Gigabyte Gv-r9500 User manual

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3DGraphicsAccelerator

GV-R9500

Date:

ERIC LU

Nov. 30, 2002

GV-R9500 Series

Radeon 9500 Graphics Accelerator

Rev. 103

12MD-R9500-103

USER'S MANUAL

Upgrade your Life

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Dec. 20, 2002 Taipei, Taiwan

Chapter 1 User's Manual

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Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................4

1.1.PREFACE .................................................................................................. 4

1.2.KEYFEATURES ........................................................................................ 4

2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION..............................................................5

2.1.UNPACKING .............................................................................................. 5

2.2.BOARD LAYOUT........................................................................................ 6

2.3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION ..................................................................... 8

3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ............................................................10

3.1. WINDOWS®98/98SE / WINDOWS®ME/ WINDOWS®XP DRIVER

AND UTILITIES INSTALLATION............................................................... 10

3.1.1. Operating system requirement ....................................................................................... 10

3.1.2. DirectX Installation...........................................................................................................11

3.1.3. Driver Installation ............................................................................................................ 13

3.1.4. Utilities on driver CD ....................................................................................................... 16

3.1.5. Taskbar Icon.................................................................................................................... 19

3.1.6. Display Properties pages................................................................................................ 23

3.2.WINDOWS 2000DRIVER INSTALLATION .............................................. 32

3.3. BIOS FLASH UTILITY .............................................................................. 32

4. Troubleshooting Tips .........................................................................33

5.Appendix ...........................................................................................34

5.1. How to reflash the BIOS........................................................................... 34

5.2. Resolutions and Color DepthTable (In Windows®XP) ............................. 36

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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. PREFACE

GV-R9500 Series features 4-pipeline architecture for twice the rendering power, 64MB/

128MB(C3) of memory to accelerate latest 3D games and new SMARTSHADER™2.0

technologysupportingDirectX®9.0andthelatestOpenGL®functionalitytogivedevelopers

thefreedomtocreate more complicated andrealisticvisualeffects than ever before.GV-

R9500Series supports thenew AGP 8Xstandard, which allowslarge volumes oftexture

and vertex data to be transferred faster from system memory to the chip.

1.2. KEY FEATURES

nPowered by RADEON™9500 Visual Processing Unit (VPU)

nFully support DirectX®9.0

nSupports the newAGP8X standard

n4-pixel pipeline architecture

nAll new 128-bit memory interface

n64MB / 128MB(C3) DDR memory accelerates the latest 3D games

nFirst to use pixel shaders to accelerate video

nDVI-I and TV-Out connector supported

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2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2.1. UNPACKING

The GV-R9500 Series package contains the following:

zThe GV-R9500 Series graphics accelerator

zThis USER'S MANUAL

zThe GV-R9500 Series Driver CD x 1

zPower DVD XP CD x 1

zGame CD x 3

zOne cable supports S-video andAV-Output; DVI-I to D-Sub connector

WARNING!

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.

Unpackingandinstallationshouldbedoneonagroundedanti-staticmat.Theoperatorshould

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

yourcard.Besuretherearenoshippingandhandlingdamagesonthecardbeforeproceeding.

0DONOTAPPLYPOWER TOYOUR SYSTEM IF IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED ON THECARD.

0In 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. BOARD LAYOUT

1) GV-R9500 (64MB DDR)

TV-Out

VGAMonitor

Connector

(15pin)

DVI Connector

TV-Out

VGAMonitor

Connector

(15pin)

DVI Connector

TypeA

Type B

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TV-out

VGAMonitor

Connector

(15pin)

DVI Connector

AV Output

NTSC/ PALTV

Projector

S-VideoOutput

DVIOutput

Digital LCD Monitor

DVI-I to D-sub

Connector

VGAOutput

Analog LCD Monitor

Analog LCD Monitor AnalogMonitor

OR VGAOutput

2) GV-R9500-C3 (128MB DDR)

TV-Out

VGAMonitor

Connector

(15pin)

DVI Connector

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2.3. 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

disconnectthedisplaycablefromtheback

of your computer.

2. Removethecomputercover.Ifnecessary,

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, see you computer

documentation.

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