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Siluro FX Series 

3D Graphics Accelerator 
User’s Manual 

Available Models: 

FX5900 OTES 128MB, FX5600 Ultra OTES, FX5600 OTES, 

FX5200 OTES, FX5700 Ultra, FX5700, FX5700-E, FX5700-L, 

FX5600 Ultra DT, FX5600 DT, FX5600XT, FX5200 DT 

 

 

 

4200-0386-13 

Rev. 1.50 

 

Summary of Contents for SILURO FX Series

Page 1: ...D Graphics Accelerator User s Manual Available Models FX5900 OTES 128MB FX5600 Ultra OTES FX5600 OTES FX5200 OTES FX5700 Ultra FX5700 FX5700 E FX5700 L FX5600 Ultra DT FX5600 DT FX5600XT FX5200 DT 420...

Page 2: ...ntal or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product Product names appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and trademarks and product names or...

Page 3: ...Siluro FX5600XT 1 7 Siluro FX5200 OTES FX5200 DT 1 8 1 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1 9 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE SETUP 2 1 2 1 CARD INSTALLATION 2 1 New Systems 2 1 Systems with Existing VGA Card 2 1 2 2 DEVICES C...

Page 4: ...uencies 4 12 Troubleshooting 4 13 NVRotate 4 13 Refresh Rate Overrides 4 14 Change Resolutions 4 14 Desktop Management 4 15 Screen Menus 4 16 nView Display Mode 4 17 4 8 DEVICE SETTINGS 4 20 TV Settin...

Page 5: ...1 User s Manual...

Page 6: ...Finden Sie den AGP Steckplatz auf Ihrem Motherboard Entfernen Sie die Metallklammer des AGP Steckplatzes Bewahren Sie die Schraube gut auf Richten Sie die Karte mit dem AGP Steckplatz aus Halten Sie...

Page 7: ...ist nun vervollst ndigt Verbinden Sie einen PC Monitor oder ein anderes Anzeigeger t mit dieser Karte bevor Sie den Computer neu starten siehe Kapitel 2 2 Ger teverbindung Treiberinstallation Starten...

Page 8: ...teur Enlevez le couvercle de votre bo tier Localisez le slot AGP de votre carte m re Enlevez le cache en m tal correspondant au slot AGP Gardez la vis Alignez la carte sur le slot AGP Tenez la carte p...

Page 9: ...t de relancer votre ordinateur connectez le moniteur PC ou tout autre p riph rique d affichage cette carte voir Chapitre 2 2 Connexion des P riph riques Installation du Pilote Apr s la connexion relan...

Page 10: ...lizzare lo slot AGP sulla scheda madre Rimuovere i supporti in metallo che corrispondono allo slot AGP Conservare le viti Allineare la scheda nello slot AGP Tenere la scheda per i lati ed inserirla ne...

Page 11: ...di riavviare il computer collegare il monitor PC o altri dispositivi di visualizzazione a questa scheda vedi capitolo 2 2 Connessione periferiche Installazione del driver Dopo avere effettuato il coll...

Page 12: ...8 AGP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AGP AGP AGP VGA Siluro FX Series...

Page 13: ...9 VGA 1 2 3 Standard VGA VGA 2 2 Driver 3 User s Manual...

Page 14: ...10 AGP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AGP AGP AGP 1 2 3 VGA PC 2 2 Siluro FX Series...

Page 15: ...11 Driver 3 User s Manual...

Page 16: ...12 AGP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AGP AGP AGP VGA VGA 1 2 3 VGA VGA PC 2 2 Siluro FX Series...

Page 17: ...13 3 User s Manual...

Page 18: ...14 AGP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AGP AGP AGP VGA Siluro FX Series...

Page 19: ...15 VGA 1 2 3 VGA VGA PC 2 2 Driver 3 User s Manual...

Page 20: ...16 AGP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AGP AGP AGP VGA Siluro FX Series...

Page 21: ...17 VGA 1 2 3 VGA VGA PC 2 2 Driver 3 User s Manual...

Page 22: ...18 18 Siluro FX Series Siluro FX Series...

Page 23: ...s Graphics Cards deliver the most visually compelling and complete graphics experience available today Combined with other innovations such as SiluroDVD the Siluro FX Series Graphics Cards cater to al...

Page 24: ...Full Hardware MPEG 2 Decoder delivers Full frame Full screen MPEG 2 Video NVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture UDA delivers Rock solid compatibility with Software Drivers Dual 400 MHz RAMDACs for displa...

Page 25: ...r display resolutions up to and including 2048 x 1536 85Hz 16 texels per pixel with 8 textures applied per clock 4 pixels per clock Rendering Pipeline New 64 phase Video Scaler for Scaling DVD and Oth...

Page 26: ...400 MHz RAMDACs for display resolutions up to and including 2048 x 1536 85Hz 16 texels per pixel with 8 textures applied per clock 4 pixels per clock Rendering Pipeline New 64 phase Video Scaler for S...

Page 27: ...Rendering Engine NVIDIA Intellisample Technology Dual 400 MHz RAMDACs for display resolutions up to and including 2048 x 1536 85Hz Digital Vibrance Control DVC 3 0 Technology Video Mixing Renderer VMR...

Page 28: ...AMDACs for display resolutions up to and including 2048 x 1536 85Hz Digital Vibrance Control DVC 3 0 Technology Video Mixing Renderer VMR software solution High quality HDTV DVD playback support TV ou...

Page 29: ...0 High Performance High Precision 3D Rendering Engine NVIDIA Intellisample Technology Dual 400 MHz RAMDACs for display resolutions up to and including 2048 x 1536 85Hz Digital Vibrance Control DVC 3 0...

Page 30: ...ay resolutions up to and including 2048 x 1536 75Hz Digital Vibrance Control DVC 3 0 Technology Video Mixing Renderer VMR software solution High quality HDTV DVD playback support TV out supports S Vid...

Page 31: ...nt For Siluro FX5600 OTES FX5200 OTES Intel AMD Other Compatible CPUs 64MB System Memory CD Rom Drive One available AGP Slot and one vacant PCI Slot adjacent to the AGP Slot For Siluro FX5700 Ultra FX...

Page 32: ...1 10 Chapter 1 Siluro FX Series...

Page 33: ...e AGP slot Hold the card s edges and insert it into the slot without using excessive force or pressing any components on the card Make sure it is firmly and completely fixed into the slot Secure this...

Page 34: ...2 2 Chapter 2 2 2 Devices Connection Siluro FX5900 OTES 128MB Siluro FX Series...

Page 35: ...Hardware Setup 2 3 Siluro FX5600 Ultra OTES User s Manual...

Page 36: ...2 4 Chapter 2 Siluro FX5600 OTES Siluro FX Series...

Page 37: ...Hardware Setup 2 5 Siluro FX5200 OTES User s Manual...

Page 38: ...2 6 Chapter 2 Siluro FX5700 Ultra Siluro FX Series...

Page 39: ...Hardware Setup 2 7 Siluro FX5700 FX5700 E FX5700 L User s Manual...

Page 40: ...2 8 Chapter 2 Siluro FX5600 Ultra DT Siluro FX Series...

Page 41: ...Hardware Setup 2 9 Siluro FX5600 DT FX5200 DT User s Manual...

Page 42: ...2 10 Chapter 2 Siluro FX5600XT Siluro FX Series...

Page 43: ...erate under maximum performance Find a hard disk drive power cable and connect it to your graphics card If there is no available one use the supplied power extension cable to connect Siluro FX5900 OTE...

Page 44: ...2 12 Chapter 2 2 12 Chapter 2 Siluro FX Series Siluro FX Series...

Page 45: ...t notice The latest driver for this board is also downloadable from our Web site at http www abit com tw 3 1 Windows 98 ME Auto Setup 1 Start Windows Insert the Installation CD into CD ROM drive it sh...

Page 46: ...appears Click Next 2 Select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended and then click Next 3 Select Specify a location and then click Next 4 Insert the Installation CD into CD ROM drive U...

Page 47: ...tion 3 3 5 The wizard has found the driver for this device Click Next to continue 6 Click Yes to continue 7 Windows has finished installing the software for this device Click Finish to close the wizar...

Page 48: ...tomatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this Installation CD to enter the installation menu Click Driver 2 Click VGA Driver 3 The welcome screen appears click Next...

Page 49: ...d New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears Click Next 2 Select Search for the best driver in these locations use the Browse button to locate the driver or type E Driver Win2KXP to specify the path E is...

Page 50: ...cute the execution file at the main directory of this Installation Disk After it has been executed the setup screen appears Click Driver to start the installation 2 Click VGA Driver 3 The welcome scre...

Page 51: ...splayed click each one to see the large number in the corresponding monitor The settings for that monitor appear in Display Screen resolution and Color quality Display Displays all installed PCI and A...

Page 52: ...settings Specifies that you want your computer to restart automatically when you change system display settings Apply the new display settings without restarting Specifies that you want your computer...

Page 53: ...eo adapter Screen refresh rate Lists the refresh rates available for the selected monitor listed under Display on the Settings tab A higher refresh frequency reduces flicker on your screen Hide modes...

Page 54: ...dware Enable write combining Specifies whether write combining is turned on or off Write combining improves video performance by speeding up the display of information to your screen However increased...

Page 55: ...hich you could access additional features of your NVIDIA GPU NVIDIA on the Internet Click this button to access the NVIDIA Web site for the latest information and drivers for your NVIDIA GPU Performan...

Page 56: ...ing offers the quality of the slower 4x antialiasing mode at nearly the performance of the faster 2x mode 4x This option will enable antialiasing using the 4x mode It offers the higher image quality a...

Page 57: ...the amount of physical RAM installed in your computer The more system RAM the higher the value you will be able to set This setting applies only to PCI display adapters or AGP display adapters runnin...

Page 58: ...epare before the frames are processed by the graphics processor when Vertical Sync is disabled NOTE In some cases the greater the number of pre rendered frames allowed the greater the input lag may be...

Page 59: ...ion This option determines advanced rendering options when using multiple displays and or different classes of NVIDIA GPUs NOTE Multi display hardware acceleration options do not apply when using nVie...

Page 60: ...whether textures of a specific color depth should be used by default in OpenGL applications Use desktop color depth will always use textures of the color depth at which your Windows desktop is current...

Page 61: ...e primary display on which the overlay video is rendered Both applies the zoom selection to the both the primary and the secondary display on which the video is rendered Out In Drag the slider to zoom...

Page 62: ...applied automatically each time Windows starts Test settings Click this button to test the new clock frequency settings for stability before applying them Auto detect Click this button to determine t...

Page 63: ...tems for restoring default settings and accessing the Display Properties window NVRotate You can use the left right arrow button to perform the rotation options below Or you can click circular arrow o...

Page 64: ...lutions Screen resolution This item displays available screen resolution settings for the display device Move the slider to select a different screen resolution Color quality This item displays the cu...

Page 65: ...hardware Add This option allows you to add the customized mode entered in the mode edit area to the Custom Modes list Desktop Management Enable nView Desktop Manager This item allows you to load or un...

Page 66: ...4 16 Chapter 4 Screen Menus Enable screen menu editing Check this box to toggle the Screen Menu Editing option Siluro FX Series...

Page 67: ...ngle display Use this mode if you have only one display device attached to your NVIDIA GPU based graphics card Clone This mode outputs an exact copy of the primary display on the secondary device To e...

Page 68: ...indows desktop across two display devices vertically In this mode the two displays combine to form a tall spanned display surface which is useful when viewing items that are taller than a single displ...

Page 69: ...dows by default appear on the primary display when you initially open them The primary display contains the top left corner of the desktop Disable auto panning on secondary device viewport lock Turnin...

Page 70: ...ou choose TV as your output display device TV Output For further customization to the settings of your TV display enter the TV Settings panel and click Device Adjustments to open the TV Output panel S...

Page 71: ...d color channel The color correction controls help you to compensate for variations in luminance between a source image and its output on a display device This is useful when working with image proces...

Page 72: ...older monitors may not support this feature General Timing Formula GTF GTF is a standard used by most newer hardware Discrete Monitor Timings DMT DMT is an older standard still in use on some hardware...

Page 73: ...desktop for word processing or even set up a custom wallpaper for each desktop For more information on nView please visit NVIDIA Web site at www nvidia com 1 Start Windows Enter Control Panel Double c...

Page 74: ...an configure all nView display settings in a single step Click Next to continue 5 Select the options you need then lick Next to continue 6 Select if you want to enable window transparency or not Click...

Page 75: ...oice of user interfaces and video display options You can play DVD titles or Video CDs SiluroDVD automatically determines the type of disc in the DVD drive and uses the correct playback method Start W...

Page 76: ...ter 5 The welcome screen appears Click Next to start installation 3 4 5 Read the license agreement Click Yes to continue Setup will install SiluroDVD into your computer Click Next to continue Siluro F...

Page 77: ...mber Click Next to continue 6 7 8 Setup will install SiluroDVD in the following folder To install to this folder click Next To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder Type...

Page 78: ...5 6 Chapter 5 Click Next to continue 9 10 Select the options you need and then click Finish to complete the setup Siluro FX Series...

Page 79: ...Start Windows Insert the Installation CD into CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automatically If not double click the execution file at the main directory of this Installation CD...

Page 80: ...end the installation NOTE Some games written for older DirectX versions may not work properly under DirectX 9 Please make sure your application support DirectX 9 before installation Also note that the...

Page 81: ...on t accept this warning don t use this utility ABIT does not recommend any over clocking settings for your hardware Over clocking can cause overheating which will damage your chip If you are not acqu...

Page 82: ...e existing folders list Click Next to continue 6 7 Click Finish to complete the setup Select Start All Programs ABIT Graphic Max to launch Graphic Max 8 When the Graphic Max screen appears you can use...

Page 83: ...chnology AGP Bus Adjustment Voltage Monitoring Monitor Resolution Setting and News Updated Start Windows Insert the Installation CD into CD ROM drive it should execute the installation program automat...

Page 84: ...der 4 5 6 7 Click Finish to complete the setup Launch SiluroIQ by entering the Windows Menu Start Programs ABIT Siluro IQ Then the SiluroIQ screen appears It shows you the current status of Core Memor...

Page 85: ...please restart your computer Load setting on startup Mark the check box to enable this function Default Press this button to use the default settings WARNING Make sure that you are aware that overclo...

Page 86: ...ring up System Shutdown If overheating lasts for more than 30 seconds the system will automatically shut down NOTE For protecting your system we strongly recommend you to enable the above two functio...

Page 87: ...OTES 1 45 5 1 45 5 FX5600 OTES 1 30 5 1 45 5 To use default settings simply press the Set Default button You can manually set the high and low warning voltage values Red Area voltage value is too hig...

Page 88: ...g File To keep the log file choose Save As Click OK to apply the new setting or click Cancel to delete the changes you ve just made This menu includes basic monitor functions such as Monitor Resolutio...

Page 89: ...ettings 1 Right click this display tray icon on the taskbar s status area 2 A menu pops up Move the cursor to More Resolution item to see the entire resolution table Here you can directly choose the d...

Page 90: ...bits 60Hz to 200Hz 1152 x 864 32 bits 60Hz to 170Hz 1280 x 960 8 16 bits 60Hz to 170Hz 1280 x 960 32 bits 60Hz to 150Hz 1280 x 1024 8 16 bits 60Hz to 170Hz 1280 x 1024 32 bits 60Hz to 150Hz 1600 x 90...

Page 91: ...irectory Change to the new directory and type the following command NVFLASH F Filename Filename refers to the name of BIOS binary file Then press the Enter key The program will begin flashing your dis...

Page 92: ...M after flashing the new image romstrap j Override the ROM strap setting to allow flashing an image when grounding the STRAP_SUB_VENDOR pin This allows flashing a corrupted or erased EEPROM Note Make...

Page 93: ...s have the best quality and compatibility In case you need service or technical support please understand the constraint we have and always check with the reseller who sold the product to you first To...

Page 94: ...ated and sold the system to you They should know best what your system configuration is and your problem They should have reasonable return or refund policies How they serve you is also a good referen...

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Page 97: ...egret that we may not be able to reply directly But your questions may be posted to the Internet news group in order that a larger number of users can have the benefit of the information Please check...

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