Gigabyte Technology GV-3D1-7950-RH - Manuals

Hardware Installation - 5 - English Expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. Toprotect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow someprecautions whenever you work on your computer. 1. Turn off your computer and unplug power supply.2. Use a grounded wr...

GV-3D1-7950-RH Graphics Accelerator - 6 - English 2.2. Hardware installation Installing Your graphics card.Now that you have prepared your computer, you are ready to install your graphics acceleratorcard. To remove the existing graphics card: 1. Power off the computer and monitor, then disconnect th...

Hardware Installation - 7 - English 2. Replace the screw to fasten the card in place, and replace the computer cover. You are now ready to proceed with the installation of the graphics card driver. Please referto next chapter for detailed instructions. After installing the GV-3D1-7950-RH to your com...

Hardware Installation - 9 - English How NVIDIA ® SLI TM (Scalable Link Interface) technology works: In an SLI configuration, two SLI-ready graphics cards of the same model and the samemanufacturers are connected together via SLI bridge connector in a system that providestwo x 16 PCI Express slots to...

GV-3D1-7950-RH Graphics Accelerator - 10 - 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 insta...

Software Installation - 11 - English Step 4. Click "Finish" to restart computer. Then the DirectX 9 installation is completed. Installing the components. Step 2. Choose I accept the agreement and click the "Next" button. Step 3. Click the "Next" button.

GV-3D1-7950-RH Graphics Accelerator - 12 - 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 willautomatically detect a new hardware in the system and pop out a "New Hardware Found"message. The follo...

Software Installation - 13 - 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 Display Driver item. Step 2. When auto...

GV-3D1-7950-RH Graphics Accelerator - 14 - English After installation of the display drivers, you will find a NVIDIA icon on the taskbar's statusarea. Click this icon to open the control panel. You can adjust the properties ofthe graphics accelerator fromhere. Right click the icon.

Software Installation - 15 - English 3.1.4. Display properties pages To access Display Properties pages, right-click the GIGABYTE icon on the taskbar andselect Display Properties or right-click on Desktop and then select Properties . The Display Properties dialog box shows the information of display...

GV-3D1-7950-RH Graphics Accelerator - 16 - English Screen Adjustment Settings properties „ Click the arrow icons on the desktop image to adjust the screento the desired position. Display Mode Timing Settings properties „ Click to select your display’s timing mode:Auto-Detect is the "default"...

Software Installation - 17 - English Performance and Quality Settings properties „ The sliders lets to decide whether your application should usequality or high performance texture.• Application profiles: Select the application profile from the list of profiles. • Global driver settings: Select the ...

GV-3D1-7950-RH Graphics Accelerator - 18 - English Video Overlay Settings properties „ The Video Overlay Settings Properties can adjust Overlay zoom controls and Overlay color controls. There is only onevideo overlay, which is only available on the Primary display . The video overlay controls are au...

Software Installation - 19 - English Screen Resolutions & Refresh Rates properties „ The Screen Resolutions & Refresh Rates Properties allows you to adjust the screen resolution, color quality and monitorsettings (screen refresh rates). Or you can customize resolutionsand refresh rates. Menu...

GV-3D1-7950-RH Graphics Accelerator - 20 - English 3.1.5. nView properties pages nView is a set of desktop tools designed to help you be more productive when using your graphics card. With nView you can set up multiple desktops to work with your applications. Multiple desktops give you extra desktop...

Software Installation - 21 - English nView Profiles properties „ This tab contains a record all nView display settings for easysoftware setup. nView Desktop Management properties „ This tab contains information about the nView Desktop Manager.The setup wizard can also be accessed from this tab. nVie...

GV-3D1-7950-RH Graphics Accelerator - 22 - English nView Desktops properties „ This tab allows you to create up to 32 unique desktops. nView Applications properties „ This tab allows you to control nView settings depending differentapplications. nView User Interface properties „ This tab allows for ...

Software Installation - 23 - English nView Zoom properties „ This tab provides dynamic zoom functionality on the desktop.Also enables full screen video playback via the video mirroringcontrol button. nView Effects properties „ This tab provides special windows effects that you can applyto your appli...

GV-3D1-7950-RH Graphics Accelerator - 24 - English nView Mouse properties „ This tab can modify and extend mouse behavior with kinematicactions. nView Tools properties „ This tab can improve nView functionality for mobile and desktopusers.

Software Installation - 25 - English 3.2. Windows ® 2000 driver installation With Windows running on your computer, you need to install the graphics card driver to takeadvantage of the higher performance, resolutions, and special graphics features of thegraphics card. To ensure you install the lates...

GV-3D1-7950-RH Graphics Accelerator - 26 - English 4. Troubleshooting Tips The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. Contact your dealeror GBT for more advanced troubleshooting information. „ Check that the card is seated properly in the PCI Express x 16 slot. „ Ensure ...

Appendix - 27 - English 5. Appendix 5.1. How to Reflash the BIOS 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. ...

GV-3D1-7950-RH Graphics Accelerator - 28 - English 5.2. Resolutions and Color Depth Table (In Windows ® XP) GeForce 7950 GX2 Single Display Standard 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...

GV-3D1-7950-RH Graphics Accelerator - 30 - English 5.3. NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 - Motherboard Compatibility List The following motherboards have been tested and passed NVIDIA's compatibility testing requirementswith the GeForce 7950 GX2 graphics card. (Note) Manufacturer Model Chipset System BIOS AB...