Page 2 - English; Table of Contents
GV-N52128 Series Graphics Accelerator - 2 - English Table of Contents 1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 3 1.1. Features ..................................................................................................... 3 1.2....
Page 4 - Hardware Installation; whenever you work on your computer.; DO NOT APPLY POWER TO YOUR SYSTEM IF IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED ON THE CARD.; The GV-N52128 Series package contains the following:
GV-N52128 Series Graphics Accelerator - 4 - English 2. Hardware Installation Expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer. 1. Turn off your computer a...
Page 7 - To install your graphics accelerator card:
Hardware Installation - 7 - English 2.3. Hardware installation Installing Your graphics card. Now that you have prepared your computer, you are ready to install your graphics accelerator card. To install your graphics accelerator card: 1. Power off the computer and monitor, then disconnect the displ...
Page 9 - Software Installation; In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D:; The installation of Win; XP driver and utilities installation; system has installed DirectX 8 or later version.
Software Installation - 9 - English 3. Software Installation In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D: The installation of Win ® 98/98SE / Win ® 2000 / Win ® ME / Win ® XP drivers is very simple. When you insert the driver CD into your CD-ROM drive, you can see the AUTOR...
Page 10 - ME or Windows; Step 2. Choose I accept the agreement and; Step 1. When autorun window show up, click; Install DirectX 9 item.
GV-N52128 Series Graphics Accelerator - 10 - English 3.1.2. DirectX installation Install Microsoft DirectX to enable 3D hardware acceleration support for Windows ® 98/ 98SE / Windows ® 2000 / Windows ® ME or Windows ® XP to achieve better 3D performence. M Note: For software MPEG support in Windows ...
Page 11 - Step; Then the DirectX 9 installation is completed.
Software Installation - 11 - English Step 4. Click "Finish" to restart computer. Then the DirectX 9 installation is completed. Installing the components.
Page 12 - A. New hardware found; is a driver CD disk that came with your graph-; Step 2: Found new hardware wizard: Searching and installing
GV-N52128 Series 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 will automatically detect a new hardware in the system and pop out a "New Hardware Found" message. The f...
Page 13 - Install Display Driver item.; Then the driver installation is completed.
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 2. Click "Next" button. Click "Install Display Driver" ite...
Page 14 - Then the V-Tuner installation is completed.
GV-N52128 Series Graphics Accelerator - 14 - English 3.1.4. Utilities on driver CD 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". • Install V-Tuner: Step 3. Enter your name and company. Step 4. Click ...
Page 16 - After installation of the display drivers, you will find a GBT icon; You can link to GBT website for updated information about the
GV-N52128 Series Graphics Accelerator - 16 - English 3.1.5. Taskbar icon After installation of the display drivers, you will find a GBT icon on the taskbar's status area. Right-clicking this icon opens the GBT control panel, showing a menu composed of shortcut of the graphics card's enhanced and oth...
Page 17 - VGA Information; gamma values for each or all of RGB colors.
Software Installation - 17 - English VGA Information VGA Info lists the relevant information about your card. Color Adjust Color Adjust allows you to make color adjustments, such as brightness, contrast and gamma values for each or all of RGB colors.
Page 18 - status area. Clicking this icon open the control panel.; You can adjust the properties of the
GV-N52128 Series Graphics Accelerator - 18 - English After installation of the display drivers, you will find a NVIDIA icon on the taskbar's status area. Clicking this icon open the control panel. Right click the icon. You can adjust the properties of the graphics accelertaor from here. You can enab...
Page 19 - and the refresh rate.; Settings (Resolutions and Color depth for windows); You can click the item to change
Software Installation - 19 - English 3.1.6. Display properties pages The screen shows the information of display adapter, color, the range of display area and the refresh rate. Settings (Resolutions and Color depth for windows) The Setting properties page allows you to adjust the screen resolution a...
Page 20 - Screen Adjustment properties; The Color Correction Properties is used to adjust the color
GV-N52128 Series Graphics Accelerator - 20 - English Screen Adjustment properties n Click the icons on the desktop image to adjust the screen to the desired position. Note: On certain monitors, the screen may go blank momentarily during adjustment. Display Timing properties n Select the proper timin...
Page 21 - Performance and Quality Settings properties
Software Installation - 21 - English Performance and Quality Settings properties n The sliders lets to decide whether your application should use qulity or high performance texture. • Image Settings: Moving the slider to the left will maximize application performance, while moving the slider to the ...
Page 22 - OpenGL Settings properties; The Overlay Controls Properties is used to adjust the; Refresh Rate Override properties
GV-N52128 Series Graphics Accelerator - 22 - English OpenGL Settings properties n Performance and Compatibility options. • Disable support for enhanced CPU instruction sets. • Enable conformant OpenGL texture clamp behavior. • Multi-Display Hardware Acceleration • Default Color Depth (for textures) ...
Page 23 - NV Rotate properties
Software Installation - 23 - English NV Rotate properties n The NV Rotate Properties is used to rotate the screen. If your monitor is capable of operating in either Landscape or Portrait mode, you can adjust the screen by this properties. • Landscape (0 degree rotation) • Portrait (90 degree rotatio...
Page 24 - Click nView Properties item.; Click on the NVIDIA icon; Access nView properties page:; This tab contains information about the nView Desktop
GV-N52128 Series Graphics Accelerator - 24 - English Click nView Properties item. 3.1.7. nView properties pages nView is a set of desktop tools designed to help you be more productive when using your graphics card. Using nView you can set up multiple desktops to work with your applications. Multiple...
Page 25 - nView Windows properties
Software Installation - 25 - English nView Windows properties n This tab allows you to control of window and dialog box placement when using multiple monitors. nView Profiles properties n This tab contains a record all nView display settings for easy software setup. You can either select a profile f...
Page 26 - nView Hot Keys properties; This tab lets you perform various actions with shortcut keys; nView Zoom properties; This tab provides dynamic zoom functionality on the desktop.
GV-N52128 Series Graphics Accelerator - 26 - English nView Hot Keys properties n This tab lets you perform various actions with shortcut keys or key combinations. nView Zoom properties n This tab provides dynamic zoom functionality on the desktop. Also enables full screen video playback via the vide...
Page 27 - ME driver installation
Software Installation - 27 - English 3.2. Win ® 98/98SE / Win ® 2000 / Win ® ME driver installation Please make sure the Windows have installed Windows Service Pack version 2 (or later) before installing the graphics accelerator driver. With Windows running on your computer, you need to install the ...
Page 28 - Troubleshooting Tips
GV-N52128 Series Graphics Accelerator - 28 - English 4. Troubleshooting Tips The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. Contact your dealer or GBT for more advanced troubleshooting information. n Check that the card is seated properly in the AGP slot. n Ensure that the d...
Page 29 - How to reflash the BIOS for your graphics card?
Appendix - 29 - English 3. Change the command path to the file location C:\> or A:\> 4. Backup BIOS command : C:\> nvflash -b <filename> 5. Reflash BIOS command as below : C:\> nvflash -f <filename> 6. Reboot your PC when it's done. 5. Appendix 5.1. How to reflash the BIOS We...
Page 30 - GV-N52128 Series Single Display Stardard Modes
GV-N52128 Series Graphics Accelerator - 30 - English 5.2. Resolutions and color depth table (In Windows ® XP) 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 P P P 70 P P P 72 P P P 75 P P P 32...