User manual GIGABYTE GV-AV64S-T

[. . . ] Upgrade your Life AV64S-T RADEONTM 7000E Graphics Accelerator USER'S MANUAL ¤¤¤å¨Ï¥Î¤â¥U REV. 1. 32 12MD-AV64ST-132 AV64S-T Graphics Accelerator Chapter 1 User' Manual s 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 Notice Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet.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. [. . . ] Installation DirectX Driver Click "Display Driver Setup Utility"Item. 2. Click "Yes" icon. 3. Click "Yes"icon. 10 Software Installation 4. Click "OK" item. 11 AV64S-T Graphics Accelerator 3. 1. 3. Driver Installation The following is the step-by-step installation guide. Step 1: New Hardware Found After AV64S-T is inserted into your computer at the first time, the windows will automatically detect a new hardware in the system and pop out a "New Hardware Found" message. Please select "Do not install a driver" and press OK. Step 2: Update Device Driver Wizard: Standard PCI Graphics Adapter(VGA) 1. Click "Next"icon. MDon'click " t Cancel" because , the system will hang if you press it. Step 3: Update Device Driver Wizard: Finish At this time, system will ask for your Windows CD in order to complete the VGA driver installation. 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 AV64S-T 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 AV64S-T 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' status s area. Right-clicking this icon opens the GBT control panel, showing a menu composed of shortcute of the graphics board' enhanced and other functions. s 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 AV64S-T 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 AV64S-T 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 changeresolution. Click"Advanced. . " for adapter icon and setting. You can click the item to change the color depth. Options Properties n Enable ATI taskbar icon application enables or disables the ATI taskbar icon. However, this feature must be enabled for ATI hotkey support. n 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. n Optimization Preference l Quality allows you to optimize your OpenGL settings for quality. l Performance allows you to optimize your OpenGL settings for performance n OpenGL Settings l 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. l Enable KTX buffer region extension enables rapid updates of those portions of your screen that have been moved. l Enable page flipping allows you to enable hardware acceleration of page flipping to swap full screen buffers. l Force 16-bit Z-buffering allows you to disable all other formats of Z-buffer and utilizes 16-bitZ-buffering. [. . . ] Click " Yes"to the license agreement. Follow the Wizard's on-screen instructions to complete the installation. 3. 4. BIOS FLASH UTILITY AV64S-T BIOS update procedure: MNote: Please download the newest BIOS from our website (www. gigabyte. com. tw) or contact your local dealer for the file. MIf you want to realize the BIOS flash information, please refer to detail on P. 26 24 Troubleshooting Tips 4. Troubleshooting Tips The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. [. . . ]