Nvidia GeForce GT220 User manual

Video-PX220GT-EX / Video-PX210-LX /
Video-PX638-Twin / Video-PX628-DLP/
Video-PX638-DLP
NVIDIA GeForce™GT220 / 210
User’s Manual
Version 1.00
Copyright © 2010 Jaton Corporation, USA

Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................... 4
FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS......................................... 6
SYSTEM REQUIREMENT ........................................................ 11
CHECK LIST............................................................................. 11
HARDWARE DESCRIPTION.................................................... 12
DISPLAY DEVICES OUTPUT .................................................. 14
HARDWARE INSTALLATION.................................................. 17
INSTALLATION PROCEDURES ........................................................ 17
STEPS:........................................................................................ 17
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION................................................... 19
áWINDOWS®7AND VISTA DRIVER INSTALLATION.................... 19
áWINDOWS®XP DRIVER INSTALLATION.................................. 22
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE...................................................... 25
TECHNICAL SUPPORT................................................................... 27
HOW TO OBTAIN WARRANTY SERVICE .......................................... 27
LIMITED WARRANTY.............................................................. 29
OTHER LIMITS.............................................................................. 30
EXCLUSIVE OBLIGATION ............................................................... 31
OTHER STATEMENTS.................................................................... 31
TERMS AND CONDITIONS.............................................................. 31

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SERVICES AGREEMENT:................................................................ 32
ENTIRE OBLIGATION..................................................................... 32
REDUCING WARRANTY CLAIM REJECTIONS..................... 33

Introduction
Today’s digital world is demanding and you need a PC that can
keep up. With the NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 220/210 graphics
card, clean up and post your home videos faster, make your
ordinary DVDs look like HD, and play popular games with better
performance. Get more for your money with GeForce GT
220/210 graphics and equip your PC for the digital world.
Gorgeous Graphics
Modern games and 3D applications demand more graphics
performance than ever before and integrated graphics simply
aren’t good enough. The GeForce GT 220/210 packs 48
processing cores into a compact power efficient design
delivering up to 37x the performance1of integrated solutions! If
you want to play popular games like World of Warcraft, Spore,
Sims3, Left 4 Dead or Fallout3, the GeForce GT 220/210 is an
essential addition to your PC.
Fantastic Video
Get all the video processing power that your digital lifestyle
requires. Clean up home video 4x faster and post to Facebook
with the GeForce GT 220/210. Convert your video and put it on
your iPod in minutes instead of hours3or make your DVDs look
like HD. Does your PC have a CPU powerful enough to playback
high definition Blu-Ray Movies? It doesn’t matter, the GeForce
GT 220/210 can playback any Blu Ray Movie with any modern
CPU4.
Premium Windows 7 Experience
Graphics processing units (GPUs) are an essential element of
today’s PCs, enabling more visual and more interactive
experiences. As a leader in visual computing and the inventor of
the GeForce GPU, NVIDIA worked closely with Microsoft on the
development of Windows 7 to ensure that its GPUs take full
advantage of the great new features and functionality. If you use
your PC to enhance photos, watch or edit videos, play games, or
if you simply desire a fast and efficient graphical interface,
NVIDIA GPUs will surely delight your senses and offer a
premium experience for Windows 7.

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1Compared to Intel G45. Measured using 3DMark Vantage, Performance Pre-set on a Pentium Dual Core E5200 system
with 2GB RAM, Vista SP1.
2Compared to E8200 CPU with no GPU. Measured using MotionDSP vReveal on G31 system with 2GB RAM, Vista SP1.
3Comparison made using 30min 720p video clip on a Core2 Duo E8200, G31 system with 2GB RAM, Vista SP1. CPU test run on
Apple
iTunes. GPU test run on Elemental Technologies Badaboom.
4Intel Atom CPU or better.

Features and Specifications
•NVIDIA Unified Graphics Architecture
Fully unified graphics core dynamically allocates work to
geometry, vertex, physics, or pixel shading operations,
delivering superior graphics processing power.
•NVIDIA® CUDA™ Parallel Computing Architecture2
Massively parallel computing architecture provides
unprecedented levels of general processing power
increasing performance up to 20x over CPUs.
•DirectCompute Support
Full support for DirectCompute, Microsoft’s GPU
computing API.
•OpenCL Support
Full support for OpenCL GPU computing API.
•Microsoft Windows 7 Support
Windows 7 is the next generation operating system that
will mark a dramatic improvement in the way the OS
takes advantage of the graphics processing unit (GPU)
to provide a more compelling user experience. By taking
advantage of the GPU for both graphics and computing,
Windows 7 will not only make today’s PCs more visual
and more interactive but also ensure that they have the
speed and responsiveness customers want.
•NVIDIA® PhysX® Technology1
GeForce GPU support for NVIDIA PhysX technology,
enabling a totally new class of physical gaming
interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience
with GeForce.
•PCI Express 2.0 Support
Designed for the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture
offering the highest data transfer speeds for the most
bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications, while

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maintaining backwards compatibility with existing PCI
Express motherboards for the broadest support.
•GigaThread™ Technology
Massively multi-threaded architecture supports
thousands of independent, simultaneous threads,
providing extreme processing efficiency in advanced,
next generation shader programs.
•NVIDIA® Lumenex™ Engine
Delivers stunning image quality and floating point
accuracy at ultra-fast frame rates.
•16x Anti-aliasing Technology
Lightning fast, high-quality anti-aliasing at up to 16x
sample rates obliterates jagged edges.
•128-bit floating point High
Dynamic-Range (HDR) Lighting
Twice the precision of prior generations for incredibly
realistic lighting effects— with support for anti-aliasing.
•NVIDIA® GeForce® Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
Delivers a proven record of compatibility, reliability, and
stability with the widest range of games and applications.
GeForce drivers provide the best out-of-box experience
for every user and deliver continuous performance and
feature updates over the life of GeForce GPUs.
•NVIDIA® PureVideo® HD Technology3
The combination of high-definition video decode
acceleration and post-processing that delivers
unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate
color, and precise image scaling for movies and video.
•Hardware Decode Acceleration
Provides ultra-smooth playback of H.264, VC-1, WMV,
DivX, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 HD and SD movies without
the need for a dual or quad-core CPU.

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•Dual-stream Hardware Acceleration
Supports picture-in-picture content for the ultimate
interactive Blu-ray and HD DVD movie experience.
•Dynamic Contrast Enhancement & Color Stretch
Provides post-processing and optimization of High
Definition movies on a scene by scene basis for
spectacular picture clarity.
•Enhanced Error Resilience
Correct errors or losses in broadcast content to ensure
crisp, high quality playback.
•Advanced Spatial-Temporal De-Interlacing
Sharpens HD and standard definition interlaced content
on progressive displays, delivering a crisp, clear picture
that rivals high-end home-theater systems.
•High-Quality Scaling
Enlarges lower resolution movies and videos to HDTV
resolutions, while maintaining a clear, clean image. Also
provides downscaling of videos, including high-definition,
while preserving image detail.
•Inverse Telecine (3:2 & 2:2 Pulldown Correction)
Recovers original film images from films-converted-to-
video (DVDs, 1080i HD content), providing more
accurate movie playback and superior picture quality.
•Bad Edit Correction
When videos are edited, the edits can disrupt the normal
3:2 or 2:2 pulldown cadence. PureVideo uses advanced
processing techniques to detect poor edits, recover the
original content, and display perfect picture detail frame
after frame for smooth, natural looking video.
•Noise Reduction
Improves movie image quality by removing unwanted
artifacts.

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•Edge Enhancement
Sharpens movie images by providing higher contrast
around lines and objects.
•Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 Support
DirectX 10.1 GPU with Shader Model 4.1 support.
•OpenGL® 3.0 Optimization and Support
Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for
OpenGL applications.
•Dual 400MHz RAMDACs
Blazing-fast RAMDACs support dual QXGA displays
with ultra-high, ergonomic refresh rates–up to
2048x1536@85Hz.
•Dual-link DVI Support
Able to drive industry’s largest and highest resolution
flat-panel displays up to 2560x1600 and with support for
High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP).
•HDMI 1.3a Support
Fully integrated support for HDMI 1.3a including xvYCC,
Deep color and 7.1 digital surround sound.
•Dual-link HDCP Capable4
Designed to meet the output protection management
(HDCP) and security specifications of the Blu-ray Disc
format, allowing the playback of encrypted movie
content on PCs when connected to HDCP-compliant
displays.
1NVIDIA PhysX drivers are required to experience in-game GPU PhysX acceleration. Refer to
www.nvidia.com/PhysX for more information.
2Requires application support for CUDA technology.
3Feature requires supported video software. Features may vary by product.
4Requires other HDCP-compatible components.

Operating Systems
•Built for Microsoft Windows 7, Vista
•Windows XP
Compatibility
•NVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
•Fully compliant with OpenGL including OpenGL 3.1
•Microsoft DirectX 9, 10
•WHQL-certified for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP