Gigabyte GV-R9700 PRO Manual - Page 11

English 3.SOFTWARE INSTALLATION In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D: 3.1. WINDOWS® 98 /98SE / WINDOWS® ME / WINDOWS® XP DRIVER AND UTILITIES INSTALLATION The installation of Win® 98/98SE / WINDOWS® 2000 / Win® ME / Win® 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 R9700 PRO driver (Please follow the subsection 3.1.3 "Step By Step Installation" to install the driver for your R9700 PRO graphics accelerator. 3.1.1. Operating system requirement z If your OS is Microsoft Windows, when loading the R9700 PRO drivers for the system, please make sure your system (Windows 98/98SE, Windows2000 or Windows ME) has installed DirectX8.1 or later. z If you install the R9700 PRO drivers for the motherboard, which consist of SIS, ALI or VIA chipsets, please install the appropriate Driver program for that motherboard. Or please contact your motherboard nearest dealer for M/B Driver. - 9 - Software Installation