Gigabyte Gv-nx66128dp2 User manual

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GV-NX66128DP2

User's Manual

GeForce™6600 Graphics Accelerator

Rev. 101

12MD-NX66128DP2-101

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 3

1.1. Features ..................................................................................................... 3

1.2. Minimum system requirements ..................................................................... 3

2. Hardware Installation ........................................................................... 4

2.1. Board layout ............................................................................................... 4

2.2. Hardware installation ................................................................................... 6

3. Software Installation ............................................................................ 8

3.1. Win®XP driver and utilities installation .......................................................... 8

3.1.1. Operating system requirement ..................................................................................... 8

3.1.2. DirectX installation .......................................................................................................... 9

3.1.3. Driver installation ........................................................................................................... 11

3.1.4. Utilities on driver CD .................................................................................................... 13

3.1.5. Taskbar icon ................................................................................................................. 15

3.1.6. Display properties pages............................................................................................. 18

3.1.7. nView properties pages ............................................................................................... 22

3.2. Win®2000 driver installation ...................................................................... 27

4. Troubleshooting Tips ........................................................................ 28

5. Appendix .......................................................................................... 29

5.1. How to Reflash the BIOS ........................................................................... 29

5.1.1. Reflash BIOS in MS-DOS mode ................................................................................. 29

5.1.2. Reflash BIOS in Windows mode ................................................................................ 29

5.2. Resolutions and color depth table (In Windows®XP) .................................. 30

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1. Introduction

1.1. Features

•Powered by NVIDIA®GeForce™6600 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)

•Supports the newest PCI Express x 16

•Integrated with 128MB DDRIII memory

•Supports DirectX 9.0c

•Supports AV / S-Video and HDTV output

•Provides D-Sub and DVI-I connectors

1.2. Minimum system requirements

•IBM®or 100% PC compatible with Pentium®III 650MHz or AMD Athlon 650MHz

class processor or higher

•One PCI Express x 16 slot

•Operating Systems Win®2000 / Win®XP

•64MB system memory

•50MB of available disk space for full installation

•CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive

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2.1. Board Layout

2. Hardware Installation

TV-Out

VGA Monitor

Connector

(15-pin)

DVI-I Connector

Analog LCD Monitor Analog Monitor

VGA Output

NTSC / PAL TV

Projector

S-Video Output

DVI-I to D-Sub Connector

Digital LCD Monitor

DVI Output

Analog LCD Monitor

VGA Output

Pb/AV Output

HDTV

TV-out

VGA Monitor

Connector

(15-pin)

DVI-I Connector

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Expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To

protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some

precautions whenever you work on your computer.

1. Turn off your computer and unplug power supply.

2. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. If you do not have

one, touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object, such as

the power supply case.

3. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the

components whenever the components are separated from the system.

The card contains sensitive electric components, which can be easily damaged by static

electricity, so the card should be left in its original packing until it is installed.

Unpacking and installation should be done on a grounded anti-static mat. The operator

should be wearing an anti-static wristband, grounded at the same point as the anti-static

mat.

Inspect the card carton for obvious damage. Shipping and handling may cause damage

to your card. Be sure there are no shipping and handling damages on the card before

proceeding.

DO NOT APPLY POWER TO YOUR SYSTEM IF IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED ON

THE CARD.

In order to ensure your graphics card working correctly, please use official

Gigabyte BIOS only. Use none official Gigabyte BIOS might cause problem

on the graphics card.

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2.2. Hardware installation

Installing Your Graphics Card.

Now that you have prepared your computer, you are ready to install your graphics accelerator

card.

To install your graphics accelerator card:

1. Power off the computer and monitor, then

disconnect the display cable from the back

of your computer.

2. Remove the computer cover. If necessary,

consult your computer's manual for help in

removing the cover.

3. Remove any existing graphics card from

your computer.

Or, if your computer has any on-board

graphics capability, you may need to disable

it on the motherboard. For more information,

please see you computer documentation.

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5. Replace the screw to fasten the card in place,

and replace the computer cover.

6. Plug the display cable into your card; then

turn on the computer and monitor. If your

graphics card came with a DVI-I connector,

you can connect a flat panel display to the

appropriate connector, as shown below...

You are now ready to proceed with the installation of the graphics card driver. Please

refer to next chapter for detailed instructions.

To TV/VCR

To VGA Monitor To Flat Panel Display

4. Locate the PCI Express x 16 slot. If

necessary, remove the metal cover from this

slot; then align your graphics card with the

PCI Express x 16 slot, and press it in firmly

until the card is fully seated.

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3. Software Installation

In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive to be Drive D:

The installation of Win®2000 / 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 you have

installed DirectX 9 or later version to your system.

•If you install the graphics card drivers for the motherboard built on SIS or VIA chipsets,

please install the appropriate driver program for that motherboard. Or please contact

your motherboard nearest dealer for motherboard driver.

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3.1.2. DirectX installation

Install Microsoft DirectX to enable 3D hardware acceleration support for Windows®2000 or

Windows®XP to achieve better 3D performance.

0Note: For software MPEG support in Windows®2000 or Windows®XP, you must

install DirectX first.

Click the "Install DirectX 9" item.

Step 1. When the autorun window showes

up, click the "Install DirectX 9" item.

Step 2. Select the I accept the agreement

check box and click the "Next" button.

Step 3. Click the "Next" button again to begin

DirectX 9 installation.

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Step 4. Click "Finish" to restart computer.

Then the DirectX 9 installation is completed.

Installing the components.

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3.1.3. Driver installation

A. New hardware found

After the graphics card is inserted into your computer at the first time, the windows will

automatically detect a new hardware in the system and pop out a "New Hardware Found"

message. The following is the step-by-step installation guide.

Step 1: Found new hardware wizard: Video controller (VGA Compatible)

Click the "Next" button to install the driver. (There

is a driver CD disk that came with your graphics

accelerator, please insert it now.)

Or click the "Cancel" button to install the driver

from AUTORUN window.

Step 2: Found new hardware wizard: Searching and installing

The wizard will search for the driver and install it automatically.

Step 3: Found new hardware wizard: Finish

Click the "Finish" button to finish the installation.

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B. Driver installation (Autorun Window)

Insert the driver CD disk into your CD-ROM, and then you can see the AUTORUN window.

If it does not show up, please run "D:\setup.exe".

Step 1. When autorun window show up,

click Install Display Driver item.

Click the "Install Display Driver" item.

Step 2. Click the "Next" button.

Step 3. Click the "Finish" button and restart

computer. Then the driver installation is

completed.

Windows installs the driver components.

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3.1.4. Utilities on driver CD

Insert the driver CD disk into your CD-ROM, and then you can see the AUTORUN window.

If it does not show up, please run "D:\setup.exe".

•Install V-Tuner 2:

Step 1.Click the "Utilities" item.

Step 4. Enter your name and company.

Step 5.Click the "Finish" button and restart computer.

Then the V-Tuner2 installation is completed.

Step 3. Click the "Next" button.

Step 2.Click the "GIGABYTE Utility" item.

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V-Tuner 2

V-Tuner 2 lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory

(Core Clock and Memory Clock).

Enables auto adjustment of core/

memory clock settings set by user when

running 3D applications.

Adjust core

speed

Displays core clock status Displays memory clock status

Adjust memory

speed

Select choice of skinOpens Help page

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3.1.5. Taskbar icon

After installation of the display drivers, you will find a GBT icon in your system tray. Right-

click this icon to open the GBT control panel, which shows 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

clicking Settings. Click the appropriate tab to change your display settings.

Right click the icon.

You can link to GBT website for updated information about the graph-

ics accelerator, latest drivers, and other information.

Click "VGA Information" item

into the "VGA Info" and "Color

Adjust" tabs.

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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.

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After installation of the display drivers, you will find a NVIDIA icon in the system tray. Click

this icon to open the control panel.

You can adjust the properties of

the graphics accelerator from

here.

Right click the icon.

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3.1.6. Display properties pages

To access Display Properties pages, right-click the GBT icon in your system tray and select

Display Properties or right-click on Desktop and then select Properties. The Display

Properties dialog box shows the information of display adapter, color, the range of display

area, and the refresh rate.

Settings (Resolutions and Color depth for Windows)

You may adjust the screen resolution and color quality settings in this dialog box.

GeForce 6600 properties

You can click the item to change the

color depth.

You can move the slider to change

theresolution.

This page shows the Adapter, System and

Driver version information.

Click the "Advanced" button for adapter and setting.

To access more advanced options, click the "Advanced" button.

You can select other properties from the pop-out menu.

After pressing the "Advanced" button in Settings, you'll see the Default Monitor and NVIDIA

GeForce 6600 Properties dialog box. Click the GeForce 6600 tab. (You can also click the Nvidia

icon in your system tray and select Nvidia Display to access the GeForce 6600 properties page.)

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nView allows you to connect separate displays to single

graphics card.

• nView modes: select your preferred nView display modes

here. Options: Single display/ Clone/ Horizontal Span/

Vertical Span/ Dualview

• Display pair: select a single display or display pair. The

selected display combination will appear in the graphical

representation below.

If TV is chosen as the display, you will need to select the

proper TV format. To do this, click "Device Setting" followed

by "Select TV format". Select the format for your television

and then click "Apply" followed by "OK".

nView Display Settings properties

Performance and Quality Settings properties

The sliders lets to decide whether your application should use

quality or high performance texture.

• 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 value: allows to set the degree of the

Global Driver Settings.

Color Correction properties

The Color Correction Properties is used to compensate for

variations in luminance between a source image and its output

on a display device. Adjust the color correction settings to

provide more accurate color reproduction of images (such as

photographs) on your display device. Also, many 3D-

accelerated games may appear too dark to play. Increasing

the brightness and/or the gamma value equally across all

channels makes these games appear brighter and more

playable.

Display Model GV-NX66128DP2

Matrix CRT+TV Yes

CRT+DVI Yes

DVI+TV Yes

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Video Overlay Settings properties

The Video Overlay Settings Properties can adjust Overlay

zoom controls and Overlay color controls. There is only one

video overlay, which is only available on the Primary display.

The video overlay controls are automatically activated during

playback of any video file type that supports overlay

adjustments. The "Adjust Colors" button will access "Color

Correction" properties page.

NV Rotate properties

The NV Rotate Propertiesis used to rotate the screen. If your

monitor is capable of operating in either Landscape or Portrait

mode, you can adjust the screen by this properties.

• Landscape (0 degree rotation)

• Portrait (90 degree rotation)

• Inverted landscape (180 degree rotation)

• Inverted portrait (270 degree rotation)

Tools properties

The NVIDIA settings taskbar utility lets you conveniently access

various features and presets you've configured in the Display

Properties directly from the Windows taskbar.

• Shortcut tools

The Desktop Manager provides enhanced nView multi-

display functionality and helps you organize your applications

for use with multiple displays and desktops.

• Display optimization

Run the Display Optimization Wizard to adjust your

display(s) for optimal viewing and representation of colors.

• Troubleshooting

This option can be used to force detection of an attached TV

set which does not report its presence to the graphics card.

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