Msi Rx3800 series Instruction manual

G52-V1122X1

November 2007

TEL. 886-2-32345599

FAX. 886-2-32345488

http://www.msi.com.tw

Under the European Union ("EU") Directive on Waste Electrical

and Electronic Equipment, Directive 2002/96/EC, which takes

effect on August 13, 2005, products of "electricaland electronic

equipment" cannot be discarded as municipal waste anymore

and manufacturers of covered electronic equipment will be

obligated to take back such products at the end of their useful

life.

WARNING!!

DO NOT touchthe

cooling system since

it may produce a

certain heat while

processing tasks.

CAUTION!!

Do not force theGPU

cooler against the

fragile GPU toavoid

damage to theGPU.

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Using MSI Live VGA Driver Update

This service enables you to update the latest VGA driver for your VGA card.

1. To update the MSI Live VGA Driver , click Live VGA Driver item on the left

column of the main page.

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2. This utility will start checking your platform and the information on the VGA card, and

display the information in a list.

3. Click the graph button on the bottom to connect MSI Live Update Series Server.

Then, it will automatically connect the Internet and compare the version of the driver

in the database.

4. It may take several minutes to detect the required drivers. Please wait while

proceeding detection.

5. Click the InstallShield Wizard button on the right side of the table to download and

update the driver. All actions will proceed automatically.

6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the updating procedure.

This service enablesyou to updatethe latest VGABIOS for yourVGA card.

1. Toupdate your VGABIOS, click Live VGA BIOS item on theleft column ofthe main page.

2. If your VGA card does not support the Live VGA BIOS function, you will receive a warning

message on thescreen.

3. If your VGAcard do support the Live VGABIOS function, please payattention to themessage

shown on thescreen telling youthat in what circumstance flashing BIOSmay fail toreboot.

4. Click Yes if you would like to try it at your own risk or No to return to the main page with

everything unchanged.

5. If you click Yes to continue, it will check the information and BIOS version of your VGA card,

and list themin a table.

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6. Click the graphbutton at thebottom to connect the MSI Live Update 3 Server.

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7. The MSI Live VGABIOS will automatically connect the Internet and search the supported

BIOS in thedatabase of MSI .

8. If it has found one (or several) supported BIOS for your VGA card, click the InstallShield

Wizard button on the right side of the table to have the new BIOS downloaded and updated

automatically.

9. Follow the on-screeninstructions to completethe updating procedure.

Using MSI Live VGA BIOS Update

6MSI Features

MSI Features

Installing MSI Live Update

MSI Live Update offers you with brand-new update service experience, which can

significantly save your time while searching files. MSI Live Update is capable to

automatically analyze and list drivers, BIOS, and utilities you need. With the easy-to-

use updating approaches, you can increase the performance of your system easily and

quickly. Follow the instructions below, with a few mouse clicks, you can acquire the

related files for the system updating.

Installing from the Disk

1. Insert the supplied disk into the CD-ROM drive, and start the Setup program.

2. Click the Utility tab on the setup screen.

3. Click the MSI Live Update. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the

installation.

Installing from the MSI Web Site

3. Click Start to Check to download

the Live Update application.

4. Click Install the continue.

5. Follow the on-screen instructions to

complete the installation.

6. Launch MSI Live Update and to

enter the main page of this utility

as shown here.

1. Link to MSI's website at

http://www.msi.com.tw

2. Find and click Live Update Online

on the left side of the web page to

enter MSI Download Center.

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Note that theSDK of OD5or OD5+ is not available forBIOS live updatingcurrently.

The latest news and Live Update function will be released on MSI web site.

Hardware

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Installing MSI Live Update 3

Quick Installation

Follow the steps to install the VGA card:

1. Remove the computer case.

2. Locate the expansion slot on your mainboard.

Warning: Inserting the VGA card into a wrong

slot may damage your card (refer to your

mainboard manual for more Information).

3. Put the card directly over the slot and

press one end of the card into the slot first.

Gently but firmly press the other end until the

card is fully seated in the slot.

4. Secure the card with a bracket screw.

5. Install all other cards and devices and connect

all the cables, and then install the case.

6. Connect the monitor. Now, you are ready to

install the software on your computer.

below

expansion

To install the driver of the VGA card to your computer,

please follow the steps below:

1. Turn on the computer.

2. Insert the into the CD-ROM drive. The Autorun program will start the Setup

program, and show the setup screen as follows:

Tip : If, on your computer, the

Autorun program does not execute

automatically, please 1) enable the

CD-ROM drive Auto-detect function

from Control Panel; or 2) find and

run the setup.exe file manually from

the CD.

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Getting Started 23Getting Started

Overview

Note: The VGA card shown here may vary from the actualcard.

For further information, please visit MSIwebsite at www.msi.com.tw

PCI Express Interface

DVI-I Ports

- HDMI supported**

- Dual dual-Link DVI output

supported

System Requirements

Card Features For reference only

Unpacking

Please check out the following items to make sure that you get the complete product:

VGA card

Disk: Drivers, documentation, and applications

Consult your dealer immediately if anything is missing or damaged.

To install the VGA card, your computer system needs to meet the following requirements:

Intel Pentium III (and above), AMD K7 (and above), or compatible with expansionslot

128MB of system memory

Installation software requires CD-ROM drive

Operation System Support: visit MSI website for further information

Power supply of 400 (and up) watt is highlyrecommended for system stability

For DVI-HDMI adapter, please visit http://ati.amd.com/ to get thecompatible mainboard

information.

RRR

Fan Connector

TV_Out Connector (S)

HDTV-Output integrated

Power Connector

3. Click ATI VGA Drivers. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

4. After finishing the installation, restart the computer as instructed.

CrossFire Interface 666 million transistors on 55nm fabrication process

PCI Express 2.0 x16 bus interface

256-bit GDDR3/GDDR4 memory interface

Bus Memory Controller

Fully distributed designwith 512-bit internalring bus for memory reads andwrites

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Microsoft DirectX 10.1 support

2x/4x/8x modes.

Sparse multi-sample algorithmwith gamma correction,programmable sample patterns,

and centroid sampling.

Temporalanti-aliasing.

Adaptive anti-aliasing mode.

Shader Model 4.1

32-bit floating pointtexture filtering

Indexed cube maparrays

Independent blend modesper render target

Pixel coverage samplemasking

Read/write multi-sample surfaceswith shaders

Gather4 texture fetching

Dynamic Geometry Acceleration

High performance vertexcache

Programmable tessellation unit

Accelerated geometry shaderpath for geometryamplification

Memory read/write cachefor improved streamoutput performance

OpenGL 2.0 support

Enabling HDMI Output

Follow the steps to enable HDMI Output function:

1. Find the DVI-to-HDMI adapter that comes with the package,

if provided.

2. Attach the

3. Ensure that the adapter is firmly installed.

below

Consult your dealer to purchase the adapter if it

is not provided.

DVI-to-HDMI adapter to the DVI connector.

Refer to thesection of Enabling

HDMI Output toenable the HDMI

function.

Unified Superscalar Shader Architecture

320 stream processingunits

* Dynamic load balancing and resource allocation for vertex, geometry, and pixelshaders

* Common instruction set and texture unit access supported forall types of shaders

* Dedicated branch execution units and texture address processors

128-bit floating pointprecision for alloperations

Command processor forreduced CPU overhead

Shader instruction andconstant caches

Up to 80texture fetches perclock cycle

Up to 128textures per pixel

Fully associative multi-leveltexture cache design

DXTC and 3Dc+texture compression

High resolution texturesupport (up to8192 x 8192)

Fully associative textureZ/stencil cache designs

Double-sided hierarchical Z/stencilbuffer

Early Z test,Re-Z, Z Rangeoptimization, and Fast Z Clear

Lossless Z &stencil compression (upto 128:1)

Lossless color compression(up to 8:1)

8 render targets(MRTs)with anti-aliasing support

Physics processing support

Anti-aliasing features

Multi-sample anti-aliasing (2,4, or 8samples per pixel)

Up to 24xCustom FilterAnti-Aliasing (CFAA) for improved quality

Adaptive super-sampling andmulti-sampling

Temporalanti-aliasing

Gamma correct

Super AA(ATI CrossFire™ configurations only)

All anti-aliasing featurescompatible with HDRrendering

Texture filtering features

2x/4x/8x/16x high qualityadaptive anisotropic filteringmodes (up to 128 taps perpixel)

128-bit floating pointHDR texture filtering

Bicubic filtering

sRGB filtering (gamma/degamma)

Percentage Closer Filtering(PCF)

Depth & stenciltexture (DST) formatsupport

Shared exponent HDR(RGBE 9:9:9:5) textureformat support

512MB DDR4 memoryor

256MB DDR4 memory

ATI Radeon HD3870

512MB DDR3 memoryor

256MB DDR3 memory

Optional

Optional Bracket

ATI Radeon HD3850

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