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Contents INTRODUCTION 4 KEY FEATURES 5 SECOND GENERATION GPU 5 PERFORMANCE 5 QUALITY 6 HDTV/DVD PLAYBACK 6 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT 7 CHECK LIST 7 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION 8 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 9 INSTALLATION PROCEDURES 9 STEPS 10 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 11 ÿ MICROSOFT WINDOWS®9X 11 ÿ WINDOWS®ME DISPLAY DRIVER 12 ÿ WINDOWS® 2000 DISPLAY DRIVER 13 ÿ MICROSOFT NT™4.0 14 2
Contents INTRODUCTION 4 KEY FEATURES 5 SECOND GENERATION GPU 5 PERFORMANCE 5 QUALITY 6 HDTV/DVD PLAYBACK 6 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT 7 CHECK LIST 7 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION 8 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 9 INSTALLATION PROCEDURES 9 STEPS 10 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 11 ÿ MICROSOFT WINDOWS®9X 11 ÿ WINDOWS®ME DISPLAY DRIVER 12 ÿ WINDOWS® 2000 DISPLAY DRIVER 13 ÿ MICROSOFT NT™4.0 14 2
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...Quality • nVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture • Industry's first fully compliant professional OpenGL 1.2 support for all Linux™ and Windows® operating systems • WHQL-certified Windows 2000, Windows NT®4.0, Windows 98 and Windows NT®3.5 • Complete Linux drivers, including full ...OpenGL HDTV/DVD Playback • Optimized for multiple color depths including 32-bit: − High-Definition Video Processor (HDVP) for full-screen, full-frame video playback of 720p HDTV and DVD resolutions ...
...Quality • nVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture • Industry's first fully compliant professional OpenGL 1.2 support for all Linux™ and Windows® operating systems • WHQL-certified Windows 2000, Windows NT®4.0, Windows 98 and Windows NT®3.5 • Complete Linux drivers, including full ...OpenGL HDTV/DVD Playback • Optimized for multiple color depths including 32-bit: − High-Definition Video Processor (HDVP) for full-screen, full-frame video playback of 720p HDTV and DVD resolutions ...
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System Requirement ± Intel Pentium® II or III, or compatible system with AGP Bus Extension Slot ± CD-ROM drive, Double speed or faster ± Hard Drive with at least 10MB Free space ± MS Windows® 9x / Me/NT™4.0/2000 operating system ± USB supplemental driver for mainboard's core-logic chipset (Only for MS Windows® 95 OS) Check List R 3DForce2 MX, or 3DForce2 MX-LCD Multimedia Accelerator R Software & Documents CD R Quick Start Guide (Printed) 7
System Requirement ± Intel Pentium® II or III, or compatible system with AGP Bus Extension Slot ± CD-ROM drive, Double speed or faster ± Hard Drive with at least 10MB Free space ± MS Windows® 9x / Me/NT™4.0/2000 operating system ± USB supplemental driver for mainboard's core-logic chipset (Only for MS Windows® 95 OS) Check List R 3DForce2 MX, or 3DForce2 MX-LCD Multimedia Accelerator R Software & Documents CD R Quick Start Guide (Printed) 7
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...manual for any damage, caused directly or indirectly, by improper installation of any peripherals (printer, external drives, modem, etc.). 2. Otherwise, video driver installation won't go through properly. Disconnect the power cord and the monitor cable from the back of the computer. 3. Replace the computer cover...and put the screw aside (you do not feel comfortable performing the installation, consult with the mounting screws you removed in AGP expansion slot, carefully line up the gold-fingered edge connector on the adapter directly above the expansion slot connector on the ...
...manual for any damage, caused directly or indirectly, by improper installation of any peripherals (printer, external drives, modem, etc.). 2. Otherwise, video driver installation won't go through properly. Disconnect the power cord and the monitor cable from the back of the computer. 3. Replace the computer cover...and put the screw aside (you do not feel comfortable performing the installation, consult with the mounting screws you removed in AGP expansion slot, carefully line up the gold-fingered edge connector on the adapter directly above the expansion slot connector on the ...
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...OK. 8. The display device selected "3DForce2 MX series, nVIDIA GeForce2 MX", then press on "Change", then "Have Disk". 7. Click on the "Display Driver" selection bar. 4. Close and apply to "Settings" tab, then click on " Advance" button. 5. Insert the software' CD into the CD ROM drive. Switch to finish AGP's display driver installation. 10. Tab on "Adapter" screen...Plug-and-Play) detected on the new hardware, click on [Cancel] button to complete installation. 11 After Windows®9x desktop loaded completely, following the video driver installation procedure below. 1.
...OK. 8. The display device selected "3DForce2 MX series, nVIDIA GeForce2 MX", then press on "Change", then "Have Disk". 7. Click on the "Display Driver" selection bar. 4. Close and apply to "Settings" tab, then click on " Advance" button. 5. Insert the software' CD into the CD ROM drive. Switch to finish AGP's display driver installation. 10. Tab on "Adapter" screen...Plug-and-Play) detected on the new hardware, click on [Cancel] button to complete installation. 11 After Windows®9x desktop loaded completely, following the video driver installation procedure below. 1.
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... unfold on MX, unfold on . 4. Then, press on button. 3. After the desktop loaded completely, placed the software CD into the CD ROM driver and proceed the display driver installation. 1. Wizard prompt a confirmation for driver installation process. The followings are some of the driver (Advanced)", ...1. Upgrade system installation: Add or change a new adapter, please remove the existing video driver, or replace it also performs PnP when you install the new hardware and software(video display driver). Click button to an existing system, you may proceed a few steps before you...
... unfold on MX, unfold on . 4. Then, press on button. 3. After the desktop loaded completely, placed the software CD into the CD ROM driver and proceed the display driver installation. 1. Wizard prompt a confirmation for driver installation process. The followings are some of the driver (Advanced)", ...1. Upgrade system installation: Add or change a new adapter, please remove the existing video driver, or replace it also performs PnP when you install the new hardware and software(video display driver). Click button to an existing system, you may proceed a few steps before you...
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...to ALL-IN-ONE mainboards (which video port built-in already), then ...driver as the followings: 1. X:). 2. typically, D: or E:, etc.), and click OK. 13 The driver installation for the new video adapter setup. 4. Click on the "Display Driver..." selection bar. 4. If you try add this device and placed appropriate display driver...; 2000 Display Driver: Microsoft Windows®2000 detects this video adapter to "...Have Disk". 7. To maximum the video board acceleration and breadth its operating ...
...to ALL-IN-ONE mainboards (which video port built-in already), then ...driver as the followings: 1. X:). 2. typically, D: or E:, etc.), and click OK. 13 The driver installation for the new video adapter setup. 4. Click on the "Display Driver..." selection bar. 4. If you try add this device and placed appropriate display driver...; 2000 Display Driver: Microsoft Windows®2000 detects this video adapter to "...Have Disk". 7. To maximum the video board acceleration and breadth its operating ...
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.... 1. If the driver "3DForce2 MX series, nVIDIA GeForce2 MX" is the CD ROM drive where the Software & Documents CD has been inserted. 6. SELECT the desired color palette (the number of colors), desktop area (resolution), and refresh frequency in the same page to finish AGP's display driver installation. ÿ Microsoft NT™4.0 To proceeding the video display driver installation, you...
.... 1. If the driver "3DForce2 MX series, nVIDIA GeForce2 MX" is the CD ROM drive where the Software & Documents CD has been inserted. 6. SELECT the desired color palette (the number of colors), desktop area (resolution), and refresh frequency in the same page to finish AGP's display driver installation. ÿ Microsoft NT™4.0 To proceeding the video display driver installation, you...
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... and are unable to correct that the driver is re-boot the system with a system (Windows® 95) formatted floppy diskette. If the problem occurring in windows, make sure that you have been changed in the system. Most AGP video cards designed for conflicts is a monitor mis-... many technical articles to help users with this subject, such as troubleshooting with the original video driver, or delete and re-install the current video driver to check for Plug-n-Play, that means video card IRQ's setup which controls by main board's (motherboard) circuitry and BIOS. Explain and ...
... and are unable to correct that the driver is re-boot the system with a system (Windows® 95) formatted floppy diskette. If the problem occurring in windows, make sure that you have been changed in the system. Most AGP video cards designed for conflicts is a monitor mis-... many technical articles to help users with this subject, such as troubleshooting with the original video driver, or delete and re-install the current video driver to check for Plug-n-Play, that means video card IRQ's setup which controls by main board's (motherboard) circuitry and BIOS. Explain and ...
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...mean? Answer "Rendering Engine" generically applies to default after restart the system. Debug the source-code or fix the error in video driver that is necessary. Answer 3D technology is becoming increasingly important (and common) not only in games, but it off, or ...feature. Try re-configuring your system. The generic VGA driver should be a bug (defected source-code) in video driver, or in your application software to a monitor that DDC automatically setup the display frequency without loading video driver. Some new monitors are also synchronizing this problem because ...
...mean? Answer "Rendering Engine" generically applies to default after restart the system. Debug the source-code or fix the error in video driver that is necessary. Answer 3D technology is becoming increasingly important (and common) not only in games, but it off, or ...feature. Try re-configuring your system. The generic VGA driver should be a bug (defected source-code) in video driver, or in your application software to a monitor that DDC automatically setup the display frequency without loading video driver. Some new monitors are also synchronizing this problem because ...
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... blending) in terms of software rendering for the current CPU generation. This is too much for simple scenes can a standard 2D graphics card achieve 3D performance? Software rendering can benefit from 3D rendering. With such stratagems, the speed of delta values for edges, color, and...a game, VRML, or modeling package, can take advantage of "tricks" learned by force of necessity through years of raw vertex information; the drivers need to calculate the delta values for memory bandwidth. whereas, most common designs force triangles to handle ten (10) times more complex (or ...
... blending) in terms of software rendering for the current CPU generation. This is too much for simple scenes can a standard 2D graphics card achieve 3D performance? Software rendering can benefit from 3D rendering. With such stratagems, the speed of delta values for edges, color, and...a game, VRML, or modeling package, can take advantage of "tricks" learned by force of necessity through years of raw vertex information; the drivers need to calculate the delta values for memory bandwidth. whereas, most common designs force triangles to handle ten (10) times more complex (or ...
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... function without prior notice and does not represent a commitment on the 21 Red Ground 6 Green Ground 7 Blue Ground 8 Sync Ground 9 Analog Video Signals Return Red 6 Return Green 7 Return Blue 8 Digital Ground 10 Ground 5 Black Level = 0 V Full Intensity (White) Level = ...+0.7 V Technical Support In the event you contact technical support: þ Name of the product. þ Software Driver and Version. þ System Information, such as CPU speed, BIOS version, Monitor Specification, etc. þ Description of the problems including any error...
... function without prior notice and does not represent a commitment on the 21 Red Ground 6 Green Ground 7 Blue Ground 8 Sync Ground 9 Analog Video Signals Return Red 6 Return Green 7 Return Blue 8 Digital Ground 10 Ground 5 Black Level = 0 V Full Intensity (White) Level = ...+0.7 V Technical Support In the event you contact technical support: þ Name of the product. þ Software Driver and Version. þ System Information, such as CPU speed, BIOS version, Monitor Specification, etc. þ Description of the problems including any error...