User manual ASUS U31SG

[. . . ] IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE), EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT. SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY, AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS. ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual are used only for identification or explanation and to the owner's benefit, without intent to infringe. [. . . ] Detailed enhancement with a bright effect. Theater Crystal Clear 3. Click O K to effect changes. Software reference 17 18 ASUS graphics card 3. ASUS OnScreenDisplay (OSD) 3 . 1 Introduction The ASUS OnScreenDisplay feature allows you to dynamically adjust the display parameters while playing fullscreen 3D and OpenGL games. 3 . 2 Enabling ASUS OSD To launch ASUS OSD: 1. Go to C o n t r o l P a n e l and load D i s p l a y y. From the Display Properties dialog box, select the S e t t i n g s tab then click A d v a n c e d d. Select the A S U S tab then A S U S O S D to display the following. 2. 3. 5. Click the E n a b l e A S U S O S D check box. Click on the Hotkey textbox then press desired keys. Click O K to apply settings and exit or click A p p l y settings. Click C a n c e l if you want to discard settings and exit. Software reference 19 4. ASUS GameLiveShow 4 . 1 Introduction ASUS GameLive Show allows users to share real-time gaming experience while playing full-screen games. Allows manual adjustment of GPU core and memory clock. 5. 2 Launching ASUS SmartDoctor The ASUS SmartDoctor utility is a memory resident program that is launched everytime you start Windows and remain in the computer memory to check the graphics card status. To access the ASUS SmartDoctor menu and its functions, double-click on the S m a r t D o c t o r i c o n the Windows taskbar. found on Voltage status tab VGA status Temperature status tab Fan speed tab GPU clock slider Memory clock slider Setup Default Set clock clock 27 6. 6. 1 ASUS SmartDoctor Voltage status The utility provides an easy-to-use menu to access its features. Click the V o l t a g e s t a t u s tab to display the voltage status of your graphics card. · The AGP bus VDDQ voltage and AGP bus 3. 3 voltage should be supplied steadily by your motherboard. The FB VDDQ voltage item is grayed or disabled if your graphics card does not support voltage monitoring for this item. · 6. 2 Temperature status Click the T e m p e r a t u r e s t a t u s tab to display the GPU and RAM temperature status of your graphics card. If your graphics card does not support RAM temperature monitoring, the item is grayed or disabled. 28 6. 3 Fan speed status Click the F a n s p e e d tab to display the current fan speed of your graphics card. 6. 4 Engine and memory clock settings You can manually adjust the graphics card engine (GPU) and memory clock to enhance your graphics card performance. To adjust the engine and memory clock: 1. Move the E n g i n e clock slider to adjust the engine clock. Move the M e m o r y clock slider to adjust the memory clock. Engine clock slider Memory clock slider 3. 4. Press to set. SmartDoctor prompts a warning message. Click O K K. 5. The engine clock you set appears on a dialog box. Click O K K. 29 6. 5 Advanced setup features on the To launch the SmartDoctor Settings dialog box, click SmartDoctor menu. 6. 5. 1 Settings To change the settings, click the S e t t i n g s tab from the SmartDoctor Settings dialog box. Monitor Settings To change monitor settings: 1. Click the combo list box to set M o n i t o r p o l l i n g t i m e i n t e r v a ll. [. . . ] The following submenu appears: To set the recording parameters: 1. Click to enable S t a r t r e c o r d i n g w h e n e v e r t h e r e ' s a n u n u s u a l s. condition occurs When enabled, key in or use the arrows to set the recording duration in seconds. Click O K to save settings and exit. 45 7. 2. 5 Device The Device section allows you to set the video capture devices and color settings. [. . . ]