G
etting Started
S
ystem Requirements
C
ard Features
Please che ck out the following ite ms to make sure that you get the complete product:
VGA car d
CDs
- Drivers and documentation on CD
- Applications on CD
Consult your dealer imme diately if anything is missing or damaged.
U
sing MSI
Live VGA BIOS
Update
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TEL. 886-2-32345599
FAX. 886-2-32345488
http://www.msi.com.tw
G52-V2ARX44
January 2005
MSI
Live VGA BIOS
Update
This service enables you to update the latest VGA BIOS for yo ur VGA card.
the left column of the main
page.
1. To update your VGA BIOS, click Live VGA BIOS
item on
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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.
3. If your VGA card do support the Live VGA BIOS
function, please pay attention to the
message shown on the screen telling you t hat 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 eve rything unchanged.
5. If you click Yes to continue, it will check the information and BIOS version of your
VGA car d, and list them in a table.
6. Click the grap h button at the bottom to connect the MSI
Live Update 3
Server.
7. Th e MSI
Live VGA BIOS
will automatically connect the Internet and search the
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 autom atically.
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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* DirectX 9.0 Vertex Shaders
- Vertex programs up to 65,280 instructions with flow control
- Single cycle trigonometric opera tions ( SIN & COS)
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FEATURES
Support for MicrosoftRDirectXR9.0 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware
DirectX Extended 9.0 Pixel Shaders
Up to 1,536 instructions and 16 texture s per rendering pass
32 temporary and constant registers
F acing register for two-sided lighting
128-bit, 64-bit & 32-bit per pixel floating point color formats
Multiple Render Target (MRT) support
Com plete f eature set also supported in Op enGL via extensions
* 2x/4x/6x Anti-Aliasing modes & 2x/4x/8x/1 6x Ani sotropic Filtering modes
High quality 4:1 Normal Map Compression
Works with any two-channel data format
3-level Hierarchical Z-Buffer with Eany Z Test
Lossless Z-Buffer Compression (up to 48:1)
Fast Z-Buffer Cle ar and Z Cache optimized for real-time shad ow rendering
* Optimized for performance at high display resolutions, includ ing widescreen HDTV
resolutions
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To install the VGA card, your computer system n eeds to meet the following
requirem ents:
Intel Pentiu m 4/III/II/Celeron , AMD K6/Athlon or co mpatible with PCI Express slot
128MB of system memo ry
Installation softwa re requires CD-ROM drive
DVD playback requires DVD drive
Intera ctive Program guide requires Internet connection for listing updates
Remo te con trol receiver requir es available USB port
500MHZ minimum proce ssor speed for MPEG-2 video capture
Operation System Supp ort: Windows XP / 2000
Power supply of 3 50 (an d up) watt is highly recommended for system stability.
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ATI Radeon
series inside!!!
X850
PCI Express Interface
Note: The VGA card shown here
may vary from the actual card.
For further information, please
visit MSI website at
www.msi.com.tw
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RX850XT Platinum-VT2D256E
RX850XT -VT2D256E
RX850PRO -VT2D256E
256MB DDR3 memory
TV_Out / Video_In
Connector (S & C)
HDTV Intergrated
ATI Radeon X850 series
PCI Express interface
DVI-I ports
Power Connector
Fan Connector
RX850XT-VTD256E
RX850PRO-VTD256E
RX850XT-TD256E
RX850PRO-TD256E
256MB DDR3 memory or
128MB DDR3 memory
TV_Out / Video_In
Connector (S & C) or
TV_Out Connector (S)
HDTV Intergrated
ATI Radeon X850 series
PCI Express interface
DVI-I port
Power Connector
Fan Connector
D-sub port
