User manual GIGABYTE GV-N560448-13I

[. . . ] GV-N560448-13I User's Manual Rev. 101 12MM-N560448-101AR NVIDIA® GeForceTM GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores Graphics Accelerator Copyright © 2011 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO. , LTD Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO. , LTD. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the expressed, written permission of GBT. Trademarks Third-party brands and names are the properties of their respective owners. [. . . ] Software Installation Notice the following guidelines before installing the drivers: 1. First make sure your system has installed DirectX 9 or later version. Make sure your system has installed the appropriate motherboard drivers (for the motherboard drivers, please contact the motherboard manufacturer. ) 3. 1. Driver Installation After installing the operating system, insert the driver disk into your optical drive. The driver Autorun screen is automatically displayed which looks like that shown in the screen shot below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the setup. exe program. ) Step 1: Click the Install Display Driver item. Step 2: Click the Next button. For software MPEG support in Windows XP, you must install DirectX first. Users who run Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or above do not need to install DirectX separately. GV-N500 Series Graphics Accelerator - 10 - Step 3: Click the Yes button. The system is installing the components. Step 4: Click the Finish button to restart the computer. Then the driver installation is completed. - 11 - Software Installation 3. 1. 2. GIGABYTE Easy Boost on Driver Disk Step 1: Click the GIGABYTE Easy Boost item. Step 2: Choose the language for the installation and click the OK button. Step 3: Choose the Typical and click the Next button Step 4: Click the Finish button. Then the installation of the GIGABYTE Easy Boost is completed. The system is installing the components. GV-N500 Series Graphics Accelerator - 12 - GIGABYTE Easy Boost Easy Boost is a graphics card smart tuning tool, combined with Overclock, OSD Turning, BIOS Setting, Technical Support, Live Update function. Over Clock: User can adjust GPU clock, Memory clock, Shader clock and Fan speed here. User can also monitor graphics card current parameters. OSD Turning: User can set hotkey of On-Screen-Display and path of screen shot and recording video savings at "OSD" page. User can also adjust Gamma, Contrast and Brightness at "Color" page. - 13 - Software Installation BIOS Setting: User can back up current BIOS, flash BIOS from selected file and auto flash BIOS on-line. Technical Support: User can get information of VGA, CPU, motherboard, system memory and monitor. User also can press "Export" button to export all system information into . txt file. Live Update: Easy Boost will auto detect the latest version Easy Boost on-line and auto update. Incorrectly doing overclock/overvoltage may result in damage to your system and reduce the useful life of the system components. GV-N500 Series Graphics Accelerator - 14 - 3. 2. Display Properties Pages Display Settings (Resolutions and Color Quality for Windows) To access Display Settings page, right-click on desktop and select Personalize, then the Personalization windows will show up. Select Display Settings to adjust the screen resolution and color quality settings. You can move the slider to change the resolution. You can click the item to change the color quality. Click the Advanced button for advanced settings. - 15 - Software Installation 3. 3. Accessing NVIDIA Control Panel After installation of the display driver, right-click on the desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel. The NVIDIA Control Panel is used to configure all your graphics card settings. Right-click on the desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel. Or you can right-click on the desktop and select Personalize, and then the Control Panel\Appearance Personalization\Personalization window will show up. When the Display Settings dialog box appears, click Advanced Settings. After clicking the Advanced Settings button in Display Settings, you'll see the Generic PnP Monitor and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores Properties dialog box. Click the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 Cores tab to access the NVIDIA Control Panel. These changes will not affect any video playback. To change video color settings, go to Adjust Video Color Settings under the Video and TV section from the Start page. Adjust Desktop Color Settings You can adjust desktop color settings for your displays or enhance picture quality if you are using televisions. Rotate Display The NVIDIA Rotate features enable you to change the orientation of your desktop to portrait, landscape, and inverted modes. [. . . ] (Please refer to the monitor's manual. ) GV-N500 Series Graphics Accelerator - 24 - 5. How to Reflash the BIOS in MS-DOS Mode 1. Extract the downloaded Zip file to your hard disk(s) or floppy disk. (You may need a startup disk to restart the computer in MS-DOS mode. ) 3. [. . . ]