Gigabyte GA-MG400 User manual

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GA–MG400 Series Graphics Accelerator
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Chapter 1
User’s Manual

GA-MG400 Graphics Accelerator
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The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may
appear in this document nor does it make a commitment to update the
information contained herein.
Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective
owners.
Oct. 26, 1999 Taipei, Taiwan

Table Of Contents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. PREFACE...................................................................................1-1
1.2. KEY FEATURES.........................................................................1-1
1.3. VGA BIOS on Motherboard Concept............................................1-2
2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2.1. UNPACKING...............................................................................2-1
2.2. BOARD LAYOUT ........................................................................2-1
2.3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION......................................................2-2
I. General Installation......................................................................2-2
II. Upgrade Installation....................................................................2-2
2.4. DualHead Display and TV output.................................................2-3
3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
3.1. WIN95 or WIN98 DRIVER AND UTILITIES
INSTALLATION..................................................................................3-1
3.1.1 Operating system requirement................................................3-1
3.1.2 DirectX installation..................................................................3-2
3.1.3 Driver installation....................................................................3-4
3.1.4 Utilities on driver CD...............................................................3-9
3.1.5 Property pages.......................................................................3-9
3.1.6 Taskbar Icon ..........................................................................3-15
3.2. WINDOWS NT 4.0 DRIVER INSTALLATION...............................3-16
3.3. BIOS FLASH UTILITY.................................................................3-17
4. Game's Keyboard Command Reference
4.1. NEED FOR SPEED III.................................................................4-1
APPENDIX A: Resolutions and Color Depth Table...................A-20

GA-MG400 Graphics Accelerator
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. PREFACE
Welcome to use the GA-MG400 Series 3D/2D graphics accelerator. The
GA-MG400 Series 3D/2D graphics accelerator is an innovative design that
deliversa newlevel ofbalanced, scalableand sustained3D performancealong
with smooth video and great 2D graphics experience.
This manual will take you through the steps in order to properly install the
GA-MG400 Seriesgraphics accelerator into your computer. Please note that
your computer may differ slightly from the illustrations and screen shots
displayed in this manual.
1.2. KEY FEATURES
GA-MG400
qVGA BIOS on Motherboard solution
qMatrox MGA-G400 256-bit DualBus graphics processor
qHigh performance video card with full AGP 4X support
qUltraSharp of 300 MHz RAMDAC
qTwo independent 128-bit buses for better data manage and graphics
process.
qExplosive 3D,2D and DVD performance
q3D Environment-Mapped bump mapping
q3D rendering array processor at up to 2048 * 1536 resolution
qCurrent available Gigabyte motherboards: GA-BX2000, GA-6BXE,
GA-6BXC, GA-6ZXC, GA-6CX, GA-6VX+, GA-6VXE+ and more to come.
qOptional DualHead Display and TV output features
qVibrant Color Quality2rendering
qSupport for 16 or 32 MB of memory

Introduction
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