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3.1.6. Display Properties pages

To access Display Properties pages, right-click the GIGABYTE icon on the taskbar and
select 

Display Properties

 or right-click on Desktop and then select 

Properties

. The 

Display

Properties 

dialog box shows the information of display adapter, color, the range of display

area, and the refresh rate.

Settings (Resolutions and Color depth for Windows)

You may adjust the screen resolution and color quality settings in this dialog box.

You can click the item to change the color quality.

Click the 

Advanced 

button for adapter and setting.

Display
Matrix

Model

GV-R13128D

CRT+TV

(Note)

Yes

CRT+DVI

Yes

DVI+TV

Yes

DVI+TV+CRT

No

You can move the slider to change the resolution.

(Note) The CRT+TV configuration requires that you connect your CRT display to the DVI connector on

the card using the DVI-I to VGA adapter to ensure normal operation.
This configuration is not supported if the CRT monitor is directly attached to the VGA port on the
card.

Summary of Contents for GV-R13128D

Page 1: ...Apr 13 2006 VGA Card GV R13128D...

Page 2: ...VGA Card Apr 13 2006 GV R13128D...

Page 3: ...tions might be out of date before publication of this booklet The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitment to...

Page 4: ...Utilities Installation 9 3 1 1 Operating System Requirement 9 3 1 2 DirectX Installation 10 3 1 3 Driver Installation 11 3 1 4 Utilities on Driver CD 13 3 1 5 Taskbar Icon 16 3 1 6 Display Properties...

Page 5: ...SupportsAV S Video and HDTV output Supports TV Out connector Supports DVI I connector 1 2 Minimum System Requirement IBM or 100 PC compatible with Pentium III 650MHz orAMDAthlon 650MHz class processo...

Page 6: ...out DVI I Connector TV Out VGA Monitor Connector 15 pin Analog LCD Monitor Analog LCD Monitor Digital LCD Monitor TV Out S Video VGA Monitor Connector 15 pin DVI I Connector NTSC PAL TV Projector Anal...

Page 7: ...parated 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 Unpac...

Page 8: ...ard 1 Power off the computer and monitor then disconnect the display cable from the back of your computer 2 Remove the computer cover If necessary consult your computer s manual for help in removing t...

Page 9: ...detailed instructions To TV VCR To VGA Monitor To Flat Panel Display To install your new graphics card 1 Locate the AGP slot If necessary remove themetalcoverfromthisslot thenalignyour graphicscardwit...

Page 10: ...ngcolor Y Green Pr Red Pb 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 ConnectingAV Output If your TV h...

Page 11: ...raphics card driver Please follow the subsection 3 1 3 Driver installation to install the driver for your graphics accelerator 3 1 Windows XP Driver and Utilities Installation 3 1 1 Operating System R...

Page 12: ...2000 or Windows 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 autorun window show up click the Install D...

Page 13: ...stallation guide Step 1 Found new hardware wizard Video controller VGA Compatible Click the Next button to install the driver There is a driver CD disk that came with your graphics accelerator please...

Page 14: ...lease run D setup exe Click the Install Display Drivers Radeon X1300 Series item Step 1 When autorun window show up click the Install Display Drivers Radeon X1300 Series item Step 2 Click Next button...

Page 15: ...tart computer ThentheV Tuner2installationiscompleted Step 2 Click the Next button Click the GIGABYTE Utility item 3 1 4 Utilities on Driver CD Insert the driver CD disk into your CD ROM and then you c...

Page 16: ...Click the Next button Click the Hydravision Install item Step 3 Click the Yes button Step 4 Click the Next button Windows installings the components Step 6 Click the Finish button to restart computer...

Page 17: ...Tuner 2 lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory Core Clock and Memory Clock Adjust core speed Displays core clock status Displays memory clock status Adjustmemory...

Page 18: ...d of shortcut of the graphics card s enhanced and other functions You may click the Display Properties item and then click Settings Click Advanced after clicking Settings Click the appropriate tab to...

Page 19: ...17 English VGA Information VGA Info lists the relevant information about your card Color Adjust Color Adjust allows you to make color adjustments such as brightness contrast and gamma values for each...

Page 20: ...es Settings Advanced ATI CATALYST Control Center tab and press ATI CATALYST tm Control Center button refer to Fig 2 Fig 1 Fig 2 HYDRAVISIONTM HYDRAVISION has everything you need to manage increased am...

Page 21: ...dows You may adjust the screen resolution and color quality settings in this dialog box You can click the item to change the color quality Click the Advanced button for adapter and setting Display Mat...

Page 22: ...h page The left navigation pane displays a tree view that lists all the advanced features The Advanced view is recommended for experienced users Custom View The Custom view allows you to display only...

Page 23: ...The Preferences page helps to restore defaults change skins and update the CATALYST Control Center The CATALYST Control Center Preferences page contains the following options Note A profile applies to...

Page 24: ...te a problem report should you require technical support The CATALYST Control Center Help feature offers the following options Help for this Page Help Contents Search Help Go to ATI com About CATALYST...

Page 25: ...dary devices such as a TV or use the Wizard to help you configure your display s Displays Manager Advanced View Use Display Manager Advanced View to set yourdesktopresolution thedisplayrefreshrate and...

Page 26: ...d by the attached monitor to determine the limits for the resolution and refresh rate AvivoTM Color Use AvivoTM Color for ATI graphics cards that supports per display color settings Indep endently set...

Page 27: ...f 3D application The slider en ables you to adjust for overall systemperformance overall3Dimagequality or a balance between the two HDTV Support Use HDTV Support when your CRT or DFP device supports o...

Page 28: ...utomatically adjust to the application s requirements Adaptive Anti Aliasing Adaptive anti aliasing is a technique that ap plies a combination of multi sampling MSAA and super sampling SSAA on 3D obje...

Page 29: ...ed in conjunction with Mipmapping Anisotropic filtering can be set to favor either an increase in system processing performance or improved image quality Setting for performance is best used with appl...

Page 30: ...roperties of materials and surface including hair skin wood and water Mipmap Detail Level Mipmapping is a texturing technique that preserves the detail on a 3D object s surface as it moves into the ba...

Page 31: ...pecific feature If you are not sure which API your 3D applica tion uses consult the documentation of your 3D application All Settings TheAll Settings page combines all of the principal 3D features ont...

Page 32: ...trast use the Contrast control Color Full screen 3D Adjusting the Gamma control alters the overall richness of color Adjusting the Brightness con trol alters the overall brightness Adjusting the Contr...

Page 33: ...eo settings choose one of the video presets or use the Video Wizard to configure your display devices Adjustments Use AvivoTM Video Adjustments to manually set Gamma Brightness Contrast Saturation and...

Page 34: ...d for motion video Adaptive deinterlacing when selected reacts to the amount of motion in the video and apply a media filter on a motion block and apply weave on the remaining blocks Motion Adaptive d...

Page 35: ...e an error report if VPU Recover is activated for submission toATI Technologies Allows the VPU Recover once it is activated to generate an error report that you can send to ATI via e mail SMARTGARTTM...

Page 36: ...TORUN window will show up Click Install Display Driver item and follow the wizard to install the driver If Windows does not show the CD automatically please run following steps 1 Click the Start butto...

Page 37: ...nufacturer 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 when you...

Page 38: ...restart your computer 5 1 2 Reflash BIOS in Windows mode 1 After installing the display drivers you will find a GIGABYTE icon in the lower right corner of the Taskbar Right click to select the VGA ut...

Page 39: ...4 120 3 3 3 1600 x 1200 100 3 3 3 1792 x 1344 85 3 3 3 1800 x 1440 70 3 3 3 1856 x 1392 75 3 3 3 1920 x 1080 75 3 3 3 1920 x 1200 85 3 3 3 1920 x 1440 75 3 3 3 2048 x 1536 66 3 3 3 Radeon X1300 2D Sin...

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