Gigabyte Technology GV-NX88S640H-RH - Manuals

GV-NX88S640H-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 t...

Hardware Installation - 7 - English You are now ready to proceed with the installation of the graphics card driver. Please referto next chapter for detailed instructions. To TV / VCR To Flat Panel Display 2. Replace the screws to fasten the card in place, and replace the computer cover. To install y...

GV-NX88S640H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 8 - English GIGABYTE Video Adapter for Nvidia Graphics Cards (1) Connecting HDTVConnect your HDTV cables to the video adapteraccording to the corresponding color.(Y= Green, Pr= Red, Pb= Blue) (2) Connecting S-VideoIf your TV has a S-Video connection, connect th...

Hardware Installation - 9 - English How NVIDIA ® SLI ™ (Scalable Link Interface) technology works: In an SLI configuration, two SLI-ready graphics cards of the same model and the same manufacturersare connected together via SLI bridge connector in a system that provides two x16 PCI Express slotsto s...

GV-NX88S640H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 10 - English 3. Software Installation In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D: The installation of Windows ® 2000 / Windows ® XP drivers is very simple. When you insert the driver CD into your CD-ROM drive, you can see the AUTORUN ...

Software Installation - 11 - 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 install DirectX fir...

GV-NX88S640H-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 foll...

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 Install Display Driver item. Step 2. ...

GV-NX88S640H-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. 3.1.4. Taskbar I...

Software Installation - 15 - English 3.1.5. Display Properties Pages To access Display Properties pages, right-click on Desktop and then select Properties . The Display Properties dialog box shows the information of display adapter, color, the range of display area, and the refresh rate. Settings (R...

GV-NX88S640H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 16 - English „ Adjust Image Settings with Preview If you are unfamiliar with 3D technology or notan advanced graphics user, use the AdjustImage Settings with Preview page to previewany changes you make for improved imagequality and rendering. In the NVIDIA Cont...

Software Installation - 17 - English „ Manage 3D Settings The Manage 3D Settings page enables you toestablish default 3D settings to use for all yourDirect3D or OpenGL applications and to establisha unique set of 3D settings for a particular gameor application. „ Monitor Temperature Levels Use this ...

GV-NX88S640H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 18 - English Display A variety of display features enable you to further manipulate and configure your display settings tooptimize the use of your displays. Tasks in the Display pages allow you to do the following: Appearance • Run display optimization wizard• ...

Software Installation - 19 - English „ Change Resolution Attributes Using the Change Resolution controls, you canc h a n g e t h e c o l o r s e t t i n g , r e d u c e s c r e e nflickering, or adjust the amount of informationappearing on your display. „ Adjust Desktop Color Settings Use this page ...

GV-NX88S640H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 20 - English „ Manage Custom Timings If you are an advanced user, you can createcustom timing modes with the width, height,bit-color depth, and the refresh rate etc. TheAdvanced Timing page enables you to adjusttimings for your graphics card in order to support...

GV-NX88S640H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 22 - English Dualview Mode „ Adjust Video Color Settings Use the controls on this page to fine tune thecolor settings for video content on your display.Select one of the test images to monitor yourchanges. For best results, play a video whileyou make adjustment...

Software Installation - 23 - English „ Run Television Setup Wizard (Note) The wizard will guide you through the steps toc o n f i g u r e y o u r t e l e v i s i o n f o r u s e w i t h y o u rcomputer. Television (Note) HDTV Setup Follow the steps below to connect an HDTV to your system using the i...

GV-NX88S640H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 24 - English Step 6:Click the Preview button to preview the selected settings. Then click Next . Step 7:Click Finish to apply the new television settings. Step 4:Select Component in the Connector Type screen. Step 5: Select a definition type for your HDTV(depen...

Software Installation - 25 - English 3.1.6. 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 areas on whic...

GV-NX88S640H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 26 - English nView Profiles properties „ This tab contains a record of 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 f...

Software Installation - 27 - 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 customization ...

GV-NX88S640H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 28 - 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 app...

Software Installation - 29 - 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.

Troubleshooting Tips - 31 - 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 x16 slot. „ Ensure that the display...

GV-NX88S640H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 32 - English 5. Appendix 5.1. How to Reflash the BIOS in MS-DOS Mode 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...

Appendix - 33 - English 5.2. Resolutions and Color Depth Table (In Windows ® XP) GeForce 8800 GTS 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 x 200 60~75 3 3 3 320 x 24...