3DLABS Wildcat4 7110 User Manual
3Dlabs, Inc.
Wildcat4 Graphics Accelerator Card
User’s Guide
3Dlabs®, Inc.
1901 McCarthy Blvd.
Milpitas, CA 95035
www.3dlabs.com
Copyright 2002 by 3Dlabs, Inc. – A Creative Company
3Dlabs and Wildcat are registered trademarks, and Wildcat4, SuperScene and ParaScale are trademarks of
3Dlabs, Inc. or 3Dlabs Inc. Ltd. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel. OpenGL is a registered
trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc. Soft Engine is a trademark of Vibrant Graphics, Inc. AutoCAD is a
registered trademark of AutoDesk Inc. Microsoft, Windows 2000 and Windows XP are registered
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other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
Caution: Changes or modifications to your 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card not expressly approved by
3Dlabs, Inc. voids the user’s warranty.
FCC Notice: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate
radio frequency energy. If product is not installed and used in accordance with the instruction Guide, it
may cause harmful interference to radio communications; however, there is no guarantee that interference
will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or
television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged
to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
1. Re-orient or relocate the receiving antenna.
2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
3. Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is
connected.
4. Consult 3Dlabs or an experienced radio/TV technician for assistance.
Compliance with FCC Rules requires that a shielded cable be used to connect to other equipment. This
device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1)
this device may not cause harmful interference, and 2) this device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired operation.
This Class B digital apparatus meets all the requirements of the Canadian Interference- Causing
Equipment Regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du
Règlement sur le material brouilleur du Canada.
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publication will not infringe on existing or future patent rights, nor do descriptions contained in this
publication imply the granting of licenses to make, use, or sell equipment or software in accordance with
the description.
Specifications Subject to Change Without Notice
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CONTENTS
Chapter 1– Introduction...................................................................................................... 1
Welcome to 3Dlabs!........................................................................................................ 2
System Requirements...................................................................................................... 2
Features ........................................................................................................................... 3
Chapter 2 – Setup................................................................................................................ 6
Preparing for Installation................................................................................................. 7
Before you begin your installation.............................................................................................................7
Installing your Wildcat4 Graphics Accelerator Card ................................................................................. 7
If you are upgrading the graphics card in your system.............................................................................10
Connecting the Monitor........................................................................................................................... 10
Connecting a DVI monitor.......................................................................................................................10
Connecting a VGA monitor ..................................................................................................................... 11
Attaching a Stereo Device............................................................................................. 12
Installing the Driver Software ....................................................................................... 12
Make sure your computer is ready...........................................................................................................12
Removing an existing driver under Windows 2000................................................................................. 12
Removing an existing driver under Windows XP....................................................................................13
Installing the Wildcat4 driver ..................................................................................................................13
Heidi Driver for AutoDesk Applications ...................................................................... 13
3ds max Driver.............................................................................................................. 13
Verify the Default Video Display Driver...................................................................... 14
Verifying under Windows 2000...............................................................................................................14
Verifying under Windows XP..................................................................................................................14
Verify the System Startup Version................................................................................ 14
Verifying under Windows 2000...............................................................................................................14
Verifying under Windows XP..................................................................................................................15
Registering Your 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card ................................................... 15
Chapter 3 – Software Configuration ................................................................................. 16
The 3Dlabs Wildcat4 Driver ......................................................................................... 17
Configuring the Video Display ..................................................................................... 17
Using the Wildcat Configuration tab .......................................................................................................17
Using the Wildcat Monitor tab.................................................................................................................18
Enabling stereo display............................................................................................................................21
Enabling Multiview and Genlock on the Wildcat4 7210............................................. 21
Enabling Multiview features.................................................................................................................... 21
Confirming multiview cables are detected...............................................................................................22
Enabling genlock features........................................................................................................................ 22
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Configuring Dual Monitors........................................................................................... 22
Enabling the Dual Monitor Feature..........................................................................................................22
Optimizing the Wildcat Driver...................................................................................... 24
Enabling application-specific optimizations ............................................................................................ 24
Creating a Custom Optimization................................................................................... 25
Chapter 4 – Troubleshooting ............................................................................................26
Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................27
Monitors and Display Resolutions ................................................................................ 27
Diagnostics.................................................................................................................... 27
Obtaining a Usable Video Resolution........................................................................... 28
Booting into Safe Mode...........................................................................................................................28
Determining a defective unit....................................................................................................................28
Reinstalling the Video Driver........................................................................................28
Removing an existing driver under Windows 2000................................................................................. 29
Removing an existing driver under Windows XP....................................................................................29
Reinstalling the video driver....................................................................................................................29
Online Information........................................................................................................ 29
Appendix A – Specifications ............................................................................................ 30
A Specifications ............................................................................................................ 31
Appendix B – Software License ....................................................................................... 34
SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT ......................................................................35
Limited Warranty.......................................................................................................... 36
Appendix C – Regulatory Statements............................................................................... 38
Appendix D – Terms and Definitions............................................................................... 40
Terms and Definitions................................................................................................... 41
Index .................................................................................................................................45
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CHAPTER 1– INTRODUCTION
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Introduction
Welcome to 3Dlabs!
Thank you for selecting a 3Dlabs® Wildcat4TM Graphics Accelerator Card!
This User Guide is designed to provide information about Wildcat4 Graphics Accelerator Cards. In
addition to this guide, you are strongly encouraged to use the online help included in the 3Dlabs driver
software Help screens.
System Requirements
· Intel® AGP 8x motherboard
· Microsoft Windows 2000 (SP2) or Windows XP (32-bit).
· AGP Pro 50 expansion slot Note: For maximum performance, the card should only be installed in
systems that support AGP 3.0 at 8x speeds.
· One open PCI slot adjacent to the AGP Pro 50 slot
· 128 MB minimum, 512 MB (or greater) recommended for best performance
· Industry-standard, multiple-frequency monitor (VGA) or a Digital Video Interface (DVI-I)
compliant digital display device
· 3 MB of free space on the computer’s primary system disk for the video display driver software
·
NOTE: If you purchased your Wildcat4 Graphics Accelerator Card as part of a system, it
was preconfigured to operate in your system prior to shipment. No other
modifications are necessary. Also, your system’s video drivers were installed prior
to shipment and are operative when you receive the system. No further installation
or configuration is necessary unless you purchased a customer kit or need to
reinstall your video card. Store the driver delivery media that came with your
system in a safe place in case you ever need to reinstall the drivers.
For more detailed information on the operating system, refer to Microsoft’s web site or to the printed
documentation delivered with the system.
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Features
Card Interface AGP Pro 50 card designed for systems that have a 50-watt
AGP Pro slot.
OTE: THE WILDCAT4 7210 OR WILDCAT4 7110
N
CANNOT PLUG INTO A STANDARD AGP SLOT.
Video Memory
Wildcat4 7210
§ Frame Buffer: 128 MB
DDR memory
§ Texture Buffer: 256 MB
DDR memory
Wildcat4 7110
§ Frame Buffer: 128 MB
DDR memory
§ Texture Buffer: 128 MB
DDR memory
Graphics Controller High-speed Wildcat4 chipset technology with dual display
support.
RAMDAC 320 MHz
Plug-and-Play Monitor Support Yes
OpenGL 1.3 Support Yes
DirectX 7 Support Yes
OpenML 1.0 Support Yes
Maximum Resolution; Aspect Ratio;
Refresh Rate
2048 x 1152; 16:9; 75 Hz
N
OTE: SUPPORTED REFRESH RATES, MONITOR RESOLUTIONS,
ASPECT RATIOS, AND COLOR DEPTHS DEPEND ON YOUR TYPE
OF MONITOR
SELECTED AND IF YOU ARE USING SINGLE OR DUAL
MONITORS
SUPPORTED RESOLUTIONS AND REFRESH RATES
T
O DISPLAY AT A SPECIFIC RESOLUTION WITH THE DESIRED
REFRESH RATE
SUPPORT THAT REFRESH RATE
DOCUMENTATION THAT CAME WITH YOUR MONITOR FOR A
LIST OF SUPPORTED VIDEO RESOLUTIONS
, WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE MULTISAMPLING
. SEE Appendix A, Specifications, FOR A LIST OF
.
, BOTH THE VIDEO CARD AND MONITOR MUST
. REFER TO THE
.
Power Management Support
· Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS)
· Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
(ACPI)
Geometry Acceleration
· Model view matrix transformation of vertex and
normal coordinates
· Perspective and viewport transformations
· Texture matrix transformation of texture
coordinates
· Local display list storage and processing
· Full lighting calculations (up to 32 lights)
· View volume clipping
· Up to six user clip planes
· Image processing
Traditional 2D Operations
· 16- and 32-bit color depths (565, 8888)
· Solid, patterned, and gradient area fills
· Vectors (diamond rule compliant)
· Block moves (screen-to-screen)
· Block gets (screen-to-system)
· Block puts (system-to-screen)
· Bilinear scaling
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eatures, cont.
Texture Modes Global and local
OpenGL (1.3 Compliant) Extension
· Imaging Extensions:
Support
· Blend Extensions:
· Fog Extensions:
· Occlusion culling
· Texture Extensions:
· Video Extensions:
· Swap Control Extensions:
· Pixel texture and 3D texturing
· Pbuffer
· Image buffer
· Gamma
· Stencil operation wrap
· Separate specular
· Post-texturing specular
Introduction
Pixel buffer
Color table
Color matrix
Convolution
Color
Minmax
Function separate
Subtract
Transpose Matrix
Fog function
Fog offset
3D textures: edge, border, and LOD clamps
Mipmap generation
Color table
Color masking
LOD
4D
Interlace
Interlace read
422 pixels
Swap control
Swap frame lock
Swap usage
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eatures, cont.
OpenGL Operations
Additional Features
Introduction
· Points (2D, 3D, wide)
· Vectors (2D and 3D lines and line strips; wide,
stippled)
· Polygons (triangles, triangle strips, quads, quad
strips, polygons, point/line polygon mode)
· Antialiased points, vectors, and polygons
· Image support (multiple formats, zoom, color
matrix, color tables)
· Alpha Operations
· Scissoring
· Window clipping
· Masking
· Fogging (linear, exponential, exponential
2
, user-
defined)
· Texture mapping (point, bilinear, trilinear, 3D,
cube-mapped, bump-mapped)
· Multiple Internal Texture Formats (RGBA: 8888,
5551, 4444; luminance-alpha)
· Multi-texturing (2 sets of texture coordinates)
· Extensive texture environments (blend, modulate,
decal, replace, add, subtract, interpolate, dot3)
· Stencil Operations
· Dithering
· Rich set of blending operations
· Depth buffering (24- and 32-bit)
· SuperScene full-scene multisampled anti-
aliasing:
Point sampled with sixteen samples
Sample location jittering
Dynamic sample allocation
Dynamic sample backoff
· Two video look-up tables
· Eight stencil planes
· Eight double-buffered overlay planes
· 32-bit Z buffer
· High-performance DACs that directly drive
display devices
· DDC2B Display Data Channel standard
· Stereoscopic Viewing Support—Interlaced or
Frame Sequential
· Multiview and Genlock support (Wildcat4 7210
only).
· Onboard texture memory with full mipmapped
trilinear interpolated texture processing
· Digital Video Interface (DVI) display support
(single or dual DVI-I support)
· Big and Little Endian support
· Global and local texture modes
· Textures per screen
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CHAPTER 2 – SETUP
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Software Configuration
Preparing for Installation
NOTE: If you purchased your Wildcat4 Graphics Accelerator Card as part of a system, it
was installed and configured prior to shipment. The following instructions for
hardware installation are necessary only if you purchased a customer kit or need
to reinstall your video card.
Before you begin your installation
1. Save any work in progress and exit any open applications. Always back up your system before
you install any new hardware or software.
2. Have a Phillips-head screwdriver ready.
3. Turn off power to the computer.
IMPORTANT: Physically remove the power cord from the system and wait 15 to 30
seconds for standby power to dissipate. Damage can occur to add-in
components if power is not physically removed from the system during
installation procedures.
4. Take every possible precaution against static electricity as you prepare to install the card. Static
can damage components. If an anti-static wrist strap was included in your box, please use it
during hardware installation. You should also try to work in a static free area (such as on a tile
floor rather than carpet).
· Touch the metal chassis of the computer to drain off any static electricity before touching the card.
· Do not wear wool or polyester clothing.
· Work in an area with a relative humidity of at least 50 percent.
· Keep the card in the anti-static bag until you are ready to install it.
· Handle the card as little as possible and only by the edges.
NOTE: Be sure to register your new card using one of the options described on page 16.
Installing your Wildcat4 Graphics Accelerator Card
1. Refer to your computer’s documentation for instructions on opening and closing the
computer, identifying the AGP Pro expansion slot and PCI expansion slots, and adding
expansion cards.
2. Check your system documentation to locate the appropriate slots in which to install your card.
Both cards must have an adjacent PCI slot empty for cooling purposes.
3. Turn off power to the computer and to the monitor and disconnect the cables from the
computer (follow the instructions under “Before you begin your installation”).
NOTE: If you are replacing a graphics card, be sure to uninstall your old video driver
software before tuning off your system and removing your old graphics card. Refer
to Installing the Driver Software later in this chapter for details on uninstalling
drivers.
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4. Remove the cover from your system so you can access the slots into which you will be installing
your Wildcat4 Graphics Accelerator Card. If you have not already removed any existing graphics
card(s) from your system, then do so now.
5. If necessary, remove the back panel covers from the slots into which you are installing your
Wildcat4 Graphics Accelerator Card, using a Phillips-head screwdriver.
6. If an anti-static wrist strap was included in your box, attach it to your wrist and attach the other
end to a bare metal (as opposed to painted or sticker covered) surface on your system’s chassis.
7. Remove your Wildcat4 Graphics Accelerator Card from its anti-static packaging. Write down the
serial number for product registration and future use. The serial number is located on a board
label and looks like this:
136001B123456 Made in XXX Week XXXX
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8. Place the card into the correct slots and seat firmly. See your system documentation for
instructions on securing the card to the chassis. Loose cards and connections can cause grounding
and operating problems.
9. Remove the anti-static wrist strap, if used, and replace the cover on your system.
10. Reconnect the power cord.
Wildcat4 7210
Wildcat4 7110
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Software Configuration
If you are upgrading the graphics card in your system
NOTE: These instructions may be different than how you normally upgrade your graphics
card or other devices, but have been found to be the best method of insuring a
successful installation of your new hardware and software.
1. Uninstall the drivers for your old graphics card. Refer to your old graphics card’s documentation
or Help files for instructions on removing or uninstalling the old graphics card’s driver software.
2. Remove the existing graphics card from your system. To install your Wildcat4 Graphics
Accelerator Card, see the hardware installation instructions.
3. Install the Wildcat4 Graphics Accelerator Card driver software; see “Installing the Driver
Software” later in this chapter.
Connecting the Monitor
The Wildcat4 7210 supports six standard external connectors:
1. Primary and Secondary DVI-I output ports (also support analog monitors with
additional adapter)
2. One Genlock In connector
3. One 3-Pin, MiniDIN Stereo Sync Output connector
4. Multiview In and Multiview Out ports (two 9-pin, D-sub connectors)
The Wildcat4 7110 supports connections for three standard external connectors:
1. Primary and Secondary DVI-I output ports (also supports analog monitors with
additional adapters)
2. One 3-Pin, MiniDIN Stereo Sync Output connector
Wildcat4 7210 Input/Output panel Wildcat4 7110 Input/Output panel
Connecting a DVI monitor
1. Make sure the power to the computer is turned off.
2. See the documentation that came with your monitor for information on the type of
connection that is required. Your monitor cable will have either a Digital Video
Interface (DVI)-I connector or a 15-pin VGA connector depending on monitor
type. If your monitor is a VGA monitor see “Connecting a VGA monitor” in this
chapter.
3. Connect the workstation monitor’s video cable to the primary DVI-I port on the
Wildcat4 video card. This connector is labeled “1” in the picture above and on the
I/O panel of your card.
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4. Turn on power to the workstation. If the monitor’s Power On LED does not
illuminate or the monitor does not display the startup sequence, consult Chapter 4,
“Troubleshooting.”
CAUTION: If you are connecting only one monitor to the Wildcat4, you must plug that monitor
into the Primary DVI-I port (labeled “1” on the I/O panel of your card).
NOTE: If you are connecting an additional monitor to the Wildcat4, connect the additional
workstation monitor’s video cable to the secondary DVI-I port. See “Enabling the Dual
Monitor Feature” later in this document for information on configuring dual displays.
Connecting a VGA monitor
NOTE: You must use a DVI-to-Analog adapter to connect a VGA monitor to the Wildcat4.
You can purchase this adapter from our e-store.
1. Connect the monitor’s 15-pin VGA connector to the VGA end (see below) of the
DVI-to-Analog adapter.
2. Connect the DVI-I end of the adapter to the primary DVI-I port (label “1”) on the
3Dlabs Wildcat4 video card.
NOTE: If you are connecting both a VGA and digital flat panel monitor, you must connect
the VGA monitor to the primary DVI-I port (labeled “1”).
3. Turn on power to the workstation. If the monitor’s Power On LED does not
illuminate or the monitor does not display the startup sequence, consult Chapter 4,
“Troubleshooting.”
NOTE: If your monitor does not have a built-in video cable, use a shielded video cable
with either a DVI-I receptacle or a 15-pin VGA video connector (with adapter) at one
end for the video output port on the card, and the appropriate connectors at the
other end for the video input port on the monitor. See the documentation delivered
with your monitor for more information.
If you ordered the Wildcat4 video card with a system, it was installed and
configured prior to shipment. See Chapter 3, “Using the Video Card," for
instructions on adjusting the resolution, color depth, and refresh rate.
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