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Follow the steps
to install the VGA card :
1. Remove the computer case.
2. Lo cate the PCI Express slot on your mainboard.
Warning: Inserting the VGA card into a wrong
slot (e.g. AGP slot) may damage your card (refer
to your mainboard manual for more Information).
3. Put the card directly over the
slot
and press one end of the card into the slot first.
Gently but firmly press the othe r end until it is
fully seated in the slot.
4. Secure the ca rd with a br acket screw.
5. Install all other card s and devices an d connect
all the cables, and t hen install the case.
6. Connect the monitor. Now, you are ready to
install the software on your computer.
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Windows XP/ 2000
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To install the driver of the VGA card to yo ur com puter running
CD
Windows XP o r 2000,
please f ollow the st eps below:
1. Turn on the computer.
2. Insert the
int o the CD-ROM drive. T he Autorun program will start the Setup
program, and show the setup scre en as follows:
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MSI
Live Update 3
is a useful utility for you to upgrade your MSI
main board and
VGA card. Thanks to the powerful capac ity of this u tility, you can conveniently
download and automatically update the BIOS a nd the drivers on -line, without spending
much time in searching many Web sites to find the BIOS or drivers you wa nt.
3. Click the
. Follow the on-screen instru ctions to complete the
installation.
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Installing from the CD-Title
Se tup
Utility
Installing from the MSI
Web Site
/Suppor t/Live Update 3/
1. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive, and start the
program.
2. Click the
tab on the setu p scre en.
1. Make connection to MSI's website at http://www.msi.com.tw
2. Select
on the upper part of the MSI's ho mepage to enter
the setup page .
MSI
Live Update 3
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Tip
: If, on yo ur com puter, the
Autorun progra m doe s not execute
automatically, please 1) en able the
CD-ROM drive Auto-detect function
from Con trol Panel; or 2) find and
run the setup.e xe file man ually from
the CD.
3. Click
. Follow the on-s creen instructions to complete the
installation.
4. After finishing the insta llation, restart the computer as instructed.
A i VGA Drivers
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sing MSI
Live VGA Driver
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MSI
Live VGA Driver
Update
This ser vice enables you to upd ate the late st VG A driver for your VGA card.
1. To update t he MSI
Live VGA Driver , click Live VGA Driver
item on the left
column of the main page.
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2. This u tility will start checking your platfo rm and the information on th e VGA card, and
display the information in a l ist.
3. Click the gr aph b utton on the bottom to conne ct MSI Live Update Series Server.
Then, it will automatica lly connect the Internet and compare the version of the driver
in the datab ase.
4. It may take several min utes to det ect the requ ired drivers. Plea se wa it while
proce eding detection.
5. Click the
but ton on the r ight side of the table to download and
updat e the driver. All a ctions will procee d auto matica lly.
6. Follow the on-scr een in struct ions to complete the updating procedure.
In stallShield Wizar d
The page of the MSI
Live Update 3
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3. Click the
InstallShield Wizard bu tton to have the program of MSI
Live
Up date 3
with MSI
Live mon itor downloaded a nd installed on your system
au tomatically, or click
to download and install the p rogram man ually.
4. Follow the on-scr een in struct ions to complete the in stallation.
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640x480
200Hz
800x600
200Hz
1024x768
200Hz
1152x864
200Hz
1280x102 4
160Hz
1600x1200
12 0Hz
1920x1080
12 0Hz
1920x1200
10 0Hz
1920x1440
90 Hz
2048x1536
85 Hz
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PERFORMANCE
**For Reference Only**
Seamless integration of pix el shaders with vid eo in real time
FULLST REAM
video de-blocking technology for Real, DivX, and WMV9 formats
VIDEOSOAP
noise removal filtering for captured video
M PEG1 /2/4 decode and encode accele ration
Adaptive Per-Pixel De-Inte rlacing and F rame Rate Conver sion (temporal filtering)
* Innovative 0.11 micron process technology
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2D Display Modes: Resolution s, colo rs and masimum refresh rates( Hz) in 256, 65K Or 16.7M
colors
Pixel
Pipelines
Geometry
Transform Rate
Gigaflops
Memory
Bandwidth
Core Speed/
Memory Speed
Pixel Fill Rate
RX850XT PE
RX850XT
RX850PRO
16
16
12
810
M vertices/sec.
780
M vertices/sec.
780
M vertices/sec.
207
200
159
37.8
GB/sec.
34.6
GB/sec.
24.6
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8.6
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8.3
Gigapixels/sec.
6.2
Gigapixels/sec.
