Technology GeForceTM FX 5700 Graphics Accelerator User's Manual

GV-N57 Series Graphics Accelerator
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction .....................................................................................3
1.1. Features .................................................................................................3
1.2. Minimum system requirement ..................................................................3
2. Hardware Installation .......................................................................4
2.1. Unpacking ...............................................................................................4
2.2. Board layout ...........................................................................................5
2.3. Hardware installation ...............................................................................7
3. Software Installation ........................................................................9
3.1. Win
®
XP driver and utilities installation ......................................................9
3.1.1. Operating system requirement ................................................................................... 9
3.1.2. DirectX installation ................................................................................................... 10
3.1.3. Driver installation ..................................................................................................... 12
3.1.4. Utilities on driver CD ................................................................................................ 16
3.1.5. Taskbar icon ............................................................................................................ 18
3.1.6. Display properties pages ......................................................................................... 21
3.1.7. nView properties pages ........................................................................................... 26
3.2. Win
®
98/98SE / Win
®
2000 / Win
®
ME driver installation .......................... 31
3.3. BIOS flash utility .................................................................................... 31
4. Troubleshooting Tips ...................................................................... 32
5. Appendix ....................................................................................... 33
5.1. How to reflash the BIOS ........................................................................ 33
5.2. Resolutions and color depth table (In Windows
®
XP) ............................... 34