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GV-N95T Series Graphics Accelerator

Video & Television

Video and television features are similar to those for analog and digital displays and include features
specific to television and HDTV (high definition television) technology for optimal viewing.Tasks in the
Video & Television pages allow you to do the following:
• Adjust your television picture quality and video color settings for the best possible viewing in its

environment.

• Change the position and size of the desktop video to best fit your television or HDTV (high definition

television) screen.

• Change the signal format to use for your standard television or HDTV as well as change country-

specific signal or the HDTV format.

• Enable full screen video mirroring.

Adjust Video Color Settings

Use the controls on this page to fine tune the
color settings for video content on your display.
Select one of the test images to monitor your
changes. For best results, play a video while
you make adjustment to view the changes as
they happen.

(Note) This item will show up when you connect a television.

Run Television Setup Wizard

 (Note)

The wizard will guide you through the steps to
configure your television for use with your
computer.

Summary of Contents for 9500GT - GeForce 9500 GT 550MHz 128-bit DDR2 1GB PCI-Express Pcie x16 Video Card

Page 1: ...this card Due to rapid change in technology some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this this manual The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions tha...

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Page 4: ...ting System Requirements 13 3 1 2 DirectX Installation 14 3 1 3 Driver Installation 15 3 1 4 GIGABYTE Gamer HUD Lite on Driver CD 17 3 1 5 Taskbar Icon 19 3 1 6 Display Properties Pages 20 3 1 7 nView...

Page 5: ...l Pentium Core TM 2 or AMD Athlon TM Phenom TM 128 MB of system memory 2 GB or more for best performance Optical drive for software installation CD ROM or DVD ROM drive A 450 Watt power supply or abov...

Page 6: ...t DVI I Connector 1 DVI I Connector 2 TV Out DVI I Connector 1 DVI I Connector 2 AnalogLCDMonitor AnalogMonitor or HDTV NTSC PAL TV Projector NTSC PAL TV Projector or or Pr Pb AV Output S Video Output...

Page 7: ...d 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 Unpacking a...

Page 8: ...your graphics card To remove the existing graphics card Step 1 Power off the computer and monitor then disconnect the display cable from the back of your computer Step 2 Remove the computer cover If n...

Page 9: ...computer cover Step 3 Plug the display cable into your graphics card then turn on the computer and monitor To connect a flat panel directly to your graphics card use the DVI I connector To connect a...

Page 10: ...motheboard Step 4 To connect an HDMI TV use either Method A or Method B below depending on your motherboard design to enable the S PDIF in function for the graph ics card It is recommended Method A b...

Page 11: ...e 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 Connecting AV Output If your TV has a Composite video connect...

Page 12: ...facturers are connected together via SLI bridge connector in a system that provides two x16 PCI Express slots to scale graphics performance The picture below shows that two graphics cards are linked i...

Page 13: ...tructions to setup your graphics card driver Please follow the subsection 3 1 3 Driver Installation to install the driver for your graphics card 3 1 Windows XP Driver and Utilities Installation 3 1 1...

Page 14: ...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 the autorun window shows up click the Install DirectX 9 i...

Page 15: ...installation instructions Step 1 Found New Hardware Wizard Video Controller VGA Compatible Click the Next button to install the driver Insert the driver CD ROM that came with your graphics card Or cli...

Page 16: ...e The autorun window will appear If it does not show up please run D setup exe Step 1 When the autorun window shows up click the Install Display Driver item Step 2 Click the Next button The system is...

Page 17: ...your CD ROM drive substitute D with the correct drive letter Step 1 When autorun window shows up click the GIGABYTE Gamer HUD Lite item Step 2 Choose the language for the instal lation and click the O...

Page 18: ...2D 3D Auto Optimized is set to Disable Incorrectly doing overclock overvoltage may result in damage to your system and reduce the useful life of the system components Button Function Default Note Allo...

Page 19: ...er installing the graphics card driver you will find an NVIDIA icon in your system tray Click this icon to open the control panel Right click the NVIDIA icon to enter the NVIDIA Control Center You can...

Page 20: ...nge the resolution You can click the item to change the color quality Click the Advanced button for advanced settings NVIDIA Control Panel After pressing the Advanced button in Settings you ll see the...

Page 21: ...s Display Video Television In the NVIDIA Control Panel change a view if you want The supported modes are Standard Advanced Custom 3D Settings Tasks in the 3D Settings pages allow you to do the followi...

Page 22: ...r all your Direct3D or OpenGL applications and to estab lish a unique set of 3D settings for a particular game or application Set Multi GPU Configuration Note 2 Multi GPU technology allows you to use...

Page 23: ...optimization wizard Move CRT screen position Change resolution Adjust desktop color settings Rotate display Manage custom resolutions Note 1 Run multiple display wizard Note 2 Set up multiple displays...

Page 24: ...ctual physical display ChangeResolution Using the Change Resolution controls you can change the color setting reduce screen flickering or adjust the amount of information appearing on your display Adj...

Page 25: ...ht bit color depth and the refresh rate etc The Advanced Timing page enables you to adjust timings for your graphics card in order to sup port a variety of different display timings for ultimate flexi...

Page 26: ...e Only use one display Single The same on both display Clone As one large horizontal desktop Horizontal span As one large vertical desktop Vertical span Configured independently from each other Dualvi...

Page 27: ...th displays in the display pair function as one virtual desktop Unlike Horizontal Span or Vertical Span mode Dualview treats each display as a separate device This means that the taskbar will not be s...

Page 28: ...fit your television or HDTV high definition television screen Change the signal format to use for your standard television or HDTV as well as change country specific signal or the HDTV format Enable...

Page 29: ...he TV Out cable from the adapter to the TV Out port on your graphics card Step 2 Go to NVIDIA Control Panel Select the Run television setup wizard Note item in the Video Television page Step 3 When th...

Page 30: ...30 GV N95T Series Graphics Accelerator Step 6 Click the Preview button to preview the selected settings Then click Next Step 7 Click Finish to apply the new television settings...

Page 31: ...ows on one desktop Enabling the nView Desktop Manager Features Click the NVIDIA icon in your system tray and select nView Properties under nView Destop Manager Click the Enable button to turn on all t...

Page 32: ...bout the nView Desktop Manager The Setup Wizard can also be accessed from this tab nView Profiles properties This tab contains a record of all nView display settings for easy software setup nView Wind...

Page 33: ...This tab allows you to control nView settings depending on different applications nView Desktops properties This tab allows you to create up to 32 unique desktops nView User Interface properties This...

Page 34: ...on the desktop Also enable full screen video playback via the video mirroring control button nView Hot Keys properties This tab lets you perform various actions with shortcut keys or key combinations...

Page 35: ...oftware Installation nView Mouse properties This tab can modify and extend mouse behavior with kinematic actions nView Tools properties This tab can improve nView functionality for mobile and desktop...

Page 36: ...or to become the secondary display Make sure you selected the appropriate display device and graphics card when you install the graphics driver Restart your computer Press F8 on your keyboard after sy...

Page 37: ...You may need a startup disk to restart the computer in MS DOS mode 3 Change the command prompt to A 4 To back up the current BIOS at the A prompt type BIOS flash utility name s BIOS file name example...

Page 38: ...320 x 240 60 75 400 x 300 60 75 480 x 360 60 75 512 x 384 60 75 640 x 400 16 10 60 75 640 x 480 60 240 720 x 480 60 720 x 576 50 60 800 x 600 60 240 848 x 480 60 240 960 x 600 16 10 60 240 1024 x 768...

Page 39: ...onitor you use Display Refresh Color Depth bpp Screen Rate 8bpp 256 color 16bpp 65K color 32bpp 16 7M Resolution Hz Standard mode High mode True mode 1600 x 1200 60 100 120 X 1920 x 1080 16 9 60 85 10...

Page 40: ...ver we at GIGABYTE are continuing our efforts to develop products that do not use internationally banned toxic chemicals Waste Electrical Electronic Equipment WEEE Directive Statement GIGABYTE will fu...

Page 41: ...s properly With your help we can reduce the amount of natural resources needed to produce electrical and electronic equipment minimize the use of landfills for the disposal of end of life products and...

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