VGA Card GV-RX26T256H Jul.
VGA Card GV-RX26T256H Jul.
GV-RX26T256H ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Graphics Accelerator TM User's Manual Rev. 102 12MD-RX26T2H-102R * The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user's other household waste and must be handed over to a designated collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment!! * The WEEE marking applies only in European Union's member states. Copyright © 2007 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. ("GBT").
English Table of Contents 1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 3 1.1. Features ..................................................................................................... 3 1.2. Minimum System Requirements ................................................................... 3 2. Hardware Installation ........................................................................... 4 2.1. Board Layout ..................................
1.1. Features • • • • • • • • • Powered by ATI RadeonTM HD 2600 XT Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Supports PCI Express x16 Integrated with 256 MB GDDR3 memory Supports DirectX 10 Supports native CrossFireTM Supports AV / S-Video / TV-Out and HDTV output Supports 2 Dual-Link DVI-I connectors Supports D-Sub connector (by adapter) Supports HDMI connector (by adapter, optional) 1.2.
English 2. Hardware Installation 2.1.
DO NOT APPLY POWER TO YOUR SYSTEM IF IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED ON THE CARD. In order to ensure your graphics card working correctly, please use official GIGABYTE BIOS only. Use none official Gigabyte BIOS might cause problem on the graphics card. -5- Hardware Installation English Expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer. 1.
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 remove the existing graphics 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 2. Replace the screw to fasten the card in place, and replace the computer cover. 3. This graphics card provides two DVI-I digital connectors. You can connect a monitor that supports DVI-I function or use the DVI-I to D-sub adapter to connect a 15-pin D-Sub monitor. Or use the DVI-I to HDMI adapter to connect an HDMI monitor. (Note: Only Connect a flat panel the DVI-I Connector 2 supports the DVI-I to HDMI adapter.
English GIGABYTE Video Adapter for Nvidia Graphics Cards AV Out S-Video Out HDTV Component (Y+Pr+Pb) Connect to the TV-Out port on the graphics card. (1) Connecting HDTV Connect your HDTV cables to the video adapter according to the corresponding color. (Y= Green, Pr= Red, Pb= Blue) (2) Connecting S-Video If your TV has a S-Video connection, connect the SVideo cable from your TV to the S-Video Out port on the adapter.
Step 1: Install two CrossFire graphics cards of the same chipset on a CrossFire -supported motherboard and TM TM connect the graphics cards via two CrossFire bridge interconnect cables (Figure 1). Then users can enable the CrossFire technology simply through the graphics card driver. TM TM Two CrossFire bridge interconnect cables. Two CrossFire graphics cards of the same type.
English 3. Software Installation In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D: The installation of 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 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. Windows® XP Driver Installation 3.
Install Microsoft DirectX to enable 3D hardware acceleration support for Windows® XP to achieve better 3D performance. 0 Note: For software MPEG support in 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. Click the Install DirectX 9 item. Step 1. When autorun window show up, click the Install DirectX 9 item. Step 2. Choose I accept the agreement Step 3. Click the Next button. and click the Next button.
English 3.1.3. Driver Installation 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 the "Next" button to install the driver. (There is a driver CD disk that came with your graphics accelerator, please insert it now.
Click the Install Display Driver item. Step 1. When autorun window show up, click the Install Display Driver item. Step 2. Click Next button. Step 3. Click Yes button. Setp 4. Click Express or Custom icon. Windows installings the components. Step 5. Click the Finish button to restart computer. Then the driver installation is completed. - 13 - Software Installation English B. Driver installation (Autorun Window) Insert the driver CD disk into your CD-ROM, and then you can see the AUTORUN window.
English 3.1.4. Taskbar Icon ATI Catalyst® Control Center: After installation of the display driver, you will find an ATI Catalyst® Control Center icon on the taskbar's status area. The ATI Catalyst® Control Center is used to configure all your graphics card settings. Right-click the icon to enter the ATI Catalyst® Control Center (refer to Figure 1). Or you can right-click on the desktop and select ATI CATALYST(R) Control Center (refer to Figure 2).
To access Display Properties pages, right-click on Desktop and then select Properties. The Display Properties dialog box shows the information of display adapter, color, the range of display area, and the refresh rate. Settings (Resolutions and Color depth for Windows) You may adjust the screen resolution and color quality settings in this dialog box. You can move the slider to change the resolution. You can click the item to change the color quality. Click the Advanced button for adapter and setting.
English ATI Catalyst® Control Center Basic View : The Basic View is the default view when ATI Catalyst Control Center is launched for the first time. This interface provides access to the basic settings and advanced features of your ATI graphics products. You can switch between Basic View and Advanced View at any time. To access more settings in Basic View , click Basic, and then click Next. Easy Setup Wizards: Choose a wizard from the central list and click Go for step-by-step assistance.
English Step 4: In the Output Video Format list, select a file format for the new file. If you wish to change the name of the new file, enter the new name in the Output File area. Finally, click Next to start file conversion. The video file has been successfully converted. Setup my display configuration This wizard allows you to configure display setting for desktop viewing.
English Quick Settings: The Quick Settings page provide access to three main settings. 3D Quality 3D Performance and Quality settings allows your 3D games and applications to get faster performance and better quality with a more balanced setting. Video Playback Use this option to optimize video playback in different room environment or to select how video playback appears on the second display.
The Advanced page allows you to configure all of the many available settings of your ATI graphics card. View Properties: The CATALYST Control Center dashboard supports three types of views: Basic View/ Advanced View/ Custom View. Basic View The Basic view is the default view when CATALYST Control Center is launched for the first time. Refer to the previous pages for details. Advanced View The Advanced view provides access to the advanced features on each page.
English Profiles Properties: You can use profiles to create customized environments for your desktop, video, and 3D applications. Define and save your own personal video settings that can be quickly activated manually, through a Hotkey, or by file association. Note: A profile applies to a specific graphics card. If there is more than one graphics card installed in your computer, you need to select the appropriate card before creating, loading, or activating a Profile.
The Catalyst Control Center Help feature allows you to access the comprehensive online help, register your product, or generate a problem report should you require technical support. The Catalyst Control Center Help feature offers the following options: - 21 - Help for this Page Help Contents ... Search Help ... Go to ATI.com About Catalyst Control Center ...
English Displays Manager: Displays Manager is the central location for configuring your display devices and arranging your desktop. Use Displays Manager to quickly change your display setup, arrange your desktop in a multi-monitor environment, and enable TV Out. Note: The stretch vertically and horizontally options are not supported on systems running Windows Vista. Display Options: The Display Options aspect gives you additional control to optimize performance of OpenGL® and Direct 3D® applications.
Attributes Monitor Attributes provides information about the attached monitor. You can also enable Extended Display Identification Data. Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) uses the information provided by the attached monitor to determine the limits for the resolution and refresh rate. Adjustments Use Monitor Adjustments to resize and reposition the computer desktop on your monitor's display screen. You can also adjust the horizontal and vertical sync or enable composite sync.
English AvivoTM Color Use AvivoTM Color for ATI graphics cards that supports per-display color settings. Independently set the hue, saturation, and temperature for each attached and enabled display. 3D: Standard Settings The Standard Settings page provides access to a universal slider control where you can simultaneously adjust all of the standard 3D settings for any type of 3D application.
Anti-Aliasing (AA) is a rendering technique designed to remove jagged edges, shimmering, and pixelation problems that are common in rendered 3D images. Rather than determining the color to display for each pixel by sampling a single location at the pixel's center, anti-aliasing samples multiple locations within each pixel and blends the results together to produce the final color.
English Anisotropic Filtering Anisotropic Filtering is a technique that preserves detail on surfaces that have three-dimensional perspective and fade away into the background. It works best when used in conjunction with Mipmapping. Anisotropic Filtering can be set to favor either an increase in system processing performance or improved image quality: Setting for performance is best used with applications that display objects with smooth, simple surfaces, like those seen in CAD applications.
Mipmapping is a texturing technique that preserves the detail on a 3D object's surface as it moves into the background. A series of low- and high-resolution texture maps are stored in memory and selectively used to create the object's surface, depending on what level of detail is needed.
English More Settings Use the More Settings dialog to select settings for the Direct 3D® and OpenGL® Application Programmable Interfaces (API). These settings are provided for resolving certain incompatibilities within 3D applications that use one of these APIs. Use this dialog when you know which type of API (Direct 3D ® or OpenGL ® your 3D application uses, and you want to select a particular API-specific feature.
AvivoTM Basics To quickly adjust your video settings choose one of the video presets. Note: These settings will only affect applications with video overlay support. AvivoTM Color: Basic Use the Avivo TM Color: Basic option to manually set Gamma, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Tint for video playback. Note: Certain video formats do not support these adjustments. These settings will only affect applications with video overlay support.
English AvivoTM Quality You can enhance the video quality by choosing one of six options for deinterlacing video. Deinterlacing creates a sharp image from the two video fields of interlaced video. Note: These settings will only affect applications with video overlay support. All Settings The All Settings page combines all of the principal Video features onto a single page, without any preview window, allowing quick access and adjustment.
VPU Recover is a tool capable of detecting the rare situation when the graphics processor is no longer able to respond to display driver commands. When this occurs, VPU Recover attempts to reset the graphics processor so that you are able to continue using your computer without interruption or loss of data. In most cases, VPU Recover will be able to reset the graphics processor without requiring a system restart.
English CrossFireTM: CrossFire delivers exceptional performance on a single display by combining the processing power of two or more Graphics Processing Units (GPUs).
The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. Contact your dealer or GIGABYTE for more advanced troubleshooting information. Check that the card is seated properly in the PCI Express x16 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.
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