MSI MS-8801 User manual

MS-8801 Trident®Blade 3D 9880

Graphics Accelerator

User’s Guide

VERSION 1.0

1999/02/25ROC

Trident®Blade 3D 9880

M S - 8801

Graphics Accelerator

User’s Guide

MS-8801 Trident®Blade 3D 9880

Graphics Accelerator

User’s Guide

FCC-BRadioFrequencyInterferenceStatement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a

class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are

designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference

when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equip-

ment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not

installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause

harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in

a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case the

user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.

Notice1

The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsi-

ble for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

Notice2

Shielded interface cables and A.C. power cord, if any, must be used in order

to comply with the emission limits.

VOIRLANOTICED’INSTALLATIONAVANTDERACCORDERAU

RESEAU.

MICRO-STAR

FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE

Tested to Comply

with FCC Standard

MS-8801

MS-8801 Trident®Blade 3D 9880

Graphics Accelerator

User’s Guide

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MS-8801 Trident®Blade 3D 9880

Graphics Accelerator

User’s Guide

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 MS-8801 Trident Blade 3D 9880

Graphics Accelerator

1. Overview ............................................................... 1-1

2. Features................................................................ 1-1

ChipList...........................................................................1-1

GeneralFeatures..............................................................1-1

2D Acceleration ............................................................ 1-1

3D Acceleration ............................................................ 1-2

RenderingEngine ......................................................... 1-2

TexturingEngine ........................................................... 1-2

Full Software Support ................................................... 1-2

Supports super high resolution graphics modes .......... 1-2

MotionVideoAcceleration ............................................. 1-2

3. SystemRequirements..................................................1-3

4. PackageContents.........................................................1-3

5. CardLayout....................................................................1-4

6. DB15PinConnector.....................................................1-5

7. VerticalRefreshRate.....................................................1-6

MS-8801 Trident®Blade 3D 9880

Graphics Accelerator

User’s Guide

Chapter 2 Installation of Trident



Blade 3D ......

9880 VGA Driver

1. Driver .....................................................................................2-1

1.1 Install Enhance Drivers for Windows®95/98 ........................2-1

1.2 Install Enhance Drivers for Windows®NT ............................2-6

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Graphics Accelerator

User’s Guide

Chapter 1

MS-8801 Trident®Blade 3D 9880 Graphics Accelerator

1. Overview

TheMS-8801Trident®Blade3D 9880Graphics Accelerator

brings to the PC unparalleled price/performance 3D graphics,

combining advanced per pixel 3D setup and rendering with 2D

graphicaluser interface(GUI) acceleration.The Blade3D 9880

THAMATM (Trident Hardware Assisted MPEG-2 Architecture)

bringsDVD playbackto themultimedia PC. TheMS-8801

uses high performance SGRAM.

2. Features

Chip List:

rTrident®Blade3D9880 : 2D & 3D accelerator processor.

GeneralFeatures

lFullyintegrated 64-bitVGA/2D/3D/VideoAccelerator

lHighresolution1600x120085Hz witha230MHz RAMDAC

lSupport8M SGRAM

lAGP 2x, Sideband Addressing and Execute Mode

2DAcceleration

lHardware acceleration of Bitblt, Line Draw, Polygon/

Rectangle Fill, Bit Masking, Monochrome Expansion,

Panning/Scrolling, Scissoring, full ROP support and

hardwarecursor(64x64x2)

lGame acceleration including support for Microsoft’s

DirectDraw: DoubleBuffering,Virtual Sprites,Transparent

Blit,Masked Blit and Context Chaining

l8/15/16/32-bitperpixel colorformat

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3DAcceleration

lIntegrated 1 million triangle/s set-up engine reduces CPU

and bus bandwidth requirements

l4K on-chip texture cache

lEdge anti-aliasing

lModulate alpha function

lComposite alpha modulate

l32-bitcolor rendering

RenderingEngine

lGourard and Flat Shading

lScene Anti-aliasing

lOpenGL compliant blending for fog and depth cueing

TexturingEngine

lAnisotropic,Tri-linear,Bi-Linear,Point-SampledFiltering

lPerpective Correction

lMip-Mappingwith 11Levels-of-Detail

FullSoftwareSupport

lWHQLCertifiedDriver

lWindows®95 and 98 Display Drivers

lWindows®NT 3.5, 4.0, and 5.0 Display Drivers

lDirect3D,DirectDraw,andDirectVideo

lOpenGLICD support

Supportssuperhighresolutiongraphics modes

l640x480 8/16/32 bit colors with 160Hz

l800x600 8/16/32 bit colors with 160Hz

l1024x768 8/16/32 bit colors with 120Hz

l1280x1024 8/16bit colorswith100Hz

l1600x1200 8/16 bit colors with 85Hz

MotionVideoAcceleration

lSupportDVD1.0, VCD2.0,andCd-Karaoke

lMotionCompensation for full frame DVDplayback

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4. Package Contents

Beforeinstalling the MS-8801 VGA card,please check

to make sure that your package is complete:

lVGAcard

lCD-ROM

- drivers and applications on CD-ROM

- documentation on CD-ROM

lUser’sGuide onCD-ROM

3. System Requirements

To install MS-8801 VGA card, your computer system

needs to meet the following requirements:

Computer Intel Pentium®processor, Intel

Pentium®II/III processor or compat-

ible system

ExpansionSlot AGP slot

Monitor VGASupport,minimum640x480

resolution

Operatingsystem Windows®95/98, Windows®NT

3.51or4.0.

CD-ROM Double Speed or Higher

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5. Card Layout

1-4

J1 Y1

U2U1

CON 1

CON 2

U4 Trident 9880 Blade 3D AGP

GraphicsProcessor

U1/U2/U3/U5 SGRAM512Kx32/SGRAM1Mx32

U6 VGA BIOS

Y1 Crystal14.31818MHz

J1 VGA Connector D-SUB 15-pin

Q2 TL431 DIP

Q1 MOSFETTO-252N-TYPE

CON1/CON2 VMIport

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6. DB 15 Pin Connector

Analog Video Display Connector(DB15-S)

Pin Signal Description

1 Red

2 Green

3 Blue

4 Notused

5 Ground

6 Ground

7 Ground

8 Ground

9 Notused

10 Ground

11 Notused

12 SDA

13 Horizontal Sync

14 Vertical Sync

15 SCL

10 11

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