Nvidia GeForce Series User manual

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Preface
Disclaimer
Information in this document has been carefully checked; however, no guarantee is given to the
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change without notice.
Copyright
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written permission.
Trademarks
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license. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Conventions
The following conventions are followed throughout this manual:
Note: Text displayed in this manner indicates a note.
Prepare your working environment
Work Area: Make sure you have a stable, clean working environment with appropriate lighting
condition. Keep unused small components in containers to avoid lost.
Tools: The procedures that follow require several tools, including:
A cross-slot (Phillips) screwdriver
A grounding strap or an anti-static pad
Electrical and mechanical connections can be disconnected with your fingers. It is
recommended that not to use needle-nosed pliers when disconnecting connectors, since
needle nosed pliers may damage the soft parts of the connectors.
Precautions
Components and electronic circuit boards may be damaged by discharges of static electricity.
Working on a system that is connected to a power supply can be extremely dangerous. Follow
the guidelines below to avoid damage to the product or injury to yourself.
Always disconnect the unit from the power outlet before the operation.
If available, wear a grounded wrist strap. Or alternatively, discharge any static
electricity by touching the bare metal chassis of the unit case, or touch bare metal
body of any other grounded appliance.
Hold electronic circuit boards by the edges only. Do not touch the components on
the board unless it is necessary. Do not try to flex or stress circuit boards.
Keep all components inside the static-proof package which come with the product
before installation.
After installation is done, ensure that no screws or other small parts left inside the
case. Small metal parts can cause short circuits which may damage the
equipment.
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of the GeForce Series graphics accelerator
cards. With the GeForce series GPU, this product offers the best display card
performance available today.
Read this manual carefully before you start to install the hardware and software.
The GeForce Series display card is a delicate piece of technology that must be
handled correctly and installed properly.
1.1 Features
•High-Speed GDDR1/GDDR2/GDDR3/GDDR4 Memory Interface
•Supports DVI-I/D-Sub connector
•Supports AV/S-Video/HDTV/VIVO connector
•Supports Shader Mode 3.0/4.0
•Supports floating point High Dynamic-Range (HDR) Lighting
•DirectX 9.0c/10 and OpenGL 2.0 support
•NVIDIA®CineFX4.0/LumenexEngine
•NVIDIA®UltraShadowII Technology
•NVIDIA®Intellisample4.0 Technology
•NVIDIA®PureVideoTechnology
•NVIDIA®nView®Multi-Display Technology
•NVIDIA® SLI(Scalable Link Interface) Technology
•NVIDIA®Digital Vibrance Control(DVC) 3.0 Technology.
Note: Based on the model you purchase, feature of the GeForce graphics card
in your hand may be different. The features listed above are for reference only.
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1.2 System Requirements
To install your new display card, please check your card interface first.
•If your display card conforms fully to the PCI-Express standard, you
must have an empty PCI-Express slot on your motherboard.
•If your display card conforms to the AGP standard, you must have an
empty AGP slot on your motherboard.
The following operating systems are supported:
•Windows XP/Vista**
•Windows 2000
**Note: The NVIDIA® SLItechnology currently supports Windows XP/Vista
operating system only.
If your display card supports SLIfunction, please check the following
requirements before SLIconfiguration.
•Two PCI-Express x16 slots on your motherboard.
•Two identical SLI-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA®certified.
•The graphics card driver should support NVIDIA® SLItechnology.
•The power supply unit must provide at least the minimum power
required by the system, or the system will be unstable.
•A SLIBridge connector and a retention bracket are required to bridge
and fasten the two boards. (With the latest driver, SLI-ready graphics cards
are able to use SLImode without a SLIBridge connector. For more
information, please check NVIDIA website http://www.nvidia.com .)*
For detailed information about the hardware setup of SLIsystem, please
refer to your motherboard manual.
* The SLI Bridge connector and retention bracket should be included in motherboard package. If not,
please contact with your motherboard manufacturer.
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Chapter2: Hardware Installation
2.1 Display Card Installation Steps
Please follow to the steps below to install your new display card.
Note: If your motherboard has any on-board VGA function or there are other
VGA devices installed in your system, you may have to remove or disable them
before installing your new display card.
1. Shut down the computer and remove
the case cover.
2. Remove any existing graphics card.
3. Remove the blanking plate from the
PCI-Express or AGP slot
4. Press the PCI-Express 16X interface
card firmly into the PCI-Express slot,
making sure it is properly seated. (If
your new display card is AGP interface,
press it firmly into the AGP slot.)
5. Secure the card in place with a screw.
6. Replace the computer case cover.
Note: If provided with one or two spare
power supply cable(s), plug the power
supply cable(s) in to provide supplementary
power to the card. If supplementary power is
not provided, there may be a drop in the
card's performance.
7. Connect a monitor to the newly installed card and ensure that it is
correctly configured.
8. Turn on the computer and install the driver (Please refer to the Software
Installation in this manual).
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2.2 Card Connectors
Depend on the model you purchase, your VGA card may come with the
connectors below. Connect your monitor to one of the following outputs on the
display card and ensure that your monitor is correctly configured. See the
monitor installation instructions for more details.
Note: Based on special features integrated into each graphics card, the S-Video/HDTV/VIVO
connector on your graphics card may be different from the picture below.
S-Video
The S-Video connector is used to send video signals to S-Video
compatible display devices.
DVI-I The DVI-I (Digital Video Interface – Integrated) connector uses DVI-I
technology to provide high-speed digital video signals for digital display
devices.
VGA
(D-Sub)
This analog VGA (D-Sub) connector is used to connect via 15 pins
connector of CRT or LCD monitor.
2.3 Video Signal Cables
Note: The picture below is for reference only. The cable in your package may be slightly different
from the picture.
HDTV Cable
HDTV Cable is able to transmit High Definition video signals to your display via
the specially designed S-Video connector on the VGA Card.
Type 1 (AV-Out / S-Out &HDTV AV-Out x 3)
Type 2 (S-Out & HDTV AV-Out x 3)
Video Input & Video Output (VIVO Cable)
VGA card modules with video-in function is able to send and receive video
signals via the specially designed S-Video connector on the VGA card. Use
VIVO Cable to transfer inbound and outbound video signals simultaneously
Connector color Definition Function
Green Y OUT HDTV AV-Out
Red Pr OUT HDTV AV-Out
Blue Pb/COMP OUT HDTV AV-Out / Video-out (AV)
Orange COMP IN Video-In (AV)
Black S-VID OUT S-Video Out
White S-VID IN S-Video In
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Chapter3: Software Configuration
Note: The screenshots in this manual are for reference only. Based on the
display card version, actual screenshots may vary but the responses should be
similar.
Follow the instructions in this section to install the drivers and software for your
new display card.
Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive in your system. The CD-ROM
should boot automatically and display the following screen.
If the screen does not show up automatically, open Windows Explorer and
double-click on VGA.exe in the root folder of the CD-ROM.
3.1 Driver Installation
Click the NVIDIA GeForce Driver button and follow the onscreen instructions
to install the VGA card driver. (Based on different display card, the model name
will be also shown on the button.)
3.2 DirectX 9.0 Installation
Click the Install Microsoft DirectX Button and follow the on-screen
instructions to install the DirectX software.
After the system rebooted, you will see the nVidia icon in the taskbar. Right
Click on the nVidia Icon to setup advanced options of the display card.
Nvidia Icon
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3.3 Configuring the Display
The following options are available from the nVidia controls:
Color Correction
The color correction function enables you
to make changes to the colors on screen.
Changes can be made to either the
desktop or to overlay/VMR (Video Mixing
Renderer). Color correction profiles can
either be created or imported.
Rotation Settings
The rotation settings command enables
you to change the display orientation as
required.
Custom Color Settings
The custom color settings command enables you to select a set of
previously saved custom color settings.
Performance and Quality Settings
The performance and quality settings
enable you to set image handling
properties, antialiasing, and anisotropic
filtering properties. Images can be set for
high quality or high performance (or two
intermediate settings). Anti-aliasing and
anisotropic properties can be set either to
be controlled by the application or to
predefined settings.
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Color Quality
The color quality can be set to 8, 16, or
32-bit. The highest color quality uses the
most system resources.
Screen Refresh Rate
The screen refresh rate can be set to 60,
72, 75, 80, or 85Hz. Set this value
correspond to your monitor refresh rate.
For LCD monitors the recommend refresh
rate is 60Hz
Screen Resolution
The screen resolution option enables you
to set the screen resolution. Please adjust
this value according to your monitor’s
resolution setting. Refer to the manual of
your monitor for the recommend resolution.
nView Toolbar
Make the nView Toolbar active by right-clicking on the NVIDIA SETTINGS
icon in the system tray, selecting nView Desktop Manager from the
pop-up menu and clicking on the Show nView Toolbar option.
The nView Toolbar will be displayed.Use the nView Toolbar to access
frequently used display management functions quickly.
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