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S
ystem Requirements
C
ard Features
Please check out the following items to make sure that you get the complete product:
VGA card
CDs
- Drivers and documentation on CD
- Applications on CD
Consult your dealer immediately if anything is missing or damaged.
To install the VGA card, your computer system needs to meet the following
requirements:
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Computer : Intel Pentium processor, Intel Celeron or Pentium II/III/4
processor or compatible system.
Slot : AGP slot.
Monitor : VGA Support, minimum 640x480 resolution.
Operating System : Windows 98/ME, Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0.
CD-ROM drive : Double Speed or Higher.
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Features
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NVIDIA UltraShadow
technology
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NVIDIA CineFX
2.0
engine
- NVIDIA UltraShadow technology for next-generation games
- True 128-bit precision computation
- Delivers 2x the floating-point pixel shader power over previous
generation
Advanced pixel shaders
128-bit studio-precision computation
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NVIDIA Intellisample
high-resolution compression technology (HCT)
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NVIDIA ForceWare
unified software environment (USE)
- NVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
- Compatibility, Stability, Reliability
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- NVIDIA nView
multi-display technology
- Continual performance and feature updates over life of the product
NVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
DirectX 9.0 Optimizations and Support
OpenGL 1.5 Optimizations and Support
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NVIDIA nView
multi-display
technology
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NVIDIA Digital Vibrance Control
(DVC) 3.0
AGP
8X
Dual 400 MHz RAMDACs
DVI
Support
Integrated TV encoder
Integrated full hardware MPEG-2 decoder
64-phase video scaler
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http://www.msi.com.tw
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January 2004
MSI Live VGA BIOS Update
This service enables you to update the latest VGA BIOS for your VGA card.
1. To update your VGA BIOS, click Live VGA BIOS item on the left column of the main
page.
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2. If your VGA card does not support the Live VGA BIOS function, you will receive a
warning message on the screen.
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3. If your VGA card do support the Live VGA BIOS function, please pay attention to the
message shown on the screen telling you that in what circumstance flashing BIOS
may fail to reboot.
4. Click Yes if you would like to try it at your own risk or No to return to the main page
with everything unchanged.
5. If you click Yes to continue, it will check the information and BIOS version of your
VGA card, and list them in a table.
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6. Click the graph button at the bottom to connect the MSI Live Update 2 Server.
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7. The MSI Live VGA BIOS will automatically connect the Internet and search the
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supported BIOS in the database of MSI .
8. If it has found one (or several) supported BIOS for your VGA card, click the
InstallShield Wizard button on the right side of the table to have the new BIOS
downloaded and updated automatically.
9. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the updating procedure.
* All trademarks used in this manual are the sole property of their respective owners.
VGA is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
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FX5700-VT2DR256
FX5700-VT2DR128
nVIDIA GeForce FX5700 inside!!!
MICRO-STAR
INTERNATIONAL
128MB DDR memory or
256MB DDR memory
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1 DVI-I Connector
TV_Out / Video_In
Connector (S&C)
Fan Connector
nVIDIA GeForceFX5700
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2 DVI-I Connector
Video Decoder
AGP 8X interface
Flash-BIOS
T o c o n n e c t d u a l m o n i t o r s ,
please follow the steps listed
below :
1. Attach the supplied DVI-I /
VGA Adapter to the first DVI
connector of the VGA card,
and then connect the first
monitor to it.
2. Now, connect the second
monitor to the TV_Out /
Video_In Connector or the
second DVI connector.