User manual GIGABYTE GV-N730-2GI

[. . . ] The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitment to update the information ontained herein. English Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Minimum system requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] 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 VGA Monitor To Flat Panel Display (For GV-N4464D only) S-Video (For GV-N730-2GI-P only) 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. -9- Hardware Installation English 3. Software Installation In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D: The installation of Win® 98/98SE / Win® 2000 / 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 the guides to setup your graphics card driver. (Please follow the subsection 3. 1. 3 "Driver installation" to install the driver for your graphics accelerator. ) 3. 1. Win® XP driver and utilities installation 3. 1. 1. Operating system requirement · When loading the graphics card drivers for the system, please make sure your system has installed DirectX 8 or later version. · If you install the graphics card drivers for the motherboard, which consist of SIS, ALI or VIA chipsets, please install the appropriate driver program for that motherboard. Or please contact your motherboard nearest dealer for motherboard driver. GV-N4464 Series Graphics Accelerator - 10 - 3. 1. 2. DirectX installation Install Microsoft DirectX to enable 3D hardware acceleration support for Windows® 98/ 98SE / Windows® 2000 / Windows® ME or Windows® XP to achieve better 3D performence. Then the V-Tuner installation is completed. - 15 - Software Installation English V-Tuner (Overclock Utility) V-Tuner lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory (Core Clock and Memory Clock). Display & Adjust Core Clock Min V-Tuner Close V-Tuner Display Core Clock Display Memory Clock Display & Adjust Memory Clock Link to the Website of Gigabyte Help Description Close V-Tuner To system Tray GV-N4464 Series Graphics Accelerator - 16 - 3. 1. 5. Taskbar icon After installation of the display drivers, you will find a GBT icon on the taskbar's status area. Right-clicking this icon opens the GBT control panel, showing a menu composed of shortcut of the graphics card's enhanced and other functions. 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. English Right click the icon. Click "VGA Information" item into the "VGA Info" and "Color Adjust"tabs. You can link to GBT website for updated information about the graphics accelerator, latest drivers, and other information. - 17 - Software Installation English VGA Information 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. GV-N4464 Series Graphics Accelerator - 18 - After installation of the display drivers, you will find a NVIDIA icon status area. Clicking this icon open the control panel. on the taskbar's English Right click the icon. You can adjust the properties of the graphics accelertaor from here. You can enable the nView function. - 19 - Software Installation English 3. 1. 6. Display properties pages The screen shows the information of display adapter, color, the range of display area and the refresh rate. Settings (Resolutions and Color depth for windows) The Setting properties page allows you 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 depth. Click "Advanced" icon for adapter and setting. Click "Advanced", into details settings: GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X properties This page shows the Adapter, System and Driver versions information. You can select other properties from the pop-out menu. GV-N4464 Series Graphics Accelerator - 20 - Screen Adjustment properties Click the icons on the desktop image to adjust the screen to the desired position. · · · · Enable conformant OpenGL texture clamp behavior. Multi-Display Hardware Acceleration Default Color Depth (for textures) Buffer-Flipping Mode · Vertical Sync · Custom OpenGL settings Overlay Controls properties The Overlay Controls Properties is used to adjust the Brightness / Contrast / Hue / Saturation settings. [. . . ] If you want to realize the BIOS flash information, please refer to detail on page 31. - 29 - Software Installation English 4. Troubleshooting Tips The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. Contact your dealer or GBT for more advanced troubleshooting information. Check that the card is seated properly in the AGP slot. [. . . ]