Creative 3D Blaster, User Manual

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Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................. 1
Preliminary step for Windows 95 users....................................................................... 3
Step 1: Installing Your Graphics Card......................................................................... 4
Step 2: Installing Software .......................................................................................... 6
Step 3: Changing the Display Settings ...................................................................... 11
Step 4: Changing performance settings ..................................................................... 12
About E-Color Colorific/3Deep ................................................................................ 12
Getting More Information ......................................................................................... 14
Technical Specifications ............................................................................................ 16
Troubleshooting......................................................................................................... 21
Technical Support ...................................................................................................... 27
Introduction
The 3D Blaster
™
GeForce2 GTS
™
is a quality 2D/3D video accelerator that uses NVIDIA
™
’s
latest GeForce 2GTS
™
chipset. GeForce 2GTS is the ultimate 3D processor. Its innovative
architecture combines 2
nd
Generation Transform and Lighting (T&L) technology with the
Nvidia Shading Rasterizer (NSR) that enables per-pixel shading, especially dual-texturing (two
textures per-pixel at full speed).
NVIDIA’s GeForce2 GTS graphics controller delivers stunning visual quality and performance
with its 256-bit graphics engine. With GeForce2 GTS, developers can create special effects
such as multi-texture, bump mapping to simulate rough surfaces, and environmental mapping
that gives objects reflective properties. Developers can take advantage of high quality texture
filtering modes (including 8-tap anisotropic filtering) with hardware anti-aliasing to create
realistic images that rival more expensive graphics workstations.
The 3D Blaster GeForce2 GTS provides outstanding 2D and video acceleration as well. It
supports motion compensation for MPEG-2 decoding. It guarantees a high level of 2D
performance, while programmable gamma tables optimize image quality for both text- and
image-based applications.