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GV-N98TOC-1GH/512H Graphics Accelerator

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Move CRT Screen Position

You can use your mouse (by clicking on the
arrow keys on this page) or the arrow keys
on your keyboard to adjust the position of your
desktop to better fit your display. This is a
useful alternative to using the controls (buttons)
on your actual physical display.

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Change Resolution

Using the Change Resolution controls, you
can change the color setting, reduce screen
flickering, or adjust the amount of information
appearing on your display.

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Adjust Desktop Color Settings

Use this page to set the contrast, sharpness,
and color depth (Digital Vibrance) of the im-
ages on your desktop. These changes will
not affect any video playback. To change video
color settings, go to Adjust Video Color Set-
tings under the Video and TV section from the
Start page.

Summary of Contents for GV-N98TOC-1GH

Page 1: ...ard Due to rapid change in technology some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this this manual The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may a...

Page 2: ...Sept 19 2008 VGA Card GV N98TOC 1GH GV N98TOC 512H VGA Card GV N98TOC 1GH GV N98TOC 512H Sept 19 2008...

Page 3: ...ting System Requirements 11 3 1 2 DirectX Installation 12 3 1 3 Driver Installation 13 3 1 4 GIGABYTE Gamer HUD on Driver CD 15 3 1 5 Taskbar Icon 17 3 1 6 Display Properties Pages 18 3 1 7 nView Prop...

Page 4: ...um CoreTM 2 or AMD AthlonTM PhenomTM 128 MB of system memory 2 GB or more for best performance Optical drive for software installation CD ROM or DVD ROM drive A 450 Watt power supply or above is a mus...

Page 5: ...Connector 1 DVI I Connector 2 HDTV NTSC PAL TV Projector NTSC PAL TV Projector or or Digital LCD Monitor AnalogLCDMonitor AnalogMonitor or Y Pr Pb AV Output S Video Output DVI Output D Sub Output DVI...

Page 6: ...separated from the system The card contains sensitive electric components which can be easily damaged by static electricity so the card should be left in its original packing until it is installed Un...

Page 7: ...ct the power cable to your graphics card or the system will not boot Do not touch the card when it s operating to prevent system instability Makesurethatthegoldedgeconnectorofthegraphicscardissecurely...

Page 8: ...F in jack on the adapter and the other end into the co axial S PDIF out jack on your motheboard Step 4 To connect an HDMI TV use either Method A or Method B below depending on your motherboard design...

Page 9: ...Blue 2 Connecting S Video If your TV has a S Video connection connect the S Video cable from your TV to the S Video Out port on the adapter 3 Connecting AV Output If your TV has a Composite video con...

Page 10: ...nufacturers are connected together via SLI bridge connector in a system that provides two x16 PCI Express slots to scale graphics performance The picture below shows that two graphics cards are linked...

Page 11: ...tructions to setup your graphics card driver Please follow the subsection 3 1 3 Driver Installation to install the driver for your graphics card 3 1 Windows XP Driver and Utilities Installation 3 1 1...

Page 12: ...ws XP you must install DirectX first Users who run Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or above do not need to install DirectX separately Step 1 When the autorun window shows up click the Install DirectX 9...

Page 13: ...installation instructions Step 1 Found New Hardware Wizard Video Controller VGA Compatible Click the Next button to install the driver Insert the driver CD ROM that came with your graphics card Or cli...

Page 14: ...ive The autorun window will appear If it does not show up please run D setup exe Step 1 When the autorun window shows up click the Install Display Driver item Step 2 Click the Next button The system i...

Page 15: ...t your CD ROM drive substitute D with the correct drive letter Step 1 When autorun window shows up click the GIGABYTE Gamer HUD item Step 2 Choose the language for the instal lation and click the OK b...

Page 16: ...f 2D 3D Auto Optimized is set to Disable Incorrectly doing overclock overvoltage may result in damage to your system and reduce the useful life of the system components Button Function Default Note Al...

Page 17: ...installing the graphics card driver you will find an NVIDIA icon in the notification area Click this icon to open the control panel Right click the NVIDIA icon to enter the NVIDIA Control Center You c...

Page 18: ...nge the resolution You can click the item to change the color quality Click the Advanced button for advanced settings NVIDIA Control Panel After pressing the Advanced button in Settings you ll see the...

Page 19: ...s Display Video Television In the NVIDIA Control Panel change a view if you want The supported modes are Standard Advanced Custom 3D Settings Tasks in the 3D Settings pages allow you to do the followi...

Page 20: ...for a particular game or application MonitorTemperatureLevels To monitor the current temperature of your NVIDIA GPU using NVIDIA nTune utility please visit NVIDIA s official web site for more infor m...

Page 21: ...optimization wizard Move CRT screen position Change resolution Adjust desktop color settings Rotate display Manage custom resolutions Note 1 Run multiple display wizard Note 2 Set up multiple displays...

Page 22: ...actual physical display ChangeResolution Using the Change Resolution controls you can change the color setting reduce screen flickering or adjust the amount of information appearing on your display A...

Page 23: ...ht bit color depth and the refresh rate etc The Advanced Timing page enables you to adjust timings for your graphics card in order to sup port a variety of different display timings for ultimate flexi...

Page 24: ...ere Only use one display Single The same on both display Clone As one large horizontal desktop Horizontal span As one large vertical desktop Vertical span Configured independently from each other Dual...

Page 25: ...mode indicates that both displays in the display pair function as one virtual desktop Unlike Horizontal Span or Vertical Span mode Dualview treats each display as a separate device This means that th...

Page 26: ...st fit your television or HDTV high definition television screen Change the signal format to use for your standard television or HDTV as well as change country specific signal or the HDTV format Enabl...

Page 27: ...m the adapter to the TV Out port on your graphics card Step 2 Go to NVIDIA Control Panel Select the Run television setup wizard Note 2 item in the Video Television page Step 3 When the Television Setu...

Page 28: ...28 GV N98TOC 1GH 512H Graphics Accelerator Step 6 Click the Preview button to preview the selected settings Then click Next Step 7 Click Finish to apply the new television settings...

Page 29: ...n one desktop Enabling the nView Desktop Manager Features Click the NVIDIA icon in the notification area and select nView Properties under nView Destop Manager Click the Enable button to turn on all t...

Page 30: ...about the nView Desktop Manager The Setup Wizard can also be accessed from this tab nView Profiles properties This tab contains a record of all nView display settings for easy software setup nView Wi...

Page 31: ...This tab allows you to control nView settings depending on different applications nView Desktops properties This tab allows you to create up to 32 unique desktops nView User Interface properties This...

Page 32: ...s that you can apply to your applications nView Zoom properties This tab provides dynamic zoom functionality on the desktop Also enable full screen video playback via the video mirroring control butto...

Page 33: ...oftware Installation nView Mouse properties This tab can modify and extend mouse behavior with kinematic actions nView Tools properties This tab can improve nView functionality for mobile and desktop...

Page 34: ...al or manufacturer NOTE Some manufacturers do not allow the built in graphics to be disabled or to become the secondary display Make sure you selected the appropriate display device and graphics card...

Page 35: ...u may need a startup disk to restart the computer in MS DOS mode 3 Change the command prompt to A 4 To back up the current BIOS at the A prompt type BIOS flash utility name s BIOS file name example gv...

Page 36: ...3 3 640 x 400 16 10 60 75 3 3 3 640 x 480 60 240 3 3 3 720 x 480 60 3 3 3 720 x 576 50 60 3 3 3 800 x 600 60 240 3 3 3 848 x 480 60 240 3 3 3 960 x 600 16 10 60 240 3 3 3 1024 x 768 60 200 3 3 3 240...

Page 37: ...efresh Color Depth bpp Screen Rate 8bpp 256 color 16bpp 65K color 32bpp 16 7M Resolution Hz Standard mode High mode True mode 1600 x 1200 60 100 3 3 3 120 3 3 X 1920 x 1080 16 9 60 85 3 3 3 100 3 3 X...

Page 38: ...oreover we at GIGABYTE are continuing our efforts to develop products that do not use internationally banned toxic chemicals Waste Electrical Electronic Equipment WEEE Directive Statement GIGABYTE wil...

Page 39: ...s properly With your help we can reduce the amount of natural resources needed to produce electrical and electronic equipment minimize the use of landfills for the disposal of end of life products and...

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