User manual GIGABYTE GV-GF3000

[. . . ] Please do not remove any labels on VGA card , this may void the warr anty of this VGA card. Apr. 12, 2002 Taipei, Taiwan 2 Table of Content Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION 1. 1. PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1. 2. KEY FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1. 3. [. . . ] Note: F or software MPEG support in Win98/98SE or WinME, you must DirectX first install. MMust be install Dir ectX 8. 1 (or later) 1. Installation DirectX Driver Click "Install DirectX 8. 1" Item. 2. Click "Yes" icon. 3. Click "Yes" icon. 11 AP128DG-H Graphics Accelerator 4. Click "OK" item. Then the DirectX 8. 1 installation is completed. 12 SoftwareInstallation 3. 1. 3. Driver Installation The following is the step-by-step installation guide. Step 1: New Hardware Found After AP128DG-H 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. M Don't click "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 C D 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. 13 AP128DG-H Graphics Accelerator 3. . Click "NO" icon. After the system has finished loading, insert the AP128DG- H driver C D disk into your CD-ROM, and then you can see the AUTORUN window. If it does not show up, please run "D:\setup. exe". Click "I nst all Display Driver(Radeon 8500 Series). 2. Click "Next" icon. 3. Click "Yes" icon. 14 SoftwareInstallation 4. Click "Finish" icon to restart computer. 15 AP128DG-H Graphics Accelerator Step 6: Other Utility ( V-Tuner / Demo Utility / Hydravision Install) Follow the setup that showing on the scween to install the Utility. Click " V-Tuner" Item. Click " Hydravision Install" Item. Step 6-1: Demo Utility PS: ATi WDM Driver (VIVO) only for VIVO function. 16 SoftwareInstallation 3. 1. 4. Utilities on driver CD The utilities include Display Driver and V-Tunner utilities. Disabling compressed texture format the video driver ceases t o support this feature. n Alternate pixel center may eliminate problems with some 3D games that displays vertical and horizont al lines around textures or text that appears incorrect. However, this setting should only be used if you are experiencing these symptoms, as it may cause problems with ot her games. n Z-buffer bi t depths allows you to set the Z-buffer bit rate. By default 16:24 (16 and 24) selected t o achieve opt imum performance. 8-bit Stencil allows you to add 32-bit Z-buf fer with 8 bits for stencil and 24 bits f or the Z-buffer. 24 SoftwareInstallation n Anti-ali asing provides you with an overall higher quality video image with a slight reduct ion in performance. When "Application Preference" mode is selected, the video driver will useanti-aliasing only when an application requests it. When "Always On" mode is selected, the video driver will force ant i-aliasing on all applications. n 2 Samples provides a higher sample ratio, which improves overall image quality even furt her, wit h a slight reduction in performance. 4 Sample provides a higher sample ratio, which improves overall image quality even furt her, wit h a slight reduction in performance. n Dithering method when alpha blending will remove certain onscreen artifacts that are sometimes produced when both dithering and alpha blending are enabled. [. . . ] To install the AP128DG- H driver for Windows ® 2000 1. Insert the INSTALLATION CD into your CD-ROM drive. If Windows R r uns the CD automatically. Type the following: D:\SETUP (If D is not your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter. ) 5. [. . . ]