Gigabyte GV-NX62TC256DS manual

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Copyright © 2005 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., L T D 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 la[...]

GV-NX62TC256DS Graphics Accelerator - 2 - English T able of Contents 1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 3 1.1. Features ..................................................................................................... 3 1.2. Minimum system requirement .......................[...]

Introduction - 3 - English 1. Introduction 1.1. Features • The graphics card supports NVIDIA TurboCache technology, which enhances graphics card performance by allowing the graphics processing unit (GPU) to dynamically share the available system memory. The total effective VGA memory differs depending on system memory. See the following tables fo[...]

GV-NX62TC256DS Graphics Accelerator - 4 - English 2. Hardware Installation 2.1. Board Layout TV-out DVI-I Connector TV-Out DVI-I Connector NTSC / PAL TV Projector AV Output Analog LCD Monitor Digital LCD Monitor DVI Output VGA Output DVI-I to D-Sub Adapter[...]

Hardware Installation - 5 - English Expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. T o protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow 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.[...]

GV-NX62TC256DS Graphics Accelerator - 6 - English 2.2. Hardware installation Installing Y our graphics card. Now that you have prepared your computer, you are ready to install your graphics accelerator card. T o remove the existing graphics card: 1. Power off the computer and monitor, then disconnect the display cable from the back of your computer[...]

Hardware Installation - 7 - English T o install your new graphics card: 1. Locate the PCI Express x 16 slot. If necessary, remove the metal cover from this slot; then align your graphics card with the PCI Express x 16 slot, and press it in firmly until the card is fully seated. 2. Replace the screw to fasten the card in place, and replace the compu[...]

GV-NX62TC256DS Graphics Accelerator - 8 - 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&quo[...]

Software Installation - 9 - English 3.1.2. DirectX installation Install Microsoft DirectX to enable 3D hardware acceleration support for Windows ® 2000 or Windows ® XP to achieve better 3D performance. 0 Note: For software MPEG support in Windows ® 2000 or Windows ® XP, you must install DirectX first. Users who run Windows XP with Service Pack [...]

GV-NX62TC256DS Graphics Accelerator - 10 - English Step 4. Click "Finish" to restart computer. Then the DirectX 9 installation is completed. Installing the components.[...]

Software Installation - 11 - 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 n[...]

GV-NX62TC256DS Graphics Accelerator - 12 - 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"[...]

Software Installation - 13 - English 3.1.4. Utilities on driver CD 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 V -T uner 2: Step 1.Click "Utilities" item. Step 4. Enter your name and company. Step 5. Click "Finish" [...]

GV-NX62TC256DS Graphics Accelerator - 14 - English V -T uner 2 V -T uner 2 lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory (Core Clock and Memory Clock). Enables auto adjustment of core/ memory clock settings set by user when running 3D applications. Adjust Core speed Displays core clock status Displays memory clock sta[...]

Software Installation - 15 - English 3.1.5. T askbar icon After installation of the display drivers, you will find a GIGABYTE icon on the taskbar's status area. Right-clicking this icon opens the GIGABYTE control panel, showing a menu composed of shortcut of the graphics card's enhanced and other functions. Y ou may click the "Displa[...]

GV-NX62TC256DS Graphics Accelerator - 16 - 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.[...]

Software Installation - 17 - English After installation of the display drivers, you will find a NVIDIA icon on the taskbar's status area. Click this icon to open the control panel. Y ou can adjust the properties of the graphics accelerator from here. Right click the icon.[...]

GV-NX62TC256DS Graphics Accelerator - 18 - English GeForce 6200 T urboCache(TM) properties Y ou can click the item to change the color depth. Y ou can move the slider to change the resolution.  This page shows the Adapter, System and Driver version information. Click "Advanced" icon for adapter and setting. Y ou can select other proper[...]

Software Installation - 19 - English  nView allows you to connect separate displays to single graphics card. • nView display modes: select your preferred nView display modes here. Options: Single display/ Clone / Horizontal span / V ertical span/ Dualview • Display pair: select a single display or display pair. The selected display combinati[...]

GV-NX62TC256DS Graphics Accelerator - 20 - English Video Overlay Settings properties  The Overlay Controls Properties can adjust Overlay zoom controls and Overlay color controls. There is only one video overlay, which is only available on the Primary display . The video overlay controls are automatically activated during playback of any video fi[...]

Software Installation - 21 - English T emperature Settings properties  The T emperature Properties can auto detected the GPU Core temperature. Y ou can select the Notify when GPU core temperature exceeds threshold check box. Screen Resolutions & Refresh Rates properties  The Screen Resolutions & Refresh Rates properties allows you to [...]

GV-NX62TC256DS Graphics Accelerator - 22 - English Menu Editing properties  The Menu Editing Properties can remove infrequently used screens by dragging them from the screen menu to the list below. Restore screens to the menu by dragging them individually, or click Restore Defaults. T o begin, check the Enable screen menu editing check box. T o [...]

- 23 - English Resolutions and Color Depth T able Click the item to start nView Properties. Access nView properties page: T o access the nV iew properties page, you can click the NVIDIA icon on the taskbar and select nView Properties under nView Destop Manager (Method A). Or right-click on Desktop, select Properties/Settings/Advanced/Geforce 6200 T[...]

GV-NX62TC256DS Graphics Accelerator - 24 - English nView Windows properties  This tab allows you to control of window and dialog box placement when using multiple monitors. nView Applications properties  This tab allows you to control nView settings depending on different applications. nView Desktops properties  This tab allows you to crea[...]

- 25 - English Resolutions and Color Depth T able nView User Interface properties  This tab allows customization of the nView user interface. 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 e[...]

GV-NX62TC256DS Graphics Accelerator - 26 - English nView Hot Keys properties  This tab lets you perform various actions with shortcut keys or key combinations. nView Mouse properties  This tab can modify and extend mouse behavior with kinematic actions. nV iew T ools properties  This tab can improve nView functionality for mobile and deskt[...]

- 27 - English Resolutions and Color Depth T able 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. T o ensure you install the latest driver , insert the Installation CD[...]

GV-NX62TC256DS Graphics Accelerator - 28 - English 4. T roubleshooting T ips 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 PCI Express x 16 slot.  Ensure that the display cable is securely fastened[...]

Appendix - 29 - 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) 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. Change the comma[...]

GV-NX62TC256DS Graphics Accelerator - 30 - English 5.2. Resolutions and Color Depth T able (In Windows ® XP) GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM) Single Display Stardard Modes Display Refresh Color Depth (bpp) Screen Rate 8bpp(256 color) 16bpp(65K color) 32bpp(16.7M) Resolution (Hz) Standard mode High mode True mode 320 x 200 60~75 33 3 320 x 240 60~75 33 [...]

Appendix - 31 - English Display Refresh Color Depth (bpp) Screen Rate 8bpp(256 color) 16bpp (65K color) 32bpp (16.7M) Resolution (Hz) Standard mode High mode True mode 1600 x 1200 60~100 33 3 120 33 X 1920 x 1080 30~85 33 3 100 33 X 1920 x 1200 60~85 33 3 100 33 X 1920 x 1440 60~85 33 3 2048 x 1536 60~85 33 3 * This table is for reference only. The[...]

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- 3 - 1. 1.1. NVIDIA Turbo Cache NVIDIA ® GeForce ™ 6200 TurboCache (GPU) PCI Express x 16 DirectX 9.0c AV S-Video HDTV D-Sub( ) DVI-I 1.2. IBM 100% PC Intel Pentium ® III 650MHz AMD Athlon 650MHz PCI Express x 16 Win ® 2000 / Win ® XP 256MB 50MB CD-ROM DVD-ROM PCI Express 256 MB 512 MB 64 MB 64 MB 64 MB 192 MB 128 MB 256 MB[...]

GV-NX62TC256DS - 4 - 2. 2.1. TV-Out DVI-I Connector NTSC / PAL TV Projector AV Output Analog LCD Monitor Digital LCD Monitor DVI Output DVI-I to D-Sub Adapter VGA Output TV-out DVI-I Connector[...]

- 5 - 1. 2. 3. 0 0 BIOS BIOS BIOS VGA[...]

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- 7 - 2. ! To Flat Panel Display To TV or VCR 1. PCI Express x 16 * DVI 3. DVI DVI-I D-sub 15-pin VGA[...]

GV-NX62TC256DS - 8 - 3. CD-ROM D Windows ® 2000 Windows ® XP AUTORUN "D:setup.exe" AUTORUN 3.1.3. " " 3.1. Win ® XP 3.1.1. • DirectX 9C ( ) • Intel ( SIS VIA ) 1. 2.[...]

- 9 - 3.1.2. DirectX Microsoft DirectX 3D Windows ® 2000/XP 3D 0 Windows ® 2000 / XP DirectX MPEG Windows XP SP2 ( SP2) DirectX 1 " DirectX 9" " DirectX 9" 2 " " 3 " "[...]

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- 11 - 3.1.3. A. PCI Express x 16 Windows " " 1 (VGA ) 3 " " " " Windows ( ) " " AUTORUN 2[...]

GV-NX62TC256DS - 12 - B. (AUTORUN ) AUTORUN "D:setup.exe" 1 " " " " 2 " " 3 " "[...]

- 13 - 3.1.4. AUTORUN "D:setup.exe" • V-Tuner 2 1 " " 2 "GIGABYTE Utility" 4 5 "Finish" GIGABYTE Utility 3 "Next"[...]

GV-NX62TC256DS - 14 - V-Tuner 2 V-Tuner 2 (Core Clock Memory Clock) Enables auto adjustment of core/ memory clock settings set by user when running 3D applications. Adjust Core speed Displays core clock status Displays memory clock status Adjust Memory speed Select choice of skin Opens Help page[...]

- 15 - 3.1.5. Windows V- Tuner 2 " " " " " " "VGA " "VGA Info" "Color Adjust"[...]

GV-NX62TC256DS - 16 - VGA Info VGA Info Color Adjust Color Adjust RGB Gamma[...]

- 17 - NVIDIA NVIDIA NVIDIA "nView"[...]

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- 19 -  ( ) • nView (Dual View) • [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] nView  • • Direct3D OpenGL •  3D / gamma Display M odel GV-NX62TC256DS Matrix CRT+TV Y es CRT+DVI Y es DVI+TV Y es[...]

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GV-NX62TC256DS - 22 -  " " nView Desktop Manager 3.1.7. nView nView NVIDIA nView nView nView Desktop Manager GeForce 6200[...]

- 23 - nView nView nView NVIDIA "nView Desktop Manager" "nView " ( A) " " " " Geforce 6200 TurboCache(TM)" " ( B) A B  nView  nView " "[...]

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- 27 - 3.2. Win ® 2000 CD AUTORUN " " AUTORUN 1. " " 2. " " 3. "D:SETUP.exe" D 4. "OK" 5. " " 6. 7. Display Properties "OK" Windows ® 2000 Windows ® 2000 Service Pack ( ) ( )[...]

GV-NX62TC256DS - 28 - 4.  PCI Express x 16  15 pin VGA   ( )   Nvidia  F8 [Windows ] ENTER  " " " " Windows  / ( )[...]

- 29 - 5. 5.1. BIOS 5.1.2. @VGA BIOS 1. GIGABYTE Utility @VGA @VGA BIOS 2. Internet BIOS a. Live Update Flash @VGA BIOS ( @VGA BIOS @VGA ) 3. Internet BIOS a. BIOS b. From Local File Flash c. BIOS d. BIOS 5.1.1. DOS BIOS 1. VGA BIOS A 2. MS-DOS Windows XP / 2000 MS-DOS 3. DOS A:> 4. BIOS A:> BIOS -s BIOS ( : gvf 11 -s nx66t128d.f1) Enter 5.[...]

GV-NX62TC256DS - 30 - 5.2. Windows XP GeForce 6200 TurboCache(TM) Single Display Stardard Modes 8bpp (256 ) 16bpp (65K ) 32bpp (16.7M ) (Hz) 320 x 200 60~75 33 3 320 x 240 60~75 33 3 400 x 300 60~75 33 3 480 x 360 60~75 33 3 512 x 384 60~75 33 3 640 x 400 60~75 33 3 640 x 480 60~240 33 3 720 x 480 60 33 3 720 x 576 60 33 3 800 x 600 60~240 33 3 848[...]

- 31 - * 8bpp (256 ) 16bpp (65K ) 32bpp (16.7M ) (Hz) 1600 x 1200 60~100 33 3 120 33 X 1920 x 1080 30~85 33 3 100 33 X 1920 x 1200 60~85 33 3 100 33 X 1920 x 1440 60~85 33 3 2048 x 1536 60~85 33 3[...]

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