User manual GIGABYTE GV-AV32DG

[. . . ] Upgrade your Life AV32DG RADEONTM 7000E Graphics Accelerator USER'S MANUAL ¤ ¤å¨Ï¥Î¤â¥U REV. 1. 02 12MD-AV32DG-102 AV32DG Graphics Accelerator Chapter 1 User's Manual Copyright Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO. , LTD. ("GBT") No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any from without the expressed, written permission of GBT. Trademarks Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners. Notice Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before pwblicution of this booklet. The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may appear in this document nor does it make a commitment to update the information contained herein. [. . . ] If you don't have the CD, you can press C:\Windows\System directory. Step 4: System Setting Change 2. . Click "Finish" icon. 12 Software Installation 3. . Click "NO" icon. After the system has finished loading, insert the AV32DG driver CD disk into your CDROM, and then you can see the AUTORUN window. If it does not show up, please run "D:\setup. exe". Click "Install Display Driver(Radeon VE Series) 13 AV32DG Graphics Accelerator 2. . Click "Next" icon. 3. Click "Yes" icon. 4. Click "Finish" icon to restart computer. 14 Software Installation 3. 1. 4. Utilities on driver CD The utilities include Display Driver and V-Tuner utilities. 3. 1. 5 Taskbar Icon After installation of the display drivers, you will find an GBT icon on the taskbar's status area. Right-clicking this icon opens the GBT control panel, showing a menu composed of shortcute of the graphics board's enhanced and other functions. You may click the "Display Properties" item, and then click Settings. Click "Advanced" after clickng Settings. Click the appropriate tab to change your display settings. You can link to GBT web site for updated information about the graphics borad, latest drivers, and other information. 15 AV32DG Graphics Accelerator V-Tuner (Overclock Utility) V-Tuner lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory (Core Clock and Memory Clock) 16 Software Installation VGA Info VGA Info lists the relevant information about your card. Color Adjust Color Adjust allows you to make color adjustments, such as brightness, contrast, and gamma values for each or all of RGB colors. 17 AV32DG Graphics Accelerator 3. 1. 6. Display Property pages The screen shows the information of display adapter, color, the range of display area . Setting (Resolutions and Color depth for windows) The Setting properties page allows you to adjust the Direct 3D settings You can move the slider to the change resolution. Click" Advanced. . "icon for adapter and setting. You can click the item to change the color depth. Options Properties Enable ATI taskbar icon application enables or disables the ATI taskbar icon. However, this feature must be enabled for ATI hotkey support. Show ATI icon on taskbar adds or removes the ATI icon from the taskbar. 18 Software Installation OpenGL Properties: The OpenGL properties page gives you complete control of the OpenGL settings. Optimization Preference Quality allows you to optimize your OpenGL settings for quality. Performance allows you to optimize your OpenGL settings for performance OpenGL Settings Convert 32 bit textures to 16 bit allows you to increase video performance for games that make heavy use of textures. However this could also reduce image quality. Enable KTX buffer region extension enables rapid updates of those portions of your screen that have been moved. Enable page flipping allows you to enable hardware acceleration of page flipping to swap full screen buffers. Force 16-bit Z-buffering allows you to disable all other formats of Z-buffer and utilizes 16-bit Z-buffering. Disable dithering when alpha blending may remove artifacts left on the screen when both dithering and alpha blending are enabled. Wait for vertical sync lowers the frames per second rate in full screen games However this can reduce the image tearing that can occur with higher frame rates. Enable texture compression enables and disables texture compression. Full Screen anti-aliasing allows you to set the level of full-screen anti-aliasing. [. . . ] Contact your dealer or GBT for more advanced troubleshooting information. Check that the card is seated properly in the AGP slot. Ensure the display cable is securely fastened to the card's display connector. Make sure that the monitor and computer are plugged in and receiving power. [. . . ]