ASUS V6800 User Manual

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V6600 / V6800 Series

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USER’S MANUAL

Hardware & Video Drivers

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Product Name: ASUS V6600 / V6800 Series
Manual Revision: 1.02 E803
Release Date: July 2001

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CONTENTS

1. Introduction ....................................................................................7

Highlights.........................................................................................7

Available Models .............................................................................7

ASUS AGP-V6800 Deluxe ..................................................7

ASUS AGP-V6800 (Pure) ....................................................7

ASUS AGP-V6600 Deluxe ..................................................7

ASUS AGP-V6600 (Pure) ....................................................7

ASUS AGP-V6600 MX .......................................................7

Common Features ............................................................................8

2. Hardware Installation .....................................................................9

ASUS AGP-V6800 Deluxe Layout .................................................9

ASUS AGP-V6800 (Pure) Layout .................................................10

ASUS AGP-V6600 Deluxe Layout ...............................................11

ASUS AGP-V6600 (Pure) Layout .................................................12

ASUS AGP-V6600 MX Layout ....................................................13

ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit ...........................................14

Installation Procedures...................................................................15

New Systems ............................................................................15

Systems with Existing VGA Card............................................15

3. Software Setup ...............................................................................16

Operating System Requirements ...................................................16

Windows 98..............................................................................16

Driver Setup ...................................................................................17

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program...................................17

Method 2: Display Property Page ............................................18

Method 3: Plug and Play ..........................................................19

Drivers ...........................................................................................20

Install Display Driver ...............................................................20

Install DirectX ..........................................................................21

Install GART Driver.................................................................22

Install ASUS TW AIN Driver ...................................................25

Uninstall Display Driver ..........................................................26

Using the Autorun Screen...................................................26

Using Windows 98 Control Panel ......................................26

Run ASUS VGA Live Update..................................................27

Utilities...........................................................................................28

Install ASUS Live Utility .........................................................28

Install Acrobat Reader..............................................................29

Install SmartDoctor ..................................................................30

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CONTENTS

Install V ideoSecurity................................................................31

Install ASUS Tweak Utility ......................................................32

4. Software Reference........................................................................33

Using the Utilities ..........................................................................33

ASUS TWAIN Interface.........................................................33

ASUS Live Utility ..................................................................35

ASUS SmartDoctor ................................................................41

ASUS VideoSecurity ..............................................................44

ASUS Tweak Utility...............................................................48

ASUS Control Panel ......................................................................50

Refresh Rate .............................................................................50

More Resolution.......................................................................51

Information...............................................................................51

Color.........................................................................................52

Display .....................................................................................55

Advanced..................................................................................58

Direct3D VR.......................................................................58

On Screen Display (ASUS OSD) .................................59

Direct3D .............................................................................60

OpenGL VR........................................................................63

On Screen Display (OpenGL OSD)..............................64

OpenGL ..............................................................................64

Other ...................................................................................66

ASUS VR PictureViewer (optional) ..............................................68

Opening or Displaying a Stereoscopic or 3D File ...................68

Testing the 3D Glasses .............................................................69

Changing the View ...................................................................69

ASUS StereoTV (optional) ............................................................70

ASUS VR MoviePlayer......................................................70

Buttons and Functions ..................................................70

Install Windows NT 4.0 Display Driver ........................................73

Installation Procedures .............................................................73

5. Resolution Table.............................................................................73

6. T r oubleshooting .............................................................................75

Description.....................................................................................75

Recommended Action....................................................................75

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FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE

Federal Communications Commission Statement

This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:

• This device may not cause harmful interference, and

• This device must accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation.

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 and, if
not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions, 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 inter ­ference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

WARNING! The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the

graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations. Changes
or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

Canadian Department of Communications Statement

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions
from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Cana­dian Department of Communications.

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

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Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassemby is prohibited.

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ASUS V6600/V6800 Series User’s Manual

1. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing an ASUS AGP-V6800/AGP-V6600 Graphics and Video
Accelerator. With this purchase, you join an elite squadron of graphics enthusiasts.

Powered by the NVIDIA™ GeForce256™ graphics processing unit (GPU) and fea­turing DDR (Double Data Rate) memory for the V6800 Series, the ASUS AGP-V6800/
AGP-V6600 deliver not only cutting-edge graphics performance but also image fidel­ity regardless of the CPU (central processing unit) your computer system is using.

With the ASUS AGP-V6600/V6800, you will not only see but also experience dy­namic, realistic 3D worlds and characters.

Highlights

Features

I. Introduction

• Powered by the World’s First
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)

• Built-in 32 MB Frame Buffer
(V6800: DDR memory)

• 4x4 Engine Integrated Transform
and Lighting

™

• 256-bit QuadPipe

• AGP 4X with Fast Writes

• High Quality Video Acceleration

• Optimized for DirectX

®

OpenGL

Features

Rendering

®

7 and

Available Models

ASUS AGP-V6800 Deluxe

NVIDIA
(V6800: NVIDIA GeForce256 DDR)

Provides more resolutions and color
depths

Frees up CPU bandwidth

Delivers industry’s fastest graphics
performance

Maximizes overall system performance
Delivers the highest video quality
Ensures broad application support

™

GeForce256

™

• 32MB DDR Frame Buffer

• VGA + V ideo-In + TV -Out + 3D Glasses (ASUS VR-100G Bundled Free!)

ASUS AGP-V6800 (Pure)

• 32MB DDR Frame Buffer / • VGA

ASUS AGP-V6600 Deluxe

• 32MB Frame Buffer

• VGA + V ideo-In + TV -Out + 3D Glasses (ASUS VR-100G Bundled Free!)

ASUS AGP-V6600 (Pure)

• 32MB Frame Buffer / • VGA

ASUS AGP-V6600 MX

• High Speed Frame Buffer / • VGA

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1. Introduction

I. Introduction

Features

Common Features

• AGP 4X with Fast Writes

• Peak fill rate of 480 million bilinear filtered, multi-textured pixels and more than

3.8 gigatexels per second

• Up to 15 million triangles per second at peak rates

• Four 32-bit 3D rendering pipeline

• Four texture mapped, lit pixels per clock cycle

• Transform and Lighting (T&L) Engine

• Optimized for Direct3D acceleration with complete support for DirectX 7 fea-

tures, such as multi-texturing, bump mapping, light maps, reflection maps, full
scene anti-aliasing, trilinear and 8-tap anisotropic filtering (better than trilinear
mipmapping)

• 32-bit Z and stencil buffer

• Hardware acceleration for all Windows GDI operations

• Video acceleration for Direct Show and MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and Indeo

• Multiple video windows with hardware color space conversion and filtering (YUV

4:2:2 and 4:2:0)

• Video ports supports ITU-R 656, VESA DDC2B+ DPMS

• Integrated 350MHz RAMDAC supporting from 640x480 up to 2048x1536 in

true color

• Motion compensation for MPEG-2 decoding

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Stereo Glasses Output

Video Input (ASUS Video) 7pin S compatible)

VGA Output

S-Video Output

Composite (RCA) Output

VGA Monitor

output (15pin)

(standard)

VR Glasses

Output

composite/TV

output (RCA)

CCD/camcorder

input/Tuner/

TV Box Input

(7pin)

SVHS/TV output

(7pin)

Projector

ASUS TV Box

CATV

Composite (RCA) Input

S-Video to Composite Cable

3D Glasses

(ASUS VR-100G)

®

123

123

NTSC

PAL

JP1

JP1

Use the same TV standard for all devices. For example,

if your TV uses the NTSC standard, then you should set

JP1 to “NTSC.”

Digital

PC to TV

Encoder

FAN_PWR

The VIP (Video Interface Port) Connector are used for third party add-on modules,

such as video capture cards or television tuners.

NVIDIA

TM

GeForce256

TM

DDR GPU

(Graphics Processing Unit)

Chip with Fan

VIP Connector A

VGA

BIOS

®

J1

Digital

Video

Decoder

32MB Frame Buffer (DDR)

DDR: Double Data Rate

2. Hardware Installation

cannot be connected at the same time.

2. Installation

AGP-V6800 Deluxe

and

NOTES

• Use the same TV standard for all devices.

•

32MB Frame Buffer

ASUS AGP-V6800 Deluxe Layout

ASUS AGP-V6800 Graphics Card (PAL or NTSC)

ASUS VR-100G

This User’s Manual

ASUS V6600/V6800 Series Drivers & Utilities Installation CD Disc

Item Checklist

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AGP-V6800 (Pure)

VGA Output

VGA Monitor

output (15pin)

(standard)

Projector

FAN_PWR

32MB Frame Buffer (DDR)

The VIP (Video Interface Port) Connector are used for third party add-on modules,

such as video capture cards or television tuners.

®

NVIDIA

TM

GeForce256

TM

DDR GPU

(Graphics Processing Unit)

Chip with Fan

VGA

BIOS

VIP Connector A

DDR: Double Data Rate

2. Installation

2. Hardware Installation

32MB Frame Buffer

ASUS AGP-V6800 (Pure) Layout

ASUS AGP-V6800 Graphics Card

This User’s Manual

ASUS V6600/V6800 Series Drivers & Utilities Installation CD Disc

Item Checklist

ASUS V6600/V6800 Series User’s Manual10

Stereo Glasses Output

Video Input (ASUS Video) 7pin S compatible)

VGA Output

S-Video Output

Composite (RCA) Output

VGA Monitor

output (15pin)

(standard)

VR Glasses

Output

composite/TV

output (RCA)

CCD/camcorder

input/Tuner/

TV Box Input

(7pin)

SVHS/TV output

(7pin)

Projector

ASUS TV Box

CATV

Composite (RCA) Input

S-Video to Composite Cable

3D Glasses

(ASUS VR-100G)

®

123

123

NTSC

PAL

JP1

JP1

Use the same TV standard for all devices. For example,

if your TV uses the NTSC standard, then you should set

JP1 to “NTSC.”

Digital

PC to TV

Encoder

FAN_PWR

32MB Frame Buffer

The VIP (Video Interface Port) Connector are used for third party add-on modules,

such as video capture cards or television tuners.

NVIDIA

TM

GeForce256

TM

GPU

(Graphics Processing Unit)

Chip with Fan

VIP Connector A

VGA

BIOS

®

J1

Digital

Video

Decoder

2. Hardware Installation

cannot be connected at the same time.

2. Installation

AGP-V6600 Deluxe

and

NOTES

• Use the same TV standard for all devices.

•

32MB Frame Buffer

ASUS AGP-V6600 Deluxe Layout

ASUS AGP-V6600 Graphics Card (PAL or NTSC)

ASUS VR-100G

This User’s Manual

ASUS V6600/V6800 Series Drivers & Utilities Installation CD Disc

Item Checklist

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AGP-V6600 (Pure)

VGA Output

VGA Monitor

output (15pin)

(standard)

Projector

FAN_PWR

32MB Frame Buffer

The VIP (Video Interface Port) Connector are used for third party add-on modules,

such as video capture cards or television tuners.

®

NVIDIA

TM

GeForce256

TM

GPU

(Graphics Processing Unit)

Chip with Fan

VIP Connector A

VGA

BIOS

2. Installation

2. Hardware Installation

32MB Frame Buffer

ASUS AGP-V6600 (Pure) Layout

ASUS AGP-V6600 Graphics Card

This User’s Manual

ASUS V6600 Series Drivers & Utilities Installation CD Disc

Item Checklist

ASUS V6600/V6800 Series User’s Manual12

2. Hardware Installation

VGA Output

VGA Monitor

output (15pin)

(standard)

Projector

FAN_PWR

High Speed Frame Buffer

The VIP (Video Interface Port) Connector is used for third party add-on modules,

such as video capture cards or television tuners.

®

NVIDIA

TM

GeForce256

TM

GPU

(Graphics Processing Unit)

Chip with Fan

VGA

BIOS

VIP Connector A

2. Installation

AGP-V6600 MX

ASUS AGP-V6600 MX Layout

ASUS AGP-V6600 MX Graphics Card

This User’s Manual

ASUS V6600 Series Drivers & Utilities Installation CD Disc

Item Checklist

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ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit

The ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit enables the ASUS VR-100G 3D Glasses
to be used with Pure models of the V6600/V6800 Series cards. See your dealer for
more information on the ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit.

The monitor cable that came with your kit may be of the Y- or standard type. Con­nect your cable accordingly.

2. Installation

2. Hardware Installation

VR-100

Y-Type Connection

To VGA Card’s Monitor Output

VGA Input

®

VGA Monitor
output (15pin)
(standard)

VGA Output

VR Glasses
Output

Projector

3D Glasses
(ASUS VR-100G)

Stereo Glasses Output

(Reserved)

ASUS VR-100

When using a Y-type cable, you do not need to connect the VGA Input of the VR-100 to your VGA
card’s monitor output (see diagram above).

Standard Connection

To VGA Card’s Monitor Output VGA Input

VGA Input

®

VGA Monitor
output (15pin)
(standard)

Projector

3D Glasses
(ASUS VR-100G)

VGA Output

Stereo Glasses Output

VR Glasses
Output

(Reserved)

ASUS VR-100

You must anchor the ASUS VR-100’s mounting bracket with a screw to a free ex-
pansion slot in your computer chassis.

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2. Hardware Installation

NOTE: This graphics card series can only be installed in motherboards with an
AGP slot.

WARNING! Computer boards and components contain very delicate Integrated

Circuit (IC) chips. To protect the computer board and other components against
damage from static electricity, you must follow some precautions.

1. Make sure that you unplug your power supply when adding or removing
expansion cards or other system components. Failure to do so may cause
severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards.

2. Keep all components such as the host adapter in its antistatic bag until you
are ready to install it.

3. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. If you do
not have one, touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a
metal object, such as the power supply case. Hold components by the edges
and try not to touch the IC chips, leads, or circuitry.

4. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the
component whenever the components are separated from the system.

Installation Procedures

Procedures

2. Installation

New Systems

1. Unplug all electrical cords on your computer.

2. Remove the system unit cover.

3. Locate the AGP bus expansion slot. Make sure this slot is unobstructed.

4. Remove the corresponding expansion slot cover from the computer chassis.

5. Ground yourself to an antistatic mat or other grounded source .

6. Pick up the board (still in its sleeve) by grasping the edge bracket with one hand
and then remove the plastic sleeve.

7. Position the card directly over the AGP slot and insert one end of the board in
the slot first. Firmly but gently press the bus connector on the bottom of the card
down into the slot. Be sure the metal contacts on the bottom of the host adapter
are securely seated in the slot.

8. Anchor the board’s mounting bracket to the computer chassis using the screw
from the slot cover that you set aside previously.

9. Replace the cover on the system unit.

10. Connect your analog monitor’s 15-pin VGA connector to the card and fasten
the retaining screws (if any).

11. Connect other cables and devices if available -You are now ready to install the
software drivers and utilities.

Systems with Existing VGA Card

1. Change your display driver to Standard VGA.

2. Shut down your computer and unplug all electrical cords.

3. Replace the existing VGA card with your graphics card.

4. Restart your computer.

5. Install the ASUS V6600/V6800 series display driver.

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Operating System Requirements

NOTE: This graphics card requires a motherboard with an AGP slot.

Windows 98

Windows 98 supports full Direct3D and AGP features. If you are still using the beta
version of W indows 98 and you want to fully take advantage the Direct3D and AGP
features, you must upgrade your current Windows to the release version before in­stalling the AGP display driver.

Windows 98 includes VGARTD for the major chipsets but it is recommended that
you install VGARTD from the ASUS AGP-V6600/V6800 Series CD to make sure
that you have the latest version of VGAR TD (see 3. Software Setup | Install GART
Driver).

3. Software Setup

Requirements

NOTES

• VGARTD stands for V irtual Graphics Address Remapping T able Driver, which

is necessary to use the DIME feature of AGP. DIME means Direct Memory
Execute, which is accessed directly by most AGP chips (when VGARTD is
installed) for complex texture-mapping operations.

3. Software Setup

• For other notes or release information, see the README files in the installa-

tion CD disc.

• This Manual assumes that your CD-ROM disc drive is drive D: and that

Windows is in C:\WINDOWS. Replace either with the actual location, if
necessary.

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3. Software Setup

Driver Setup

You can use one of three methods to install the Windows 98 drivers for your ASUS
AGP-V6600/V6800 series graphics card.

Method 2 and Method 3 will not install the appropriate AGP GART driver if your
motherboard does not use the Intel AGPset. Installing the AGP GART driver will
ensure that the AGPset’s AGP functions are available. Method 2 and Method 3 will
not install also the DirectX runtime libraries. DirectX must be installed so that your
video player can take advantage of hardware acceleration. See 3. Software Setup |
Install GART Driver and 3. Softwar e Setup | Install Dir ectX later in this manual
for the setup steps.

NOTE: The screen displays in this manual may not reflect exactly the screen
contents displayed on your screen (the V6600/6800 Series share similar inter­faces; screen shots shown throughout this manual are those of the ASUS V6800
Series). The contents of the support CD are subject to change at any time without
notice.

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program

NOTE: See 3. Softwar e Setup | Drivers | Install Display Driver for more informa-
tion.

1. Start Windows.

2. Switch display to Windows’ Standard Display Adapter (VGA) mode and then
restart Windows.

3. Insert the CD installation disc into your CD-ROM drive.

4. The ASUS Windows 98 Install Shell appears. Click Drivers and then click In-
stall Display Driver on the Drivers dialog box.

Driver Installation

3. Software Setup

5. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup.

6. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer, it
will prompt you to restart your computer . Click Yes... and then Finish to restart
your computer and to complete Setup.

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Method 2: Display Property Page

1. Start Windows.

2. Switch display to Windows’ Standard Display Adapter (VGA) mode and then
restart Windows.

3. Right-click the Windows desktop and click Properties.

4. Click the Settings tab and then click Advanced. The Standard Display Adapter
(VGA) Properties dialog box appears.

3. Software Setup

Driver Installation

3. Software Setup

5. Click Change on the Adapter tab. The Update Device Driver Wizard dialog box
appears. Click Next, click Display a list of all the drivers... and then click Next.

6. Click Show all hardware and then click Have Disk....When the Install From

Disk dialog box appears, type the location of the
proceed to step 9. Otherwise, proceed to the next step.

7. Click Browse to search the CD-ROM drive. In the Drives box of the Open
dialog box, select your CD-ROM drive and then click OK.

8. In the Folders box, double-click the
in the File name box.

9. Click OK. A list of video cards appears. Select your VGA card type for your operat­ing system and then click OK.

10. The Update Driver Warning box appears. Click Yes to confirm the setting up
of the ASUS enhanced display drivers and then follow the onscreen instructions
to start the setup.

11. Setup will prompt you when it has finished installing all the necessary files on
your computer. Click Finish to close Setup.

12. When you are returned to the Standard Display Adapter (VGA) Properties
box, click Close. The Display Properties box appears. Click Close.

WIN9x folder and then select ASUS6600.INF

ASUS6600.INF file and then

13. The system will prompt you to restart your computer. Click Yes to restart your
computer and to complete Setup.

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3. Software Setup

Method 3: Plug and Play

NOTE: Before proceeding with these steps, replace first your old VGA card with
an ASUS AGP-V6600/V6800 series graphics card.

1. Start Windows.

2. When Windows detects your ASUS AGP-V6600/V6800 series graphics card, the

New Hardware Found dialog box appears.

3. Click Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer.

4. When Setup prompts you for the location of the driver, type

Setup to the INF file and then click Finish to install the driver .

5. When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer, it

will prompt you to restart your computer . Click Yes to restart your computer and
to complete Setup.

D:\WIN9x to direct

Driver Installation

3. Software Setup

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Drivers

Install Display Driver

1. Insert the CD installation disc into

your CD-ROM drive or double click
the CD drive icon in My Computer
to bring up the autorun screen or run
Setup.exe in the root directory of
your CD-ROM drive.

Click Drivers.

3. Software Setup

Install Display

2. The Drivers box appears. Click In-

stall Display Driver to install all the

drivers and utilities into your com­puter. Setup will install the drivers
in the following order: Display
Driver (Direct3D and OpenGL Driv­ers), DirectX runtime libraries, and
VGART driver. Just follow the on­screen instructions to complete the
installation.

3. Software Setup

If you prefer to install the drivers individually, follow the steps on the following
pages.

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3. Software Setup

Install DirectX

Microsoft DirectX allows 3D hardware acceleration support in Windows 98. For
Software MPEG support in Windows 98, you must first install Microsoft DirectX,
and then an MPEG-compliant video player.

1. Insert the CD installation disc into
your CD-ROM drive or double
click the CD drive icon in My Com­puter to bring up the autorun screen
or run Setup.exe in the root direc­tory of your CD-ROM drive.

Click Drivers.

2. The Drivers box appears. Click In-
stall DirectX to select the DirectX
version you want to install.

3. The installation program will auto­matically install the DirectX 7
runtime libraries into your system.

4. Setup will prompt when it has fin­ished copying all the files to your
computer . Click OK to finish the in­stallation.

WARNING! Some games written for older DirectX versions may not work prop-

erly under DirectX 7. Make sure that your applications or games support DirectX
7 before installing the DirectX 7 runtime libraries. DirectX 7 currently cannot be
uninstalled by regular means, such as outlined in 3. Software Setup | Uninstall
Display Driver.

Install DirectX

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Install GART Driver

The AGP GAR T Driver is used to support AGP functionality for the chipset on your
PC’s motherboard. It is recommended to install the GART driver if it is newer than
the one you have installed in your system. The GAR T driver is only necessary for an
AGP graphics card.

NOTE: Installation dialogs are slightly different for each chipset. Follow the on­screen instructions to finish the GART driver installation. The succeeding steps as­sume that you are installing for an Intel chipset.

1. Insert the CD installation disc into

3. Software Setup

Install GART

3. Software Setup

your CD-ROM drive or double
click the CD drive icon in My Com­puter to bring up the autorun screen
or run Setup.exe in the root direc­tory of your CD-ROM drive.

Click Drivers.

2. The Drivers box appears. Click In-
stall GA RT Driver to install AGP
support for motherboards with In­tel, AMD, VIA, SiS, or ALi chipsets.

3. The AGP VGAR TD Driver Detec-
tion box appears with the chipset
detected on your motherboard.
Click OK to install the appropriate
driver for your AGPset.

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4. If you selected No..., on the previ­ous screen before clicking OK, you
will be presented with a selection
of other drivers. Make your driver
selection and click Install.

5. When the Welcome screen appears,
click Next to continue.

6. Once the driver installation is fin­ished, click Finish.

Install GART

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