Getting Started
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Welcome
Congratulations on the purchase of your ATI Graphics
Accelerator card! Carefully complete the following
simple steps to install your new video card. Soon you
will experience the ultimate in graphics performance on
your very own computer.
Do This First
!
To ensure a successful installation of your ATI Graphics
Accelerator card, you
MUST
do the following
BEFORE
replacing your current graphics card with your
new ATI card
:
Install AGP Drivers for non-Intel Chipset Based
Motherboards. Several AGP motherboard
manufacturers use non-Intel AGP chipsets. Chipsets
include those made by Acer Laboratories (ALI),
Silicon Integrated Systems (SIS), and VIA
Technologies, Inc. Each non-Intel chipset requires
the installation of a custom Virtual GART (AGP)
Driver. This driver is required by your new ATI card
to function correctly with your motherboard.
It is
very important
that the correct AGP driver be
installed before installing an AGP video card in your
system.
This section applies to AGP Graphic Accelerator
cards only.
An incorrect or missing GART driver can
result in AGP memory not being detected or a
black screen after Windows
®
loads.
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