mode 49 C CCD 57 Centered output 43 Change Default hot keys 35 38 Format 44 TV format 44 Chip temperature 62 Color Menu 31 Spline 32 Color correction submenu 45 Active color channel 45 Automatically apply 45 Brightness contrast gamma 45 Custom color settings 45 Contrast 31 32 36 39 45 50 Control panel 2...

Page 78: ...7 Display logo 47 Enable fog table 47 Direction 33 36 DirectX 76 Disable Always on top 68 Antialiasing 46 Desktop wallpaper 67 Monitor check 34 37 49 Support for enhanced CPU 49 Discrete monitor timing 42 Display Logo 47 Quick tweak icon 51 Video method 71 Display driver installation 13 Windows 2000 15 Windows 98 13 Windows NT 4 0 18 Display properties 29 40 41 51 Advanced settings 41 GeForce2MX 4...

Page 79: ...s 36 Hotkey 35 38 Hue 50 I IC chips Warning 11 Information menu 30 Install Asus Tweak utility 26 Asus V7100 series display driver 11 DirectX 13 20 65 Display driver 19 GART driver 13 21 SmartDoctor 27 VideoSecurity 28 Installation procedures New VGA cards 11 Systems with existing VGA card 11 IRQ 76 L Layout V7100 Magic T 10 V8200 Deluxe 9 Limitations 57 Line interleave 34 37 Load default 33 55 M M...

Page 80: ...openGL settings 49 Default color depth 49 Performance and compatibility 49 Allow dual planes 49 Disble support for enhanced CPU 49 Enable anistropic filtering 49 Enable buffer 49 Use fast linear mipmap 49 Use up to xMB 49 Vertical sync 49 OS System requirements 12 Overheat protection 63 Overlay controls 50 Brightness contrast hue saturation 50 Check here 50 Enable video overlay zoom 50 Select scre...

Page 81: ...format 44 Device adjustments Brightness flicker filter contrast 44 Tuner problems 50 Video output format 44 Tweak utility 55 Graphics speed 55 2D test 55 Engine 55 Load default 55 Memory 55 Safe mode recovery 56 Timing adjustment 55 Use tweak settings 55 Typical D3D OSD settings 36 OpenGL OSD settings 39 U Uninstall Digital VCR 66 Display driver 21 23 Windows 2000 25 Windows 98 23 Windows NT 4 0 2...

Page 82: ... 62 VR effect 33 Background 33 Blind 33 Depth 33 Embossment 33 Foreground 33 Load default 33 Main Program 34 Menu 73 Stereoscopic mode 33 VR picture viewer 73 Opening or displaying Stereo 3D files 73 VR 100 upgrade kit 37 VR 100G 3 D glasses 37 W WARNING 11 18 21 26 29 34 39 41 55 Windows desktop 29 Properties and settings 29 Windows display properties 41 Z Z axis range 36 Zoom control 50 54 INDEX...

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