3DLABS Wildcat III 6110 User Manual
3Dlabs, Inc.
Wildcat III 6210 and
Wildcat III 6110
Graphics Accelerator Card
User’s Guide
3Dlabs®, Inc.
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Sunnyvale, CA 94086
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Copyright 2002 by 3Dlabs, Inc.
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Caution: Changes or modifications to your 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card not expressly approved by
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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.
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including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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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 Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 Graphics Accelerator Card ..................................... 7
If you are upgrading the graphics card in your system ............................................................................ 10
Connecting the Monitor.................................................................................................10
Connecting a DVI monitor...................................................................................................................... 11
Connecting a VGA monitor..................................................................................................................... 12
Attaching a Stereo Device .............................................................................................13
Installing the Driver Software .......................................................................................13
Make sure your computer is ready .......................................................................................................... 13
Removing an existing driver under Windows NT ................................................................................... 14
Removing an existing driver under Windows 2000 ................................................................................ 14
Removing an existing driver under Windows XP ................................................................................... 14
Installing your Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 driver .................................................................... 15
Heidi Drivers for AutoDesk Applications .....................................................................15
Verify the Default Video Display Driver ......................................................................15
Verifying under Windows NT................................................................................................................. 16
Verifying under Windows 2000 .............................................................................................................. 16
Verifying under Windows XP................................................................................................................. 16
Verify the System Startup Version ................................................................................17
Verifying under Windows NT................................................................................................................. 17
Verifying under Windows 2000 .............................................................................................................. 17
Verifying under Windows XP................................................................................................................. 17
Registering Your 3Dlabs Graphics Accelerator Card....................................................18
Chapter 3 – Software Configuration .................................................................................19
The 3Dlabs Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 Driver..............................................20
Configuring the Video Display......................................................................................20
Using the Wildcat Configuration tab....................................................................................................... 20
Using the Wildcat Monitor tab................................................................................................................ 22
Enabling stereo display ........................................................................................................................... 24
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Enabling Multiview and Genlock on the Wildcat III 6210............................................24
Enabling Multiview features ................................................................................................................... 25
Confirming multiview cables are detected .............................................................................................. 25
Enabling genlock features ....................................................................................................................... 25
Configuring Dual Monitors ...........................................................................................26
Enabling the Dual Monitor Feature......................................................................................................... 26
Adjusting colors or resolutions of either monitor.................................................................................... 27
Optimizing the Wildcat Driver......................................................................................28
Enabling application-specific optimizations............................................................................................ 28
Enabling Direct3D optimizations............................................................................................................ 28
Creating a Custom Optimization ...................................................................................29
Chapter 4 – Troubleshooting.............................................................................................30
Troubleshooting.............................................................................................................31
Monitors and Display Resolutions.................................................................................31
Diagnostics ....................................................................................................................31
Obtaining a Usable Video Resolution ...........................................................................32
Using the Last Known Good option in Windows NT.............................................................................. 32
Booting into Safe Mode .......................................................................................................................... 32
Determining a defective unit ................................................................................................................... 32
Reinstalling the Video Driver........................................................................................33
Removing the existing driver under Windows NT .................................................................................. 33
Removing an existing driver under Windows 2000 ................................................................................ 33
Removing an existing driver under Windows XP ................................................................................... 33
Reinstalling the video driver ................................................................................................................... 34
Online Information ........................................................................................................34
Appendix A – Specifications.............................................................................................35
A Specifications.............................................................................................................36
Appendix B – Software License........................................................................................39
SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT.......................................................................40
Limited Warranty...........................................................................................................41
Appendix C – Regulatory Statements ...............................................................................43
Declaration of Conformity.............................................................................................46
Appendix D – Terms and Definitions ...............................................................................47
Terms and Definitions ...................................................................................................48
Index..................................................................................................................................52
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CHAPTER 1– INTRODUCTION
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Introduction
Welcome to 3Dlabs!
Thank you for selecting a 3Dlabs® WildcatTM III Graphics Accelerator Card!
This User Guide is designed to provide information about Wildcat III 6210 and Wildcat III 6110 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
AMD Athlon, Intel® Pentium® II or greater processor
Microsoft Windows NT (Service Pack 5 or higher), Windows 2000 or Windows XP (32- or 64-
bit)
AGP Pro 50 expansion slot
One open PCI slot adjacent to the AGP Pro 50 slot
Minimum of 64 MB DRAM (operating system dependent)
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 Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 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.
N
OTE: THE WILDCAT III 6210 OR WILDCAT III 6110
CANNOT PLUG INTO A STANDARD AGP SLOT.
Video Memory
Wildcat III 6210
Frame Buffer: 128 MB
DDR memory
Texture Buffer: 256 MB
DDR memory
DirectBurst: 32 MB
Wildcat III 6110
Frame Buffer: 64 MB
DDR memory
Texture Buffer: 128 MB
DDR memory
DirectBurst: 16 MB
Graphics Controller High-speed Wildcat III 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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Features, 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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Features, cont.
OpenGL Operations
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
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)
Additional Features
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 (Wildcat III 6210
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
Introduction
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CHAPTER 2 – SETUP
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Software Configuration
Preparing for Installation
NOTE: If you purchased your Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 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.
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 Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 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 Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 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
Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 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 Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 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.
Wildcat III 6210
Wildcat III 6110
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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 Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat
III 6110 Graphics Accelerator Card, see the hardware installation instructions.
3. Install the Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 Graphics Accelerator Card driver software; see
“Installing the Driver Software” later in this chapter.
Connecting the Monitor
The Wildcat III 6210 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
The Wildcat III 6110 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
Wildcat III 6210 Input/Output panel Wildcat III 6110 Input/Output panel
NOTE: Dual-monitor support is not available under Windows NT.
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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
Wildcat III video card. This connector is labeled “1” in the picture above and on
the I/O panel of your card.
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 Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110,
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 Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110,
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.
Dual monitor support is not available under Windows NT.
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Connecting a VGA monitor
NOTE: You must use a DVI-to-Analog adapter to connect a VGA monitor to the Wildcat III
6210 or Wildcat III 6110. Contact Molex (1-800-78MOLEX) for a “DVI-Analog to VGA”
cable (88741-8300) or a “DVI-Analog Plug to VGA Receptacle” dongle adapter
(88741-8700).
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 Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 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 Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 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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Attaching a Stereo Device
Power off your system and connect the stereo hardware to the round, stereo connector on the card. See the
documentation that came with your stereo hardware for information on how to use stereoscopic display.
Plug in and start up your system, including peripherals, and log on to your operating system.
NOTE: To configure the display settings for stereo display, see Chapter 3, “Using the
Video Card” for step-by-step instructions.
3-Pin Minidin
Stereo Connector
Installing the Driver Software
If you received your Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 Graphics Accelerator with a system, the
graphics drivers were installed prior to shipment. This section only applies if you purchased your Wildcat
III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110 as an upgrade, are reinstalling the driver, or are updating the operating
system.
Make sure your computer is ready
Make sure your workstation has the following before installing Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110
driver software:
Microsoft Windows NT (Service Pack 5 or greater), Windows 2000, or Windows XP (32- or 64-
bit) operating system software installed
3 MB of free space on the computer’s primary system disk
IMPORTANT: You must have the correct Wildcat driver for the Windows operating
system you are running. If you are unsure, refer to the README.TXT file
located on the driver delivery media for this information. Refer to Microsoft
Windows documentation and online Help for more information on installing
drivers and software application programs. If you are removing and
reinstalling the Wildcat III 6210 or Wildcat III 6110, see “Chapter 4
Reinstalling the Video Driver.”
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