ASUS VANTA User Manual

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Vanta 2000 Series

TwiN Texel 3D Graphics Card

USER’S MANUAL

Hardware & Video Drivers

Vanta 2000 / 8MB

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CONTENTS

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

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

Available Model ...............................................................................7

ASUS Vanta 2000 ......................................................................7

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

II. Hardware Setup..............................................................................9

ASUS Vanta 2000 Layout ................................................................9

Installation Procedures...................................................................10

New Systems ............................................................................10

Systems with Existing VGA Card ............................................10

III. Software Setup ............................................................................11

Operating System Requirements ...................................................11

Windows 98.............................................................................. 11

Display Driver Installation.............................................................12

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

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program .............................12

Method 2: Display Property Page.......................................13

Method 3: Plug and Play ....................................................14

Windows 2000..........................................................................14

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program .............................14

Method 2: Plug and Play ....................................................15

Windows NT 4.0 ......................................................................17

Method 1: Display Property Page.......................................17

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

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

Install DirectX ..........................................................................20

Install GART Driver .................................................................21

Uninstall Display Driver ..........................................................23

Windows 98........................................................................23

Method1: Using the Autorun Screen ............................23

Method 2: Using Control Panel ....................................23

Windows 2000....................................................................24

Method1: Using the Autorun Screen ............................24

Method 2: Using Control Panel ....................................24

Windows NT 4.0.................................................................24

Method 1: Using Control Panel ....................................24

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CONTENTS

IV. Software Reference.....................................................................25

ASUS Control Panel ......................................................................25

Refresh Rate .............................................................................25

More Resolution.......................................................................26

Information...............................................................................26

Color.........................................................................................27

Display .....................................................................................30

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

Direct3D .............................................................................33

OpenGL ..............................................................................36

Other ...................................................................................38

V. Resolution Table ...........................................................................39

VI. Troubleshooting..........................................................................41

Description.....................................................................................41

Recommended Action....................................................................41

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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

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I. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing an ASUS Vanta 2000 TwiN Texel 3D Graphics Card.
Powered by the NVIDIA™ Vanta LT™ 128-bit TwiN Texel, highly integrated 3D

graphics processor, the ASUS Vanta 2000 is designed for value-conscious graphics
enthusiasts.

Making use of the NVIDIA TNT architecture, the ASUS Vanta 2000 delivers cut­ting-edge 3D and 2D graphics performance, making it ideal for the current basic
desktop PC.

With the ASUS Vanta 2000, you will not only see but also experience dynamic,
realistic 3D worlds and characters.

Highlights

• New NVIDIA™ Vanta LT 3D/2D accelerator

• 250 MHz RAMDAC

• Auto-run driver installation

• ASUS innovative and fancy user interface

• High-value software bundle: Drakan™, Rollcage™ and 12 demo game titles

Available Model

Features

I. Introduction

ASUS Vanta 2000

• 8MB Frame Buffer

• VGA

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I. Introduction

I. Introduction

Features

Features

• High performance true 128-bit, single cycle operation

• 2D/GUI/DirectDraw Acceleration

• Optimized Direct Frame buffer (DFB) access with Write-combining

• Full featured 128-bit BitBLT Engine

• Multi buffering (Double, Triple, Quad buffering) for smooth animation

• DMA Pusher allows the 2D graphics pipeline to load rendering methods opti-

mizing TNT2/host muti-tasking

• Twin-Texel (TNT) 32-bit graphics pipeline, processes 2 pixels-per-clock cycle

• 2 texture mapped, lit pixels per clock

• Single pass multi-texture rendering

• High precision 24-bit or 16-bit floating point Z-buffer

• TextureBlend support examples (Multi-texture, Reflection maps, Bump Map,

Detail textures, Texture modulation, Environmental maps, Light maps, Proce­dural textures)

• Backend blend (Destination, Alpha blending, 32-bit ARGB rendering, Point
sampled, bilinear, trilinear and 8-tap anisotropic filtering)

• Per -Pixel perspective texture mapping (Fog, Lighting, Mipmapping)

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VGA Output

VGA Monitor

output (15pin)

(standard)

Projector

®

VGA

BIOS

NVIDIA

TM

VANTA

LT

CHIP

8MB Frame Buffer

II. Hardware Setup

Vanta 2000

II. H/W Setup

8MB Frame Buffer

ASUS Vanta 2000 Layout

ASUS Vanta 2000 Graphics Card

This User’s Manual

ASUS Vanta 2000 Series Driver & Utility CD Disc

Item Checklist

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

II. H/W Setup

Procedures

Installation Procedures

II. Hardware Setup

WARNING! Computer boards and components contain very delicate Integrated

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

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

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

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

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

New Systems

1. Unplug all electrical cords on your computer.

2. Remove the system unit cover.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Replace the cover on the system unit.

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

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

Systems with Existing VGA Card

1. Change your display driver to Standard VGA.

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

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

4. Restart your computer.

5. Install the ASUS Vanta 2000 series display driver.

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III. Software Setup

Operating System Requirements

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

Windows 98

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

Windows 98 includes VGARTD for the major chipsets but it is recommended that
you install VGARTD from the ASUS Vanta 2000 Series CD to make sure that you
have the latest version of VGAR TD (see III. Software Setup | Install GART Driver).

NOTES

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

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

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

tion CD disc.

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

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

III. S/W Setup

OS Requirements

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Display Driver Installation

You can use one of the recommended methods to install the display drivers for your
ASUS Vanta 2000 series graphics card, depending on your operating system.

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

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 III. Software Setup

III. S/W Setup

Display Drivers

| Install GART Driver and III. Software Setup | Install DirectX later in this manual
for the setup steps.

III. Software Setup

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program

NOTE: See III. Software Setup | Drivers | Install Display Driver for more informa-
tion.

1. Start Windows.

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

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

4. The Install Shell appears. Click Drivers and then click Install Display 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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III. Software Setup

Method 2: Display Property Page

1. Start W indows.

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

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

4. Click the Settings tab and then click

Advanced. The Standard Display
Adapter (VGA) Properties dialog box

appears.

5. Click Change on the Adapter tab. The
Update Device Driver Wizard dialog
box appears. Click Next, click Display

a list of all the drivers... and then click
Next.

6. Click Show all hardware and then

click Have Disk....When the Install

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

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

ASUSNV9X.INF file and

Drivers

III. S/W Setup

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

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

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

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

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

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

WIN9x folder and then select ASUSNV9X.INF

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III. S/W Setup

Drivers

III. Software Setup

Method 3: Plug and Play

NOTE: Before proceeding with these steps, replace first your old VGA card with
an ASUS Vanta 2000 series graphics card.

1. Start Windows.

2. When Windows detects your ASUS
Va nta 2000 series graphics card, the
New Hardware Found dialog box
appears.

3. Click Driver from disk provided by
hardware manufacturer.

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

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

D:\WIN9x to

Windows 2000

Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program

1. Start Windows.

2. When Windows detects your ASUS
graphics card, the Found New Hard-
ware 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 Install
Shell appears. Click Drivers and then
click Install Display 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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III. Software Setup

Method 2: Plug and Play

1. Start Windows.

2. When W indows detects your ASUS

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

3. Click Next.

4. When the next Found New Hard-
ware Wizard dialog box appears,
select Search for a suitable driver
for my device (recommended).

Click Next to open the Locate

Driver Files item of the Found New
Hardware Wizard dialog box.

5. Insert the CD installation disc into
your CD-ROM drive when the Lo-

cate Driver Files item of the Found
New Hardware W izard dialog box

appears.

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

Drivers

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7. When the wizard has finished

8. When prompted to select the display

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III. Software Setup

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.

driver to install in your system, se­lect the one that is located in the

D:\WIN2K and then click Next.

Drivers

9. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup.

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

Click OK to restart your computer and to complete Setup.

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III. Software Setup

Windows NT 4.0

Method 1: Display Property Page

W ARNING! Before installing the display driver in Windows NT 4.0, make sure that

you have installed Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack3 or later, to take full advan­tage of your card’s AGP features. (You may download service 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 VANT A2000 vx.xxx and then click OK.

10. W indows 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

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

Yes to restart Windows.

Drivers

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III. Software Setup

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III. Software Setup

Drivers

Install Display Driver

1. Insert the CD installation disc into

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

Click Drivers.

2. Windows 98: The Drivers box ap-

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

Drivers

III. S/W Setup

Windows 2000: Setup will only
copy the display drivers.

Windows NT 4.0:

appear. Follow the instructions to
install the display driver. You may
refer to the installation procedures for
Windows NT later in this section.

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

SETUPNT.TXT will

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III. S/W Setup

Drivers

III. Software Setup

Install DirectX

(Windows 98 only)
Microsoft DirectX allows 3D hardware acceleration support in Windows 98. For

Software MPEG support in Windows 98, you must first install Microsoft DirectX,
and then an MPEG-compliant video player.

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

Click Drivers.

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

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

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

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

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

Display Driver.

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III. Software Setup

Install GART Driver

(Windows 98 only)
The AGP GAR T Driver is used to support AGP functionality for the chipset on your

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

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

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

Click Drivers.

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

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

Drivers

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Drivers

III. Software Setup

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.

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III. Software Setup

Uninstall Display Driver

If you want to update your display drivers or if you no longer need the Vanta 2000
display drivers, you can use one of the following procedures to completely uninstall
the drivers from your system to save disk space.

Windows 98

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

1. Click Start, and then point to Set­tings.

2. Click Control Panel.

3. Double-click the Add/Remove Pro-
grams icon.

4. Click the Install/Uninstall tab.

5. Click ASUS Display Drivers from
the list.

6. Click Add/

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

Remove.

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Uninstall Driver

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III. Software Setup

Windows 2000

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.

III. S/W Setup

Uninstall Driver

4. Click the Install/Uninstall tab.

5. Click ASUS Display Drivers from
the list.

6. Click Add/

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

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.

Remove.

5. Click ASUS Display Drivers from the list.

6. Click Add/

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

Remove.

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IV. Software Reference

ASUS Control Panel

(Windows 9x/Windows 2000 only)

After installation of the display drivers, you will find
an ASUS icon on the taskbar’s status area. Clicking or
right-clicking this icon opens the ASUS Control Panel,
showing a menu composed of shortcuts of the graphics
board’s enhanced and other functions.

NOTE: Instead of clicking the ASUS Control Panel
icon, you may right-click the Windows95/98/2000
desktop, click Properties, and then click Settings.
Under Windows98/2000, click Advanced after click­ing Settings. Click the appropriate tab to change your
display settings.

Refresh Rate

ASUS Control Panel icon

Refresh Rate lets you change the refresh rate of your 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

1. Click/right-click the ASUS Control

Panel icon, point to Refresh Rate,
and then click the desired refresh
rate.

ESC to restore your original settings in case of problems.

Refresh Rate

IV. S/W Reference

2. The system will prompt you whether
you want to keep the setting you just
selected. Click OK to keep the setting,
otherwise, click Cancel or press ESC.

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IV. Software Reference

More Resolution

More Resolution lets you change the screen resolution of your monitor.

1. Click/right-click the ASUS Control

Panel icon, point to More Resolu-
tion, and then click the desired screen
resolution. The system will automati­cally set the resolution selected with­out restarting your computer.

WINDOWS95 USERS: You will
be prompted to restart your computer
if you select a screen resolution with

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Resolution/Info

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

Information lists the relevant informa­tion about your card. Aside from this, it
has links to the ASUSTeK COM­PUTER, INC. web site for updated in­formation about the graphics board, lat­est drivers, and other information.

Information

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Color

Color allows you to make color adjustments, such as brightness, contrast, and gamma
values for each or all of the RGB colors. These adjustments can be made for Desk­top, D3D/Game, and OpenGL. The color settings of Desktop, D3D/Game, and
OpenGL are not adjustable under 8-bit color depth.

Desktop

Desktop lets you adjust the color of your
Windows desktop.

D3D/Game

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

OpenGL

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

Color

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General Functions

Brightness

/

Contrast

/

Gamma

Brightness / Contrast / Gamma sliders
let you calibrate the brightness, contrast,
and gamma output of your display card.

Desktop

Changes to your color settings are
shown immediately on your monitor.
Y ou may change the preview picture by
clicking Load from the Desktop box.

D3D/Game / OpenGL

Changes to your color settings are
shown immediately on your monitor .

Dragging 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), or gamma value (0.2 to 3.0, default: 1.0).

Color Spline

Color Spline shows how each (R, G,
or B) or all channels are distributed
when you move the Brightness, Con­trast, or Gamma slider to make your
adjustments. You can adjust all chan­nels at once (All) or individual chan­nels (R, G, or B).

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Color

Scheme

Scheme lists schemes that you can use
to change the appearance of many
screen elements simultaneously. You
can use existing schemes, or create and
save your own scheme by saving your
current settings, or delete unwanted
schemes. 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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Important Notes

D3D/Game

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

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Display

Display lets you make monitor adjustments, such as position, size, and refresh rate.

WARNING! Adjusting position or size, especially refresh rate is a highly danger-

ous operation. Selecting a value that is beyond your monitor’s specification may
damage it. Press

VGA

Adjustment

Position sets the screen position
Size sets the screen size

Synchronization

Adjusts the synchronization polarity settings

ESC to restore your original settings in case of problems.

Disable Monitor Check

Lets you disable the specification check of your
monitor. That is, you may select all the resolutions
and refresh rates that the VGA card can support.

Note: Choosing a resolution or refresh rate beyond
the monitor specifications may damage your moni­tor.

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Display

Change current refresh rate

(Windows 9x only)

Displays the Change current refresh rate box to
let you customize a new refresh rate.

T o change the current refresh rate

1. Click Change current refresh rate.

2. In the Refresh rate list under
Change current refr esh rate, click
the nearest default refresh rate and
then adjust the Edit refresh rate
slider to the rate you want, click Test
and then click YES when prompted
to add the new refresh rate into the
list. Otherwise, the original refresh
rate will be restored.

Load default

Restores the settings to their defaults.

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Change refresh rate

Displays the Change refresh rate box to let you
change the refresh rate of any screen resolution.

GDI (for Windows 9x only)
GDI lets you change the refresh rate of the Win-

dows desktop.

To change the refresh rate

1. Click Change refresh rate.

2. In the Refresh Rate list under the
GDI tab, select the refresh rate you
want to use. A Test button appears to
let you test the selected refresh rate
and resolution combination. Click
YES when prompted whether to keep
the new refresh rate. Otherwise, the
original refresh rate will be restored.

DirectDraw
DirectDraw lets you change the refresh rate of

DirectDraw. It is most useful when you are play-

full-screen game.

ing a

To change the refresh rate

1. Click Change refresh rate.

2. In the Refresh Rate list under the
DirectDraw tab, select the refresh rate
you want to use.

Display

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TV

NOTE: This tab is not available with
the Pure model.

Position

Sets the screen position.

Standard

Sets the TV signal format, for example, PAL or
NTSC.

Output type

Displays the connection status of composite and
S-Video.

Scan type

Sets the scan type of the TV display.

Black Level

Sets the brightness of the TV display.

Contrast

Sets the contrast of the TV display.

Flicker Filter

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Sets the anti-flicker effect.

Display

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Advanced

Direct3D

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Performance and Compatibility Options

Enable fog table emulation

Some old games do not correctly query the D3D hardware capabilities and 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 depth that the applica­tion requests. Normally, you will want to keep this option enabled, unless your work absolutely requires a
specific Z-buffer depth.

Enable alternate depth buffering technique

This option lets the hardware use a different mechanism for depth buffering in 16-bit applications. Enabling
this setting can produce higher quality rendering of 3D images.

Display logo when running Direct3D applicaitons

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

Advanced

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Mipmapping Options

Mipmap levels automatically generated

This option lets the hardware automatically generate mipmaps to increase the efficiency of texture transfers
across the bus and provide higher application performance.

Auto-mipmap method

This option lets you choose the auto-mipmap method. Choose bilinear method for a generally improved
performance or anisotropic method for a generally higher quality image.

Mipmap detail level

This option lets you adjust the level of detail bias for mipmaps. A lower bias will increase the application
performance.

Command Buffer Location

Command Buffer Location lets you choose the location of the command buffer. Default setting is Strict
AGP.

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Strict AGP

This option forces all the command buffer into the AGP memory. Choose for best performance.

Advanced

PCI

This option forces the command buffer to be created into the PCI memory. If you are experiencing stability
problems with your system (especially with some Socket 7 motherboards), choose this option for better
compatibility.

PCI with reduced heap

This option forces the command buffer to be created into the PCI memory. This, however, also reduces the
AGP heap size by an amount equal to the size of the command buffer. If you are experiencing stability
problems with your system (especially with some Socket 7 motherboards), choose this option for best com­patibility. Performance is, however, poorer using this option compared with the PCI option.

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More Options

T exel Alignment

Changing these values will change where the texel
origin is defined. The default values conform to the
Direct3D specifications. Some software may expect
the texel origin to be defined elsewhere. The im­age quality of such applications will improve if the
texel origin is redefined.

Dragging the slider to the left positions the texel origin
toward the upper left corner and to the right positions it
toward the center (range: 0 to 7, default: 3).

PCI Texture Memory Size

NOTE: This setting applies only to PCI display

adapters or to AGP display adapters running in
PCI compatibility mode.

PCI T exture Memory Size lets you set the amount
of system memory for texture storage.

Turn off V-SYNC waiting
Turn off V-SYNC waiting lets an image to be im-

mediately rendered to the screen without waiting
to be synchronized with the vertical retrace of the
monitor. This option allows for frame rates higher
than the refresh rate of your monitor. This may,
however, produce visual artifacts and tearing, re­sulting in reduced image quality.

Pre-Rendering
Maximum pre-render frames allows you to limit

the number of frames the CPU can prepare before
they are processed by the graphics chip when ver­tical sync is turned off. Reduce this value if you ex­perience, while playing games, a noticeable delay
in the response of the input devices connected to
your computer.

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.

Advanced

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OpenGL

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Performance and Compatibility Options

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Advanced

Enable buffer region extension

This option allows the drivers to use the OpenGL extension GL_KTX_buffer_region.

Allow the dual planes extension to use local video memory

This option allows the use of local video memory when the GL_KTX_buffer_region extension is enabled.

Use fast linear-mipmap-linear filtering

This option allows 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.

Enable alternate depth buffering technique

This option lets the hardware use a different mechanis, for depth buffering in 16-bit applications. Enabling this
setting produces higher quality rendering of 3D images.

Disable support for enhanced CPU instruction sets

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

Enable full scene antialiasing

This option lets OpenGL use full scene antialiasing.

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Default color depth for textures

Default color depth for textures 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

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

Vertical sync

V ertical sync lets you specify how vertical sync is handled in OpenGL. Options are Always off (default), Off
by default, On by default.

Maximum system memory (MB) for textures in PCI mode

Maximum system memory (MB) for textures in
PCI mode lets you set the amount of system

memory for texture storage.

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

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.

Advanced

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Other

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Monitor Timing

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Other

Monitor Timing lets you select the proper timing mode for your monitor.

Auto-Detect (let Windows determine the proper mode)

This option allows Windows to receive the proper timing information directly from the monitor itself. This is the
default setting.

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 requires DMT.

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V. Resolution Table

Resolution Vertical Horizontal

Frequency Frequency

640 x 480 60Hz 31.5 √√√

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 √√√

800 x 600 60Hz 37.9 √√√

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 √√√

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

Color Depth

1024 x 768 60Hz 48.4 √√√

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 √√

1152 x 864 60Hz 53.7 √√√

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 √√

1280 x 960 60Hz 60.0 √√√

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 √√

V. Resolution

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Color Depth

Resolution Vertical Horizontal

Frequency Frequency

1280 x 1024 60Hz 64.0 √√√

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 √√√

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

V. Resolution

V. Resolution

1600 x 900 60Hz 55.9 √√√

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 √√

1600 x 1200 60Hz 75.0 √√√

70Hz 87.5 √√√

72Hz 90.1 √√√

75Hz 94.0 √√√

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

1920 x 1080 60Hz 67.1 √√√

70Hz 78.7 √√√

72Hz 81.1 √√√

75Hz 84.6 √√√

85Hz 96.4 √√√
100Hz 113.9 √√

1920 x 1200 60Hz 74.6 √√√

70Hz 87.4 √√√

72Hz 90.0 √√√

75Hz 94.0 √√√

85Hz 106.7 √√√
100Hz 126.7 √√

1920 x 1440 60Hz 89.4 √√√

70Hz 104.9 √√√

72Hz 108.5 √√

75Hz 112.5 √√√

85Hz 129.4 √√

2048 x 1536 60Hz 95.5 √√√

70Hz 111.9 √√

72Hz 115.3 √√

75Hz 121.3 √√

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VI. Troubleshooting

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
hardware found.”

• 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. VGARTD.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.

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VI. T roubleshooting

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

My MPEG player displays
bad quality video clips.

I can’t use VideoSecurity
with my USB CCD or IEEE
1394 CCD.

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

• You may be using a motherboard with an Aladdin
IV AGPset. To 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.

• VideoSecurity currently only supports S-Video or

Composite CCDs. Any device used must be con­nected to an ASUS video card.

• 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,
V ideoSecurity will not store any information and give
you a warning message.

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VI. T roubleshooting
V. Resolution

I am using VideoSecurity
and I set the password op­tion. I have forgotten my
password, though. Is there
a way to recover my pass­word?

• The only way to remove password protection is to
recall the original password that you assigned. The
password protection is still active even when you
uninstall V ideoSecurity and install a new copy . Make
sure that the password that you assigned can be eas­ily remembered. You may write down your password
and store it in a safe place.

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Goes Mobile!

L8400 Series

Compact Professional Notebook PC

• 14.1” TFT Color Display

• 450MHz to 700MHz+

• 64MB to 192MB Memory

• 2X AGP 3D w/8MB VRAM

• 100MHz Processor Side Bus

M8300/8200 Series

Thin & Light Convertible Notebook PC

• 13.3” or 12.1” TFT Color Display

• 366MHz to 650MHz+

• 64MB to 192MB Memory

• Supports Two Hard Drives

L7300/7200 Series

All-in-One Compact Notebook PC

• 13.3” or 12.1” TFT Color Display

• 366MHz to 650MHz+

• 64MB to 192MB Memory

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®

Barebone Servers

Pentium® III Maximum Ultra2 SCSI 5.25”

Pentium

AP100 1 Slot1 1 1 3 0
AP200 2 Slot1 1 1 3 0
AP2000 2 Slot1 1 1 4 3 or 5*
AP3000 2 Xeon™ 2 2 4 3 or 5*
AP2300 2 Socket370 4 2 Ultra3 4 3 or 5*
AP6000 2 Slot1 1 1 4 8**
AP8000 2 Xeon™ 2 2 4 8**
AP6300 2 Socket370 4 2 Ultra3 4 8**

* Three 1.6-inch or five 1-inch SCA-2 SCSI hard drives
** Eight 1.6-inch or 1-inch SCSI hard drives

®

II Memory Onboard Fixed Storage Hot-Swap Trays

Support (GB) (Channels) Devices

Mid-Range Servers

AP6000
AP8000
AP6300

Value Servers

AP2000
AP3000
AP2300

Rack Mountable

Group Servers

AP100
AP200

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ASUS AR1000 RAID Sub-system

with DA3000 SCSI-to-SCSI RAID Controller

• Supports 5x86 RAID processor and two 72-pin SIMM sockets for up to 128MB
cache memory

• Supports three Ultra2 SCSI channels; up to 80MB/sec data transfer rate

• Supports multiple Host/Drive channel capacity

• Redundant controller capacity

• Supports non-RAID, RAID levels 0, 1, 0+1, 3, 5

• On-line failure drive rebuilding

• Automatic rebuilding — supports local/global spare drive

• On-line expansion capacity

• Supports SAF-TE (SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosure) feature

• Provides LCD panel and RS-232 port to configure RAID

• Ten 1.0” or six 1.6” Ultra2 SCSI SCA-2 hot-swappable drive bays

• 19” rack mountable (height: 5U)

• LED for hard disk power and

working status

• T wo 8cm system fans and four 6cm
drive fans

• Aluminum disk arrays for easy
heat dissipation

• 350W redundant power supply

ASUS PCI-DA2200 Series SCSI RAID Card

• PCI-DA2200 series support 5x86-133 processor

• One 72-pin SIMM socket supports up to 128MB cache memory

• RAID levels 0, 0+1, 3, 5, non-RAID

• PCI-DA2200A supports Ultra2 SCSI interface and single channel

• PCI-DA2200B supports Ultra2 SCSI interface and dual channels

• Up to 8 logical drives and 8 partitions per logical drive; number of drives for

each logical drive has no limitation

• Supports both global and local spare drive operation

• Automatic bad sector reassignment

• Background rebuilding

• PCI rev. 2.1 compliant

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8x DVD-ROM Drive

• Industry-leading performance for even the most
demanding applications

• Maximum transfer rate: 8X DVD-ROM / 40X
CD-ROM

• High speed digital audio extraction

• Supports UltraDMA/33 transfer mode

• Complies with MPC3 standard

• Supports Multi-Read function

®

Ultra-Fast CD-ROM

• Supports high speed CD-Audio playback

• Supports high speed digital audio extraction

• Supports UltraDMA/33 transfer mode

• Compatible with all CD formats

• Supports multi-read function (CD-R/CD-R W)

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