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GV-RX29T512VH-B Graphics Accelerator

•

CrossFire

TM

 Configuration

If you are planning on using this graphics card as part of a CrossFire

TM

 system, the

following is required:
- A CrossFire

TM

 certified motherboard with two PCI Express x16 slots and

correct PCIe

 

 chipset driver

- Two ATI Radeon

TM 

HD 2900 XT cards

- A power supply that provides at least 750 W and one 2x3-pin and one 2x4-pin

power connector. The power supply should be with a known brand and certified
to conform to safety regulations. (For the list of certified power supplies,
go to ati.amd.com/certifiedpsu.)

- Two CrossFire

TM

 bridge interconnect cables

2. Hardware Installation

DVI-I Connector 2

VIVO

DVI-I Connector 1

2.1. Board Layout

CrossFire Connector

Summary of Contents for GV-RX29T512VH-B

Page 1: ...May 14 2007 VGA Card GV RX29T512VH B...

Page 2: ...VGA Card May 14 2007 GV RX29T512VH B...

Page 3: ...the property of their respective owners Notice Please do not remove any labels on VGA card this may void the warranty of this VGA card Due to rapid change in technology some of the specifications migh...

Page 4: ...on 7 3 Software Installation 11 3 1 Windows XP Driver and Utilities Installation 11 3 1 1 Operating System Requirement 11 3 1 2 DirectXInstallation 12 3 1 3 Driver Installation 13 3 1 4 Video In Intro...

Page 5: ...m System Requirements Hardware Intel Pentium 4 orAMDAthlonTM 512 MB of system memory 1 GB or more for best performance Optical drive for software installation CD ROM or DVD ROM drive Apowersupplythatp...

Page 6: ...ct PCIe chipset driver Two ATI RadeonTM HD 2900 XT cards A power supply that provides at least 750 W and one 2x3 pin and one 2x4 pin power connector The power supply should be with a known brand and c...

Page 7: ...ideo In introduction VIVO Note DVI I Connector 2 Analog LCD Monitor Digital LCD Monitor DVI Output DVI I Connector 1 DVI I to D Sub Adapter S Video Output Pb AV Output Pr Y NTSC PALTV Projector HDTV O...

Page 8: ...s are 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 install...

Page 9: ...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 the co...

Page 10: ...firmly until the card is fully seated Please make sure that the gold edge connector of the graphics card is securely inserted After installing the GV RX29T512VH B to your computer pleaseremembertocon...

Page 11: ...at Panel Display 3 ThisgraphicscardprovidestwoDVI Idigital connectors You can connect a monitor that supports DVI I function or use the DVI I to D sub adapter to connect a 15 pin D Sub monitor Or use...

Page 12: ...FireTM supportedmotherboardand connect the graphics cards via two CrossFireTM bridge interconnect cables Figure 1 Then users can enable the CrossFireTM technology simply through the graphics card driv...

Page 13: ...aphics 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 Re...

Page 14: ...ws 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 Instal...

Page 15: ...tallation 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 i...

Page 16: ...f it does not show up please run D setup exe Click the Install Display Driver item Step 1 When autorun window show up click the Install Display Driver item Setp 4 Click Express or Custom icon Step 5 C...

Page 17: ...X Installation Note Please install the Cyberlink Power Director 3 X or above version with your graphics card Press the Capture button PowerDirector enter Capture mode in which you can capture media f...

Page 18: ...s turned on and enter VCR mode moreover make sure FireWire cable connect well Furthermore when capturing media by VIVO based graphics card you could chose two ways Note including Composite COMP IN and...

Page 19: ...ed into Library immediately Figure 5 At this moment in time you can expand a series of outstanding editing experience to fill you life with boundless possibility For more details about movie editing f...

Page 20: ...ATALYST R Control Center tab and press ATI CATALYST R Control Center button refer to Fig 2 Fig 1 Fig 2 HYDRAVISIONTM HYDRAVISION has everything you need to manage increased amounts of information acro...

Page 21: ...olution and color quality settings in this dialog box 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 2 o...

Page 22: ...en Basic View and Advanced View at any time To access more settings in Basic View click Basic and then click Next Easy Setup Wizards Choose a wizard from the central list and click Go for step by step...

Page 23: ...e the new file will be located Click Next Step 4 In the Output Video Format list select a file format for the new file If you wish to change the name of the new file enter the new name in the Output F...

Page 24: ...o on Quick Settings The Quick Settings page provide access to three main settings 3D Quality 3D Performance and Quality settings allows your 3D games and applications to get faster performance and bet...

Page 25: ...ures on each 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 di...

Page 26: ...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 a s...

Page 27: ...r generate 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 Problem Report Wized...

Page 28: ...the Display Detection Options to prevent screen flicker when detecting a display If you are using an older TV or one that has non standard inputs that may not be automatically detected use Force TV D...

Page 29: ...not initially listed in the Dis plays Manager due to an incomplete EDID Extended Display Identification Data Select ing one or both of the HDTV modes adds them to the Force button located in the Displ...

Page 30: ...adjust for overall system performance overall 3D image quality or a balance between the two This page is useful when you are not aware of which type of 3D settings your application uses or when you wa...

Page 31: ...n Setting for quality is best used when having highly detailed and realistic 3D objects is the primary concern If you are unsure of how to configure anti aliasing use the Let the Application Decide op...

Page 32: ...de away into the background It works best when used in conjunction with Mipmapping Anisotropic filtering can be set to favor either an increase in system processing performance or improved image quali...

Page 33: ...nd smoothness of mo tion is the most important consideration Setting for quality is best used when high sur face detail is required especially if the ani mated object rotates or moves into the backgro...

Page 34: ...3D applications that use one of these APIs Use this dialog when you are know which type of API Direct3D or OpenGL your 3D application uses and you want to select a particular API specific feature If y...

Page 35: ...play mode Preview your changes before applying them AvivoTM Basics To quickly adjust your video settings choose one of the video presets or use the Video Wizard to configure your display devices Avivo...

Page 36: ...selected applies the advanced motion detec tion to deinterlace the video Vector Adaptive deinterlacing when selected produces smoother less jagged edges for interlaced video playback Adaptive deinter...

Page 37: ...Recover will 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 activ...

Page 38: ...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 39: ...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 whe...

Page 40: ...00 3 3 3 1024 x 768 200 3 3 3 1152 x 864 100 3 3 3 1280 x 768 85 3 3 3 1280 x 960 160 3 3 3 1280 x 1024 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 1...

Page 41: ...Appendix 39 English...

Page 42: ...40 English GV RX29T512VH B Graphics Accelerator...

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