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Vanta 2000 Series

TwiN Texel 3D Graphics Card

USER’S MANUAL

Hardware & Video Drivers

Vanta 2000 

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Страница 1: ...R Vanta 2000 Series TwiN Texel 3D Graphics Card USER S MANUAL Hardware Video Drivers Vanta 2000 8MB ...

Страница 2: ...writing by ASUS or 2 the serial number of the product is defaced or missing Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trade marks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe NVIDIA GeForce 256 andcombinationsthereof aretrademarksofNVIDIACorporation Windo...

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Страница 4: ...98 12 Method 1 ASUS Quick Setup Program 12 Method 2 Display Property Page 13 Method 3 Plug and Play 14 Windows 2000 14 Method 1 ASUS Quick Setup Program 14 Method 2 Plug and Play 15 Windows NT 4 0 17 Method 1 Display Property Page 17 Drivers 19 Install Display Driver 19 Install DirectX 20 Install GART Driver 21 Uninstall Display Driver 23 Windows 98 23 Method1 Using the Autorun Screen 23 Method 2 ...

Страница 5: ...oftware Reference 25 ASUS Control Panel 25 Refresh Rate 25 More Resolution 26 Information 26 Color 27 Display 30 Advanced 33 Direct3D 33 OpenGL 36 Other 38 V Resolution Table 39 VI Troubleshooting 41 Description 41 Recommended Action 41 CONTENTS ...

Страница 6: ...the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help WARNING The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations Changes or modifications to this unit not...

Страница 7: ...game titles Thank you for purchasing an ASUS Vanta 2000 TwiN Texel 3D Graphics Card Powered by the NVIDIA Vanta LT 128 bit TwiN Texel highly integrated 3D graphics processor the ASUS Vanta 2000 is designed for value conscious graphics enthusiasts Making use of the NVIDIA TNT architecture the ASUS Vanta 2000 delivers cut ting edge 3D and 2D graphics performance making it ideal for the current basic...

Страница 8: ...ng methods opti mizing TNT2 host muti tasking Twin Texel TNT 32 bit graphics pipeline processes 2 pixels per clock cycle 2 texture mapped lit pixels per clock Single pass multi texture rendering High precision 24 bit or 16 bit floating point Z buffer TextureBlend support examples Multi texture Reflection maps Bump Map Detail textures Texture modulation Environmental maps Light maps Proce dural tex...

Страница 9: ...ardware Setup ASUS Vanta 2000 Layout 8MB Frame Buffer VGA Output VGA Monitor output 15pin standard Projector VGA BIOS NVIDIA T M VANTA LT CHIP 8MB Frame Buffer Item Checklist ASUS Vanta 2000 Graphics Card This User s Manual ASUS Vanta 2000 Series Driver Utility CD Disc ...

Страница 10: ...ready to install the software drivers and utilities Systems with Existing VGA Card 1 Change your display driver to Standard VGA 2 Shut down your computer and unplug all electrical cords 3 Replace the existing VGA card with your graphics card 4 Restart your computer 5 Install the ASUS Vanta 2000 series display driver NOTE This graphics card series can only be installed in motherboards with an AGP s...

Страница 11: ... recommended that you install VGARTD from the ASUS Vanta 2000 Series CD to make sure that you havethelatestversionofVGARTD seeIII SoftwareSetup InstallGARTDriver NOTES VGARTD stands forVirtual GraphicsAddress RemappingTable Driver which is necessary to use the DIME feature of AGP DIME means Direct Memory Execute which is accessed directly by most AGP chips when VGARTD is installed for complex text...

Страница 12: ...also the DirectX runtime libraries DirectX must be installed so that your video player can take advantage of hardware acceleration See III Software Setup Install GARTDriver and III Software Setup Install DirectX later in this manual for the setup steps 5 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup 6 When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer it will prom...

Страница 13: ...e pro ceed to the next step 7 Click Browse to search the CD ROM drive In the Drives box of the Open dialog box select your CD ROM drive and then click OK 8 In the Foldersbox double click the WIN9x folder and then select ASUSNV9X INF in the File name box 9 Click OK Alist of video cards appears Select yourVGAcard type for your operat ing system and then click OK 10 The Update Driver Warning box appe...

Страница 14: ... installing all the necessary files on your computer it will prompt you to restart your computer Click Yes to restart your computer and to complete Setup 3 Click Cancel to enter the Windows desktop 4 Insert the CD installation disc into your CD ROM drive 5 The ASUS Windows 2000 Install Shellappears ClickDriversandthen click Install Display Driver on the Driver dialog box 6 Follow the onscreen inst...

Страница 15: ... uncheck all other options and then click Next to search for the drivers of your graphics card 5 Insert the CD installation disc into your CD ROM drive when the Lo cate Driver Files item of the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears Click Next to open the Locate Driver Files item of the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box 4 When the next Found New Hard ware Wizard dialog box appears select ...

Страница 16: ...les Search Results item of the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box 9 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup 10 When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer it will prompt you to restart your computer Click OK to restart your computer and to complete Setup 8 When prompted to select the display driver to install in your system se lect the one that is l...

Страница 17: ...the change 2 After your computer restarts right click the desktop and click Properties 3 Click the Settings tab 4 Select Change Display Type 5 Select Adapter Type and click Change 6 Click Have Disk 7 Insert the CD installation disc 8 Type D NT40 or click Browse to select the path of the display driver for Win dows NT Click OK 9 Select ASUS VANTA2000 vx xxx and then click OK 10 Windows NT will once...

Страница 18: ...ASUS Vanta 2000 Series User s Manual 18 III Software Setup III S W Setup This page was intentionally left blank ...

Страница 19: ...follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation Windows 2000 Setup will only copy the display drivers Windows NT 4 0 SETUPNT TXTwill appear Follow the instructions to install the display driver You may refertotheinstallationproceduresfor Windows NT later in this section 1 Insert the CD installation disc into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring...

Страница 20: ... your CD ROM drive Click Drivers Install DirectX Windows 98 only Microsoft DirectX allows 3D hardware acceleration support in Windows 98 For Software MPEG support in Windows 98 you must first install Microsoft DirectX and then an MPEG compliant video player 2 The Drivers box appears Click In stall DirectX to select the DirectX version you want to install WARNING Some games written for older Direct...

Страница 21: ...et Follow the on screen instructions to finish the GART driver installation The succeeding steps as sume that you are installing for an Intel chipset 1 Insert the CD installation disc into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Drivers 2 The Drivers box appears Click In stal...

Страница 22: ...s 4 If you selected No on the previ ous screen before clicking OK you will be presented with a selection of other drivers Make your driver se lection and click Install 5 When the Welcome screen appears click Next to continue 6 Once the driver installation is fin ished click Finish ...

Страница 23: ...rt the CD installation disc into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Drivers 2 Click Uninstall Display Driver and follow the on screen directions Method 2 Using Control Panel 1 Click Start and then point to Set tings 2 Click Control Panel 3 Double click the Add Remove Pro...

Страница 24: ... Remove 7 The system will prompt you to restart your computer Click Yes to restart Windows 2000 Method1 Using the Autorun Screen See Windows 98 Method 1 Using the Autorun Screen earlier in this section for the procedures Method 2 Using Control Panel 1 Click Start and then point to Set tings 2 Click Control Panel 3 Double click the Add Remove Programs icon 4 Click the Install Uninstall tab 5 Click ...

Страница 25: ...ick Advanced after click ing Settings Click the appropriate tab to change your display settings Refresh Rate Refresh Rate lets you change the refresh rate of your current screen resolution WARNING Be sure that the refresh rate that you select is supported by your monitor Selecting a refresh rate that is beyond your monitor s specification may damage it Press ESC to restore your original settings i...

Страница 26: ... 800x600 TrueColor Click OK to restart your computer to make the change 1 Click right click the ASUS Control Panel icon point to More Resolu tion andthenclickthedesiredscreen resolution The system will automati cally set the resolution selected with out restarting your computer Information Information lists the relevant informa tion about your card Aside from this it has links to the ASUSTeK COM P...

Страница 27: ...e RGB colors These adjustments can be made for Desk top D3D Game and OpenGL The color settings of Desktop D3D Game and OpenGL are not adjustable under 8 bit color depth Desktop Desktop lets you adjust the color of your Windows desktop D3D Game D3D Game lets you make your favorite color settings for D3D games OpenGL OpenGL lets you make your favorite color settings for OpenGL applications Color ...

Страница 28: ... each slider displays the brightness value range 128 to 128 default 0 contrast 30 to 30 default 0 or gamma value 0 2 to 3 0 default 1 0 Scheme Scheme lists schemes that you can use to change the appearance of many screen elements simultaneously You can use existing schemes or create and save your own scheme by saving your current settings or delete unwanted schemes You may want to save a scheme th...

Страница 29: ...US Vanta 2000 Series User s Manual IV Software Reference IV S W Reference Important Notes D3D Game The color settings of D3D Game take effect only when you are playing a full screen DirectDraw Direct3D game ...

Страница 30: ...ays the Change current refresh rate box to let you customize a new refresh rate To change the current refresh rate 1 Click Change current refresh rate 2 In the Refresh rate list under Change current refresh rate click the nearest default refresh rate and then adjust the Edit refresh rate slider to the rate you want click Test and then click YES when prompted to add the new refresh rate into the li...

Страница 31: ... the Refresh Rate list under the GDI tab select the refresh rate you want to use ATest button appears to let you test the selected refresh rate and resolution combination Click YESwhenpromptedwhethertokeep the new refresh rate Otherwise the original refresh rate will be restored DirectDraw DirectDraw lets you change the refresh rate of DirectDraw It is most useful when you are play ing a full scre...

Страница 32: ...s the screen position Standard Sets the TV signal format for example PAL or NTSC Output type Displays the connection status of composite and S Video Scan type Sets the scan type of the TV display Black Level Sets the brightness of the TV display Contrast Sets the contrast of the TV display Flicker Filter Sets the anti flicker effect Display ...

Страница 33: ...rces the hardware to automatically adjust the depth of its Z buffer to the depth that the applica tion requests Normally you will want to keep this option enabled unless your work absolutely requires a specific Z buffer depth Enable alternate depth buffering technique This option lets the hardware use a different mechanism for depth buffering in 16 bit applications Enabling this setting can produc...

Страница 34: ...on Command Buffer Location lets you choose the location of the command buffer Default setting is Strict AGP Strict AGP This option forces all the command buffer into the AGP memory Choose for best performance PCI This option forces the command buffer to be created into the PCI memory If you are experiencing stability problems with your system especially with some Socket 7 motherboards choose this ...

Страница 35: ...or frame rates higher than the refresh rate of your monitor This may however produce visual artifacts and tearing re sulting in reduced image quality More Options Pre Rendering Maximum pre render frames allows you to limit the number of frames the CPU can prepare before they are processed by the graphics chip when ver tical sync is turned off Reduce this value if you ex perience while playing game...

Страница 36: ...ation performance at the expense of some image quality loss In many cases the loss of image quality may not be noticeable Enable anisotropic filtering This option allows OpenGL to use anisotropic filtering for improved image quality Enable alternate depth buffering technique This option lets the hardware use a different mechanis for depth buffering in 16 bit applications Enabling this setting prod...

Страница 37: ... depth should be used by default in OpenGL applications Options are Use desktop color depth default Always use 16 bpp and Always use 32 bpp Buffer flipping mode Buffer flipping mode determines the buffer flipping mode for full screen OpenGL applications Options are Auto select default Use block transfer and Use page flip Vertical sync Vertical sync lets you specify how vertical sync is handled in ...

Страница 38: ...he proper mode This option allows Windows to receive the proper timing information directly from the monitor itself This is the default setting NOTE Some older monitors may not support this feature General Timing Formula GTF GTF is a standard used by most new hardware Discrete Monitor Timings DMT DMT is an older standard still in use on some hardware Select this option if your hardware requires DM...

Страница 39: ...z 112 7 200Hz 135 1 240Hz 166 2 1024 x 768 60Hz 48 4 70Hz 56 4 72Hz 57 5 75Hz 60 0 85Hz 68 7 100Hz 81 7 120Hz 98 8 140Hz 116 6 144Hz 120 2 150Hz 125 7 170Hz 144 1 200Hz 172 8 240Hz 212 1 1152 x 864 60Hz 53 7 70Hz 62 9 72Hz 64 9 75Hz 67 5 85Hz 77 1 100Hz 91 3 120Hz 111 2 140Hz 131 3 144Hz 135 2 150Hz 141 4 170Hz 162 9 200Hz 194 9 1280 x 960 60Hz 60 0 70Hz 69 9 72Hz 72 1 75Hz 75 2 85Hz 86 0 100Hz 10...

Страница 40: ... 85Hz 80 4 100Hz 95 3 120Hz 115 4 140Hz 136 8 144Hz 140 4 150Hz 146 8 1600 x 1200 60Hz 75 0 70Hz 87 5 72Hz 90 1 75Hz 94 0 85Hz 106 1 100Hz 127 5 120Hz 154 5 1920 x 1080 60Hz 67 1 70Hz 78 7 72Hz 81 1 75Hz 84 6 85Hz 96 4 100Hz 113 9 1920 x 1200 60Hz 74 6 70Hz 87 4 72Hz 90 0 75Hz 94 0 85Hz 106 7 100Hz 126 7 1920 x 1440 60Hz 89 4 70Hz 104 9 72Hz 108 5 75Hz 112 5 85Hz 129 4 2048 x 1536 60Hz 95 5 70Hz 1...

Страница 41: ... mode instead ofAGP execute mode for motherboards using this AGPset You must install DirectX 6 or later so that your player can take advantage of the hardware acceleration mode DirectDraw Try to switch to a lower resolution color depth or refresh rate Switching to a lower mode allows your player to use hardware acceleration mode Switch dual view mode to VGA or TV mode VideoSecurity currently only ...

Страница 42: ...way to recover my pass word The only way to remove password protection is to recall the original password that you assigned The password protection is still active even when you uninstallVideoSecurity and install a new copy Make sure that the password that you assigned can be eas ily remembered You may write down your password and store it in a safe place VI Troubleshooting ...

Страница 43: ...to 192MB Memory 2X AGP 3D w 8MB VRAM 100MHz Processor Side Bus M8300 8200 Series Thin Light Convertible Notebook PC 13 3 or 12 1 TFT Color Display 366MHz to 650MHz 64MB to 192MB Memory Supports Two Hard Drives L7300 7200 Series All in One Compact Notebook PC 13 3 or 12 1 TFT Color Display 366MHz to 650MHz 64MB to 192MB Memory Goes Mobile ...

Страница 44: ...I Memory Onboard Fixed Storage Hot Swap Trays Support GB Channels Devices AP100 1 Slot1 1 1 3 0 AP200 2 Slot1 1 1 3 0 AP2000 2 Slot1 1 1 4 3 or 5 AP3000 2 Xeon 2 2 4 3 or 5 AP2300 2 Socket370 4 2 Ultra3 4 3 or 5 AP6000 2 Slot1 1 1 4 8 AP8000 2 Xeon 2 2 4 8 AP6300 2 Socket370 4 2 Ultra3 4 8 Mid Range Servers AP6000 AP8000 AP6300 Rack Mountable Value Servers AP2000 AP3000 AP2300 Group Servers AP100 ...

Страница 45: ...to configure RAID Ten 1 0 or six 1 6 Ultra2 SCSI SCA 2 hot swappable drive bays 19 rack mountable height 5U LED for hard disk power and working status Two8cmsystemfansandfour6cm drive fans Aluminum disk arrays for easy heat dissipation 350W redundant power supply ASUS PCI DA2200 Series SCSI RAID Card PCI DA2200 series support 5x86 133 processor One 72 pin SIMM socket supports up to 128MB cache mem...

Страница 46: ...ansfer mode Compatible with all CD formats Supports multi read function CD R CD RW Ultra Fast CD ROM 8x DVD ROM Drive Industry leadingperformanceforeventhemost demanding applications Maximum transfer rate 8X DVD ROM 40X CD ROM High speed digital audio extraction Supports UltraDMA 33 transfer mode Complies with MPC3 standard Supports Multi Read function ...

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