Gigabyte GV-N220D2-1GE User manual

GV-N220D2-1GE/
GV-N220OC-1GI/
GV-N220OC-512I/
GV-N220D2-1GI/
GV-N220D2-1GI Rev2.0/
GV-N220TC-1GI
NVIDIA®GeForceTM GT 220 GraphicsAccelerator
User's Manual
Rev. 202
12MM-N220OGI-202R
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VGA Card
GV-N220OC-1GI/ GV-N220D2-1GI
Sep.07,2009
Sep.07,2009
VGA Card
GV-N220OC-1GI/GV-N220D2-1GI

VGA Card
GV-N220OC-512I
Apr.19,2010
Apr.19,2010
VGA Card
GV-N220OC-512I

VGA Card
GV-N220D2-1GI Rev2.0
May.12,2010
May.12,2010
VGA Card
GV-N220D2-1GI Rev2.0

VGA Card
GV-N220TC-1GI
May.10,2010
May.10,2010
VGA Card
GV-N220TC-1GI

VGA Card
GV-N220D2-1GE
Dec.17,2010
Dec.17,2010
VGA Card
GV-N220D2-1GE

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Table of Contents
1.Introduction ................................................................................................................ 8
1.1.Features ......................................................................................................................... 8
1.2.MinimumSystemRequirements .................................................................................... 8
2.HardwareInstallation.................................................................................................. 9
2.1.BoardLayout ................................................................................................................. 9
2.2.HardwareInstallation.................................................................................................... 13
3.SoftwareInstallation.................................................................................................. 14
3.1.DriverandUtilityInstallation......................................................................................... 14
3.1.1. Driver Installation ......................................................................................................... 14
3.1.2. GIGABYTE Gamer HUD Lite on Driver Disk ........................................................... 16
3.2. DisplayPropertiesPages ........................................................................................ 18
3.3. Accessing NVIDIA Control Panel............................................................................ 19
4.TroubleshootingTips................................................................................................ 27
5.Appendix ................................................................................................................. 28
5.1. How to Reflash the BIOS in MS-DOS Mode.............................................................. 28
5.2.ResolutionsandColorDepthTables ............................................................................. 29
5.3.RegulatoryStatements ................................................................................................. 31

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GV-N220Series GraphicsAccelerator
1. Introduction
1.1. Features
•Powered by NVIDIA®GeForceTM GT 220 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
•Supports PCI Express 2.0
•Integrated with 1GB DDR3 memory (For GV-N220OC-1GI / GV-N220TC-1GI only)
•Integratedwith1GB GDDR2 memory
(For GV-N220D2-1GI / GV-N220D2-1GI Rev2.0 / GV-N220D2-1GE only)
•Integratedwith 512MBGDDR3 memory(For GV-N220OC-512I only)
•SupportsDirectX10.1
•Supports1HDMIconnector
•Supports1D-Subconnector
•Supports1DVI-Iconnectors
•SupportsHDCP(High-BandwidthDigitalContentProtection)technology
1.2. Minimum System Requirements
•Hardware
- Intel®Pentium®/CoreTM 2orAMDAthlonTM/PhenomTM
- 128MB ofsystemmemory; 2GB ormorefor bestperformance
- Opticaldrive forsoftware installation(CD-ROMor DVD-ROMdrive)
- A400Wattpower supplyor aboveis arecommended
•OperatingSystem
- Windows®7
- Windows®Vista
- Windows®XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2)
- Windows®XPProfessionalx64 Edition
Windows Vista &Windows7
System Memory 1GB 2GB 4GB
Onboard graphics memory(MB) 512 512 512
Shared system memory (MB) 253 765 1150
Totalgraphicsmemory(MB) 765 1277 1662
Windows XP
System Memory 1GB 2GB 4GB
Onboard graphics memory(MB) 512 512 512
Shared system memory (MB) 512 512 512
Totalgraphicsmemory(MB) 1024 1024 1024

- 9 - Hardware Installation
2. Hardware Installation
2.1. Board Layout
DVI-I Connector
D-Sub monitor Connector
(15-pin)
HDMI Connector
DVI-I
Connector
Digital LCD Monitor
DVI Output
HDMI TV
AnalogLCDMonitor AnalogMonitor
or
HDMI Connector
D-Submonitor
Connector
(15-pin)
1. GV-N220OC-1GI/GV-N220D2-1GI

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GV-N220Series GraphicsAccelerator
DVI-I Connector
D-Sub monitor Connector
(15-pin)
HDMI Connector
DVI-I
Connector
Digital LCD Monitor
DVI Output
HDMI TV
AnalogLCDMonitor AnalogMonitor
or
HDMI Connector
D-Submonitor
Connector
(15-pin)
2. GV-N220OC-512I/GV-N220TC-1GI