Nvidia GeForce Series User manual

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User Manual

Preface

Disclaimer

Information in this document has been carefully checked; however, no guarantee is given to the

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Conventions

The following conventions are followed throughout this manual:

Note: Text displayed in this manner indicates a note.

Prepare your working environment

Work Area: Make sure you have a stable, clean working environment with appropriate lighting

condition. Keep unused small components in containers to avoid lost.

Tools: The procedures that follow require several tools, including:

A cross-slot (Phillips) screwdriver

A grounding strap or an anti-static pad

Electrical and mechanical connections can be disconnected with your fingers. It is

recommended that not to use needle-nosed pliers when disconnecting connectors, since

needle nosed pliers may damage the soft parts of the connectors.

Precautions

Components and electronic circuit boards may be damaged by discharges of static electricity.

Working on a system that is connected to a power supply can be extremely dangerous. Follow

the guidelines below to avoid damage to the product or injury to yourself.

Always disconnect the unit from the power outlet before the operation.

If available, wear a grounded wrist strap. Or alternatively, discharge any static

electricity by touching the bare metal chassis of the unit case, or touch bare metal

body of any other grounded appliance.

Hold electronic circuit boards by the edges only. Do not touch the components on

the board unless it is necessary. Do not try to flex or stress circuit boards.

Keep all components inside the static-proof package which come with the product

before installation.

After installation is done, ensure that no screws or other small parts left inside the

case. Small metal parts can cause short circuits which may damage the

equipment.

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of the GeForce Series graphics accelerator

cards. With the GeForce series GPU, this product offers the best display card

performance available today.

Read this manual carefully before you start to install the hardware and software.

The GeForce Series display card is a delicate piece of technology that must be

handled correctly and installed properly.

1.1 Features

•High-Speed GDDR1/GDDR2/GDDR3/GDDR4 Memory Interface

•Supports DVI-I/D-Sub connector

•Supports AV/S-Video/HDTV/VIVO connector

•Supports Shader Mode 3.0/4.0

•Supports floating point High Dynamic-Range (HDR) Lighting

•DirectX 9.0c/10 and OpenGL 2.0 support

•NVIDIA®CineFX4.0/LumenexEngine

•NVIDIA®UltraShadowII Technology

•NVIDIA®Intellisample4.0 Technology

•NVIDIA®PureVideoTechnology

•NVIDIA®nView®Multi-Display Technology

•NVIDIA® SLI(Scalable Link Interface) Technology

•NVIDIA®Digital Vibrance Control(DVC) 3.0 Technology.

Note: Based on the model you purchase, feature of the GeForce graphics card

in your hand may be different. The features listed above are for reference only.

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1.2 System Requirements

To install your new display card, please check your card interface first.

•If your display card conforms fully to the PCI-Express standard, you

must have an empty PCI-Express slot on your motherboard.

•If your display card conforms to the AGP standard, you must have an

empty AGP slot on your motherboard.

The following operating systems are supported:

•Windows XP/Vista**

•Windows 2000

**Note: The NVIDIA® SLItechnology currently supports Windows XP/Vista

operating system only.

If your display card supports SLIfunction, please check the following

requirements before SLIconfiguration.

•Two PCI-Express x16 slots on your motherboard.

•Two identical SLI-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA®certified.

•The graphics card driver should support NVIDIA® SLItechnology.

•The power supply unit must provide at least the minimum power

required by the system, or the system will be unstable.

•A SLIBridge connector and a retention bracket are required to bridge

and fasten the two boards. (With the latest driver, SLI-ready graphics cards

are able to use SLImode without a SLIBridge connector. For more

information, please check NVIDIA website http://www.nvidia.com .)*

For detailed information about the hardware setup of SLIsystem, please

refer to your motherboard manual.

* The SLI Bridge connector and retention bracket should be included in motherboard package. If not,

please contact with your motherboard manufacturer.

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Chapter2: Hardware Installation

2.1 Display Card Installation Steps

Please follow to the steps below to install your new display card.

Note: If your motherboard has any on-board VGA function or there are other

VGA devices installed in your system, you may have to remove or disable them

before installing your new display card.

1. Shut down the computer and remove

the case cover.

2. Remove any existing graphics card.

3. Remove the blanking plate from the

PCI-Express or AGP slot

4. Press the PCI-Express 16X interface

card firmly into the PCI-Express slot,

making sure it is properly seated. (If

your new display card is AGP interface,

press it firmly into the AGP slot.)

5. Secure the card in place with a screw.

6. Replace the computer case cover.

Note: If provided with one or two spare

power supply cable(s), plug the power

supply cable(s) in to provide supplementary

power to the card. If supplementary power is

not provided, there may be a drop in the

card's performance.

7. Connect a monitor to the newly installed card and ensure that it is

correctly configured.

8. Turn on the computer and install the driver (Please refer to the Software

Installation in this manual).

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2.2 Card Connectors

Depend on the model you purchase, your VGA card may come with the

connectors below. Connect your monitor to one of the following outputs on the

display card and ensure that your monitor is correctly configured. See the

monitor installation instructions for more details.

Note: Based on special features integrated into each graphics card, the S-Video/HDTV/VIVO

connector on your graphics card may be different from the picture below.

S-Video

The S-Video connector is used to send video signals to S-Video

compatible display devices.

DVI-I The DVI-I (Digital Video Interface – Integrated) connector uses DVI-I

technology to provide high-speed digital video signals for digital display

devices.

VGA

(D-Sub)

This analog VGA (D-Sub) connector is used to connect via 15 pins

connector of CRT or LCD monitor.

2.3 Video Signal Cables

Note: The picture below is for reference only. The cable in your package may be slightly different

from the picture.

HDTV Cable

HDTV Cable is able to transmit High Definition video signals to your display via

the specially designed S-Video connector on the VGA Card.

Type 1 (AV-Out / S-Out &HDTV AV-Out x 3)

Type 2 (S-Out & HDTV AV-Out x 3)

Video Input & Video Output (VIVO Cable)

VGA card modules with video-in function is able to send and receive video

signals via the specially designed S-Video connector on the VGA card. Use

VIVO Cable to transfer inbound and outbound video signals simultaneously

Connector color Definition Function

Green Y OUT HDTV AV-Out

Red Pr OUT HDTV AV-Out

Blue Pb/COMP OUT HDTV AV-Out / Video-out (AV)

Orange COMP IN Video-In (AV)

Black S-VID OUT S-Video Out

White S-VID IN S-Video In

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Chapter3: Software Configuration

Note: The screenshots in this manual are for reference only. Based on the

display card version, actual screenshots may vary but the responses should be

similar.

Follow the instructions in this section to install the drivers and software for your

new display card.

Insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive in your system. The CD-ROM

should boot automatically and display the following screen.

If the screen does not show up automatically, open Windows Explorer and

double-click on VGA.exe in the root folder of the CD-ROM.

3.1 Driver Installation

Click the NVIDIA GeForce Driver button and follow the onscreen instructions

to install the VGA card driver. (Based on different display card, the model name

will be also shown on the button.)

3.2 DirectX 9.0 Installation

Click the Install Microsoft DirectX Button and follow the on-screen

instructions to install the DirectX software.

After the system rebooted, you will see the nVidia icon in the taskbar. Right

Click on the nVidia Icon to setup advanced options of the display card.

Nvidia Icon

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3.3 Configuring the Display

The following options are available from the nVidia controls:

Color Correction

The color correction function enables you

to make changes to the colors on screen.

Changes can be made to either the

desktop or to overlay/VMR (Video Mixing

Renderer). Color correction profiles can

either be created or imported.

Rotation Settings

The rotation settings command enables

you to change the display orientation as

required.

Custom Color Settings

The custom color settings command enables you to select a set of

previously saved custom color settings.

Performance and Quality Settings

The performance and quality settings

enable you to set image handling

properties, antialiasing, and anisotropic

filtering properties. Images can be set for

high quality or high performance (or two

intermediate settings). Anti-aliasing and

anisotropic properties can be set either to

be controlled by the application or to

predefined settings.

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Color Quality

The color quality can be set to 8, 16, or

32-bit. The highest color quality uses the

most system resources.

Screen Refresh Rate

The screen refresh rate can be set to 60,

72, 75, 80, or 85Hz. Set this value

correspond to your monitor refresh rate.

For LCD monitors the recommend refresh

rate is 60Hz

Screen Resolution

The screen resolution option enables you

to set the screen resolution. Please adjust

this value according to your monitor’s

resolution setting. Refer to the manual of

your monitor for the recommend resolution.

nView Toolbar

Make the nView Toolbar active by right-clicking on the NVIDIA SETTINGS

icon in the system tray, selecting nView Desktop Manager from the

pop-up menu and clicking on the Show nView Toolbar option.

The nView Toolbar will be displayed.Use the nView Toolbar to access

frequently used display management functions quickly.

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