Gigabyte GV-AR64S-H Manual

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  • Gigabyte GV-AR64S-H | Manual - Page 1
    Upgrade your Life AR64S-H RADEONTM 7500 Graphics Accelerator USER'S MANUAL REV. 1.03 12MD-AR64SH-103
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    AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator Chapter 1 User's Manual Copyright Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. ("GBT") No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any from without the expressed, written permission of GBT. Trademarks Third-party brands and names are the property of
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    9 3.1.2 DirectX installation 10 3.1.3 Driver installation 12 3.1.4 Utilities on driver CD 15 3.1.5 Taskbar Icon 15 3.1.6 Property pages 19 3.2.WINDOWS NT 4.0 DRIVER INSTALLATION 25 3.3.WINDOWS 2000 DRIVER INSTALLATION 26 3.4 BIOS FLASH UTILITY 26 4.Troubleshooting Tips 27 5.Appendix 28
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    1 Chapter User's Manual AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator 1.INTRODUCTION 1.1. PREFACE Gigabyte AR Series is a powerful and versatile graphic bit 3D gaming up to 2048x1536 n Full support of DirectX® and OpenGL® applications n CHARISMA ENGINE™ supports full Transformation, Clipping and Lighting (T&L) at
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    Installation 2.HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1. UNPACKING The AR64S-H package contains the following: l The AR64S-H graphics accelerator l This USER'S MANUAL l DVD Player software included l Full Version game CD x4 (CD x 4), Lite version game x2 (CD x1) l CD for driver with V-Tuner utilities l S-Video
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    Graphics Accelerator 2.2. BOARD LAYOUT AR64S-H (4Mx16 64MB SDRAM) DVI Connector H/W Monitor C h ip Fan Connector S-Video (TV -O ut) VGA Monitor C onnector (15pin) 4Mx16 Frame Buffer SDRAM BIOS ATI RADEONTM 7500 AV
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    computer and monitor , then disconnect the display cable from the backof your computer. 2. Remove the computer cover. If necessary, consult your computer's manual for help in removing the cover. 3. Remove any existing graphics card from your computer. Or, if your computer has any on-board graphics
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    AGP slot, and press it in firmly until the card is fully eated. AR64S-H G raphics card AGP Slot 5.Replace the screw to fasten the card in place, and replace the computer cover. AR64S of the Graphics card driver. For detailed instructions, select your operating system from the list below: 8
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    The installation of Windows 98/98SE or Windows ME or Windows XP drivers is very simple. When you insert the driver CD into your CD-ROM drive, you can see the AUTORUN window (if it does not show up, run "D:\setup.exe"). Then you can follow guides to setup your AR64S-H driver (Please follow the
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    8.1 to enable 3D hardware acceleration support for Win98/ 98SE/ ME to achieve better 3D performence. Note: For software MPEG support in Win98/98SE or WinME, you must DirectX first install. MMust be install DirectX 8.1 (or later) 1. Installation DirectX Driver Click "Install DirectX 8.1"Item. 2.Click
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    Software Installation 4.Click "OK" item. Then the DirectX 8.1 installation is completed. 11
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    is the step-by-step installation guide. Step 1: New Hardware Found After AR64S-H is inserted into your computer at the first time, the windows will automatically detect a new hardware in the system and pop out a "New Hardware Found" message. Please select "Do not install a driver" and press OK. Step
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    3..Click "NO"icon. After the system has finished loading, insert the AR64S-H driver CD disk into your CDROM, and then you can see the AUTORUN window. If it does not show up, please run "D:\setup.exe". Step 5: Driver Setup 2. Click "Install Display Driver(Radeon 7500 Series). 3.Click "Next"icon. 13
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    AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator 4.Click "Yes"icon. 5.Click "Finish"icon to restart computer. 14
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    CD for detail. 3.1.5 Taskbar Icon After installation of the display drivers, you will find an GBT icon on the taskbar's status area. Right-clicking this icon opens the settings. You can link to GBT web site for updated information about the graphics borad, latest drivers, and other information. 15
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    AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator V-Tuner (Hardware monitor and overclock Utility) V-Tuner allows you to monitor the grphic chip temperature, fan speed and voltage status. It lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory (Core Clock and Memory Clock) 16
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    VGA Info VGA Info lists the relevant information about your card. Software Installation Color Adjust Color Adjust allows you to make color adjustments, such as brightness, contrast, and gamma values for each or all of RGB colors. 17
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    AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator After installation of the display drivers, you will find an ATI icon on the taskbar's status area. Clicking this icon open the ATi control panel. 1.Using Single Display 2.Quick Setting. 18
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    range of display area and the refresh rate. Setting (Resolutions and Color depth for windows) The Setting properties page allows you to adjust the Direct 3D settings You can must be en abled for ATI hotke y support. n Show ATI icon on taskbar adds or removes the ATI icon from the taskbar. 19
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    AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator OpenGL Properties: The OpenGL properties page gives you complete control of the OpenGL settings. n Optimization Preference l Quality allows you to optimize your OpenGL
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    texture format allows you to enable support for DirectX compressed texture formats. Some applications cannot handle too many textu re formats. Disabling compressed texture format the video driver ceases to su pport this feature. n Alternate pixel center may eliminate problems with some 3D games that
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    AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator n Anti-aliasing provides you with an overall higher quality video image with a slight reduction in performance. When "Application Preference"mode is selected, the video driver the color brightness of your video overlay window. The higher the gamma value, the higher
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    desktop on the second device. Select Display Type Enable /Disable"Extend my windows desktop onto this monitor Connecting your graphics card to a TV or VCR the card in your computer and installing the enhanced graphics driver, see the user's manual. Determine if your television (or VCR) has an S-
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    AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator Overlay Properties The Overlay Properties is used to adjust the Brightness / Contrast / Saturation / Hue/ Gamma settings. 24
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    Please make sure the Windows NT 4.0 have installed Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack version 6.0 (or later) before installing the AR64S-H graphics accelerator driver. To install the AR64S-H driver for Windows NT 1. Insert the INSTALLATION CD into your CD-ROM drive. If Windows ® runs the CD automatically
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    Graphics Accelerator 3.3.WINDOWS 2000 DRIVER INSTALLATION Please make sure the Windows 2000 have installed Windows ® 2000 Service Pack version 2 (or later) before installing the graphics accelerator driver. With Windows ® 2000 running on your computer, you need to install the AR64S-H driver to take
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    and graphics card when you installed the graphics driver. n For more troubleshooting tips, right-click the ATI icon in the taskbar and select Troubleshooting. n If you have problems during bootup, start your computer in Safe Mode. In Windows®98 SE and Windows ® Me, press and hold the CTRL key until
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    AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator 5.Appendix 5.1. How to reflash the BIOS How to reflash the BIOS for your graphics card? 1. Extract the Zip file to the drive C: or A: 2. Restart your PC in MS-DOS mode (This function only for Windows 95 or Windows 98¡AIf your OS is Windows 2000 / Windows Me / Windows
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    3. Change the command path to the file location C:\> or A:\> Appendix 4. Reflash BIOS command as below : C:\> atiflash -p 0 5. Reboot your PC when it's done. 29
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    AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator 5.2.Resolutions and Color Depth Table Radeon 7500 2D Single Display Modes Display Screen Resolution 640x480 800x600 1024x768 Refresh Rate (Hz) 60 72 75
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    DDisplay Refresh Screen Rate Resolution (Hz) 120 140 150 1024x768 160 200 43 47 60 70 75 1152x864 80 85 100 120 150 160 60 70 72 1280x960 75 85 100 120 160 43 47 60 70 72 74 1280x1024 75 85 90 100 Hor. Scan (KHz) 98.7 116.6 125.7 134.8 172.8 38.0 41.7 53.7 63.0 67.5 72.4 77.0 91.5 111.1 141.4 151.6
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    AR64S-H Graphics Accelerator DDisplay Refresh Screen Rate Resolution (Hz) 1280x1024 120 160 1360x768 62 1400x1050 60 60 85 1536x864 100 120 160 60 75 85 1600x900
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    DDisplay Refresh Screen Rate Resolution (Hz) 1600x1280 86.52 60 1792x1344 75 85 60 1800x1440 70 90 1856x1392 60 72 75 90 60 1920x1080 70 75 85 1920x1200 60 72 75 76 80 85 1920x1440 60 60 75 2048x1152 85 100 60 70 2048x1280 75 85 90 60 66 2048x1280 70 75 * GBT no guarantee Hor. Scan (KHz) 116.2 83.8
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AR64S-H
RADEON
TM
7500 Graphics Accelerator
REV. 1.03
12MD-AR64SH-103
USER'S MANUAL
Upgrade your Life