ASUS V9280 User Manual

®

V9280 Series

Graphics Card

V9280 Video Suite

V9280S TVD

V9280 TD

USER’S MANUAL

Hardware & Video Drivers

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Product Name: ASUS V9280 Series
Manual Revision: 1.00 E1159
Release Date: October 2002

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ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION

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CONTENTS

I. Introduction.......................................................................... 7

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

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

V9280 S/TVD ....................................................................................... 7

V9280 TD ............................................................................................ 7

Features ................................................................................................. 8

2. Hardware Setup.................................................................... 9

ASUS V9280S TVD Layout.........................................................9

ASUS V9280 TD Layout............................................................. 10

Installation Procedures...................................................................11

New VGA Cards ................................................................................. 11

Systems with Existing VGA Card....................................................... 11

Operating System Requirements ................................................... 12

Windows 98 ........................................................................................ 12

3. Software Setup .................................................................... 13

Display Driver Installation.............................................................13

Windows 98 ........................................................................................ 13

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program....................................... 13

Method 2: Display Property Page................................................. 14

Method 3: Plug and Play .............................................................. 15

Windows 2000 .................................................................................... 15

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program....................................... 15

Method 2: Plug and Play .............................................................. 16

Windows NT 4.0 ................................................................................. 18

Method 1: Display Property Page................................................. 18

Drivers ...........................................................................................19

Install Display Driver.......................................................................... 19

Install ASUS Enhanced Driver ........................................................... 20

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

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

Install WDM Capture Driver .............................................................. 24

Uninstall Display Driver ..................................................................... 25

Windows 98 .................................................................................. 25

Method1: Using the Autorun Screen...................................... 25

Method 2: Using Control Panel.............................................. 25

Windows 2000 .............................................................................. 26

Method1: Using the Autorun Screen...................................... 26

Method 2: Using Control Panel.............................................. 26

Windows NT 4.0........................................................................... 26

Method 1: Using Control Panel.............................................. 26

Utilities...........................................................................................27

Install Smart Doctor............................................................................ 27

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CONTENTS

4. Software Reference............................................................. 29

ASUS Control Panel ...................................................................... 29

Refresh Rate........................................................................................ 29

More Resolution ................................................................................. 30

Information ......................................................................................... 30

Color ................................................................................................... 31

Advanced ............................................................................................ 33

Windows Display Properties..........................................................41

Digital Flat Panel .......................................................................... 43

TV ................................................................................................. 44

Color Correction ................................................................................. 45

Digital Vibrance............................................................................ 45

Active Color Channel ................................................................... 45

Brightness / Contrast / Gamma..................................................... 45

Custom color settings ................................................................... 45

GeForce4............................................................................................. 46

Additional Properties.................................................................... 46

ASUS Smart Doctor............................................................................ 55

ASUS Tweak Utility ........................................................................... 58

5. Resolution Table.................................................................. 60

6. T r oubleshooting .................................................................. 62

7. Index .................................................................................... 63

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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
interference 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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I. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing an ASUS AGP-V9280 Series GPU Graphics Card. With
this purchase, you join a legion of mainstream graphics enthusiasts.
Powered by the NVIDIA™ GeForce 4 Ti 4200-8X graphics processing unit (GPU),
the ASUS AGP-V9280 series delivers breakthrough leading-edge graphics
performance. Enjoy superior image fidelity regardless of the CPU (central processing
unit) employed by the computer system.
With the ASUS AGP-V9280 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® GeForce 4 Ti
4200-8X

~ Bringing 3D environments to life

• AGP 8X support
~ AGP 8X provides double the bandwidth of AGP 4X for increased graphics
performance with up to 2.1 GB/sec of bandwidth

• Built-in 128MB Double Data Rate frame buffer:
~ More resolutions and color depths up to 2048x1536 @ 75Hz

• Lightspeed Memory Architecture™ II:
~ Advanced power behind the GPU delivers outstanding performance at all
resolutions: up to 6.4 GB/Sec bandwidth

• nVIEW™ display technology:
~ 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 8X GeForce 4 Ti 4200
performance

• Optimized for DirectX® 8.1 and OpenGL® 1.3 Features:
~ Ensures broad application support

1. Introudction

1. Introudction

Highlights/Models

Highlights/Models

Available Models

V9280 Video Suite

• DDR Frame Buffer + DVI-I (1st VGA) + DVI-I (2nd VGA) + TV-Out + Video-In

V9280S/TVD

• DDR Frame Buffer + VGA +DVI-I (2nd VGA) + TV-Out

V9280 TD

• DDR Frame Buffer + VGA + TV-Out

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1. Introduction

1. Introduction

Features

Features

• The most graphically integrated engine yet: the GeForce 4 Ti 4200-8X delivers

• nFiniteFX II engine, dual vertex shaders and pixel shader for full

• Accuview provides high resolution anti-aliasing.

• Lightspeed Memory Architecture II for lossless Z-compression and Z-occlusion

• AGP 8X/4X/2X/1X complete support

• All new 64/128MB DDR memory dramatically boosts bandwidth efficiency up

• 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

unprecedented features and effects to the demanding mainstream user . Realistic
3D characters and effects are now more life-like than ever before!

programmability.

calling.

to 6.4GB/sec

®

8.1 and OpenGL® 1.3 acceleration

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

• Advanced per-pixel lighting, texturing, shading and reflecting

• Cube environment mapping, environment bump mapping, S3 texture
compression, phong-style lighting

• Integrated TV encoder at 1024x768 resolution

• High definition video processor for full frame rate, full scene playback of DVD.

• Motion compensation allows for DVD decoding at low 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)

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2. Hardware Setup

®

Frame

Buffer

(DDR)

V9280 VIDEO SUITE

GeForce4

Ti 4200-8X

GPU Chip

(Graphics Processing Unit)

DVI-enabled Flat-Panel Display

Frame

Buffer

(DDR)

Frame Buffer

(DDR)

Frame Buffer

(DDR)

VGA Output

Projector

OR

S-Video

CG1697.00

PHILIPS

J10

DVI-I Dual-Link

output (24pins)

AV Input

(9pin)

DVI-I Dual-Link

output (24pins)

DVI-enabled Flat-Panel Display

OR

VGA Output

Projector

OR

cannot be connected at the same time.

and

Notes

• Use the same TV standard for all devices.

•

• Drawings are for reference only; actual cards may vary.

• The signal of upper DVI-I cannot be outputted simultaneously

with signal of TV-out port. This is a limitation of the NVIDIA

GPU chip.

128MB DDR Frame Buffer

ASUS V9280 Video Suite Layout

ASUS V9280 Video Suite Graphics Card (PAL or NTSC)

This User’s Manual

ASUS V9280 Driver and Utility CD Disc

Item Checklist

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DVI-I Dual-Link

output (28pins)

®

NVIDIA

TM

GeForce4 Ti

TM

4200-8X

GPU Chip

(Graphics Processing Unit)

Chip with Fan

Frame

Buffer

(DDR)

DVI-enabled Flat-Panel Display

VGA Monitor

Output

(15pin)

(Standard)

VGA Output

Projector

TV output

(9pins)

Frame

Buffer

(DDR)

Frame

Buffer

(DDR)

Frame

Buffer

(DDR)

V9280S/TVD/128M

ASUS AV Adapter

S

S

TV

Encoder

VGA Output

Projector

OR

S-VID IN

S

S

COMP IN S-VID OUT COMP OUT

V9280 /TD/64M

2. H/W Setup

2. Hardware Setup

cannot be connected at the same time.

and

Notes

• Use the same TV standard for all devices.

•

• Drawings are for reference only; actual cards may vary.

128MB DDR Frame Buffer

ASUS V9280S/TVD Layout

ASUS V9280S/TVD Graphics Card (PAL or NTSC)

This User’s Manual

ASUS V9280 Driver and Utility CD Disc

Item Checklist

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®

Frame

Buffer

(DDR)

V9280/128M

GeForce4

Ti 4200-8X

GPU Chip

(Graphics Processing Unit)

DVI-I Dual-Link

output (24pins)

DVI-enabled Flat-Panel Display

TV

Encoder

Frame

Buffer

(DDR)

Frame Buffer

(DDR)

Frame Buffer

(DDR)

SVHS/

TV output

(7pin)

VGA Monitor

output (15pin)

(standard)

VGA Output

Projector

OR

S-Video

2. H/W Setup

2. H/W Setup

Installation

2. H/W Setup

cannot be connected at the same time.

V9280 MAGIC / T

and

Notes

• Use the same TV standard for all devices.

•

• Drawings are for reference only; actual cards may vary.

128MB DDR Frame Buffer

ASUS V9280 TD Layout

ASUS V9280 TD Graphics Card

This User’s Manual

Item Checklist

ASUS V9280 Driver and Utility CD Disc

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2. H/W Setup

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. T o 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

New VGA Cards

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 V9280 display driver.

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2. Hardware Setup

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 using a beta version
of Windows 98 and you want to fully take advantage the Direct3D and AGP features,
you must upgrade it 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 support CD to make sure that you have the
latest version of VGARTD (see 3. Software Setup | Install GART Driver).

NOTES

• VGAR TD stands for V irtual Graphics Address Remapping Table 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.

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

installation 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.

Requirements

2. H/W Setup

IMPORTANT!

• To avoid damage to your graphics card, unplug your computer’s power

supply before inserting your graphics card into the AGP slot.

• Make sure that the power supply of your motherboard can provide enough

electrical current on the 3.3V lead to maintain normal operation.

• Windows 98 and VIA Systems: If your motherboard has a VIA-based

chipset, the VIA VGARTD must be installed in normal mode.

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3. S/W Setup

3. Software Setup

3. Software Setup

Display Driver Installation

You can use one of the recommended methods to install the display drivers for your
graphics card, depending on your operating system. The ASUS fine-tuned enhanced
driver delivers the best 3D performance on your video output.

NOTE: The screen displays in this manual may not reflect exactly the screen
contents displayed on your screen. The contents of the support CD are subject to
change at any time without notice.

Windows 98/ME

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.

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program

NOTE: See 3. Software Setup | Drivers | Install Display Driver for more information.

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 autorun screen appears. Click Drivers and then click Install ASUS
Enhanced Driver on the Drivers dialog box.

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. Right-click the Windows desktop and click Properties.

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

4. 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.

5. Click Show all hardware and then

click Have Disk....When the Install

From Disk dialog box appears, type the

Display Drivers

location of the ASUSNV9X.INF file
(WIN9X folder) and then proceed to
step 9. Otherwise, proceed to the next
step.

6. 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.

7. In the Folders box, double-click the WIN9x folder and then select ASUSNV9X.INF
in the File name box.

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

3. Software Setup

3. S/W Setup

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Method 3: Plug and Play

NOTE: Before proceeding with the following steps, replace your old VGA card
with the ASUS V9280 series graphics card.

1. Start Windows.

2. When Windows detects your ASUS

V9280 series graphics card, the New
Hardware Found dialog box appears.

3. Click Driver from disk pr ovided by
hardware manufacturer.

4. When Setup prompts you for the
location of the driver, type D:\WIN9xMe
to direct Setup to the INF file and then click Finish to install the driver.

Display Drivers

3. S/W Setup

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.

3. Software Setup

Windows 2000/XP

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program

1. Start Windows.

2. When W indows detects your ASUS

graphics card, the Found New
Hardware Wizard dialog box
appears.

3. Click Cancel to enter the Windows

desktop.

4. Insert the CD installation disc into

your CD-ROM drive.

5. The ASUS Windows 2000 autorun

screen appears. Click Drivers and then click Install ASUS Enhanced Driver
on the Driver dialog box.

6. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup.

7. 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.

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Display Drivers

Method 2: Plug and Play

1. Start Windows.

2. When Windows detects your

ASUS graphics card, the Found
New Hardware Wizard dialog
box appears.

3. Click Next.

4. When the next Found New Hardware

Display Drivers

Wizard dialog box appears, select
Search for a suitable driver for my
device (recommended) and then click
Next.

3. Software Setup

3. S/W Setup

Display Drivers

5. Insert the CD installation disc into
your CD-ROM drive to bring up the

Locate Driver Files item of the
Found New Hardware Wizard

dialog box.

6. Check CD-ROM drives, uncheck
all other options and then click Next
to search for the drivers of your
graphics card.

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7. When the wizard has finished
searching for driver files for your
graphics card, select Install one of

the other drivers and then click
Next from the Driver Files Search
Results item of the Found New
Hardware Wizard dialog box.

8. When prompted to select the display
driver to install in your system, select
the one that is located in the

D:\WIN2KXP\ASUS and then click

Display Drivers

3. S/W Setup

Next.

9. Follow the onscreen instructions to
complete the setup.

3. Software Setup

.

.

Display Drivers

10. When Setup has finished installing
all the necessary files on your
com puter, it will prompt you to
restart your computer.

11. Click OK to restart your computer
and to complete Setup.

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3. Software Setup

Windows NT 4.0

Method 1: Display Property Page

WARNING! Before installing the display driver in Windows NT 4.0, make

sure that you have installed Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 or later, to take
full advantage of the AGP features of your card. (You may download ser-
vice packs at http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads.)

NOTE: The following steps assume your CD-ROM drive letter is D.

1. Start Windows NT , switch display properties to VGA mode (16 colors, 640 x 480
pixels), then restart your computer to make the change.

2. After your computer restarts, right-click the desktop and click Properties.

3. Click the Settings tab.

4. Select Change Display Type.

5. Select Adapter Type and click Change.

6. Click Have Disk.

7. Insert the CD installation disc.

8. Type D:\NT40 or click Browse to select the path of the display driver for
Windows NT. Click OK.

9. Select ASUS V9280 and then click OK.

10. Windows NT will once again prompt for confirmation. All appropriate files are

then copied to the hard disk. When all files are copied, go back to the Display
Properties box by clicking Close. Click Apply.

11. The System Settings Change dialog box is displayed. Click Y es to restart W indows.

12. Windows NT will restart with the default settings. The Display applet will
appear to allow for mode selection.

Drivers

3. S/W Setup

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3. S/W Setup

Drivers

3. Software Setup

Drivers

NOTES: 1) The screen displays in this manual may not reflect exactly the screen

contents displayed on your screen. The contents of the support CD
are subject to change at any time without notice.

2) Unless otherwise indicated, the procedures under Drivers apply

to all the operating systems supported, namely, Windows 98,
Windows 2000, and Windows NT 4.0.

Install NVIDIA WHQL Driver

The NVIDIA reference driver to Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Quality Labs
(WHQL) is a procedure to guarantee that this video peripheral is compatible
with the Windows operating system.

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
Install NVIDIA WHQL Driver to
copy necessarily files to your oper­ating system.

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

NOTE: Some features of ASUS display card is not supported by this

reference driver.

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3. Software Setup

Install DirectX

Windows 98/ME/2000/XP

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
Install DirectX to select the
DirectX version you want to install.

Drivers

3. S/W Setup

3. The installation program will
automatically install the DirectX
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

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

stall Display Driver.

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Drivers

3. Software Setup

Install GART Driver

The AGP GART 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
on-screen 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
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
Install GART Driver to install
AGP support for motherboards
with Intel, AMD, VIA, SiS, or ALi
chipsets.

3. The AGP VGARTD Driver
Detection 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.

Drivers

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3. Software Setup

Install WDM Capture Driver

The Windows Drive Model (WDM) Capture Driver let applications capture video
from video input port.

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.

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Drivers

2. The Drivers box appears. Click
Install WDM Capture Driver to

install files for video capture from
video input port.

3. The NVIDIA WDM Drivers

Setup dialog box appears, click
Next> to install the appropri-

ate driver for your VGA card.

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

NOTE: This feature only works on display cards with video-in function.

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Uninstall Display Driver

If you want to update your display drivers or if you no longer need the display
drivers for your card, you can use one of the following procedures to completely
uninstall the drivers from your system to save disk space.

Windows 98/ME

Method1: Using the Autorun Screen

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. Click Uninstall Display Driver and
follow the on-screen directions.

Method 2: Using Control Panel

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Uninstall Driver

1. Click Start, and then point to
Settings.

2. Click Control Panel.

3. Double-click the Add/Remove
Programs icon.

4. Click the Install/Uninstall tab.

5. Click ASUS Display Drivers from
the list.

6. Click Add/Remove.

7. The system will prompt you to restart
your computer. Click Yes to restart.

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Windows 2000/XP

Method1: Using the Autorun Screen

See Windows 98 | Method 1: Using the Autorun Screen earlier in this section
for the procedures.

Method 2: Using Control Panel

1. Click Start, and then point to
Settings.

2. Click Control Panel.

3. Double-click the Add/Remove
Programs icon.

Uninstall Driver

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4. Click the Change/Remove
Programs icon.

5. Click ASUS Display Drivers from
the list.

6. Click Change/Remove.

7. The system will prompt you to
restart your computer. Click Yes to
restart.

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Windows NT 4.0

Method 1: Using Control Panel

1. Click Start, and then point to Settings.

2. Click Control Panel.

3. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.

4. Click the Install/Uninstall tab.

5. Click ASUS Display Drivers from the list.

6. Click Add/Remove.

7. The system will prompt you to restart your computer . Click Yes to restart.

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3. Software Setup

Utilities

Install Smart Doctor (V9280 Video Suite only)

The Smart Doctor monitor the VGA card’ s health and dynamically cool down VGA
chipset. It also provides you access to adjust clock settings.

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 Utilities.

2. The Utilities box appears. Click
Install Smart Doctor to load Install
Shield Wizard.

Tweak Utility

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3. Click on Finish, after the setup is
complete.

Note: The Smart Doctor utility is available only for VGA card models with built-in

monitor chipset, otherwise, ASUS Tweak utility will be installed.

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ASUS Control Panel

After installing the display drivers, look for an ASUS
icon on the taskbar’s status area. Clicking this icon

opens the ASUS Control Panel, a menu composed of
shortcuts to the graphics board’s various enhanced
functions.

Alternatively: right-click the W indows desktop, then
click the Windows Display Properties field and then
click the Settings tab. With Windows 98/2000, next
click the Advanced button on the Settings menu. Click

the appropriate tab to change the display settings.

Refresh Rate

This control changes the refresh rate of the current screen resolution.

WARNING! Be sure that the refresh rate that you select is supported by your

monitor. Selecting a refresh rate that is beyond your monitor’s specification may
damage it. Press ESC to restore your original settings in case of problems.

Click/right-click the ASUS Control
Panel icon, then point to Refresh Rate,
and click the desired refresh rate.

Next, the system prompts whether to
keep the setting. Click OK to keep the
setting, otherwise, click Cancel or press
ESC.

ASUS Control Panel icon

Refresh Rate

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More Resolution

More Resolution lets you change the screen resolution of your monitor.
Click/right-click the ASUS

Control Panel icon, point to More
Resolution, and then click the

desired screen resolution. The
system will automatically set the
resolution selected without restarting
your computer.

WINDOWS 95 USERS: You will be
prompted to restart your computer if
you select a screen resolution with a

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Resolution / Info

different color depth, for example, from
800x600 HiColor to 800x600
TrueColor. Click OK to restart your
computer to make the change.

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Information

Information lists pertinent data about
the graphics card. It supplies links to
the ASUST eK COMPUTER, INC. web
site for accessing updated data about the
graphics board and its latest drivers.

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Color

Color facilitates adjustments to the brightness, contrast and gamma values for
each or all of the RGB colors. These adjustments can be made for D3D/Game and
OpenGL environments.

D3D/Game

D3D/Game lets you make your favorite
color settings for D3D games.

NOTE: The color settings of D3D/Game and OpenGL are not adjustable below
8-bit color depth.

OpenGL

OpenGL lets you make your favorite
color settings for OpenGL applications.

Color

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General Functions

Brightness / Contrast / Gamma

Three sliders calibrate the brightness,
contrast, and gamma output of the
display card.

D3D/Game / OpenGL

Changes to color settings are shown
immediately on your monitor.

a slider to the left decreases the level and
to the right increases it. The number at
the right of each slider displays the
brightness

Value Range: -128 to +128, default:
0, Contrast -30 to 30, default: 0; and
Gamma value 0.2 to 3.0, default: 1.0.

Color Spline

This tool shows the distribution of Red,
Green and Blue color channels as
adjustments are made to the Brightness,
Contrast, or Gamma sliders. Adjust
all channels at once: (All); or, make

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individual changes to each channel:
(R, G, or B).

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Dragging

Color

Scheme

This tool changes the appearance of
many screen elements simultaneously
and functions like a macro; saving a
scheme retains particular system
presets. Apply existing schemes, or cre­ate and save schemes by saving the
current settings; existing schemes may
be deleted. A scheme may be
developed to satisfy the requirements
of special situations, ie.: whenever
playing a certain game or a movie.

Important Note

D3D/Game

The color settings of D3D/Game take effect only when playing a full-screen
DirectDraw/Direct3D type game.

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Advanced

This menu supplies sophisticated settings for use with the ASUS VR-100G 3D
Glasses. These settings are available only with the Deluxe/TVR models with
Video-In/TV-Out, or models with the ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit.

Direct3D

VR Effect

Lists all parameters to fine tune the
stereoscopic effects for Direct 3D games.

Enable Stereoscopic Mode

When selected, this enables the
stereoscopic mode when playing games
or watching 3D videos.

NOTE: Quit all running DirectDraw/
Direct3D applications and then restart
them for options to take effect.

Load Default

Restores the initial settings.

Depth

Adjust this to add more depth to the scene.
NOTE: A very high setting may cause eyes discomfort.

Embossment

Adjust this to add more to the impression that screen objects are being pulled or
seem to pop from the screen. (See On Screen Display later in this section for
more details.) NOTE: A very high setting may cause eyes discomfort.

Direction

Sometimes, moving the slider to the left when adjusting embossment does not give
the expected effects. Therefore, it may be necessary to adjust the direction effect
slider leftwards to gain added responsiveness.

Foreground

Foreground is set in conjunction with background to stretch the histogram chart
on the D3D OSD box of current games to scale the depth of 3D objects (see pages
49 and 50 for an examples and more info). Move the foreground slider leftwards
to shift the foreground along the Z-axis towards “0.”

Background

Background is set in conjunction with foreground to stretch the histogram chart
on the D3D OSD box of current games to scale the depth of 3D objects. Move the
foreground slider leftwards to shift the foreground along the Z-axis toward “100.”

Blind

This slider discards “garbage,” cropping out unwanted areas from the left/right
peripheries of the display. Setting to “0” does not discard any of the display area,
while setting to a higher value crops them away.

Advanced D3D

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Main Program

This field is used in conjunction with the Scheme function below. When selecting
a D3D OSD scheme for a specific program, load the scheme default file.

Mode

Line Interleave

Select this option for better monitor compatibility, particularly for monitors with
less bandwidth or less range of horizontal/vertical frequency. Stereoscopic visual
quality, however, will be poor since only half the vertical lines are generated.

Page Flipping

Select this option for the best stereoscopic visual quality. Page flipping provides
double vertical resolution compared with Line Interleave. The monitor must be able
to support the high frequency (at least 100Hz) necessary for this mode.

Refresh Rate

To prevent eye discomfort and fatigue, high refresh rates are preferred. Some
monitors, however, may not be able to support a high refresh rate. Consult
documentation to make sure that your monitor supports the selected refresh rate;
otherwise, your monitor may become unstable, ie.: a blank screen may occur.

Disable Monitor Check

Disables the specification check on the monitor.
Note: Choosing a resolution or refresh rate in excess of monitor specifications may

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Advanced D3D

damage the monitor.

Scheme

This field lists the various default schemes that change the appearance of many
screen elements simultaneously . Use existing schemes by selecting from the games
listed in the drop-down menu and then go to the main program field to browse for
the default settings file supplied with each game for D3D OSD settings. Click on
Save to engage the file with the NVIDIA system. Create and save your own scheme
by saving current custom settings. Unwanted schemes may be deleted. You may
want to save a scheme that you created for some special situations, such as when
you want to use the same settings when playing a certain game or a movie.

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Tips for VR!

1. Make sure that the 3D screen objects do not appear either too far apart, or

separated into slightly overlapping images. These effects indicate over- or
under-compensation. Readjust the settings to avoid eyestrain.

2. Settings may be adjusted to make some objects appear to hover above the

screen area as other objects float below the surface. A ratio of 1:3 to 1:5 of
objects above to below is recommended.

3. For race games, use embossment to make your car appear above the screen.

4. For first-person shooting games, use embossment to make only your

hand/weapon appear above the screen.

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On Screen Display

Enable OSD

Clicking on the check box enables access to the advanced box. When selected, this
option opens the D3D On Screen Display. Use the defined Hotkey and adjust the
onscreen settings of the 3D glasses and display card while playing Direct 3D games
or watching 3D movies.

Advanced

Click on the button to access the advanced box to access hotkey assignments.

Hotkey

This function assigns hot keys to enable onscreen
display or OSD. Select Enable OSD then click on
the advanced button. Change the default hot key
(CTRL + ALT + O) if it conflicts with hot keys of
certain games, video players or Windows programs.

To change the default hot keys

With the mouse cursor in the Hotkey box, press the hot key combination of your
choice (only CTRL + ALT + X key combinations can be defined). Keys that are
unavailable for hotkey X values include: ESC, ENTER, TAB, SP ACEBAR, PRINT
SCREEN, or BACKSPACE. Press any other key to complete the combination. For
example: to define the hot key combination CTRL+ALT+D, having placed the
cursor in the box - press D.

NOTE: Hot keys will be available only if you selected the Enable OSD check box

IMPORTANT: Before enabling D3D stereoscopic mode and using the

stereoscopic or 3D glasses (ASUS VR-100G), make sure the monitor can support
the selected refresh rate (interlaced mode) under the following display scales:

16 bits: 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 960 x 720, 1024 x 768, 1152 x 864
32 bits: 640 x 480, 800 x 600

WARNING! To prevent discomfort and eye fatigue when using stereoscopic or

3D glasses, DO NOT use 3D glasses for an extended period of time. Take
frequent short breaks to give your muscles and eyes a chance to rest: remove the
3D glasses and then look up and focus on distant objects.

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Typical D3D OSD Onscreen Game Settings

When selected, the D3D onscreen menu helps to adjust the settings of 3D glasses
and the display card while playing games or watching 3D videos. T ypical D3D OSD
onscreen settings include: Depth, Embossment, Direction, Background,
Foreground, Blind, Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma.

In most games, use the keyboard UP or DOWN arrow keys to select a new setting.
The PLUS or MINUS keys move the sliders. To restore the defaults, press the
HOME key. To close screen settings display, use the END key.

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Advanced D3D

D3D/OSD Histogram

The OSD Histogram
Chart pinpoints the
Z-axis range upon
which 3D objects
appear as well as how
they gather. For
example, if the above
chart (simulated) was
displayed for a car
racing game, the vertices to the left of the E line could be the model of the game
player’s car, and those objects to the right of the E line could be the road, houses,
other cars or trees in front of the car.

So, with this information, the user may:

• Adjust embossment by moving the E line.

• Adjust foreground/background, thus stretching out the histogram to make

objects more evenly distributed.
NOTE: Using the histogram chart requires games using Direct3D® 6.0 or earlier.

Known Issues on Specific Games

See the ASUS support CD for the latest information: D3DVR.TXT in the WIN9XME
folder.

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Beetle Crazy Cup™ is copyright © 2000 by INFORGRAMES

Original idea and development by XPIRAL™ (Efecto Caos S.L.)

0 1

Z=0.0 E

All registered and unregistered trademarks are the property of their respective users. No intended endorsement

of these products or games by ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. and its subsidiaries is intended or implied.

Embossment

Number of vertices on this Z-value

Z=1.0

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OpenGL

VR Effect

Lists all parameters to fine tune the
stereoscopic effects for OpenGL
games.

Enable Stereoscopic Mode

When selected, this enables the
stereoscopic mode when using
OpenGL 3D applications and games
with the ASUS VR-100G 3D Glasses.
These settings are available only with
the Deluxe/TVR models with Video-

In/TV-Out, or models with the ASUS
VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit.

Eyes

This field records the measure of the
distance between both eyes. Adjustment brings objects into focus. Default: 0

View Angle

The angle by which your two viewing directions intersect. Adjust this to add more
depth to the scene. See p. 33 note.

Embossment

Adjust this to add more to the impression that screen objects are being pulled or
seem to pop from the screen. To achieve a better stereoscopic visual quality, set
Embossment in conjunction with View Angle. (See On Screen Display.)

Mode

Line Interleave

Select this option for better monitor compatibility, particularly for monitors with
less bandwidth or less range of horizontal/vertical frequency. Stereoscopic visual
quality, however, will be poor since only half the vertical lines are generated.

Page Flipping

Select this option for the best stereoscopic visual quality. Page flipping provides
double vertical resolution compared with Line Interleave. The monitor must be able
to support the high frequency (at least 100Hz) necessary for this mode.

Refresh Rate

To prevent eye discomfort and fatigue, high refresh rates are preferred. Some
monitors, however, may not be able to support a high refresh rate. Consult
documentation to make sure that your monitor supports the selected refresh rate;
otherwise, your monitor may become unstable, ie.: a blank screen may occur.

Disable Monitor Check

Disables the specification check on the monitor. Note: Choosing a resolution or
refresh rate in excess of monitor specifications may damage the monitor.

3D Turbo Mode

This selection boosts performance in 3D games, but risks some visual instability.

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Scheme

This field lists the various default schemes that change the appearance of many
screen elements simultaneously . Use existing schemes by selecting from the games
listed in the drop-down menu and then go to the main program field to browse for
the default settings file supplied with each game for OpenGL OSD settings. Click
on Save to engage the file with the NVIDIA system. Create and save your own
scheme by saving current custom settings. Unwanted schemes may be deleted. You
may want to save a scheme that you created for some special situations, such as
when you want to use the same settings when playing a certain game or a movie.

On Screen Display

Enable OSD

Clicking on the check box enables access to the advanced box. When selected, this
option opens the OpenGL On Scr een Display. Use the defined Hotkey and adjust
the onscreen settings of the 3D glasses and display card while playing Direct 3D
games or watching 3D movies.

Advanced

Click on the button to access the advanced box to access hotkey assignments.

Hotkey

This function assigns hot keys to enable onscreen
display or OSD. Select Enable OSD then click on

Advanced OpenGL

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the advanced button. Change the default hot key
(CTRL + ALT + O) if it conflicts with hot keys of
certain games, video players or W indows programs.

To change the default hot keys

With the mouse cursor in the Hotkey box, press the hot key combination of your
choice (only CTRL + ALT + X key combinations can be defined). Keys that are
unavailable for hotkey X values include: ESC, ENTER, TAB, SP ACEBAR, PRINT
SCREEN, or BACKSPACE. Press any other key to complete the combination. For
example: to define the hot key combination CTRL+ALT+D, having placed the
cursor in the box - press D.

NOTE: Hot keys will be available only if you selected the Enable OSD check box.

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IMPORTANT: Before enabling OpenGL stereoscopic mode and using the

stereoscopic or 3D glasses (ASUS VR-100G), make sure the monitor can support
the selected refresh rate (interlaced mode) under the following display scales:

16 bits: 2048x1536 → 1024x768 Stereo Mode
32 bits: 1280x960 → 640x480 Stereo Mode, 1280x1024 → 640x480 Stereo

Mode, 1600x900 → 800x600 Stereo Mode, 1600x1200 → 800x600 Stereo Mode

WARNING! To prevent discomfort and eye fatigue when using your stereoscopic

or 3D glasses, DO NOT try to use your 3D glasses for an extended period of time.
Take frequent short breaks to give your muscles and eyes a chance to rest by
taking off your 3D glasses and then looking up and focusing on distant objects.

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Typical OpenGL OSD Onscreen Game Settings

Unreal T ournament™ is copyright © 1999 by Epic Games, Inc.

When selected, the OpenGL onscreen menu helps to adjust the settings of 3D glasses
and the display card while playing games or watching 3D videos. Typical OSD
onscreen settings include:Eyes, View Angle, Embossment, Brightness, Contrast,
and Gamma.

In most games, use the keyboard UP or DOWN arrow keys to select a new setting.
The PLUS or MINUS keys move the sliders. To restore the defaults, press the
HOME key. To close screen settings display, use the END key.

Known Issues on Selected Games/Applications

See the included support CD for the latest information: OPENGLVR.TXT in the
WIN9XME folder.

All registered and unregistered trademarks are the property of their respective users. No intended endorsement

of these products or games by ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. and its subsidiaries is intended or implied.

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Advanced OpenGL

TaskBar Utility

This utility gives convenient access to various features and presets that may be
configured in the Display Properties Menu directly from the Windows taskbar.

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Taskbar Utility

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Windows Display Properties

The Windows Display Properties is a control panel that helps to make screen
adjustments: to the display positions and to color correction, including: brightness,
contrast, and gamma. The display properties menu is useful to enable and configure
the TwinView display and to make additional property adjustments.

To use Windows Display Properties, click the ASUS icon on the taskbar’s status
area to open the ASUS Control Panel Menu. Click Windows Display Properties,
click the Settings tab, and then click Advanced.

NOTE: Instead of clicking the ASUS Control Panel icon, you may right-click the
Windows 98/2000 desktop, click Properties, and then click the Settings tab. Then
click the Advanced button on the bottom right. Click the appropriate tab (with the
NVIDIA icon ) to change your display settings.

TIP! You can almost always get more information about a particular option by
right-clicking it and then clicking What’s This?

Device Selection

Click the Device Settings and then click
the Select Output Device.

Select the device/devices connected to
your card (Analog Monitor, Digital Flat
Panel, TV) or click Detect Displays to
detect the connected device/devices.

WARNING! Adjusting position or

size is a highly dangerous operation.
Selecting a value that is beyond your
monitor’s specification may damage
it. Pr ess ESC to restore your original

settings in case of problems.

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Analog Monitor

Screen Adjustments

Two submenus permit changes to the
position and proper timing mode for
your monitor. In Scr een Adjustments,
follow the onscreen instructions to
adjust the position of your monitor.
For fine adjustments, use the arrows.

Display Timing

Selects the proper timing mode.
Auto-Detect allows Windows to

receive the proper timing information

Device Selection

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directly from the monitor itself.
NOTE: Some older monitors may not

support this feature.

General Timing Formula (GTF)

GTF is a standard used by most new
hardware.

Discrete Monitor Timings (DMT)

DMT is an older standard still in use on
some hardware. Select this option if
your hardware requries DMT.

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Digital Flat Panel

The following options determines the
placement of the image on the flat panel
display when running at resolutions
lower than the maximum resolution
supported.

Use display adapter scaling

Adapter automatically scales the
appearance of the display on the
monitor. (default)

Centered output

Centers the image on the flat panel and
does not adjust the scale.

NOTE: This funciton is only available
with DVI/2V1D cards.

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TV

Change Format

Opens a window that specifies a
particular TV output format.

NOTE: This function is only available
with T/Deluxe Combo cards.

Video output format

This field specifies the type of output
signal sent to the TV. If the correct
connector cable is connected, S-Video
out will generally provide a higher
quality output than Composite video
out. Specify Auto-select to make the
system determine the output signal.

Device Selection

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Change TV Format Window

Selects the TV/video output format
based on local country standards.

NOTE: If your country is not in the
list, find out which type of TV/video
output format is most commonly used
locally and select it; ie.: PAL-D or
NTSC-M.

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Device Adjustments

Screen Positioning

Selects the TV/video output format
based on the four quadrants indicated
by the arrows. Click on the arrows to
reposition output on the TV monitor.

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Color Correction

This menu enables color adjustments
like brightness, contrast, and gamma
values for each or all of the RGB colors
on the desktop.

Digital Vibrance

This setting controls the color
separation and intensity of the Windows
desktop.

NOTE: Increasing the levels may
result in bold, dynamic visuals with
sharp and balanced colors.

Active Color Channel

This setting coordinates all channels at
once (All channels) or allows for
adjustment of individual channels (Red,
Green, or Blue).

Brightness / Contrast / Gamma

These sliders help calibrate the visual
output of the display card. C hanges to
color settings are shown immediately on
the monitor.

Automatically apply these
settings at startup

Selecting this option will automatically
restore the color adjustments when
Windows is restarted.
NOTE: If the PC is running on a
network, the color will be adjusted after
you have logged on to Windows.

Custom color settings

This field lists the new settings. These settings can be used to change the
appearance of many screen elements simultaneously. Create and/or save current
settings, or delete unwanted settings. A setting may be created, saved and reused
for special situations.

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GeForce4

The GeFor ce4 Ti 4200-8X tab displays
information about the graphics card,
computer system and driver versions;
it also accesses extra features and sup­plies an Internet link for drivers, prod­uct updates and news.

Additional Properties

Click on the Additional Properties
button to enter five submenus to
configure the various functions of this
card.

3D Antialiasing Settings

Antialiasing is a technique used to
minimize the rough rendering of
artifacts, eliminating the “staircase” or
“jagged effect” seen along the edges
of 3D objects. These controls select
the degree to which antialiasing is used

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GeForce4

in Direct3D and OpenGL applica­tions.

Allow applications to control the
antialiasing mode:

Some 3D applications that support
antialiasing automatically optimize
control of this mode; it is possible to
select the antialiasing mode manually .

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Manually Select Anti­aliasing Mode

Off (no antialiasing): Disables antialiasing in 3D applications. Select Off if you
require maximum speed performance in your applications.

2x: Enables antialiasing using the 2x mode. Select this for improved image quality
and high performance in 3D applications.

Quincunx Antialiasing™: Enables a patented antialiasing technique available in
the GeForce3 GPU series. Quincunx Antialiasing™ offers the quality of the slower
4x AA mode at very near the performance of the faster 2x AA mode.

4x: Enables the antialiasing using the 4x mode. Select this for the highest possible
image quality at the expense of some performance drain in 3D applications.

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Direct3D Settings

Performance and Compatibility
Options

Enable fog table emulation

Some older games do not query D3D
hardware capabilities correctly and so
expect table fog support. Choosing this
option will ensure that such games will
run properly.

Adjust Z-buffer depth to
rendering depth if unequal

This option forces the hardware to
automatically adjust the depth of its
Z-buffer to the precise depth that the
application requests. Keep this option
enabled, unless the work absolutely
requires a specific Z-buffer depth.

Display logo when running Direct3D applications

This option lets you display the NVDIA logo in the lower corner of the screen while
running Direct3D applications.

Mipmapping

Mipmap detail level

This option lets you adjust the Level of Detail (LOD) bias for mipmaps. A lower
bias provides better image quality while a higher bias augments performance. Choose
from five preset bias levels. Options are: Best Image Quality, High Image

Quality, Blend, High Performance, Best Performance.

PCI Texture Memory Size

NOTE: This setting applies only to PCI display adapters or to AGP display adapters
running in PCI compatibility mode.

This option sets the amount of system memory for texture storage. Clicking the “up
arrow” increases memory size while clicking the “down arrow” decreases the size
of system memory used for textures. The maximum amount of system memory for
texture storage depends on the amount of physical memory installed on the system.

Custom Direct3D settings

This option lets you create or delete custom settings or “tweaks” you have saved.

GeForce4

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More Direct3D

T exel Alignment

These values define the position of texel
origin. The default values conform to
the Direct3D specifications. Some
software may expect texel origin to be
defined elsewhere. The image quality
of such applications will improve if the
texel origin is redefined. Dragging the
slider leftward positions the texel
origin closer to its upper left corner and
moving the slider rightward positions
it closer to the center.

Range: 0 to 7, default: 3.

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GeForce4

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4. Software Reference

OpenGL Settings

Performance and Compatibility
Options

Enable buffer region extension

This option permits the drivers to
apply the OpenGL extension:
GL_KTX_buffer_region.

Allow the dual planes extension to
use local video memory

This option permits the use of local
video memory when the

GL_KTX_buffer_region extension is en­abled.

Use fast linear-mipmap-linear
filtering

This option permits increased application performance at the expense of some
image quality loss. In many cases, the loss of image quality may not be noticeable.

Enable anisotropic filtering

This option allows OpenGL to use anisotropic filtering for improved image quality.

Disable support for enhanced CPU instruction sets

This option disables driver support for enhanced 3D instruction sets by certain CPUs.

Default color depth for textures

This option determines whether textures of a specific color depth should be used by
default in OpenGL applications. Options are: Use desktop color depth (default),

Always use 16 bpp, and Always use 32 bpp.

Buffer flipping mode

This setting determines the buffer flipping mode for full-screen OpenGL
applications. Options are: Auto-select (default), Use block transfer , and Use page

flip.

Vertical sync

This setting specifies how vertical sync is handled in GL. Options are: Always off,
Off by default, and On by default (default).

Use up to x MB of system memory for textures in PCI mode

This option sets the amount of system memory for texture storage. Clicking the up
arrow increases the memory size while clicking the down arrow decreases the size
of system memory for textures. The maximum amount of system memory for
texture storage depends on the physical memory installed on your system.

NOTE: This setting applies only to PCI display adapters or to AGP display adapters
running in PCI compatibility mode.

Custom OpenGL settings

This option lets you create or delete custom settings or “tweaks” you have saved.

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Overlay Controls

Brightness / Contrast / Hue /
Saturation

Four sliders calibrate the brightness, con­trast, hue, and saturation output of the card.
Use this to adjust the quality of video or
DVD playback on your monitor. Drag­ging a slider to the left decreases the level;
moving to the right increases the level.
The number at the right of each slider
displays the brightness scale.

Range: 0% to 200%, default: 100%);
Contrast (0 to 200%, default: 100%);
Hue (-180º to 180º, default: 0º), and
Saturation value (0% to 200%,
default: 100%).

Enable video overlay zoom

This option enables the zoom controls to allow you to zoom in on a specific area of
the video output screen.

NOTE: (when enabling overlay zoom): Video players that are not able to detect the
presence of Video Mirror may not update the zoom factor immediately while
displaying a still frame.

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GeForce4

Select screen region to zoom

This option lets you select the region on the video playback to zoom in or out.

Zoom control

This option lets you zoom in or out on the selected portion of the video playback
screen.

Check here if you are having problems with your TV tuner

This option, when selected, forces the overlay software to use busmastering. It is
recommended that you leave this option cleared unless you experience problems
with video playback, such as image corruption or no video image at all.

NOTE: You can only access Overlay Controls while you are playing back videos,
for example, .AVI files or DVD movies on your computer.

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Desktop Utilities

Display the Quick Tweak icon in
the taskbar

This option adds the NVIDIA Quick
Tweak icon to the Windows taskbar.

NOTE: In the TwinView Extended
Desktop mode, an extra check box and
a button appears on the Desktop
Utilities dialog: Enable Desktop
Manager and Desktop Manager
Configuration. Click this button to

access the Desktop Display Manager
setup menus.

Using the Quick Tweak icon

Right click the NVIDIA taskbar icon
to display a popup menu of options,
including OpenGL, Direct3D or Color
settings. The menu also contains items
for restoring default settings. Left click
on the icon twice, and the Display
Properties Menu appears.

NOTE: An additional option appears
on the popup menu to access the
Desktop Display Manager setup
menus.

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Desktop Display Manager

In the TwinView Extended Desktop Mode, this Display Manager sets up the PC to
run one or more programs on one or both monitors or desktops. Among others, it
also allows you to undertake program-management features, such as restoring
application windows to their last-used position.

Setting Up Desktop Display Manager Properties

Make sure the applications the are going to run using
the Desktop Display Manager are already open.T o set

Display Manager properties, check the box, Enable
Display Manager and click the Desktop Manager
Configuration button. The Desktop Display Manager

dialog box opens.

Profiles

Profile adds your display settings to Desktop
Di s play Manager. Click the New Profile button on
the Profile tab to create a new profile. Tailor all your
settings in the Profile page and then click the Load
Profile button to complete profile setting. Repeat this
step for each program that you want to add to the Desktop Display Manager.

Desktop Utilities

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A variety of settings are available in Desktop Display Manager. Check: Always
start this application on screen number selects the display or monitor to use when

starting up the program. Check: Start this application at its last position and size
restarts the program at its last position and sizes it to the same size as it was when
last closed.

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Windows

Use the Windows settings to specify
your desired appearance.

Effects

Windows Drawing Enhancement:
Select Make windows maximize

faster to speed up Open, Maximize, and
Restore windows functions. Select

Make windows transparent when
dragged to make a transparent window

and save more space on your desktop
(only on Windows 2000/XP).

Zoom settings:
Clicking Launch Zoom Window

button to open a “Zoom Window”
magnifies a selected area of your screen.

Hot keys

Hightlight an item from Select an
action, then assign a key or a

combination of keys for the action.

Click the Add button.
Repeat the process for the other items.
Click OK when done.

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Desktops

Under one or multiple monitors, you
can create up to 32 different desktops
to distribute the open applications
among them. This prevents application
clutter on your desktop.

Click the Show taskbar Quick T weak
icon to add the NVIDIA Quick Tweak
icon to the Windows taskbar.

Desktop Utilities

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ASUS SmartDoctor (V9280 Video Suite only)

ASUS SmartDoctor is designed to satisfy two major goals. One is to monitor the
graphic chip status, alerting users about abnormal events, such as fan malfunction or
chip overheat. The other, as the name “SmartDoctor” implies, is to “cool” down the
graphic chip smartly when it is not necessary for it to be kept running at full speed.

Functions

• Monitors graphic chip temperature, fan speed and voltage

• Notifies users about irregular hardware events, such as temperature overheat, fan

malfunction, and out-of-safe-range voltage.

• Forcibly cools down the graphic chip when the graphic chip’s temperature is over

an acceptable temperature, to protect the graphic chip from overheat damage.

• Cools down the graphic chip’s temperature when it is idle, and restores it to its

maximum capability once needed, thus smartly extending the graphic chip’s
lifetime.

• Cools down the GPU’s temperature to lengthen GPU lifetime.

• Sets monitor’s tolerable range or value to fit system’s requirement.

• Speed up system by adjusting core and memory clock slider manually.

• Provide 5 levels of fan speed adjustment.

CAUTION: AGP bus VDDQ Voltage and AGP bus 3.3 Voltage should be supplied
steadily by your motherboard. Otherwise, your system will crash.

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Settings

When you click the Setup button, the Smart Doctor2 Settings dialog box appears.

The default setting of SmartDoctor is keep resident which means that SmartDoctor
will run every time Windows start and check the graphic card’s status.

If your graphics card is working properly, SmartDoctor will terminate within 5 sec­onds.

Dynamic Settings will become available when you uncheck Run once and
terminate.

• Monitoring polling time interval lets you specify the time intervals that

SmartDoctor will take to check the graphic chip. The default setting is 5 seconds.
You can choose a longer time interval value. SmartDoctor, however, will be less
sensitive to graphic chip condition changes.

• Enable GPU cooling allows you to enable or disable the GPU cooling option.

Enabling GPU cooling option will cool down the GPU’s temperature when
SmartDoctor detects that the GPU is idle. The GPU temperature will then drop.

NOTE: If you have already installed any GPU cooling software in your system,

you should just choose only one. Running more than one GPU cooling software
at the same time is redundant.

After GPU cooling is enabled, and when you run System Monitor in Programs–
Accessories–System Tools to monitor GPU usage, you will find that GPU usage
has reached its maximum, that is, 100%. Do not be alarmed—this is normal.

• Enable dynamic graphic cooling allows you to enable or disable the dynamic

graphic cooling option. Enabling the graphic cooling option will cool down the
graphic chip’s temperature when SmartDoctor detects that the graphic chip is idle.

• Enable overheat protection lets you forcibly cool down the graphic chip when

temperature is over the tolerable range or value.

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Click the Monitor tab to specify the
alarm settings for voltage, temperature,
and fan, that fit your system.

Click the Overclocking tab to manually
set overclocking parameters.

To manually adjust the Engine and
Memory graphic speeds, uncheck
Enable GPU cooling, Enable dynamic
graphic cooling and Enable overheat
protection found in the Settings tab.
Otherwise, you may set the default
values by pressing the Default
command button.

The Set/Test button runs a series of
display tests on your graphic card.

Click the Fan Control tab to set smart
cooling settings. When the Dynamic
Fan Control is enabled, you may indi­vidually adjust dynamic fan speed
levels or set to default values and Smart
Cooling will automatically adjust fan
speed to prevent overheating. Also, you
may set the fan speed fixed at a desired
level.

When SmartDoctor senses that some­thing is wrong with your card graphic
chip, the message display region will
show a detailed description of the error
or problem. The component in question
will also have a flashing red value. If
you enabled overheat protection in
SmartDoctor2 Settings dialog box,
SmartDoctor will cool down the
graphic chip in time to protect it from
possible overheat damage.

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ASUS T weak Utility

ASUS T weak is designed to adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and
video memory.

Warning! Use ASUS Tweak Utility with extreme caution and only if you are

Functions

• Timing adjustment includes engine and memory clock.

• 2D Test lets you test your settings.

• Timing test run when clock is larger than default setting and use current setting at

next startup.

• GPU Cooling. Tweak automatically reduces the speed of the GPU. When pro-

cessing the GPU automatically throttles back to reduce component temperatures
and increase longevity.

• Dynamic Overclocking. T weak prevents excessive overclocking that may exhaust

and shorten the GPU’s life.

well acquainted with your display card. Inappropriate use may
damage your graphic card, its components and even your system.

Note: Use overclocking only when you need to run high-speed graphic
applications.

Advanced Setup

When you click the Setup button, the Smart Doctor2 Settings dialog box appears.

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The default setting of ASUS Tweak is Run and keep resident, which means that
Tweak will run every time Windows start and monitor the graphic card’s status or
adjust the working frequency.

If your graphics card is working properly, Tweak will terminate within 5 seconds.

• Monitoring polling time interval lets you specify the time intervals that Tweak

will take to check the graphic chip. The default setting is 5 seconds. You can
choose a longer time interval value. Tweak, however, will be less sensitive to
graphic chip condition changes.

• Enable GPU cooling allows you to enable or disable the GPU cooling option.

Enabling GPU cooling option will cool down the GPU’s temperature when T weak
detects that the GPU is idle. The GPU temperature will then drop.

NOTE: If you have already installed any GPU cooling software in your system,

you should just choose only one. Running more than one GPU cooling software
at the same time is redundant.

After GPU cooling is enabled, and when you run System Monitor in Programs–
Accessories–System Tools to monitor GPU usage, you will find that GPU usage
has reached its maximum, that is, 100%. Do not be alarmed—this is normal.

• Enable dynamic graphic cooling allows you to enable or disable the dynamic

graphic cooling option. Enabling the graphic cooling option will cool down the
graphic chip’s temperature when SmartDoctor detects that the graphic chip is idle.

• Enable overheat protection lets you forcibly cool down the graphic chip when

temperature is over the tolerable range or value.

Click the Overclocking tab to manually
set overclocking parameters.

To manually adjust the Engine and
Memory graphic speeds, uncheck
Enable GPU cooling, Enable dynamic
graphic cooling and Enable overheat
protection found in the Settings tab.
Otherwise, you may set the default
values by pressing the Default
command button.

ASUS Tweak offers a powerful
overclocking capability for your graphic
card. It speeds up your system and
support multi-cards. You may select the
card model installed from the VGA card
list combo list box.

The Set/Test button runs a series of
display tests on your graphic card.

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5. Resolution Table

Resolution Vertical Horizontal

Frequency Frequency

640 x 480 60Hz 31.5 √√√

800 x 600 60Hz 37.9 √√√

1024 x 768 60Hz 48.4 √√√

1152 x 864 60Hz 53.7 √√√

1280 x 960 60Hz 60.0 √√√

70Hz 34.9 √√√
72Hz 37.9 √√√
75Hz 37.5 √√√

85Hz 43.3 √√√
100Hz 51.0 √√√
120Hz 61.8 √√√
140Hz 72.9 √√√
144Hz 75.2 √√√
150Hz 78.7 √√√
170Hz 90.3 √√√
200Hz 108.0 √√√
240Hz 132.9 √√√

70Hz 43.8 √√√

72Hz 48.2 √√√

75Hz 46.9 √√√

85Hz 53.7 √√√
100Hz 63.7 √√√
120Hz 77.2 √√√
140Hz 91.1 √√√
144Hz 94.0 √√√
170Hz 112.7 √√√
200Hz 135.1 √√√
240Hz 166.2 √√√

70Hz 56.4 √√√

72Hz 57.5 √√√

75Hz 60.0 √√√

85Hz 68.7 √√√
100Hz 81.7 √√√
120Hz 98.8 √√√
140Hz 116.6 √√√
144Hz 120.2 √√√
150Hz 125.7 √√√
170Hz 144.1 √√√
200Hz 172.8 √√√
240Hz 212.1 √√

70Hz 62.9 √√√

72Hz 64.9 √√√

75Hz 67.5 √√√

85Hz 77.1 √√√
100Hz 91.3 √√√
120Hz 111.2 √√√
140Hz 131.3 √√√
144Hz 135.2 √√
150Hz 141.4 √√√
170Hz 162.9 √√√
200Hz 194.9 √√

70Hz 69.9 √√√

72Hz 72.1 √√√

75Hz 75.2 √√√

85Hz 86.0 √√√
100Hz 101.7 √√√
120Hz 123.5 √√√
140Hz 145.1 √√√
144Hz 150.5 √√
150Hz 157.2 √√√
170Hz 179.8 √√

8bpp = 16bpp = 32bpp =
256 colors 65K colors 16.7M colors
Standard High Color True Color

Color Depth

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5. Resolution Table

Resolution Vertical Horizontal

Frequency Frequency

1280 x 1024 60Hz 64.0 √√√

1600 x 900 60Hz 55.9 √√√

1600 x 1200 60Hz 75.0 √√√

1920 x 1080 60Hz 67.1 √√√

1920 x 1200 60Hz 74.6 √√√

1920 x 1440 60Hz 89.4 √√√

2048 x 1536 60Hz 95.5 √√√

70Hz 74.6 √√√
72Hz 76.8 √√√
75Hz 80.0 √√√

85Hz 91.3 √√√
100Hz 108.5 √√√
120Hz 131.7 √√√
140Hz 155.9 √√√
144Hz 159.6 √√
150Hz 167.3 √√√
170Hz 191.8 √√√

70Hz 65.6 √√√

72Hz 67.5 √√√

75Hz 70.5 √√√

85Hz 80.4 √√√
100Hz 95.3 √√√
120Hz 115.4 √√√
140Hz 136.8 √√
144Hz 140.4 √√
150Hz 146.8 √√

70Hz 87.5 √√√

72Hz 90.1 √√√

75Hz 94.0 √√√

85Hz 106.1 √√√
100Hz 127.5 √√√
120Hz 154.5 √√

70Hz 78.7 √√√

72Hz 81.1 √√√

75Hz 84.6 √√√

85Hz 96.4 √√√
100Hz 113.9 √√

70Hz 87.4 √√√

72Hz 90.0 √√√

75Hz 94.0 √√√

85Hz 106.7 √√√
100Hz 126.7 √√

70Hz 104.9 √√√

72Hz 108.5 √√

75Hz 112.5 √√√

85Hz 129.4 √√

70Hz 111.9 √√

72Hz 115.3 √√

75Hz 121.3 √√

8bpp = 16bpp = 32bpp =
256 colors 65K colors 16.7M colors
Standard High Color True Color

Color Depth

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6. T roubleshooting

Description Recommended Action

After installation and
restarting, Windows 95/98
informs me that the display
setting is still incorrect.

My monitor is not capable
of high resolution or r efresh
rate.

DirectX or the other
applications report no
AGP memory available.

Games or applications
report “No 3D acceleration
hardwar e found.”

I cannot enable AGP
memory or run I-Base test.

My MPEG player displays
bad quality video clips.

I am using Video Security
and it seems my hard disk
space is almost exhausted.

• Make sure the “Assign IRQ to VGA” option is
enabled in the BIOS.

• Check if there is enough IRQ for VGA.

• Uninstall the driver, restart, and reinstall the driver.

• It depends on the display characteristics of your

monitor. Consult your monitor documentation for the
proper configuration.

• Windows 95 is not OSR2.1 or later.

• DirectX version is not 6.0 or later.

• You have not installed appropriate drivers for the

AGP chipset. (e.g. VGAR TD.VXD for Intel 440LX).

• Incorrect BIOS setting. BIOS must support at least
64MB for AGP aperture size.

• 3D works only in 16- or 32-bit color depth. Switch
your color depth display mode to 16-bit (high color)
or 32-bit (true color).

• Check necessary libraries, such as DirectX or
OpenGL.

• Try to switch to a lower resolution.

• You may be using a motherboard with an Aladdin

IV AGPset. T o get the best compatibility , the display
card uses AGP Bus Master mode instead of AGP
execute mode for motherboards using this AGPset.

• Y ou must install DirectX 6 or later so that your player
can take advantage of the hardware acceleration
mode (DirectDraw).

• Try to switch to a lower resolution, color depth, or
refresh rate. Switching to a lower mode allows your
player to use hardware acceleration mode.

• Switch dual view mode to VGA or TV mode.

• This is a very important issue when you decide to

use V ideoSecurity with the “never stop” option. You
must be aware of the free space of your hard disk—
it must be enough for storing temporary files in the
current working directory. If disk space is exhausted,
VideoSecurity will not store any information and give
you a warning message.

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INDEX

A

Active color channel 45
Additional properties button 46
Adjust Z-buffer depth 47
Advanced

Box 35, 38
Button 41

Menu 33
AGP bus expansion slot 13
Allow

Applications 46

Dual planes extension 49
Analog monitor

Connecting 13
Analog monitor submenu 42

Display timing 42

Screen adjustments 42
Application management 52
Asus

Utilities 55

VR picture viewer 57

VR-100 upgrade kit 37

VR-100G 3D glasses 37
Auto

-detect 42

-select 44, 49
Automatically apply 45
Available models 7

Change

Default hot keys 35, 38
Format 44
TV format 44

Color

Menu 31
Spline 32

Color correction submenu 45

Active color channel 45
Automatically apply 45
Brightness / contrast / gamma

45

Custom color settings 45
Contrast 31, 32, 36, 39, 45, 50
Control panel 29, 41

More resolution 30

Refresh rate / resolution 29
Custom

Color settings 45

OpenGL settings 49

D

D3D/OSD histogram 36
Default color depth 49
Deluxe TVR models 37
Depth 33, 36
Desktop display manager 52

Application management 52

INDEX

B

Background 33, 36
Blind 33, 36
Brightness

31, 32, 36, 39, 44, 45

Buffer flipping mode 49

C

Centered output 43

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Displaying from any program

53
Setting up 52
Zoom 54

Desktop utilities 51

Display quick tweak icon 51
Using quick tweak icon 51

Device adjustments 44

Brightness / flicker filter /

contrast 44

INDEX

INDEX

Screen positioning 44

Device settings submenu 41

Color correction 45
Device selection status

Analog monitor 43
Digital flat panel 43

Digital flat panel

Centered output 43
Digital vibrance 45
Direct3D menu 31, 36, 46

General functions 32

VR Effect 33
Direct3D settings 47

Mipmapping 47

Custom 3D settings 47
Detail level 47
PCI texture memory size 47

More direct3D

Texel alignment 48

Performance and compatibility

47
Adjust z-buffer 47
Display logo 47

Enable fog table 47
Direction 33, 36
DirectX 60
Disable

Antialiasing 46
Monitor check 34, 37, 49

Support for enhanced CPU 49
Discrete monitor timing 42
Display

Logo 47

Quick tweak icon 51
Display driver installation 15

Windows 2000 17

Windows 98 15

Windows NT 4.0 20
Display properties 29, 40, 41, 51

Advanced settings 41

GeForce2MX 46

Display timing 42

Auto-detect 42
Discrete monitor timings 42
General timing formula 42

Drivers 21

DirectX 22
Display driver 21
GART driver 23

DVD playback quality 50

E

E line 36
Embossment 33, 36, 37, 39
Enable

Anisotropic filtering 49
Buffer region extension 49
Desktop manager 51
Fog table 47
OSD 35, 38
Stereoscopic mode 33

Video overlay zoom 50
Engine 55
Extended desktop mode 51
Eyes 37, 39

F

Features 8
Foreground 33, 36

G

Gamma 31, 32, 36, 39, 45
GeForce3 46

3D antialiasing settings 46

Additional properties 46

Desktop utilities 51
Direct3d settings 47

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Display manager 52
OpenGL settings 49

Overlay controls 50
Allow applications 46
Manually select antialiasing 46

General functions

Color spline 32
Scheme 32

General timing formula 42
Graphics speed 55

H

Histograms 36
Hotkey 35, 38
Hue 50

I

IC chips

Warning 13

IMPORTANT 14, 32, 35, 38
Information menu 30
Install

Asus Tweak utility 27
DirectX 15, 22
Display driver 21
GART driver 15, 23

Installation procedures

New VGA cards 13
Systems with existing VGA card

13

IRQ 60

L

Layout

V7100 Magic / Pure 11, 12
V7100 Magic / T 9, 10
V8200 Deluxe 9

Line interleave 34, 37

Load default 33, 55

M

Main program 34
Manually select antialiasing 46
Maximum

Resolution 43

Speed performance 46
Memory 55
Mipmapping 47

Custom Direct3D settings 47

Detail level 47

PCI texture memory size 47
Mode 34, 37

Disable monitor check 34, 37

Line interleave 34, 37

Page flipping 34, 37

Refresh rate 34, 37

Stereoscopic 33
Monitor

Analog 42

Check, disable 34, 37

Compatibility 34

Discrete timings 42

More resolution 30

Refresh rates 38
More direct3D 48
More resolution 30
MPEG player 60

N

NTSC-M 44
NVIDIA icon 41

O

Off 46, 49
On screen display 35, 38

Advanced 35, 38

INDEX

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INDEX

Change defaults 35
Enable OSD 35, 38
Hotkey 35, 38

OpenGL menu 31, 39, 46

General functions 32
VR effect 37

OpenGL settings 49

Buffer flipping mode 49
Custom openGL settings 49
Default color depth 49
Performance and compatibility

49
Allow dual planes 49
Disble support for enhanced
CPU 49
Enable anistropic filtering 49
Enable buffer 49

Use fast linear-mipmap 49
Use up to xMB 49
Vertical sync 49

OS

System requirements 14

Overlay controls 50

Brightness / contrast / hue /

saturation 50
Check here 50
Enable video overlay zoom 50
Select screen region 50
Zoom control 50

R

Range 32, 48, 50
Refresh rate 29, 34, 37, 38, 60
Resolution

Refresh rate 29
Table 58
Win 95 users 30

RGB 31, 45

S

S-Video 44
Safe mode recovery

Tweak 56
Saturation 50
Scheme 32, 34, 38
Screen adjustments 42
Screen positioning 44
Single frame

Capture 55
Software

Installation procedures 13
Stereoscopic / 3D file 57
Stereoscopic mode 33, 35, 37
Store

Original settings 29
System requirements

Monitor refresh rates 35

OS 14

P

Page flipping 34, 37
PAL 44
Product highlights 7

Q

Quick Tweak icon 51
Quincunx antialiasing 46

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T

Taskbar 29, 40

ASUS icon 29

NVIDIA icon 51
Texel alignment 48
Timing adjustment 55, 56
Tips!

For VR 34

What's this? 41

INDEX

Troubleshooting 60
TV 44

Change format 44
Device adjustments

Brightness / flicker filter /

contrast 44
Tuner problems 50
Video output format 44

Tweak utility 55

Graphics speed 55

2D test 55

Engine 55

Load default 55

Memory 55
Safe mode recovery 56
Timing adjustment 55
Use tweak settings 55

Typical

D3D OSD settings 36
OpenGL OSD settings 39

U

Uninstall

Display driver 22, 25

Windows 2000 27

Windows 98 25

Windows NT 4.0 27
Driver 25

Use

Asus utilities 55
Block transfer 49
Desktop color depth 49
Display adapter scaling 43
Embossment 34
Fast linear-mipmap 49
Tweak settings 55
Up to X MB 49

Utilities

Desktop 51
Tweak 27, 55
VR Picture Viewer 57

Utility

Taskbar 40

V

Vertical sync 49
Video

Output format 44
Video-in/TV-out 37
View

Angle 37, 39
VR effect 33

Background 33

Blind 33

Depth 33

Embossment 33

Foreground 33

Load default 33

Main Program 34

Menu 57

Stereoscopic mode 33
VR picture viewer 57

Opening or displaying Stereo/3D

files 57
VR-100 upgrade kit 37
VR-100G 3-D glasses 37

W

WARNING

13, 20, 22, 27, 29, 34, 38, 41, 55
Windows desktop 29

Properties and settings 29

Windows display properties 41

Z

Z-axis range 36

INDEX

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Zoom control 50, 54

INDEX

INDEX

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