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Minimum System Requirements

• IBM

or 100% PC compatible with Pentium

III 650MHz or AMD Athlon 650MHz class

processor or higher

• One available AGP 3.0 compliant slot or better

• Operating Systems Win

2000 / Win

• 64MB system memory

• 50MB of available disk space for full installation

• CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 2

1.1. Features .....................................................................................................................................2

1.2. Board Layout .............................................................................................................................2

2. Hardware Installation ..............................................................................................5

3. Software Installation ................................................................................................ 6

3.1. DirectX Installation .....................................................................................................................6

3.2. Driver Installation (Windows

XP/2000) ..................................................................................6

3.3. V-Tuner 2 Installation ................................................................................................................. 7

3.4. HYDRAVISION

Installation .................................................................................................7

4. Appendix ............................................................................................................... 8

4.1. BIOS Flash Utility ....................................................................................................................8

4.2. How to Reflash BIOS in MS-DOS mode ...............................................................................8

4.3. Resolutions and Color Depth Table (In Windows

XP) ...........................................................8

Summary of content (8 pages)

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• • • • • • IBM® or 100% PC compatible with Pentium® III 650MHz or AMD Athlon 650MHz class processor or higher One available AGP 3.0 compliant slot or better Operating Systems Win® 2000 / Win® XP 64MB system memory 50MB of available disk space for full installation CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive Table of Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 2 1.1. Features .............................................................
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English 1. Introduction 1.1. Features • • • • • • Powered by ATI Radeon 9550 Visual Processing Unit (VPU) Supports AGP 8X Supports Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 and OpenGL® 1.5 feature sets Integrated with 128 MB DDR memory (only for GV-R955128D/GV-R955128DE/GV-R955128T) Integrated with 256 MB DDR memory (only for GV-R955256D/GV-R955256DP) Supports TV-Out, D-Sub, and DVI-I (only for GV-R955128D/GV-R955256D/GV-R955256DP/ GV-R955128DE) connectors 1.2. Board Layout 1.
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English 4. GV-R955128DE TV-Out DVI-I Connector NTSC / PAL TV AV Output TV-Out (S-Video) Projector DVI-I Connector DVI Output Digital LCD Monitor DVI-I to D-Sub Connector Analog LCD Monitor VGA Output 2. Hardware Installation Installing your graphics card. Now that you have prepared your computer, you are ready to install your graphics card. 1. Locate the 2. Replace the AG P sl ot. If screw to fasten necessary, rethe card in place, move the metal and replace the cover from this computer cover.
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English 3. Software Installation 3.1. DirectX Installation Install Microsoft DirectX to enable 3D hardware acceleration support for Windows® 2000/ Windows® XP to achieve better 3D performance. Note: For software MPEG support in Windows® 2000/ Windows® XP, you must install DirectX first. Users who run Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or above do not need to install DirectX separately. When the Autorun window appears, click Install DirectX 9. 3.2.
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V-Tuner 2 monitors the working frequency of the graphics engine and video memory (Core Clock and Memory Clock). Click GIGABYTE Utility. Displays memory clock Displays core clock Open Help pages Select choice of skin 3.4. HYDRAVISIONTM Installation HYDRAVISIONTM and the Desktop Manager are activated whenever Windows® starts. Installing HYDRAVISIONTM adds menu options to the ATI Icon. Click on the ATI icon to access the application's features and help, or to unload the HYDRAVISIONTM Desktop Manager.
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English 4. Appendix 4.1. BIOS Flash Utility 1. Please download the newest BIOS Zip file for your graphics card from GIGABYTE website. The file includes a MS-DOS-based BIOS flash utility. Or contact your local dealer for the file. 4.2. How to Reflash BIOS in MS-DOS mode 1. Extract the downloaded Zip file to your hard disk or floppy disk. This procedure assumes drive A. 2. Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode. (For Windows 2000/XP, you need a startup disk to restart the computer in MS-DOS mode.) 3.