User manual 3DLABS WILDCAT III 6110

[. . . ] Wildcat III 6210 and Wildcat III 6110 Graphics Accelerator Card User's Guide 3Dlabs®, Inc. 480 Potrero Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94086 408 - 530 - 4700 www. 3dlabs. com Copyright 2002 by 3Dlabs, Inc. 3Dlabs is a registered trademark, and Wildcat, SuperScene, ParaScale and DirectBurst are trademarks of 3Dlabs, Inc. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel. [. . . ] On the Wildcat Monitor Display Properties dialog box, click Configure Monitor to change the display mode, select a monitor type, or change the resolution/refresh rate. Once you have made the changes you require, click OK to accept the new configuration and dismiss the Configure Monitor dialog box or Cancel to reset to the default settings. You are returned to the Wildcat Monitor Display Properties dialog box. Click OK on the Display Properties dialog box to accept the changes. Reboot the workstation if you are prompted to do so. Most changes will take effect without rebooting. NOTE: See Appendix A, "Specifications, " for a list of available monitor resolutions. See "Enabling Stereo Display" in this chapter for instructions on changing the Display Mode. See "Enabling the Dual Monitor Feature" in this chapter for instructions on configuring dual displays. 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card User's Guide 23 SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION Enabling stereo display If you connect a device to the stereo port on the Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110, you must change the display mode to view in stereo. See Chapter 2, "Setup, " for an illustration of the stereo output port. Make sure your stereo display device is properly connected to the stereo output port on the Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110. See Chapter 2, "Connecting a Stereo Display Device" for more information. On the Wildcat III Monitor tab under Display Properties, click Configure Monitor. The Configure Monitor dialog box displays. Select one of the Stereoscopic Display modes from the Display Mode pulldown, then click OK to return to the Display Properties dialog box. If you are prompted with the following message: "The selected monitor cannot display the current desktop area. Select a new resolution before applying these changes, " click OK then select a resolution from the list of available resolutions. Click OK if the display is correct and you wish to keep the new settings. The Display Properties dialog box is dismissed. Click OK to accept the new display mode and dismiss the Display Properties dialog box. NOTE: You must disable stereo mode when you no longer wish to view in stereo. Follow the steps above, and select Monoscopic Display under Display Mode to disable stereo mode. Enabling Multiview and Genlock on the Wildcat III 6210 The Wildcat III 6210 comes with Multiview support for frame locking and rate locking of multiple workstations. Genlock support allows video timing to be synchronized to an external timing source. NOTE: Your application must support Multiview for Multiview to work. Refer to the Wildcat support area on http://www. 3dlabs. com/support/troubleshooting/wc-01. htm for information on ordering the correct cables. [. . . ] Dithering works because the mind is tricked by the pattern of colors into thinking it's a different color. Double Buffering With double buffering, images are rendered in the back buffer and then displayed on the screen once the drawing is completed. This results in the smooth, flicker-free rotation and animation of 3D models and scenes. Driver A driver is a special interface program that is developed to perform the communication between the application program, the device (i. e. , graphics peripheral) and the operating system. EVGA Extended Video Graphics Array. EVGA runs at 1024 x 768. Flat Shading The simplest method of shading. Each triangle is assigned one single color, resulting in a faceted appearance of the surface. Frame Buffer A 24-bit, true-color frame buffer provides 8 bits for each red, green and blue primary display color. [. . . ]