Nvidia GeForce GT220 User manual

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NVIDIA GeForce™GT220 / 210

User’s Manual

Version 1.00

Contents

INTRODUCTION......................................................................... 4

FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS......................................... 6

SYSTEM REQUIREMENT ........................................................ 11

CHECK LIST............................................................................. 11

HARDWARE DESCRIPTION.................................................... 12

DISPLAY DEVICES OUTPUT .................................................. 14

HARDWARE INSTALLATION.................................................. 17

INSTALLATION PROCEDURES ........................................................ 17

STEPS:........................................................................................ 17

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION................................................... 19

áWINDOWS®7AND VISTA DRIVER INSTALLATION.................... 19

áWINDOWS®XP DRIVER INSTALLATION.................................. 22

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE...................................................... 25

TECHNICAL SUPPORT................................................................... 27

HOW TO OBTAIN WARRANTY SERVICE .......................................... 27

LIMITED WARRANTY.............................................................. 29

OTHER LIMITS.............................................................................. 30

EXCLUSIVE OBLIGATION ............................................................... 31

OTHER STATEMENTS.................................................................... 31

TERMS AND CONDITIONS.............................................................. 31

SERVICES AGREEMENT:................................................................ 32

ENTIRE OBLIGATION..................................................................... 32

REDUCING WARRANTY CLAIM REJECTIONS..................... 33

Introduction

Today’s digital world is demanding and you need a PC that can

keep up. With the NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 220/210 graphics

card, clean up and post your home videos faster, make your

ordinary DVDs look like HD, and play popular games with better

performance. Get more for your money with GeForce GT

220/210 graphics and equip your PC for the digital world.

Gorgeous Graphics

Modern games and 3D applications demand more graphics

performance than ever before and integrated graphics simply

aren’t good enough. The GeForce GT 220/210 packs 48

processing cores into a compact power efficient design

delivering up to 37x the performance1of integrated solutions! If

you want to play popular games like World of Warcraft, Spore,

Sims3, Left 4 Dead or Fallout3, the GeForce GT 220/210 is an

essential addition to your PC.

Fantastic Video

Get all the video processing power that your digital lifestyle

requires. Clean up home video 4x faster and post to Facebook

with the GeForce GT 220/210. Convert your video and put it on

your iPod in minutes instead of hours3or make your DVDs look

like HD. Does your PC have a CPU powerful enough to playback

high definition Blu-Ray Movies? It doesn’t matter, the GeForce

GT 220/210 can playback any Blu Ray Movie with any modern

CPU4.

Premium Windows 7 Experience

Graphics processing units (GPUs) are an essential element of

today’s PCs, enabling more visual and more interactive

experiences. As a leader in visual computing and the inventor of

the GeForce GPU, NVIDIA worked closely with Microsoft on the

development of Windows 7 to ensure that its GPUs take full

advantage of the great new features and functionality. If you use

your PC to enhance photos, watch or edit videos, play games, or

if you simply desire a fast and efficient graphical interface,

NVIDIA GPUs will surely delight your senses and offer a

premium experience for Windows 7.

1Compared to Intel G45. Measured using 3DMark Vantage, Performance Pre-set on a Pentium Dual Core E5200 system

with 2GB RAM, Vista SP1.

2Compared to E8200 CPU with no GPU. Measured using MotionDSP vReveal on G31 system with 2GB RAM, Vista SP1.

3Comparison made using 30min 720p video clip on a Core2 Duo E8200, G31 system with 2GB RAM, Vista SP1. CPU test run on

Apple

iTunes. GPU test run on Elemental Technologies Badaboom.

4Intel Atom CPU or better.

Features and Specifications

•NVIDIA Unified Graphics Architecture

Fully unified graphics core dynamically allocates work to

geometry, vertex, physics, or pixel shading operations,

delivering superior graphics processing power.

•NVIDIA® CUDA™ Parallel Computing Architecture2

Massively parallel computing architecture provides

unprecedented levels of general processing power

increasing performance up to 20x over CPUs.

•DirectCompute Support

Full support for DirectCompute, Microsoft’s GPU

computing API.

•OpenCL Support

Full support for OpenCL GPU computing API.

•Microsoft Windows 7 Support

Windows 7 is the next generation operating system that

will mark a dramatic improvement in the way the OS

takes advantage of the graphics processing unit (GPU)

to provide a more compelling user experience. By taking

advantage of the GPU for both graphics and computing,

Windows 7 will not only make today’s PCs more visual

and more interactive but also ensure that they have the

speed and responsiveness customers want.

•NVIDIA® PhysX® Technology1

GeForce GPU support for NVIDIA PhysX technology,

enabling a totally new class of physical gaming

interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience

with GeForce.

•PCI Express 2.0 Support

Designed for the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture

offering the highest data transfer speeds for the most

bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications, while

maintaining backwards compatibility with existing PCI

Express motherboards for the broadest support.

•GigaThread™ Technology

Massively multi-threaded architecture supports

thousands of independent, simultaneous threads,

providing extreme processing efficiency in advanced,

next generation shader programs.

•NVIDIA® Lumenex™ Engine

Delivers stunning image quality and floating point

accuracy at ultra-fast frame rates.

•16x Anti-aliasing Technology

Lightning fast, high-quality anti-aliasing at up to 16x

sample rates obliterates jagged edges.

•128-bit floating point High

Dynamic-Range (HDR) Lighting

Twice the precision of prior generations for incredibly

realistic lighting effects— with support for anti-aliasing.

•NVIDIA® GeForce® Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)

Delivers a proven record of compatibility, reliability, and

stability with the widest range of games and applications.

GeForce drivers provide the best out-of-box experience

for every user and deliver continuous performance and

feature updates over the life of GeForce GPUs.

•NVIDIA® PureVideo® HD Technology3

The combination of high-definition video decode

acceleration and post-processing that delivers

unprecedented picture clarity, smooth video, accurate

color, and precise image scaling for movies and video.

•Hardware Decode Acceleration

Provides ultra-smooth playback of H.264, VC-1, WMV,

DivX, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 HD and SD movies without

the need for a dual or quad-core CPU.

•Dual-stream Hardware Acceleration

Supports picture-in-picture content for the ultimate

interactive Blu-ray and HD DVD movie experience.

•Dynamic Contrast Enhancement & Color Stretch

Provides post-processing and optimization of High

Definition movies on a scene by scene basis for

spectacular picture clarity.

•Enhanced Error Resilience

Correct errors or losses in broadcast content to ensure

crisp, high quality playback.

•Advanced Spatial-Temporal De-Interlacing

Sharpens HD and standard definition interlaced content

on progressive displays, delivering a crisp, clear picture

that rivals high-end home-theater systems.

•High-Quality Scaling

Enlarges lower resolution movies and videos to HDTV

resolutions, while maintaining a clear, clean image. Also

provides downscaling of videos, including high-definition,

while preserving image detail.

•Inverse Telecine (3:2 & 2:2 Pulldown Correction)

Recovers original film images from films-converted-to-

video (DVDs, 1080i HD content), providing more

accurate movie playback and superior picture quality.

•Bad Edit Correction

When videos are edited, the edits can disrupt the normal

3:2 or 2:2 pulldown cadence. PureVideo uses advanced

processing techniques to detect poor edits, recover the

original content, and display perfect picture detail frame

after frame for smooth, natural looking video.

•Noise Reduction

Improves movie image quality by removing unwanted

artifacts.

•Edge Enhancement

Sharpens movie images by providing higher contrast

around lines and objects.

•Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 Support

DirectX 10.1 GPU with Shader Model 4.1 support.

•OpenGL® 3.0 Optimization and Support

Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for

OpenGL applications.

•Dual 400MHz RAMDACs

Blazing-fast RAMDACs support dual QXGA displays

with ultra-high, ergonomic refresh rates–up to

2048x1536@85Hz.

•Dual-link DVI Support

Able to drive industry’s largest and highest resolution

flat-panel displays up to 2560x1600 and with support for

High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP).

•HDMI 1.3a Support

Fully integrated support for HDMI 1.3a including xvYCC,

Deep color and 7.1 digital surround sound.

•Dual-link HDCP Capable4

Designed to meet the output protection management

(HDCP) and security specifications of the Blu-ray Disc

format, allowing the playback of encrypted movie

content on PCs when connected to HDCP-compliant

displays.

1NVIDIA PhysX drivers are required to experience in-game GPU PhysX acceleration. Refer to

www.nvidia.com/PhysX for more information.

2Requires application support for CUDA technology.

3Feature requires supported video software. Features may vary by product.

4Requires other HDCP-compatible components.

Operating Systems

•Built for Microsoft Windows 7, Vista

•Windows XP

Compatibility

•NVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)

•Fully compliant with OpenGL including OpenGL 3.1

•Microsoft DirectX 9, 10

•WHQL-certified for Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

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