MSI MS-8801 User manual

MS-8801 Trident®Blade 3D 9880
Graphics Accelerator
User’s Guide
VERSION 1.0
1999/02/25ROC
Trident®Blade 3D 9880
M S - 8801
Graphics Accelerator User’s Guide

MS-8801 Trident®Blade 3D 9880
Graphics Accelerator
User’s Guide
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installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause
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Graphics Accelerator
User’s Guide
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 MS-8801 Trident Blade 3D 9880
Graphics Accelerator
1. Overview ............................................................... 1-1
2. Features................................................................ 1-1
ChipList...........................................................................1-1
GeneralFeatures..............................................................1-1
2D Acceleration ............................................................ 1-1
3D Acceleration ............................................................ 1-2
RenderingEngine ......................................................... 1-2
TexturingEngine ........................................................... 1-2
Full Software Support ................................................... 1-2
Supports super high resolution graphics modes .......... 1-2
MotionVideoAcceleration ............................................. 1-2
3. SystemRequirements..................................................1-3
4. PackageContents.........................................................1-3
5. CardLayout....................................................................1-4
6. DB15PinConnector.....................................................1-5
7. VerticalRefreshRate.....................................................1-6

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Chapter 2 Installation of Trident

Blade 3D ......
9880 VGA Driver
1. Driver .....................................................................................2-1
1.1 Install Enhance Drivers for Windows®95/98 ........................2-1
1.2 Install Enhance Drivers for Windows®NT ............................2-6

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Chapter 1
MS-8801 Trident®Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator
1. Overview
TheMS-8801Trident®Blade3D 9880Graphics Accelerator
brings to the PC unparalleled price/performance 3D graphics,
combining advanced per pixel 3D setup and rendering with 2D
graphicaluser interface(GUI) acceleration.The Blade3D 9880
THAMATM (Trident Hardware Assisted MPEG-2 Architecture)
bringsDVD playbackto themultimedia PC. TheMS-8801
uses high performance SGRAM.
2. Features
Chip List:
rTrident®Blade3D9880 : 2D & 3D accelerator processor.
GeneralFeatures
lFullyintegrated 64-bitVGA/2D/3D/VideoAccelerator
lHighresolution1600x120085Hz witha230MHz RAMDAC
lSupport8M SGRAM
lAGP 2x, Sideband Addressing and Execute Mode
2DAcceleration
lHardware acceleration of Bitblt, Line Draw, Polygon/
Rectangle Fill, Bit Masking, Monochrome Expansion,
Panning/Scrolling, Scissoring, full ROP support and
hardwarecursor(64x64x2)
lGame acceleration including support for Microsoft’s
DirectDraw: DoubleBuffering,Virtual Sprites,Transparent
Blit,Masked Blit and Context Chaining
l8/15/16/32-bitperpixel colorformat
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3DAcceleration
lIntegrated 1 million triangle/s set-up engine reduces CPU
and bus bandwidth requirements
l4K on-chip texture cache
lEdge anti-aliasing
lModulate alpha function
lComposite alpha modulate
l32-bitcolor rendering
RenderingEngine
lGourard and Flat Shading
lScene Anti-aliasing
lOpenGL compliant blending for fog and depth cueing
TexturingEngine
lAnisotropic,Tri-linear,Bi-Linear,Point-SampledFiltering
lPerpective Correction
lMip-Mappingwith 11Levels-of-Detail
FullSoftwareSupport
lWHQLCertifiedDriver
lWindows®95 and 98 Display Drivers
lWindows®NT 3.5, 4.0, and 5.0 Display Drivers
lDirect3D,DirectDraw,andDirectVideo
lOpenGLICD support
Supportssuperhighresolutiongraphics modes
l640x480 8/16/32 bit colors with 160Hz
l800x600 8/16/32 bit colors with 160Hz
l1024x768 8/16/32 bit colors with 120Hz
l1280x1024 8/16bit colorswith100Hz
l1600x1200 8/16 bit colors with 85Hz
MotionVideoAcceleration
lSupportDVD1.0, VCD2.0,andCd-Karaoke
lMotionCompensation for full frame DVDplayback
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4. Package Contents
Beforeinstalling the MS-8801 VGA card,please check
to make sure that your package is complete:
lVGAcard
lCD-ROM
- drivers and applications on CD-ROM
- documentation on CD-ROM
lUser’sGuide onCD-ROM
3. System Requirements
To install MS-8801 VGA card, your computer system
needs to meet the following requirements:
Computer Intel Pentium®processor, Intel
Pentium®II/III processor or compat-
ible system
ExpansionSlot AGP slot
Monitor VGASupport,minimum640x480
resolution
Operatingsystem Windows®95/98, Windows®NT
3.51or4.0.
CD-ROM Double Speed or Higher
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5. Card Layout
1-4
U4
U6
J1 Y1
U3
U5
Q2
Q1
U2U1
CON 1
CON 2
U4 Trident 9880 Blade 3D AGP
GraphicsProcessor
U1/U2/U3/U5 SGRAM512Kx32/SGRAM1Mx32
U6 VGA BIOS
Y1 Crystal14.31818MHz
J1 VGA Connector D-SUB 15-pin
Q2 TL431 DIP
Q1 MOSFETTO-252N-TYPE
CON1/CON2 VMIport

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6. DB 15 Pin Connector
Analog Video Display Connector(DB15-S)
Pin Signal Description
1 Red
2 Green
3 Blue
4 Notused
5 Ground
6 Ground
7 Ground
8 Ground
9 Notused
10 Ground
11 Notused
12 SDA
13 Horizontal Sync
14 Vertical Sync
15 SCL
1
56
10 11
15
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Resolution Color Vertical Refresh (Hz)
640x480 8bit, 16bit, 32bit 60,70,72,75,85,100,120,160
800x600 8bit, 16bit, 32bit 60,70,72,75,85,100,120,160
1024x768 8bit, 16bit, 32bit 60,70,72,75,85,100,120
1280x1024 8bit, 16bit 60,70,72,75,85,100
1600x1200 8bit, 16bit 60,70,72,75,85
7. Vertical Refresh Rate
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1. Driver
1.1 Install Enhance Drivers for Windows®95/98
After installing the MS-8801 VGA card into the mainboard, Win-
dows®95/98 will auto-detect changes in your hardware configura-
tion; this will install the Standard VGA Driver. To get the maximum
performance, you need to install the MS-8801 driver.
BeforeinstallingMS-8801 driver,youneedtoinstall theWindows®
95OSR2USBsupplementtosupporttheAGPfunction. Windows®
98neednot installthis.
2-1
ToinstallMS-8801enhanceddriver,followthestepsbelow:
Step 1: Insert the CD_Titleprovided into your CD-ROM drive.
After inserting the CD_Title, this will autorun show-
ing this window.
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Step 2: Click on Install VGADriversbutton.
Step 3: Click on the Next button. This will copy the necessary
files into the hard drive.
Step 4: Click on the Finish button.
Choose Yes, I want to restart my computer now.

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NewDisplayProperties:
2-3
This function is used for setting Color
palette, Desktop Area and Refresh rate.

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This function is used to show the chip
version and memory size.

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This function is used for setting Gamma
Adjustment.
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1.2 Install Enhance Drivers For Windows®NT
You need to install the Windows®NT 4.0 “Service Pack 3”, before
installingthe driver.
After installing MS-8801Card, Windows®NT will default to Standard
VGAmode640x480x16colors.
ToinstallMS-8801enhanceddriver,followthestepsbelow:
Step 1: Insert the CD_Titleprovided into your CD-ROM drive.
After inserting the CD_Title, this will autorun show-
ing this window.
Step 2: Click on Install VGADriversbutton.

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Step 3: Click on the Next button. This will copy the necessary
files into the hard drive.
Step 4: Click on the Finish button.
Choose Yes, I want to restart my computer now.
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UsingDisplayProperties newfunction:
This function is used to show the Display
Driver version, chip version and memory
size.
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This function is used for setting Color palette,
Desktop Area and Refresh rate.
2-9