User manual GIGABYTE GV-GF3000D

[. . . ] Please do not remove any labels on VGA card , this may void the warranty of this VGA card. This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U. S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited. March 17, 2003 Taipei, Taiwan 2 Table of Content Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION 1. 1. [. . . ] If your Graphics card came with a DVI connector, you can connect a flat panel display to the appropriate connector, as shown below. . . To TV or VCR To Fla t Panel Di splay To VGA MON ITOR You are now ready to proceed with the installation of the Graphics card driver. For detailed instructions, select your operating system from the list below: 8 Software Installation 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D: 3. 1. WINDOWS® 98 /98SE / WINDOWS ME /WINDOWS XP DRIVER AND UTILITIES INSTALLATION The installation of Win 98/98SE / Win ME / Win XP drivers is very simple. When you insert the driver CD into your CD-ROM drive, you can see the AUTORUN window (if it does not show up, run "D:\setup. exe"). Then you can follow guides to setup your AP64D(-H) driver (Please follow the subsection 3. 1. 3 "Step By Step Installation" to install the driver for your AP64D/AP64D-H graphics accelerator. 3. 1. 1. Operating system requirement l If your OS is Microsoft Windows, when loading the AP64D(-H) drivers for the system, please make sure your system ( Windows 98/98SE or Windows ME)has installed DirectX8. 1 or later. l If you install the AP64D(-H) drivers for the mainboard, which consist of SIS, ALI or VIA chipsets, please install the appropriate Driver program for that mainboard. Or please contact your motherboard nearest dealer for M/B Diver. 9 AP64D /AP64D-H Graphics Accelerator 3. 1. 2. DirectX Installation Install Microsoft DirectX 8. 1 to enable 3D hardware acceleration support for Win98/ 98SE or WinME to achieve better 3D performence. Note: For software MPEG support in Win98/98SE or WinME, you must DirectX first install. MMust be install DirectX 8. 1 (or later) 1. Installation DirectX Driver Click "Install DirectX 8. 1"Item. 2. Click "Yes" icon. 3. Click "Yes"icon. 10 Software Installation 4. Click "OK" item. Then the DirectX 8. 1 installation is completed. 11 AP64D /AP64D-H Graphics Accelerator 3. 1. 3. Driver Installation The following is the step-by-step installation guide. Step 1: New Hardware Found After AP64D/AP64D-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. l Disable dithering when alpha blending may remove artifacts left on the screen when both dithering and alpha blending are enabled. l 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. l Enable texture compression enables and disables texture compression. l Full Screen anti-aliasing allows you to set the level of full-screen anti-aliasing. This will result in an overall higher quality image with a slight reduction inerformance. 20 Software Installation n Anisotropic texture filtering allows you to set a level of anisotropic texture filtering. This will result in much higher quality textures with a negligible reduction in performance. n Level of Detail allows you to set the level of mipmapped detail. The Sharp setting is recommended for larger, more detailed, mipmapping scenes. The Fuzzy setting is recommended for smaller, less detailed, mipmapping scenes. n Defaults restores your Direct 3D setting to their default values. Color Properties The Color Properties is used to adjust the color settings. It also allows gamma control for video playing of the Video Overlay. [. . . ] To install the AP64D series driver for Windows ® 2000 1. Insert the INSTALLATION CD into your CD-ROM drive. If Windows® runs the CD automatically. Type the following: D:\SETUP (If D is not your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter. ) 5. [. . . ]