Abit G740E User Manual

G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator Card

Installation Guide and User’s Manual

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction .....................................................................1-1

What’s in the box?..................................................................1-1

The Software and Supporting Documentation..........................1-1

About the G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator Card..............1-1

Full Hardware Acceleration of Key 3D Features:..................... 1-2

Excellent 2D and Video Performance:.....................................1-2

Layout diagram....................................................................... 1-3

Chapter 2 Installation ....................................................................... 2-1

System Recommendations....................................................... 2-1

Installation Guide.................................................................... 2-1

Chapter 3 Troubleshooting and Support ........................................... 3-1

Troubleshooting Guidelines..................................................... 3-1

Gathering Information ................................................... 3-1

The Symptom Table....................................................... 3-2

The Solution Table......................................................... 3-2

Technical Support................................................................... 3-3

Chapter 4 Technical Information...................................................... 4-1

Display Information ................................................................4-1

DDC Monitor Support.................................................... 4-1

Mechanical / Thermal Specifications....................................... 4-1

Connector Descriptions...........................................................4-2

Part No: MN-126-2B0-61 Rev. 1.10

Introduction 1-1

Chapter 1 Introduction

What’ s in the box?

Read through this section to familiarize yourself with everything that is
included with the G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator card.

The Software and Supporting Documentation

The software and drivers needed to properly install and set up the
G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator Card are on the included CD-ROM, with
help files to assist you in making configuration changes. This user’s manual
will give you detailed instructions on how to install the G740A/G740B
Graphics Accelerator card and software.

About the G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator Card

• Designed for the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) 1.0 Specification

• Optimized for AGP 2x and direct memory execution modes

• 4MB SGRAM/8MB SDRAM local frame buffer memory

• Meets all Microsoft PC’97 hardware design requirements

• Supports major 3D standards: DirectX, OpenGL (under Windows NT*)

The G740A/G740B Graphics Accelerator is AGP done right!

1-2 Chapter 1

Full Hardware Acceleration of Key 3D Features:

l 3D setup engine
l Gouraud and flat shading
l Colored specular highlighting
l Texture mip-mapping and bilinear filtering
l Texture map color/chroma-keying
l Texture map perspective correction
l Texture map blending
l 16-bit z-buffering
l Translucency: source alpha blending, per-vertex fogging, alpha and pattern

stippling

l Edge and line antialiasing
l Color dithering

Excellent 2D and Video Performance:

l Supports all standard PC monitor display resolutions up to 1600x1200
l Supports PC monitor (VGA) display vertical refresh rates up to 85Hz non-

interlaced

l MPEG1 video playback
l Supports video capture
l Has headers for Version 1.4 compliant Video Module Interface (VMI) for

connecting optional advanced feature modules (e.g. MPEG module)

Introduction 1-3

Layout diagram

+ The layouts for the two cards are the same, the different between the G740A

and the G740B is that the G740A uses 4MB(or 8MB)of SGRAM, and the
G740B used 8MB of SDRAM