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GRAPHICS CARD

GRAPHICS CARD

Quick Installation

Quick Installation

Getting Started

Getting Started

Quick Installation

Quick Installation

Overview

Overview

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Installing the VGA card...

Attaching the power cable...

Connecting the monitor...

Hardware

Follow the steps below to enable HDMI Output function:

1. Find the DVI-to-HDMI adapter that comes with the package, 
    if provided.   Consult your dealer to purchase the adapter if 
    it is not provided. 

2. Attach the DVI-to-HDMI adapter to the DVI connector.

3. Ensure that the adapter is firmly installed.

Enabling HDMI Output

To install the driver of the VGA card to your 
computer, please follow the steps below:

1. Turn on the computer.

2. Insert the driver disk into the optical device drive.
    The AUTORUN program will start the Setup 
    program, and show the setup screen as shown
    on the right.

3. Click the Driver tag, and follow the on-screen
    instructions to complete the installation. 

4. Once the installation is completed, restart the
    computer as instructed.

Tip: If, on your computer, the AUTORUN program does not execute automatically, please 1) enable the 
optical device drive auto-detect function from the Control Panel; or 2) find and run the setup.exe file manually 
from the driver disk.

Software

MSI Live Update 5 offers users with brand-new update service experience, which can significantly save your 
time while searching files.  Live Update 5 is capable to automatically analyze and list drivers, BIOS, and 
utilities you need.  With the easy-to-use updating approaches, you can increase the performance of your 
system easily and quickly.  Follow the instructions below, with a few mouse clicks, you can acquire the 
related files for the system updating.

1. Insert the driver disk  into the optical 
    device drive, and start the Setup program.

2. Click the Utility tab on the setup screen.

3. Click the MSI Live Update 5.
    Follow the on-screen nstructions to
    complete the installation.

4.  Launch MSI Live Update utility to proceed
     the updating function.  

LIVE UPDATE 5

WARNING!!

DO NOT touch the cooling 
system since it may produce a 
certain heat while processing 
tasks.

Under the European Union ("EU") Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic 
Equipment, Directive 2002/96/EC, which takes effect on August 13, 2005, 
products of "electrical and electronic equipment" cannot be discarded as 
municipal waste anymore and manufacturers of covered electronic equipment 
will be obligated to take back such products at the end of their useful life.

CAUTION!!

Do not force the GPU cooler 
against the fragile GPU to avoid 
damage to the GPU.

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Getting Started

Getting Started

Functions

Functions

1G GDDR5 memory

Fan Connector

Fan Connector

Power Connector

AMD Radeon HD7770 series

PCI Express Interface

DVI-I Port

 -  HDMI supported 

 -  HDCP supported

 -  Dual-link DVI output supported

HDMI Port

CrossFire Interface

Display Port

 

The VGA card shown here is for reference only, and may vary from the actual card.  
For further information, please visit MSI website at www.msi.com

 

AMD Eyefinity multi-display technology

-  up to 6 displays supported with DisplayPort 1.2 Multi-Stream Transport.

-  Independent resolutions, refresh, rates, color controls, and video overlays.

-  Display grouping: Combine multiple displays to behave like a single large display.

 

AMD App Acceleration

  -  OpenCL 1.2 Support

-  Microsoft C++ AMP

-  DirectCompute 11

-  Double Precision Floating Point

-  AMD HD Media Accelerator

 

AMD HD3D technology

  -  Stereoscopic 3D display/glasses support

-  Blu-ray 3D support

-  Stereoscopic 3D gaming

-  3

rd

 party Stereoscopic 3D middleware software support.

 

Cutting-edge integrated display support

  -  DisplayPort 1.2

-  3GHz HDMI 1.4a with Stereoscopic 3D Frame Packing Format, Deep Color, xvYCC wide gamut support, 

   and high bit-rate audio 

-  Dual-link DVI with HDCP, max resolution: 2560x1600

-  VGA, max resolution: 2048x1536

 

Integrated HD audio controller

  -  Output protected high bit rate 7.1 channel surround sound over HDMI with no additional cables required.

-  Support AC-3, AAC, Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio formats.

 

AMD PowerTune Technology

  -  Intelligent TDP management technology

-  Dynamic colockspeed/performance enhancement for games.

 

AMD Catalyst

TM

 graphics and HD Video configuration software

  -  Software support for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP

-  AMD Catalyst

TM

 Center - AMD Catalyst

TM

 software application and user interface for setup, configuration, 

   and accessing features of AMD Radeon products

-  Unified Graphics display driver - AMD Catalyst

TM

 software enabling other PC programs and devices to use 

   advanced graphics, video, and features of AMD Radeon

TM

 products.

 

AMD PowerPlay

TM

 power management technology

  -  Automatic power management with low power idle states

 

AMD CrossFire

TM

 multi-GPU technology

  -  Dual GPU scaling

 

AMD ZeroCore Power technology

  -  Ultra-low idle power when the system’s display is off.

  -  Secondary GPUs in an AMD CrossFire

TM 

technology configuration power down when unneeded

  -  Efficient low power mode for desktop work

 

 

GCN Architecture

 

PCI Express 3.0 x16 bus interface

 

Microsoft DirectX

®

 11 Support

-  9

th

 generation programmable hardware tessellation units

-  Shader Model 5.0

-  DirectCompute 11

-  Accelerated multi-threading

-  HDR textrue compression

-  Order-independent transparency

 

OpenGL 4.2 support

 

Image quality enhancement technology

  -  Up to 24x multi-sample and super-sample anti-aliasing modes

-  Adaptive anti-aliasing 

-  Morphological Anti-Aliasing (MLAA)

-  DirectX

®

 10/11 Super-Sample Anti-Aliasing (SSAA)

-  16x angle independent anisotropic texture filtering

-  128-bit floating point HDR rendering

System Requirements

Card Features

To install the VGA card, your computer system needs to meet the following requirements:     

∙  PCI Express

®

 based PC is requird with X16 lane granphics slot available on the motherboard.

∙  500 Watt or greater power supply with one 75W 6-pin PCI Express power connector recommended.

∙ 

Certified power supplies are recommended.  

Refer to http://support.amd.com/us/certified/power-supplies/Pages/listing.aspx for a list of Certified products.

∙  Minimum 200MB of available hard disk space.

∙  Minimum 1GB of system memory. 

∙  CD-ROM / DVD drive / Blu-ray

TM

 drive is required for driver installation.

∙  The operation of AMD CrossFire

TM

 technology in dual mode requires a second AMD Radeon

TM

 HD 7700 

graphics card and an AMD CrossFire

TM

 Ready motherboard.

∙  Visit MSI website for further information of operating system support.

3. Put the card directly over the expansion slot and 
    press one end of the card into the slot first.  
    Gently but firmly press the other end until the card is 
    fully seated in the slot.

4. Secure the card with a bracket screw.

5. Attach the power cable of the power supply with 
    recommended wattage to the VGA card, if necessary. 

6. Install all other cards and devices and connect all the
    cables, and then re-install the computer case.

7. Connect the monitor.  Now, you are ready to install 
    the driver and software on your computer.

1. Remove the computer case.

2. Locate the expansion slot on your mainboard. 
    Warning: Inserting the VGA card  into a wrong  
    slot may damage your card (refer to your 
    mainboard manual for further Information).

Follow the instructions below to install the VGA card:

Please check out the following items to make sure that you get the complete product:

∙  VGA card

∙  Driver disk, documentation, and accessories, if provided.

  Consult the dealer immediately if the package is not completed.

Unpacking

Part NO: G52-V2712X3

R7770

PoweR Edition

Part NO: G52-V2712X3

R7770

PoWER Edition

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