ELSA Erazor II, User Manual

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After Installing the Drivers
ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT
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After Installing the Drivers
You will have completed the most important steps once the Installation Guide has piloted
you safely through the hazards of driver installation. Your operating system knows about
the
Erazor , the ELSA drivers are installed and ...
It's Time to Get Moving!
We have a tip for you at this point: A few minutes' patience will pay for themselves. Take
a few moments' time to optimize your system settings. Your eyes will thank you for it
and you will certainly enjoy playing games and working on your computer much more.
In this chapter you will learn:
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What is the maximum resolution I can get from my system?
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What color depth should I use?
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How frequently should the monitor redraw itself?
This chapter is divided up into operating systems to allow us to answer these questions
for you as simply as possible. Turn straight to the heading for your operating system. You
will find everything you need there. The software you need will be on the
WINNERware
CD – unless it is already included in the operating system .
What is Possible?
The table below shows the maximum possible resolutions for the ELSA graphics board.
Note that these resolutions cannot be achieved under all operating conditions.
ERAZOR II
Refresh rate (Hz) / Z-Buffer, Double Buffering
Color depth: 256 Colors HighColor TrueColor
8MB 16MB 8MB 16MB 8MB 16MB
1600 x 1200 85/– 85/– 85/
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85/
✓
85/
✓
85/
✓
1280 x 1024 120/– 120/– 120/
✓
120/
✓
120/
✓
120/
✓
1152 x 864 120/– 120/– 120/
✓
120/
✓
120/
✓
120/
✓
1024 x 768 120/– 120/– 120/
✓
120/
✓
120/
✓
120/
✓
960 x 720 120/– 120/– 120/
✓
120/
✓
120/
✓
120/
✓
800 x 600 120/– 120/– 120/
✓
120/
✓
120/
✓
120/
✓
640 x 480 120/– 120/– 120/
✓
120/
✓
120/
✓
120/
✓
HighColor = 65536 colors, TrueColor = 16.7 million colors