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NVIDIA Graphic Cards 

User’s Guide 

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

Doc No. : NVX-E0204D 

 

Summary of Contents for GeForce4 Ti 4200

Page 1: ...NVIDIA Graphic Cards User s Guide Doc No NVX E0204D ...

Page 2: ...ny warranties merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is Should the programs prove defective following their purchase the buyer and not this company its distributor or its dealer assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing repair and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software Fu...

Page 3: ...allation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measure 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver 3 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a ...

Page 4: ...es and flexible nView display technology the GeForce4 Ti GPU allow end users to experience radically immersive graphical environments complete with unique visual effects and the most realistic life like images ever experienced on a desktop PC GeForce4 Ti 4600 GeForce4 Ti 4400 GeForce4 Ti 4200 Vertices per Second 136 Million 125 Million 113 Million Fill Rate AA Samples Sec 4 8 Billion 4 4 Billion 4...

Page 5: ... never before seen Lightspeed Memory Architecture II LMA II boosts effective memory bandwidth by up to 300 Radical new technologies including Z occlusion culling fast Z clear and auto pre charge effectively multiply the memory bandwidth to ensure fluid frame rates for the latest 3D and 2D games and applications 3D Textures An integral part of the nfiniteFX II and nfiniteFX Engines 3D textures make...

Page 6: ...areas especially three and four texture performance AGP 4X 2X and AGP Texturing Support Takes advantage of new methods of transferring information more efficiently and allows content developers to use high quality 32 bit color textures and high polygon count scenes Dual Vertex Shaders Part of the nfiniteFX II Engine dual Vertex Shaders are used to breathe life and personality into complex characte...

Page 7: ...ains a caching system for primitives vertices textures and pixels These caches are individually dedicated and optimized for almost instant graphics pipeline access and reuse World s Fastest DDR Memory Interface The 10 6GB per second memory subsystem ensures peak performance and the smoothest frame rates ever allowing extremely high resolutions and full scene antialiasing as the standard operating ...

Page 8: ...l Before touching any electronic part drain the static electricity from your body You can do this by touching the internal metal frame of your computer while it s unplugged l Don t remove a card from the anti static container until you are ready to install it When you remove a card from your computer place it back in its container l Don t let your clothes touch any electronic parts l When handling...

Page 9: ... sure your computer system meets the peripheral requirements and switch to standard VGA display driver Prepare Your Computer for Installation Prior to working on your computer make sure the power and any related equipment are turned off How to Insert Your AGP Graphics Card ...

Page 10: ...d source 3 Position the card directly over the AGP slot and insert one end of the card down into the slot Be sure the metal contacts on the bottom of the host adapter are securely seated in the slot 4 Connect your analog monitor s 15 pin VGA connector to the card and fasten the retaining screws if any 5 Connect other cables and devices if available Now you are ready to install the software drivers...

Page 11: ...M ME E 9 98 8 9 95 5 I In ns st ta al ll la at ti io on n P Pr ro oc ce ed du ur re es s Caution l Before installing the display driver make sure your Windows ME 98 95 is installed in VGA mode and works fine l To take advantage of all the AGP features please use Windows 95 OSR2 1 or later version or Windows ME 98 Otherwise you can use OSR2 0 and install USBSUPP EXE from Microsoft to upgrade to OSR...

Page 12: ...a ad di in ng g 1 Start Windows ME 98 95 Click mouse right button on the desktop and select Properties from the popup menu or double click on the Display icon from the Control Panel folder 2 Select Setting Advanced or select Setting Advanced Properties for Windows 95 then select Adapter page and click change button ...

Page 13: ...u can select the driver you want 4 Select Standard display types from the manufacturers and select Standard PCI Display Adapter VGA from the Models then click OK button 4 After complete installing Standard VGA Driver Click Close button and restart Windows to enable Standard VGA Mode 5 After system reboot You may begin to setup VGA driver ...

Page 14: ... to setup 2 Display Driver Setup Application will check your Windows to make sure your system is working fine If you see any warning message please click Abort to stop setup If not please click Continue to begin setup 3 Please read Software License Agreement before begin installing drivers And Click Yes to continue install 4 After complete installing VGA driver Windows will ask you reboot system t...

Page 15: ... screen snapshot were using GeForce2 Ti as sample 1 Start Windows ME 98 95 2 Click mouse right button on the desktop and select Properties from the popup menu or double click on the Display icon from the Control Panel folder 3 Select Setting Advanced or select Setting Advanced Properties for Windows 95 then select Adapter page and click change button ...

Page 16: ...98 95 Installation 4 When Update Device Drivers Wizard dialog box appears on screen select Show specify the location of the driver to show all VGA devices 5 Click Have Disk button from the Select Device dialog box ...

Page 17: ...Enter the driver path D Driver WinMe9x or click Browse button to select driver directory 7 Select your VGA model and click OK 8 After complete installing VGA display driver click Finish button and restart Windows to enable VGA Driver ...

Page 18: ...ing GeForce2 Ti as sample S Sy ys st te em m I In nf fo or rm ma at ti io on n 1 Click mouse right button on the desktop and select Properties from the popup menu or double click on the Display icon from the Control Panel folder then click Advanced button ...

Page 19: ...just the brightness contrast and gamma values of the screen output from the Color Correction Page Click Save As button to save your current setting as different schema then you may restore the setting back whenever you need B Direct3D Setting You can adjust the mipmapping anti aliasing configuration of your Direct3D setting Notes This function is only available in 16 bit and 32 bit color depth ...

Page 20: ...3D Setting Click Advanced button to adjust Texel Alignment for Direct3D or turn on Direct3D Hardware Antialiasing C OpenGL Setting You can adjust the detail configuration of your OpenGL setting like V Sync wating buffer region extension ...

Page 21: ... can adjust your Video Overlay color setting from this page Please note that this page will not enable only when video overlay is turn on E Output Device Settings You may adjust your output device setting on this page etc Screen Adjustment Display Timming ...

Page 22: ...ll Screen snopshot were using GeForce2 Ti as sample Setup Display Card Driver Manual setup 1 Start Windows XP 2000 and insert the Installation CD disk into the CD ROM drive 2 Click mouse right button upon My Computer and select Properties from the popup menu 3 Select Hardware and then click Device Manager button ...

Page 23: ...XP 2000 NT Installation 4 The Windows XP 2000 Device Manager dialog appears click mouse right button upon Video Controller in others device Then select Property from popup menu 5 Select Reinstall Driver button ...

Page 24: ... 2000 NT 4 Installation 6 Select the Install from a list or specific location Advanced item and then click Next button 7 Select the Dont Search I will choose the driver to install item and then click Next button ...

Page 25: ...Windows XP 2000 NT Installation 8 Select Display Adapter and press Next 9 Click Have Disk button so that you can select display driver from CD disk ...

Page 26: ...computer then click Finish button to close this dialog 10 Enter D Driver Win2000 or D Driver WinXP then click OK 12 A warning dialog Hardware Installation will shown if the driver that you choose is not Microsoft WHQL certified one anyway please click Continue Anyway button to continue the installation procedures 11 Select the graphic card then click Next button ...

Page 27: ...4 i in ns st ta al ll la at ti io on n Caution l Before installing the display driver make sure your Windows NT is installed in standard VGA mode and works fine l Please install the Windows NT 4 0 Service Pack 3 or above version before installing the video driver Otherwise the system may hang up and won t be able to start up l D present the drive containing the Installation CD disk Setup Standard ...

Page 28: ...lose button and restart Windows to enable the VGA display driver Setup Display Card Driver Auto setup Please refer to Chapter 2 3 for Auto Setup installation procedures Setup Display Card Driver Manual setup 1 Start Windows NT and insert the Installation CD disk into the CD ROM drive 2 Click on mouse right button on the desktop and select Properties from the popup menu or double click Display icon...

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