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AGP-V5200
Windows NT Workstation Graphics Accelerator
User’s Manual
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Product Name: ASUS AGP-V5200
Manual Revision: 1.00 E256
Release Date: August 1998
Copyright © 1998 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.All Rights Reserved.
No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced,
transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or
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1Contents
ASUS Contact Information ............................................................................ 5
Communications Regulation Information ......................................................6
Chapter 1: Introduction
ASUS AGP-V5200 Item Checklist ................................................................7
System Capabilities ........................................................................................ 8
System Requirements .....................................................................................8
ASUS AGP-V5200 Parts ................................................................................ 8
ASUS AGP-V5200 Layout.............................................................................9
Chapter 2: Hardware Installation
Static Electricity Precautions........................................................................ 11
Installing the ASUS AGP-V5200 ................................................................. 12

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Chapter 3: Software Installation
Prerequisites .................................................................................................13
Installing the Software.................................................................................. 14
Resolutions and Color Depths ...................................................................... 15
3D Graphics and Double Buffering.............................................................. 16
Display Properties ........................................................................................ 17
OpenGL Texturing and Extensions...............................................................23
3D Studio MAX®................................................................................................................26
GLINT Event Logging ................................................................................. 27
Known Anomalies and Restrictions ............................................................. 28
Appendix A: Declaration of Conformity
CE ...................................................................................................................... 30
FCC.................................................................................................................... 31

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Federal Communications Commission Statement
Thisdevicecomplies withFCC RulesPart 15.Operation issubject tothe following
two conditions:
■This device may not cause harmful interference, and
■This device must accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential instal-
lation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy
and, if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer's instructions, may
causeharmful interferenceto radiocommunications.However,there isno guarantee
that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does
causeharmful interferenceto radioor televisionreception,whichcan be determined
by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:
■Re-orient or relocate the receiving antenna.
■Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
■Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
■Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
WARNING! The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the
graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations. Changes
or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible
for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions
from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Cana-
dian Department of Communications.
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Introduction
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TheASUS AGP-V5200 board has been designed for high performance profes-
sional 3D graphics acceleration. This device combines workstation class 3D
graphics acceleration and state of the art 2D performance. All 3D rendering
operationsare accelerated by 3Dlabs’s Dual GlintMX chipset includingGouraud
shading, texture mapping, depth buffering, antialiasing and alpha blending.
The addition of Gamma chip enhances performance by off-loading the host
computer of both the rendering and setup calculations.
The ASUS AGP-V5200 provides the ultimate 3D system performance for the
power user. It provides greatly enhanced hardware support for texture map-
ping and significant performance improvements.
ASUS AGP-V5200 Item Checklist
Check that your package is complete. If you discover damaged or missing
items, contact your retailer.
■ASUS AGP-V5200 graphics accelerator card
■Support drivers and utilities (2 floppy disks)
■User’s Manual

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System Capabilities
■Onboard SVGA
■16MB VRAM as frame buffer and 80MB EDO DRAM as local buffer
System Requirements
■Suitable for use in Pentium II computers supporting the AGP bus
■VGA, XGA, SuperVGA or Extended VGA compatible monitor
ASUS AGP-V5200 Parts
Glint MX Chipset
Glint Gamma
Processor
VGA Chip
80MB EDO RAM
Local Buffer
(Front & Back)
16MB VRAM
Frame Buffer
(Back)
SGRAM
(Front &
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RAMDAC
Video Output Connector

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ASUS AGP-V5200 Layout
Front
GAMMA VGA
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ON
OFF
BASE CLASS
ON
OFF
VGA P2 FIX ADDR
ON
OFF
Glint MX
Chipset
WITH FAN
Glint MX
Chipset
WITH FAN
Glint
Gamma
Processor
WITH FAN
VGA
Chip
SGRAM
RAMDAC
JP1
JP2 JP3 JP4
Jumper Settings
ON OFF
J3
OPEN: No Jumper Caps
Jumpers are factory-set, as shown in this layout. Leave on these default
settings, i.e., JP1, JP2, JP3, JP4: On; J3: All OPEN.
Shaded Items: EDO RAM
SGRAM
Back Light Shaded Items: EDO RAM; Dark Shaded: VRAM

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The instructions in this chapter discuss important static electricity precautions
and procedures for installing the ASUS AGP-V5200 graphics accelerator to
your computer. The board will have been configured for the options installed
at the factory. Before installing the board, check that the jumper settings (see
board layout) are correct and that you have taken note of the static electricity
precautions.
1Unplug your computer.
2Before handling any components or touching anything inside the system
unit, discharge your body static electric charge by using a grounded wrist
strap. If you do not have one, hold onto a grounded surface. If the system
unit is connected to a grounded outlet, you can touch a suitable part of the
system metal chassis.
3Do not remove boards from their antistatic bags until you are ready to in-
stall them.
4When handling boards, hold them by their edges and their metal mounting
brackets. Avoid touching components on the board and the edge connec-
tors that plug into the expansion slots.
5Avoid plastic, vinyl and styrofoam in your work area.
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Installing the ASUS AGP-V5200 in your system is simple. To install the board,
follow these steps:
1Switch off your system and all peripheral devices.
2Follow the static precautions described on the preceding page.
3Remove the cover from your system.
4Remove any existing video boards installed in the system.
To do this, detach the monitor cable from an existing video board, remove the
screw that holds the board in place and then pull it out from its expansion slot.
Store the old video board in an antistatic bag.
5Find the AGP expansion slot in your system.
6Remove the metal cover plate from the slot you have chosen and put the
screw to one side.
7Ensurethe onboard jumpers are correctlysetonyourAGP-V5200,whichshould
be on their default setting (
see board layout).
8Align the board AGP slot connector with the expansion slot in your PC and
gently lower and push the board into the free slot.
9Secure the board to the expansion slot with the screw you removed from the
metal plate.
10 Replace the cover on your system and plug in the power cord.
11 Reattach the video cable to the video output connector.
12 Turn on the monitor and power up the system.
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This chapter describes the Windows NT 4.0 Display Driver and OpenGL In-
stallable Client Driver and Heidi for the ASUS AGP-V5200. It also explains
how to install these drivers.
This document should be read in conjunction with the README.TXT file on
the installation floppy disk, which contains details of the driver version and
installation instructions.
Prerequisites
■Windows NT 4.0 (Build No. 1381), Service Pack 3 is recommended.
Service Pack 3 is necessary for AGP cards to work and for DirectDraw to
be hardware accelerated.
■Intel Pentium II processor
■ASUS AGP-V5200 Board
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Before installing the software, turn off your computer and install theASUSAGP-
5200board according to the hardware installation instructions. Start your computer
using the non-VGA mode option [from the OS Loader, highlight and choose the
Windows NT Workstation Version 4.00 option; the other option is Windows
NT Workstation Version 4.00 (VGA Mode)]. New display drivers cannot be
installed when the machine has been started with the VGA Mode option.
Once started and you have logged in as an Administrator, follow these steps :
1On the Control Panel window, double-click the Display program icon, and
then click the Settings tab.
2Click the Display Type…. The Display Type window will appear.
3On the Display Type window, click Change.... The Change Display window
will appear.
4On the Change Display window, click Have Disk .... The Install from Disk
window will appear.
5Type the path A:\. Insert the release floppy disk for your machine architecture
into the drive and press OK. The Change Display window will appear with a
list containing a single entry that says “ASUS AGP-V5200”. Select this item
and press OK.
6Follow the onscreen instructions and quit Control Panel. When prompted,
restart your computer by pressing Yes.
NOTE There are no options to select a given resolution during installation.
When the machine restarts, Windows NT 4.0 allows the video mode to be
dynamically changed without the need to restart.
Your computerwillnow shutdown.Onrestart,choose thenon-VGAmodeoption(see
earlier procedure for choosing this option).Your computer will restart using theAGP-
V5200asthedisplaydevice.Youcancheckthisbydouble-clickingtheDisplayprogram
iconagainontheControlPanelwindowandthenclickingthe ChangeDisplayType...
button. The Display Type window should report that it is running theAGP-V5200.
To change the desired resolution, color depth, and refresh rate, double-click the
Display program icon on the Control Panel window and select the desired
resolution, color depth and vertical refresh rate. This selected mode can be tested
to ensure that it can be handled by the monitor. On some double buffered
applications a higher refresh rate allows higher frame rates to be achieved. The
display will change dynamically.
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Resolutions and Color Depths
Afull list of all modes is available through the Display Properties dialog box
once the ASUS driver has been installed and the system restarted. Click the
List all Modes option to get this list.
By default, only resolutions capable of supporting double buffered OpenGL
applicationsare selectable using theDisplay applet, unless acontrolpanel setting
is set to override this (see procedure later in this chapter). This is to avoid
confusion when double buffered OpenGL applications run through software
rendering because of insufficient memory available on the graphics board to
support accelerated double buffering.
Resolution and Color Depth Table
Resolution Color depth Vertical refresh rate (Hz)
640 x 480 32768 colors/True Color 60, 75, 85, 100
800 x 600 32768 colors/True Color 60, 75, 85, 100
1024 x 768 32768 colors/True Color 60, 75, 85, 100
1280 x 1024 32768 colors/True Color 60, 75, 85, 100
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3D Graphics and Double Buffering
The display driver contains an extension to allow 3D applications and the OpenGL
installableclient driver (ICD) to drive theAGP-V5200.To provide double buffering
capability for these 3D applications, the display driver offers three features.
Ascreen-sized off-screen buffer is configured if theDoubleBuffer.NumberOfBuffers
registry variable is 2 ( see explanation later). This buffer is used in 256-color,
32768-color and True Color modes to provide BitBlt double buffering. The off-
screen buffer is also used to provide full screen hardware double buffering if an
application window covers the whole screen. To provide double buffered
accelerated capability, there must be enough memory to contain two frame buffers.
Thismay not be the case at highresolutions. On theAGP-V5200, the video memory
is separate from the depth buffer/texture memory.
Full Screen Double Buffering
If an application window covers the whole screen, the display driver will
automatically switch to use a hardware double buffer mechanism, which can have
a significant performance benefit. This mechanism will not be available to an
application that has more than a small window border at the top of the screen. It
will also be unavailable if, for example, a floating task bar (common on Windows
NT 4.0) is at any edge other than the top of the screen, since the display driver will
check and find that the application window does not cover the whole screen.
Full Flip Double Buffering
Flip double buffering is available on the AGP-V5200. Flip double buffering is
available for applications that run in a single window and is facilitated by all of
the desktop rendering being written to both frame buffers. When this is available,
only the first double buffered window will use this approach. When there are
multiple double buffered windows, the application reverts to blit double buffering.
Blit Buffering
Blit double buffering is the simplest form and involves copying the contents of the
back buffer into the displayed buffer. For the given configuration, the OpenGLICD
willalwaystryandusethefastestdoublebufferingmethod that it can. If the selected
screen resolution/color depth is too high, double buffered applications may start to
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Some of the registry variables, detailed in the next section, can be conveniently
changed by means of the V5200 tab in the Display Properties dialog box. The
V5200 tab allows both boot-time and run-time control over the configuration
of OpenGLand other applications using theASUSAGP-V5200 display driver.
The control panel is split into a number of pages as listed later. The pages are
selected by clicking one of the three configuration buttons at the top right of
the V5200 dialog box.
NOTE You must have administrator privileges to change any settings in
the Display Properties dialog box. If you do not have administrator
privileges the options will be grayed out and cannot be changed.
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Information
Software
2D Driver Build
Forinformationonly.Thisreports 2.12-0399corresponding tothe FileandProductVersion
informationrequiredforWindow HardwareQualityLabscomplianceunderWindows95.
ICD Build
For information only. This reports 4.1x.0x.xxxx-xxxx corresponding to the File and
ProductVersioninformationrequiredforWindow HardwareQualityLabscompliance
under Windows95 (the same OpenGL ICD binary runs under bothWindows NT/95).
OpenGL Release
Forinformation only.This is the OpenGLversion number that can also be queried by
an OpenGL application at run-time. Applications will do this to determine what
functionality they can expect to be provided by the implementation. Full OpenGL
version 1.1 is supported byASUS’s ICD. This release reports 1.1.23, where the last
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Hardware
Chip Name
For information only. This reports the name of the chipset on the board, such as
3Dlabs GMX2000.
Clock Speed
For information only. This reports the speed, in MHz, at which the graphics
chip is running.
Depth/Stencil
For information only. This reports the total amount of memory used by auxillary
buffersforuseinhardwarehiddensurfaceremoval(z-buffering)andmasking/clipping
(stencil and GID planes).
Texture Memory
For information only. This reports the total amount of graphics card memory
available for storing texture maps — after allowing for full screen front, back
and depth buffers. Smaller desktop color depths and/or screen resolutions will
free up more graphics card memory for texture use increasing the amount
available for non-swappable textures (refer to the notes later on the texture
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Setup
Gamma Adjustment
Gamma adjustment affects the entire screen display. The default gamma value is
1.0 and the allowable range of floating point values is from 0.3 to 4.0.
Options
Export High Resolution Single Buffer Formats
When this option is selected, it will enable the driver to support screen resolutions
whereonly single bufferedOpenGLapplicationsarehardware accelerated (because
at higher resolutions, there is not enough graphics board memory to support double
buffered OpenGL applications). By default, this is not enabled. This prevents a
screen resolution to be selected, which will result in OpenGL applications that use
double buffered modes to be unaccelerated. This option should be selected by
users who wish to run 2D applications at the highest available resolutions.
Disable PCI Disconnect
Higher 2D graphics performance can be achieved by using PCI Disconnect.
However, this feature can sometimes adversely affect the performance of other
devices, such as modems and sound cards.
Select this option if you are experiencing problems with the performance of other
devices.