User manual GIGABYTE GV-NX78T256D-ZK

[. . . ] 102 12MD-X78T2VB-102R * The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user's other household waste and must be handed over to a designated collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment!!* The WEEE marking applies only in European Union's member states. Copyright © 2005 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 property of their respective owners. Notice Please do not remove any labels on VGA card, this may void the warranty of this VGA card. Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet. [. . . ] Plug the display cable into your graphics card; then turn on the computer and monitor. To connect a flat panel directly to your graphics card, use the DVI-I connector. To connect a VGA monitor to the DVI-I connector, plug the DVI-I to D-sub adapter into the DVI-I connector, then plug the monitor cable into the adapter. Connect a flat panel To TV / VCR / VIVO To Flat Panel Display Connect a VGA monitor via DVI-I to D-sub adapter You are now ready to proceed with the installation of the graphics card driver. Please refer to next chapter for detailed instructions. GV-NX78T Series Graphics Accelerator -8- How NVIDIA® SLITM (Scalable Link Interface) technology works: In an SLI configuration, two SLI-ready graphics cards with the same model and from the same manufacturers are connected together via SLI bridge connector in a system that provides two x 16 PCI Express slots to scale graphics performance. The picture below shows that two graphics cards are linked in parallel in an SLI configuration. Two SLI-ready graphics cards of the same type. (Example: GV-NX66T128D) SLI bridge connector (provided by motherboard manufacturer) English For more information about the hardware configuration of an SLI system, please refer to motherboard user manual. -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 Windows® 2000 / Windows® 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. Windows® XP driver and utilities installation 3. 1. 1. When autorun window show up, please click the Utilities item. Then click the GIGABYTE Utility item. Step 2. Click the Finish button to restart computer. Then the utilities installation is completed. GV-NX78T Series Graphics Accelerator - 14 - V-Tuner 2 V-Tuner 2 lets you monitor the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory (Core Clock and Memory Clock). English Displays core clock status Displays memory clock status Adjust core speed Adjust memory speed The tunning CLK will only be applied when running 3D mode. Opens Help page Select choice of skin - 15 - Software Installation English 3. 1. 5. Taskbar icon After installation of the display drivers, you will find a GIGABYTE icon on the taskbar's status area. Right-clicking this icon opens the GIGABYTE 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 the appropriate tab to change your display settings. Right click the icon. Click the VGA Information item into the "VGA Info" and "Color Adjust" tabs. You can link to GIGABYTE website for updated information about the graphics accelerator, latest drivers, and other information. GV-NX78T Series Graphics Accelerator - 16 - VGA Information VGA Info lists the relevant information about your card. English Color Adjust Color Adjust allows you to make color adjustments, such as brightness, contrast and gamma values for each or all of RGB colors. - 17 - Software Installation English After installation of the display drivers, you will find a NVIDIA icon area. · Application profiles: Select the application profile from the list of profiles. · Global Driver Settings: Select the Settings item and move the slider below to set the degree of antialiasing to used in Direct3D and OpenGL applications. · Antialiasing settings: allows to set the degree of the Global Driver Settings. SLI multi-GPU properties Your graphics card features NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface (SLI) technology. [. . . ] If Windows® does not show the CD automatically, please run following steps: 1. Click the Start button on the control bar. Type the following: D:\SETUP. exe (If D is not your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter. ) 4. Click on "Install Display Drivers" to begin the Installation Wizard. [. . . ]