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VGA Card

Nov. 18, 2005

GV-RX13P256D-RH

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Page 3: ...ications might be out of date before publication of this booklet The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make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

Page 4: ...and Utilities Installation 8 3 1 1 Operating System Requirement 8 3 1 2 DirectX Installation 9 3 1 3 Driver Installation 10 3 1 4 Utilities on Driver CD 12 3 1 5 Taskbar Icon 15 3 1 6 Display Properti...

Page 5: ...ts DirectX 9 0C 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...

Page 6: ...ut VGA Monitor Connector 15 pin DVI I Connector Analog LCD Monitor Analog Monitor OR VGA Output Analog LCD Monitor Digital LCD Monitor DVI Output DVI I to D Sub Connector VGA Output NTSC PAL TV Projec...

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: ...s card 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 removin...

Page 9: ...hown below You are now ready to proceed with the installation of the graphics card driver Please refer to next chapter for detailed instructions To TV VCR To VGA Monitor To Flat Panel Display To insta...

Page 10: ...graphics 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...

Page 11: ...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 DirectX 9...

Page 12: ...step installation 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...

Page 13: ...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 Step 3...

Page 14: ...n to restart 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 th...

Page 15: ...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 Then...

Page 16: ...uner 2 V 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 Adju...

Page 17: ...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 chang...

Page 18: ...raphics Accelerator 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...

Page 19: ...ings 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 amounts o...

Page 20: ...th 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 D...

Page 21: ...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 the fe...

Page 22: ...perties 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 ap...

Page 23: ...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 Control Cen...

Page 24: ...e secondary devices such as a TV or use the Wizard to help you config ure your display s Displays Manager Advanced View Use Display Manager Advanced View to set your desktop resolution the display ref...

Page 25: ...he 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 the h...

Page 26: ...settings for any type of 3D application The slider enables you to adjust for overall system performance overall 3D image quality or a balance between the two HDTV Support Use HDTV Support when your CR...

Page 27: ...cally adjust to the application s requirements Anisotropic Filtering Anisotropic filtering is a technique that preserves detail on surfaces that have three dimensional perspective and fade away into t...

Page 28: ...he background A series of low and high resolution texture maps are stored in memory and selectively used to create the object s surface depending on what level of detail is needed Mipmap detail level...

Page 29: ...r programs more complex effects can be created to accurately model the visual properties of materials and surfaces including hair skin wood and water All Settings TheAll Settings page combines all of...

Page 30: ...ons and games Use the Color Correction Images to e preview the changes before applying them The Color curve is a graphical representation of all the values of gamma brightness or contrast The color cu...

Page 31: ...gamma brightness and hue Use Theater Mode to set aspect ratio and overlay display mode Preview your changes before applying them Standard Settings To quickly adjust your video settings choose one of...

Page 32: ...imedia driver to select the best deinterlacing scheme for different video sources and sizes Bob deinterlacing when selected removes every other line of the video image and is recommended for motion vi...

Page 33: ...l switch the computer to software rendering mode allowing you to save any work in progress before restarting the computer Enable VPU Recover Prepare an error report if VPU Recover is activated for sub...

Page 34: ...UTORUN 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 butt...

Page 35: ...ufacturer 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 36: ...e then 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...

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