Nvidia Video-PX9000 series User manual

Video-PX9000 series / Video-PX498 series/
Video-498PCI series
NVIDIA GeForce™9000 series
User’s Manual
Version 6.00
Copyright © 2009 Jaton Corporation, USA

Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................... 4
FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS......................................... 5
VIDEO- PX9000 SERIES............................................................ 5
SYSTEM REQUIREMENT .......................................................... 7
CHECK LIST............................................................................... 7
HARDWARE DESCRIPTION...................................................... 8
DISPLAY DEVICES OUTPUT .................................................. 13
HARDWARE INSTALLATION.................................................. 19
INSTALLATION PROCEDURES ........................................................ 19
STEPS:........................................................................................ 19
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION................................................... 21
áWINDOWS®7AND VISTA DRIVER INSTALLATION.................... 21
áWINDOWS®XP DRIVER INSTALLATION.................................. 24
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE...................................................... 27
TECHNICAL SUPPORT................................................................... 29
HOW TO OBTAIN WARRANTY SERVICE .......................................... 29
LIMITED WARRANTY.............................................................. 31
OTHER LIMITS.............................................................................. 32
EXCLUSIVE OBLIGATION ............................................................... 33
OTHER STATEMENTS.................................................................... 33

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS.............................................................. 33
SERVICES AGREEMENT:................................................................ 34
ENTIRE OBLIGATION..................................................................... 34
REDUCING WARRANTY CLAIM REJECTIONS..................... 35

Introduction
Your PC is now more visual than ever. Supercharge this visual
experience with the NVIDIA® GeForce® 9000 series GPU —
there is no better investment to provide more vibrant photos,
smoother videos, and more realistic gaming.
Bring your PC to life
Enhance Windows Vista, including the 3D Aero interface and
Flip 3D browser. Offload video processing tasks from your CPU
to your GeForce graphics card and enjoy stutter-free, vibrant
high-definition video playback with the revolutionary NVIDIA®
PureVideo® HD engine. Easily manage and display crisp and
vivid photos, fluidly zoom around 3D-enabled cities in Google
Earth, and swiftly manipulate complex 2D Acrobat documents.
The GeForce 9000 series GPU enables your PC to be a one-
stop multimedia hub!
Realistic gaming for less
The GeForce 9000 GT GPU has a 2x performance increase
over the comparable 8 series graphics card, allowing you to play
the latest PC games without costing you a bundle. So now you
can enjoy popular gaming titles the way they were meant to be
played.
Increase your performance
Double the power of a single graphics card with NVIDIA SLI®
technology1. This GPU can be paired with an identical GeForce
9000 series graphics card for up to 2x the performance of a
single card set-up. Compatible with PCI Express and the new
PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture, GeForce 9000 series GPU
offers a future-proofing bridge to tomorrow’s most bandwidth-
hungry games and 3D applications.
1 - NVIDIA SLI - certified versions of GeForce PCI Express GPUs only.

Features and Specifications
Video- PX9000 series
NVIDIA® PureVideo® HD Technology1
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.
Discrete, Programmable Video Processor
NVIDIA PureVideo is a discrete programmable processing core
in NVIDIA GPUs that provides superb picture quality and ultra-
smooth movies with 100% offload of H.264 video decoding from
the CPU and significantly reduced power consumption.
Dynamic Contrast Enhancement
Provides spectacular picture clarity with frame-by-frame
optimization.
NVIDIA SLI® Technology2
Delivers up to 2x the performance of a single GPU configuration
for unequaled gaming experiences by allowing two graphics
cards to run in parallel. The must-have feature for performance
PCI Express® graphics, SLI dramatically scales performance on
today’s hottest games.
PCI Express 2.0 Support
Designed to run perfectly with the new PCI Express 2.0 bus
architecture, offering a future-proofing bridge to tomorrow’s most
bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications by maximizing the
5 GT/s PCI Express 2.0 bandwidth (twice that of first generation
PCI Express). PCI Express 2.0 products are fully backwards
compatible with existing PCI Express motherboards for the
broadest support.
1 - Feature requires supported video software. Features may vary by product.
2 - NVIDIA SLI - certified versions of GeForce PCI Express GPUs only.

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Operating Systems
•Built for Microsoft Windows 7, Vista
•Windows XP
Compatibility
•NVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
•Fully compliant with OpenGL including OpenGL 2.0
•Microsoft DirectX 9, 10
•WHQL-certified for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

System Requirement
•Intel Pentium® P4 or compatible system with PCI-
Express Bus (x16) Extension Slot or PCI slot (depend on
card purchased)
•CD-ROM drive, Quad speed or faster
•Hard Drive with at least 200MB Free space
•MS Windows® Vista/XP operating system
•Minimum 400 Watt power supply (Minimum
recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating
of 20 Amp Amps.)
Minimum 500 Watt for SLI mode system
(Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt
current rating of 28 Amp Amps.)
Check List
•Video-PX9000 series, Video-PX498 or Video-498PCI
series Multimedia Accelerator
•HDTV/TV out - MD 9 pin converter cable for Composite,
S-Video or Component - Video-PX9000 series, Video-
PX498-DLP
•DVI to VGA converter - Video-PX9000 series
•LFH 59 pin to Dual DVI adapter cable (part#
CB59D002) – Video-PX498-DLP, Video-498PCI-DLP
•LFH 59 pin to Dual VGA adapter cable (part#
CB59D001) – Video-PX498-LP, Video-498PCI-LP
•Converter cable (converts MD-9pin to VGA DB-15) –
Video-PX498-Twin, Video-498PCI-Twin
•Software & Documents CD
•Quick Start Guide (Printed)

Hardware Description
Video-PX9500GT-LX
Video-PX9500GT-LE / Video-PX9500GT-DE / Video-
PX9400GT-LX / Video-PX9400GT-EX

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Video-PX9500GT-DVI / Video-PX9400GT-DVI
Video-PX498-Twin

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Video-PX498-DT
Video-PX498-DLP