ASUS V8170 User Manual

V8170 Series

Graphics Card

QE1001

1. Introudction

Highlights/Models

Quick Start Manual

Hardware & Video Drivers

V8170 PRO / T / 64M V8170 DDR / T / 64M

V8170 MAGIC / T / 64M / 32M

V8170 SE / T / 64M

USER’S NOTICE

User’s Notice

No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (“ASUS”).

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• NVIDIA, GeForce4 MX460/440/420, and combinations thereof are trademarks of NVIDIA Corp.

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Product Name: ASUS V8170 Series Manual Revision: 1.00 QE1001 Release Date: March 2002

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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.

FCC DOC &

Compliance

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.

Macrovision Corporation Product Notice

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassemby is prohibited.

3ASUS V8170 User’s Manual

1. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing an ASUS AGP-V8170 Series GPU Graphics Card. W ith this purchase, you join a legion of mainstream graphics enthusiasts.

Powered by the NVIDIA™ GeForce4 MX™ 460/440/420 graphics processing unit (GPU), the ASUS AGP-V8170 series delivers breakthrough leading-edge graphics performance. Enjoy superior image fidelity regardless of the CPU (central processing unit) employed by the computer system.

1. Introduction

Highlights

With the ASUS AGP-V8170 series, you will not only see but also experience stunning, dynamic, realistic 3D worlds and characters.~ Ensures braod application support.

Highlights

• Powered by the most integrated graphical engine: NVIDIA

• Built-in 64MB Double Data Rate frame buffer:

• Lightspeed Memory Architecture™ II:

• nVIEW™ display technology:

GeForce4

MX460/440/420

~ Bringing 3D environments to life

~ More resolutions and color depths up to 2048x1536 @ 60Hz

~ Advanced power behind the GPU delivers outstanding performance at all resolutions: up to 6.4 GB/Sec bandwidth

~ The TV encoder integrates 1024x768 resolution with two independent display pipelines, providing the ultimate multiple display flexibility and user control

• Accuview Anti-Aliasing:

~ Dedicated multisample AA hardware brings 4X GeForce2 MX400 performance

• Optimized for DirectX

~ Ensures broad application support

7 and OpenGL® Features:

Available Models

V8170 PRO / T / 64M

• DDR Frame Buffer + VGA + TV-Out

V8170 DDR / T / 64M

• DDR Frame Buffer + VGA + TV-Out

V8170 MAGIC / T / 64M

• DDR Frame Buffer + VGA + TV-Out

V8170 SE / T / 64M

• SDR Frame Buffer + VGA + TV-Out

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1. Introduction

Features

• The most graphically integrated engine yet: the GeForce4 MX440/420 delivers unprecedented features and effects to the demanding mainstream user. Realistic 3D characters and effects are now more life-like than ever before!

• All new 128-bit DDR memory dramatically boosts bandwidth efficiency up to

6.4GB/sec

• First to offer high resolution, high frame rate, Full-Scene Anti-aliasing (FSAA)

• Optimized for DirectX

• 8 texture-mapped, filtered, lit texels per clock cycle

• Single-pass multitexturing, 32-bit colors, Z/stencil buffer

• Advanced per-pixel lighting, texturing, and shading

and OpenGL® acceleration

• Cube environment mapping, bump mapping, S3 texture compression

• Integrated TV encoder at 1024x768 resolution

• Integrated full hardware MPEG-2 decoder processes full frame rate, full scene MPEG-2 video

• Motion compensation and IDCT allows for DVD decoding at minimum CPU usage

• Multibuffering (double, triple, quad) for smooth animation and video playback

• Multiple video windows with hardware color space conversion and filtering (YUV 4:2:2 and 4:2:0)

• AGP 4X / 2X / 1X complete support

Features

1. Introduction

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2. H/W Setup

VGA Monitor

output (15pin)

(standard)

SVHS/TV Output

(7pin)

VGA Output

Projector

S-Video Output

(Graphics Processing Unit)

NVIDIA

GeForce4 MX

460

GPU Chip

Frame Buffer

V8170 PRO / T

2. Hardware Setup

64MB DDR Frame Buffer

ASUS V8170 PRO / T Layout

ASUS V8170 PRO / T / 64M Graphics Card (PAL or NTSC)

This User’s Manual

ASUS V8170 Driver & Utility CD Disc

Item Checklist

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