Nvidia GeForce3 Ti200 User manual

NVIDIA
GeForce3
Ti200
3D GRAPHIC ACCELERATOR
MANUAL
2.0

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NVIDIA GeForce 3 Ti200 User’s Manual
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. NVIDIA GeForce 3 Ti200 Features..............................................................................2
2. GeForce3 Ti200 Board Outline....................................................................................4
2.1 GeForce3 Ti200 using DDR SDRAM (SP7000T2/64M-DVI).............................4
3.Hardware installation....................................................................................................5
3.1 Package Contents............................................................................................5
3.2 Installing the card.............................................................................................5
3.3 Micro Cross DVI Connector System.................................................................6
3.4 Resolutions and colors supported:...................................................................7
4. Smart Installation ........................................................................................................8
5. Manually install Windows XP drivers.........................................................................10
5.1 Installation and Setup.....................................................................................10
5.2 How to Change Color Depth and Resolution in Windows XP .........................10
5.3 How to Change Refresh Rate in Windows XP................................................11
5.4 NVIDIA Utility in Windows System.................................................................12
5.4.1 GeForce3 Ti200................................................................................12
5.4.2 Device selection ...............................................................................13
5.4.3 Color correction ................................................................................14
6. Manually install Windows 98 and Windows ME drivers .............................................15
6.1 Installation and Setup.....................................................................................15
6.2 How to Change Color Depth and Resolution..................................................15
6.3 How to Change Refresh Rate.........................................................................16
7. Manually install Windows 2000 drivers......................................................................16
FCC Statement .............................................................................................................17
Warning:..............................................................................................................17
Trademark Acknowledgments.......................................................................................17

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1. NVIDIA GeForce 3 Ti200 Features
SP7000T2 GeForce 3 Ti200 AGP bus, with 64MB DDR SDRAM on Board
Graphics core 256-BIT
Fill rate (AA samples/sec.) 2.8 BILLION
Operations/sec. 700 BILLION
Memory bandwidth 6.4GB/SEC
nfiniteFX engine for full programmability
Lightspeed Memory Architecture for unmatched performance
Surface engine for high-order surfaces and patches
Programmable Vertex Shader
- Programmable matrix palette skinning - Morphing
-,Keyframe animation interpolation - Procedural deformations
- Lens effects Lens effects: Fish-eye, Wide-angle Fresnel effects, Water refraction
-Fog effects: Radial, Elevation, Non-linear
Programmable Pixel Shader
-Phong-style lighting for per-pixel accuracy -Dot3 bump mapping
-Environmental bump mapping (EMBM) -Procedural textures
-Per-pixel reflections
HRAA—high-resolution antialiasing
-Featuring Quincunx AA mode
Integrated hardware transform engine
Integrated hardware lighting engine
DirectX ® and S3TC ® texture compression
Dual cube environment mapping capability
-Reflection maps -Accurate, real-time environment reflections
Hardware accelerated real-time shadows
Performance
- 2.8 billion AA samples per second fill rate - 6.4GB/sec memory bandwidth
Lightspeed Memory Architecture amplifies memory bandwidth
True, reflective bump mapping
-Z-correct bump mapping
- Phong-style lighting effects on bump maps with reflections
High-performance 2D rendering engine
- Optimized for 32-, 24-, 16-, 15- and 8-bpp modes
-True-color hardware cursor with alpha
-Multi-buffering (double, triple or quad) for smooth animation and video playback
High-quality HDTV/DVD playback
-High-definition video processor (HDVP) for full-screen, full-frame video playback of HDTV and DVD content
- Motion compensation - 8:1 up/down scaling
-DVD sub-picture alpha-blended compositing
Comprehensive system interface
- AGP 4X support, including Fast Writes and Execute Mode
- NTSC or PAL TV output (optional)
- DVI 29 pin output connector, support TMDS Panellink resolution up to SXGA and analog RGB output (optional)

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Operating systems support
- Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 98, Linux Compatible
API Support
- OpenGL 1.3 and lower
- DirectX 8.1 and lower

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2. GeForce3 Ti200 Board Outline
2.1 GeForce3 Ti200 using DDR SDRAM (SP7000T2/64M-DVI)
64M on board –4Mx16 DDR SDRAM x8
DB15
S-VIDEO
DVI
14.318MHZ
NOTE 1: TV output connector and encoder are reserved for optional
NOTE 2: DVI connector and LCD encoder are reserved for optional
NVIDIA
GeForce 3
Ti200
BIOS
Power
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3.Hardware installation
3.1 Package Contents
1. NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti200 3D Accelerator card
2. CD title or Software diskettes
3. This manual
3.2 Installing the card
1. Turn off your computer
2. Remove the cover of the computer per the owner’s manual
3. Install the card in the AGP bus slots
4. Replace the cover.

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3.3 Micro Cross DVI Connector System
“Micro Cross:”/high speed pins;
C1 Analog Red Video Out
C2 Analog Green Video Out
C3 Analog Blue Video Out
C4 Analog Horizontal Sync
C5 Analog Common Ground Return (Red , Green , Blue Video Out)
Main Pin Field:
1. TMDS Data 2-
2. TMDS Data 2+
3. TMDS Data 2/4 Shield
4. TMDS Data 4-
5. TMDS Data 4+
6. DDC Clock
7. DDC Data
8. Analog Vertical Sync
9. TMDS Data 1-
10. TMDS Data1+
11. TMDS Data1/3 Shield
12. TMDS Data 3-
13. TMDS Data 3+
14. +5V Power
15. Ground (+5, Analog H/V Sync)
16. Hot Plug Detect
17. TMDS Data 0-
18. TMDS Data 0+
19. TMDS Data 0/5 Shield
20. TMDS Data 5-
21. TMDS Data 5+
22. TMDS Clock Shield
23. TMDS Clock
24. TMDS Clock
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3.4 Resolutions and colors supported:
Reference Table based on V21.83 Win9X Driver List GeForce3 Ti200
B.P.P. Refresh Rates (HZ)
860/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170/200/240
640*480 16 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170/200/240
32 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170/200/240
860/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/170/200/240
800*600 16 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/170/200/240
32 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/170/200/240
860/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170/200/240
1024*768 16 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170/200/240
32 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170/200
860/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170/200
1152*864 16 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170/200
32 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150
860/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170
1280*960 16 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170
32 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150
860/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170
1280*1024 16 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150/170
32 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150
860/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150
1600*900 16 60/70/72/75/85/100/120/140/144/150
32 60/70/72/75/85/100/120
860/70/72/75/85
1600*1200 16 60/70/72/75/85
32 60/70/72/75/85
Different driver version or different windows platform may have different support table.

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4. Smart Installation
For Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows ME
4.1 Put the DRIVERS CD in your CD-ROM
4.2 Click Driver installation
4.3 If everything fine, screen will show Confirm Installation window.
Then Select OK

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4.4 Now appears the Driver Confirmation window
Select Install
If the drivers is very new may not certified by Microsoft, if so, system will prompt you the drivers do not have “digital signature”
, still you can force to install.
4.5 Then restart your computer.

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5. Manually install Windows XP drivers
5.1 Installation and Setup
The Windows setup program installs and modifies all of the necessary files. Follow these steps to install the Windows XP drivers.
1. Insert the DISC (CD Title Driver).
2. Select Control Panel from Start menu
3. Select the Display icon
4. Double-click on the Display icon in the Control Panel folder. You can also click the right mouse button anywhere on the desktop and select the
Properties option form the pop-out menu.
5. Click Settings, and then Advanced
6. Now shows[Plug And Play Monitor and NVIDIA…] window
Select Adapter
7. Then show Standard PCI Graphics…(or NVIDIA GeForce…)
Select Properties
8. Then show Adapter Properties …
Select Driver and click Update driver…
9. Then show Hardware Update Wizard
Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) –recommended for saving installation time
Then select Next.
10. Default setting will select Search for the best driver in these locations
Please check Include this location in the search –recommended for saving installation time
Select Browse
11. Then show Browse for Folder
Select E:\drivers\ NVIDIA\7X00\winXP
Note: “E:”-> CD Drive,“NVIDIA”-> VGA chip brand name,“7X00”-> VGA model name
Then select OK and then click Next
12. If no problem occur, system will start to install the driver
13. Then show Completing the Hardware Update Wizard
Select Finish
14. Close the Adapter Properties window
15. Then show System Settings Change
Select OK, System will restart automatically.
5.2 How to Change Color Depth and Resolution in Windows XP
Make sure that you have installed Windows Driver.
1. Select Control Panel from Start menu
2. Select the Display icon
3. Double-click on the Display icon in the Control Panel folder. You can also click the right mouse button anywhere on the desktop and select the
Properties option form the pop-out menu.
Click Settings
Click on the pull-down arrow from the Color palette area to select color depth or adjust the sliding bar to either Less or More from the Desktop area
Select OK to restart System and new color depth or the new resolution takes effect.

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5.3 How to Change Refresh Rate in Windows XP
1. Make sure that you have installed windows XP Driver. Click on the Start box in the lower left corner and proceed to Setting, Control Panel
2. Inside the Control panel group , click on Display icon to open the Display Properties folder and choose Settings click the Advance Settings
choose
Monitor
3. Click on the Refresh Rate sub window to change refresh rate
4. Select OK and new refresh rate takes effect
5. Refresh Rate default is Optimal.
6. If you change Refresh Rate from Optimal to another, you maybe need to restart Windows System for functional.
Note: If your monitor is not Branded or Plug&Play, you will only see Adapter default and optimal. Please contact your monitor supplier to get right or
compatible drivers for your monitor. Otherwise you can not select the refresh rate you wanted.

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5.4NVIDIA Utility in Windows System
5.4.1 GeForce3 Ti200
Display Adapter Information Table, you can tell the BIOS and Drivers version, NVIDIA Chip model name, IRQ setting and many useful information.
Additional properties is for advance user to setting OpenGL, DirectX and other settings.
NVIDIA on the Internet can reach NVIDIA official web site for more NVIDIA news.

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5.4.2 Device selection
Select output device, if all the optional connector is connected, you will be able to select DVI or TV output as Windows default display device. Geforce3 Ti200
do not support TwinView.
Only the device is plugged and functional, then you will be able to check the selection box.
If you plug the connector after window boot up, click Detect Displays will functional the plugged output device check box.
For Digital Flat Panel, support only TMDS Panel Link compatible digital LCD monitor.
Resolution support up to SXGA-1280x1024.
For TV, support both NTSC and PAL system TV, click Change Format to select your country and TV system.
If you can not switch from PAL back to NTSC, please set resolution to 640x480 and try again.
For Device Adjustments, you can adjust the screen position

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5.4.3 Color correction
This Window shows NVIDIA Digital Vibrance is functional and you can adjust Brightness, Contrast, Gamma and save it as your favorite setting. If you don’
t
like your adjustments, you can also check Automatically apply these settings at startup to change it back.

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6. Manually install Windows 98 and Windows ME drivers
6.1 Installation and Setup
The Windows setup program installs and modifies all of the necessary files. Follow these steps to install the Windows 98/ME drivers.
1. Insert the DISC (CD Title Driver).
2. Select Control Panel from My Computer group.
3. Select the Display icon
4. Double-click on the Display icon in the Setting -> Control Panel
folder. You can also click the right mouse button anywhere on the desktop and select
the Properties option form the pop-out menu.
5. Click the Settings tab.
6. Then show [Unknown Device.] Properties tab
Select Adapter
7. Then show Standard PCI Graphics…tab
Select Change
8. Then show Update Device …tab
Select Next
9. Then show Update Device …tab
Select Search for a better…
Then select Next.
10. Then show Update Device …tab
If the Specify a location is wrong
Please select Brows
11. Then show Browse for Folder tab
Select E:\drivers\ NVIDIA\7X00\Win9X(or \Winme)
Note: “E:”-> CD Drive,“NVIDIA”-> VGA chip brand name,“7X00”-> VGA model name
Then select OK
12. Then show Update Device Driver Wizard tab
Select CD-ROM driver
Click the Specify a locator, if right
Then select Next
13. Then show Update Device Driver Wizard tab
Select Next
14. Then show Update Device Driver Wizard tab
Select Finish
15. Then show System Settings Change tab
Select OK
6.2 How to Change Color Depth and Resolution
Make sure that you have installed windows98/ME Driver.
Click on the Start box in the lower left corner and proceed to Control Panel.
Inside the Control panel group , click on Display icon to open the Display Properties folder and select the Setting table
Click on the pull-down arrow from the Color palette area to select color depth or adjust the sliding bar to either Less or More from the Desktop area
Select OK to restart Windows System and new color depth or the new resolution takes effect.

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6.3 How to Change Refresh Rate
1. Make sure that you have installed windows 98/ME Driver. Click on the Start box in the lower left corner and proceed to Setting, Control Panel
2. Inside the Control panel group , click on Display icon to open the Display Properties folder and choose Settings click the Advance Settings
choose
Adapter
3. Click on the Refresh Rate sub window to change refresh rate
4. Select OK and new refresh rate takes effect
5. Refresh Rate default is Optimal.
6. If you change Refresh Rate from Optimal to another, you maybe need to restart Windows System for functional.
Note: If your monitor is not Branded or Plug&Play, you will only see Adapter default and optimal. Please contact your monitor supplier to get right or
compatible drivers for your monitor. Otherwise you can not select the refresh rate you wanted.
7. Manually install Windows 2000 drivers
First time install drivers under windows2000
1. When system boot up, system will prompt find new device. Suppose the device is VGA, now system will find the default drivers for you.
2. If you want to install our drivers along with the GeForce3 Ti200 pack. Please put the drivers CD in your CDROM drive. If now shows SmartInstall
window, please click EXIT button to quit.
3. Drivers for windows2000 are located at \drivers\NVIDIA\7X00\win2000
4. If the drivers is very new may not certified by Microsoft, if so, system will prompt you the drivers do not have “digital signature”
, still you can force to
install.
5. Follow on screen instructions will finish the installation.
The following steps describe how to update Windows2000 display drivers
1. Place the Disc (CD Title) into CDROM Drive. If now shows SmartInstall window, please click EXIT button to quit
2. Right click mouse button on Desktop Area, now shows a sub menu window. Please select Properties.
3. Now come up Display Properties window, please select Settings on the top.
4. Select Advanced
5. Select Adapter.
6. Select Change
7. Now comes up a update drivers wizard window. Please follow the on screen instruction.
8. Please specify the drivers location at your CDROM letter: \drivers\NVIDIA\7000\win2000 or the directory where you put your drivers
9. Select Install and click “YES”
when the Installing Driver dialog box appears. If the drivers is very new may not certified by Microsoft, if so, system will
prompt you the drivers do not have “digital signature”, still you can force to install.
A message appears stating that drivers were successfully installed. Click OK. Another message appears stating that the driver could not be restarted
dynamically. Restart Windows2000 to run the new driver. Click OK.

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FCC Statement
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two condition
.(1).this device may not cause harmful interference.
(2).this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation
Warning:
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, used and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference in to radiate communications. However,
there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television
reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures:
lReorient or relocate the receiving antenna
lIncrease the separation between the equipment and receiver.
lConnect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different form that to which the receiver in connected.
lConsult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Notice:
(1) An Unshielded-type power cord is required in order to meet FCC emission limits and also to prevent interference to the nearby radio and television
reception. It is essential that only the supplied power cord by used.
(2) Use only shielded cables to connect I/O devices to this equipment.3
(3) Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the use’s authority to operate the equipment.
Trademark Acknowledgments
All brand names and trademarks are the property of their owners.