VGA Card GV-N68T256D Jul.
VGA Card GV-N68T256D Jul.
GV-N68T256D GeForce™ 6800 GT Graphics Accelerator User's Manual Rev. 101 12MD-N68T256D-101 Copyright © 2004 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD 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 their respective owners. Notice Please do not remove any labels on VGA card, this may void the warranty of this VGA card.
English Table of Contents 1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 3 1.1. Features ..................................................................................................... 3 1.2. Minimum System Requirement .................................................................. 3 2. Hardware Installation........................................................................... 4 2.1. Board Layout .....................................
English 1. Introduction 1.1. Features • • Powered by NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6800 GT Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Supports the new AGP 8X • • Integrated with 256MB DDR III memory Supports DirectX 9.0 • • Supports TV-Out and D-Sub connectors Supports DVI-I connector 1.2. Minimum System Requirement • IBM® or 100% PC compatible with Pentium® III 650MHz or AMD Athlon 650MHz class processor or higher • • One available AGP3.
English 2. Hardware Installation 2.1.
some precautions whenever you work on your computer. 1. Turn off your computer and unplug power supply. 2. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. If you do not have one, touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object, such as the power supply case. 3. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the components whenever the components are separated from the system.
English 2.2. Hardware Installation Installing Your graphics card. Now that you have prepared your computer, you are ready to install your graphics accelerator card. To install your graphics accelerator card: 1. Power off the computer and monitor, then disconnect the display cable from the back of 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.
English 4. Locate the AGP slot. If necessary, remove the metal cover from this slot; then align your graphics card with the AGP slot, and press it in firmly until the card is fully seated. 5. Replace the screw to fasten the card in place, and replace the computer cover. After installation, please connect the power cable to your GV-N68T256D graphics card, or the system will not boot. 6. Plug the display cable into your card; then turn on the computer and monitor.
English 3. Software Installation In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D: The installation of Win® 2000 / 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 the guides to setup your graphics card driver. (Please follow the subsection 3.1.3 "Driver installation" to install the driver for your graphics accelerator.) 3.1.
Install Microsoft DirectX to enable 3D hardware acceleration support for Windows® 2000 or Windows® XP to achieve better 3D performence. 0 Note: For software MPEG support in Windows® 2000 or Windows® XP, you must install DirectX first. Step 1. When autorun window show up, click Install DirectX 9 item. Click "Install DirectX 9" item. Step 2. Choose I accept the agreement and Click "Next" button. Step 3. Click "Next" button. -9- Software Installation English 3.1.2.
English Installing the components. Step 4. Click "Finish" to restart computer. Then the DirectX 9 installation is completed.
A. New hardware found After the graphics card 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. The following is the step-by-step installation guide. Step 1: Found new hardware wizard: Video controller (VGA Compatible) Click "Next" button to install the driver. (There is a driver CD disk that came with your graphics accelerator, please insert it now.
English B. Driver installation (Autorun Window) Insert the driver CD disk into your CD-ROM, and then you can see the AUTORUN window. If it does not show up, please run "D:\setup.exe". Step 1. When autorun window show up, click Install Display Driver item. Click "Install Display Driver" item. Step 2. Click "Next" button. Windows installings the components. Step 3. Click "Finish" button to restart computer. Then the driver installation is completed.
Insert the driver CD disk into your CD-ROM, and then you can see the AUTORUN window. If it does not show up, please run "D:\setup.exe". • Install Gigabyte Utilities (V-Tuner 2): Step 1. When autorun window show up, please click Utilities item. Click "Utilities" item. Then click "GIGABYTE Utility" item. Step 2. Click "Next" button. Step 3. Enter your name and company. Step 4. Click "Finish" button to restart computer. Then the utilities installation is completed.
English V-Tuner 2 (Overclock Utility) V-Tuner 2 lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory (Core Clock and Memory Clock). Displays core clock status Displays memory clock status Core speed adjustment Enables auto adjustment of core/ memory clock settings set by user when running 3D applications.
After installation of the display drivers, you will find a GBT icon on the taskbar's status area. Right-clicking this icon opens the GBT control panel, showing a menu composed of shortcut of the graphics card's enhanced and other functions. You may click the "Display Properties" item, and then click Settings. Click "Advanced" after clickng Settings. Click the appropriate tab to change your display settings. Right click the icon. Click "VGA Information" item into the "VGA Info" and "Color Adjust" tabs.
English VGA Information VGA Info lists the relevant information about your card. Color Adjust Color Adjust allows you to make color adjustments, such as brightness, contrast and gamma values for each or all of RGB colors.
on the taskbar's Right click the icon. You can adjust the properties of the graphics accelertaor from here. - 17 - Software Installation English After installation of the display drivers, you will find a NVIDIA icon status area. Clicking this icon open the control panel.
English 3.1.6. Display Properties Pages The screen shows the information of display adapter, color, the range of display area and the refresh rate. Settings (Resolutions and Color depth for windows) The Setting properties page allows you to adjust the screen resolution, color quality and advanced settings. You can move the slider to change the resolution. You can click the item to change the color quality. Click "Advanced" icon for adapter and setting.
nView allows you to connect separate displays to single graphics card. • nView modes: select your preferred nView display modes here. Options: Single display/ Clone/ Horizontal span/ Vertical span/ Dualview • Display pair: select a single display or display pair. The selected display combination will appear in the graphical representation below. • Display: select the primary display device • Click Apply to apply settings or click OK to save settings.
English Color Correction properties The Color Correction Properties is used to compensation for variations in luminance between a source image and its output on a display device. Adjust the color correction settings to provide more accurate color reproduction of images(such as photographs) on your display device. Also, many 3D-accelerated games may appear too dark to play. Increasing the brightness and/or the gamma value equally across all channels makes these games appear brighter and more playable.
The NVIDIA settings taskbar utility lets you conveniently access various features and presets you've configured in the Display Properties directly from the Windows taskbar. • Display the NVIDIA Settings icon in the taskbar The Desktop Manager provides enhanced nView multidisplay functionality and helps you organize your applications for use with multiple displays and desktops.
English Refresh Rate Overrides properties Click "Override refresh rates" to select refresh rate overrides to be used in applications. Change Resolutions properties The Change Resolutions Properties allows you to adjust the screen resolution, color quality and monitor settings (screen rdfresh rates). Or you can customize resolutions and refresh rates. Screen Menus properties The Screen Menus Properties can remove infrequently used screens by dragging them from the screen menu to the list below.
nView is a set of desktop tools designed to help you be more productive when using your graphics card. Using nView you can set up multiple desktops to work with your applications. Multiple desktops give you extra desktop areas on which to run your applications so you won't have to crowd several open application windows on one desktop. You can click on the NVIDIA icon on the taskbar's to enable the nView or choose the Display Properties\Advanced\Desktop Management.
English nView Desktop Management properties This tab contains information about the nView Desktop Manager. The setup wizard can also be accessed from this tab. nView Profiles properties This tab contains a record all nView display settings for easy software setup. nView Windows properties This tab allows you to control of window and dialog box placement when using multiple monitors.
This tab allows you to control nView settings on a per application basis. nView Desktops properties This tab allows you to create up to 32 unique desktops. nView User Interface properties This tab allows customization of the nView user interface.
English nView Effects properties This tab provides special windows effects that you can apply to your applications. nView Zoom properties This tab provides dynamic zoom functionality on the desktop. Also enables full screen video playback via the video mirroring control button. nView Hot Keys properties This tab lets you perform various actions with shortcut keys or key combinations.
This tab can modify and extend mouse behavior with kinematic actions. nView Tools properties This tab can improve nView functionality for mobile and desktop users.
English 3.2. Win® 2000 Driver Installation With Windows running on your computer, you need to install the graphics card driver to take advantage of the higher performance, resolutions, and special graphics features of the graphics card. To ensure you install the latest driver, insert the Installation CD that shipped with your graphics card. To install the graphics card driver for Win® 2000, please insert the Installation CD. Then the AUTORUN window will show up.
The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. Contact your dealer or GBT for more advanced troubleshooting information. Check that the card is seated properly in the AGP slot. Ensure that the display cable is securely fastened to the card's display connector. Make sure that the monitor and computer are plugged in and receiving power. If necessary, disable any built-in graphics capabilities on your motherboard.
English 5. Appendix 5.1. How to Reflash the BIOS 5.1.1. Reflash BIOS in MS-DOS mode 1. Extract the downloaded Zip file to your hard disk(s) (ex: drive C) or floppy disk. This procedure assumes drive C. 2. Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode by choosing "Restart in MS-DOS mode" in the Shut Down Windows dialog box. (This option is only available with Windows 98/98SE. For Windows 2000/ME/XP, you need a startup disk to restart the computer in MS-DOS mode.) 3. Change the command prompt to C:\>. 4.
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English Display Screen Resolution 720 x 480 720 x 576 800 x 600 848 x 480 1024 x 768 Refresh Rate (Hz) 60 60 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 GV-N68T256D Graphics Accelerator Color Depth (bpp) 8bpp(256 color) Standard mode 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 - 32 - 16bpp(65K color) High mode 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
1152 x 864 1280 x 720 Refresh Rate (Hz) 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 240 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 200 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 Color Depth (bpp) 8bpp(256 color) Standard mode 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 - 33 - 16bpp(65K color) High mode 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 32bpp(16.7M) True mode 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 X 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 X 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 X To be continued.
English Display Screen Resolution 1280 x 768 1280 x 960 1280 x 1024 Refresh Rate (Hz) 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 GV-N68T256D Graphics Accelerator Color Depth (bpp) 8bpp(256 color) Standard mode 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 - 34 - 16bpp(65K color) High mode 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 32bpp(16.
1600 x 900 1600 x 1024 1600 x 1200 Refresh Rate (Hz) 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 170 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 140 144 150 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 52 60 70 72 75 85 100 120 Color Depth (bpp) 8bpp(256 color) Standard mode 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 - 35 - 16bpp(65K color) High mode 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 32bpp(16.
English Display Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 1920 x 1200 1920 x 1440 2048 x 1536 Refresh Rate (Hz) 30 60 70 72 75 85 100 52 60 70 72 75 85 100 60 70 72 75 85 60 70 72 75 85 Color Depth (bpp) 8bpp(256 color) Standard mode 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 16bpp(65K color) High mode 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 32bpp(16.
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