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3D Blaster Riva TNT2 M64

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3D Blaster™ RIVA TNT2™ M64

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Contents

Introduction

Serial and Model Number s... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. .. ... ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ..... .. ...2

Before You Begin............. ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. .. ... ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ..........2

Minimum Sys tem Requirements................................................ .............. .............. .....2

Updating Dri ve rs..... .... ... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. .. ... ..... .. .. ... .... ...2

Preliminary st ep for W i ndo ws95 users.............. .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. .....3

Knowing and Installing Your Graphics Card

T o instal l the gra p h ics card.......... ....... ............... .............. .............. ..................... ............... .......5

Installin g Softwar e..................................... ............... .............. .............. ...................... ..............6

T o inst al l in Wind o ws95 (Retailversion).......... ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ..... .. ...7

To instal l in W indo ws95 (OSR version 2.0 and later) ........... ..... .. ... .... ... .. ..... .. ... .... ...7

T o inst al l in Wind o ws98........ ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. .. ... ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ... .. .. ...8

T o instal l in Wind ows NT 4.0 (Ser v ice Pack 3 ).......... ............... .............. .............. ...10

Changing Setti ngs............ ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. .. ... ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ........11

To change the display settings in Windows NT 4.0..................................................11

To change the performance settings in Windows95/98 and Windows NT 4.0.......12

Getting More Information... .............. .............. .............. ............... .............. .............. .............. .12

For 3D B l aster RIVATNT2 M64 .............................. .............. .............. ............... .....12

For Creative BlasterControl.......................... .............. .............. .............. ............... .....13

For Creative SoftMPEG............ .............. .............. .............. ............... ..................... ...13

Prod uct Guide vi

Technical Specifications

Architec ture Hi ghligh t s..... ... .. ..... .. .. ... ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .. .14

3D Features..... ... .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. .. ... ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. .14

2D Features. .. .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. ... .. ..... .. .. ... ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .. .16

V ideo Support........ ....... .......... ....... ....... ....... ....... ........ ....... ....... ....... ....... ....... .16

Specif ica tions........... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. .16

Driv ers............ ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. .17

Utilities.... ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. .17

Applications Supported.............. ................ ... ................... ................ ... ..........17

Troubleshooting

System Han g s, BlankScreen or Co r rupted Display....................................19

Wind ows 98 Multi-Monitor Display Problems............................................19

Other Display Pr o b l ems............................................... .............. .............. ......20

Beeping Sounds During

System Startup......... ..... .. ... .. ..... .. .. ... ..... .. .. ... .... ... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... ... .. .. ..... .. ... .. .21

Problems Installing Softwar e........................................ ............... .............. ...22

Problems Using Software.................................. ............... .............. ...............22

Problem with OpenGL Applications.................................................. ..........23

Problem with PCI Bridge (inWindows 95)...... ............... .............. .............. .24

Problem with AGP Aperture Size................... .............. ............... .............. ...25

vii 3D Blaste r™ Riva TNT 2 ™ M64

Introduction

The 3D Blaster™ RIVA TNT2™ M64 is a high quality 2D/3D/video graphics ac ce lerator card
that is well suited for a wide variety of applications ranging from ever yday desktop use to
gaming and entertainment.

™

Leveraging NVIDIA
delivers high quality and performance. Its dual texture architecture can process 2 pixels or
textures per cl ock c ycle. This e nables de v elope rs to c reate specia l e f fect s such a s multi -la yered
textures, bump mapping to simulate rough surfaces, and environmental mapping that gives
objects reflec tive properties. Develope rs can take adv antage of advance d filtering m odes
(including trilin ea r mipmappi ng and an isotr opic f il tering) with full scen e anti -alia sing t o cre ate
realistic images that rival more expensive graphics workstati ons .

The 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 provides outstanding 2D and video acceleration as well and
also supports software DVD decoders through hardware color and pixel format conversion.

’s RIVA TNT2 graphics controller, the 3D Blas ter RIVA TNT2 M64

Serial and Model
Numbers

Your card ’s serial and model num bers can be found at the back of the card. We r ec ommend
that you record the serial and model number below.

Table 1: Serial numbers and model numbers.

Hardware Product Codes Numbers

3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64

Serial Number

Model Number

Before You
Begin

Minimum System
Requirements

Updating Drivers

2 3D Blaster™ RIVA TNT2™ M64

The README file on the CD-ROM contains information not av ailable at the time of printing.
Read the file before you continue. In addit ion, read the following:

❑ Minimum System Requirements
❑ Updating Drivers

®

❑ IBM
❑ Genuine Intel Pentium II, Pentium III, AMD-K6, AMD-K6-2 or AMD-K6-3 processor

❑ 32 MB RAM
❑ 15 MB free hard disk space
❑ Vacant 32-bit AGP 1.0 expans ion slot for 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64
❑ VGA monitor
❑ CD-ROM drive installed
❑ Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 3).

To download the latest dri vers for 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, visit Creative’s Web site
(http://www.cle.cre af. co m).

PC 100% compatible

at 233MHz or higher for best performance , 350MHz or above is recommende d.