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Aachen, September 1998

No. 21590/0998

Содержание Erazor II

Страница 1: ...ELSA ERAZORTM II ELSA VICTORY Erazor TM LT User Manual...

Страница 2: ...V CERT certification authority has confirmed ELSA conformity to the worldwide ISO 9001 standard in certificate number 09 100 5069 issued on May 16 1995 Trademarks OpenGL is a registered trademark of...

Страница 3: ...led information about 3D and video Changes to this Manual ELSA products are subject to continual further development It is therefore possible that the printed documentation does not always correspond...

Страница 4: ...e Installation of the ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT and installation of the associated drivers are described in the Installation Guide Please read this information first before you start r...

Страница 5: ...7 Windows NT 4 0 10 Useful Stuff and More 11 The Multimedia Player 11 Fine Tuning for Performance Freaks 12 All about graphics 13 3D Graphics Representation 13 The 3D Pipeline 13 3D Interfaces 16 Wha...

Страница 6: ...ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT VI Who to Contact 24 The ELSA LocalWeb 25 Driver Updates 25 Repair 25 DoC Declaration of Conformity 26 Warranty Conditions 28 Glossary 31 Index 35...

Страница 7: ...tting smaller but at the same time more powerful In the diagram and legend below we explain the functions of the board s chief components The video memory This checks out which image is being displaye...

Страница 8: ...otected The ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT meet CE require ments What Hardware Do I Need Computer The ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT only really come to life if your computer has...

Страница 9: ...erfere with to radio communications if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions However there is no guarantee that interfer ence will not occur in a particular installation If this e...

Страница 10: ...Introduction ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 4...

Страница 11: ...uld the monitor redraw itself This chapter is divided up into operating systems to allow us to answer these questions for you as simply as possible Turn straight to the heading for your operating syst...

Страница 12: ...ls means more fun This idea is widely held but is not always true The general rule is that a refresh rate of 73 Hz meets the minimum recommended ergonomic requirements The resolution to be selected is...

Страница 13: ...nctions guaran tees a rapid games performance The Settings are automatically integrated into the Control Panel during the instal lation of the WINman Suite You can use these Settings to tweak your gra...

Страница 14: ...nge to call up the database of monitor types You will be presented with a list of monitor manufacturers and monitor models If your manufacturer is present click on the entry and then select your model...

Страница 15: ...the diagonal size of your monitor Check your entries for the image frequencies carefully as otherwise you might damage your monitor Look these up in your monitor manual or consult the monitor manufac...

Страница 16: ...Double click on this symbol to open the window with its various tabs Click on the Settings tab You can select the possible settings for Color palette Font size Resolution and Dis play frequency from...

Страница 17: ...ow been succeeded by the Microsoft Multimedia Player It handles the most com mon multimedia formats all under one common user interface regardless of whether the data is coming from the Internet or th...

Страница 18: ...y game can saved under an identifiable name and quickly recalled without having to restart your system Experimentation pays Give your combatant a little extra zip and optimize his chances against the...

Страница 19: ...ctually happens when a monitor displays a 3D object The data describing the 3D object are passed through what is known as the 3D pipeline in which the mathematical calculations for its representation...

Страница 20: ...object undergoes a sort of face lift The materials and textures are assigned Different methods are used here to make the textures appear realistic even when enlarged or reduced As a first step the tex...

Страница 21: ...fewer polygons than are required for flat shading The Phong shading method additionally takes a normal vector of reflectivity into consideration when interpolating An even more realistic impression i...

Страница 22: ...ned Developers can implement complex procedures relatively easily by using these definitions They can use a uniform command set when programming and do not need to know the characteristics specific to...

Страница 23: ...ned mode high level mode makes it possible for example to load a defined 3D object with textures into a Windows application Here it can be manipulated and moved using simple API commands Translation t...

Страница 24: ...e 18 bits wide the disadvantage Only 256 colors can be displayed simultaneously from a palette of 262 144 possible colors DirectColor The situation is different in the case of DirectColor TrueColor Re...

Страница 25: ...efinitions etc or receive commands from the graphics board There are various standards DDC1 DDC2B and DDC2AB DDC1 Only the monitor can send data unidirectional A line in the monitor cable is used to s...

Страница 26: ...With DDC2AB additionally to DDC2B the computer may send commands for controlling the monitor e g for adjusting the screen position or the brightness similar to ACCESS bus For information on the pin a...

Страница 27: ...resses of the ELSA graphics boards cannot be changed The ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT also requires an interrupt IRQ which is free This may have to be reserved in the computer s BIOS For...

Страница 28: ...onitor expects sync levels other than those used by normal monitors and does not produce a stable display The switches are labeled Low and High only on some monitors You can then refer to your monitor...

Страница 29: ...was printed If you have further questions you can contact our Support team Ensure that you can pro vide the following information Exact model name of your ELSA device Version of the used ELSA driver o...

Страница 30: ...49 241 938800 ELSA s dial up WWW site ISDN X75 V120 PPP no Internet provider required Analog V 90 V 34 Protocol PPP oder MLPPP User name guest No password By fax to the ELSA support faxline 49 241 60...

Страница 31: ...e always available for download from our Inter net WWW site www elsa com or our LocalWeb and via direct FTP from ftp elsa com You will also find lots of information and answers to frequently asked que...

Страница 32: ...Appendix ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 26 DoC Declaration of Conformity...

Страница 33: ...Appendix ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 27...

Страница 34: ...e warranty period for ELSA products is six years Excepted from this warranty period are ELSA color monitors and ELSA videoconferencing systems with a warranty period of 36 months This period begins at...

Страница 35: ...ty gives no entitlement to additional claims such as any refund in full or in part Com pensation claims regardless of the legal basis are excluded This does not apply if e g injury to persons or damag...

Страница 36: ...Appendix ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT 30...

Страница 37: ...s are assigned depth information which allows the display of relief or raised structures Bus system A system of parallel data lines for the transfer of information between indi vidual system component...

Страница 38: ...tion and refresh rate Flat shading Shading Flipping The image generated in the back buffer is displayed Fps Or frame rate refers to how many times per second the scene is updated by the render ing eng...

Страница 39: ...Mem ory Chip memory of a computer or expansion board that can be read from and written to unlike ROM Read Only Memory RAMDAC The RAMDAC converts the digital signals to analog signals on a graphics boa...

Страница 40: ...vertices color and if required transparency values are determined for the tri angles Textures Wrapping a bitmap around an object including perspective correction for example wallpaper on a wall or a w...

Страница 41: ...tDraw 16 Double buffer 31 DPMS 31 DRAM 32 Driver 25 E EDO RAM 32 F FCC 3 32 Filtering 14 Flat shading 15 32 33 Flipping 15 32 Frame buffer 15 32 Front buffer 15 32 G Geometrical transformation 14 32 G...

Страница 42: ...lution 6 33 Retained mode 17 S Scan frequency 32 Shading 15 33 Shutter glasses 33 Single buffer 33 Stencil buffer 16 Support 2 24 Support hotline 24 System requirements 2 T Tearing 33 Tesselation 13 3...

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