Elitegroup AG200 User Manual

VGA User’s Manual

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AG200 Series

XBR200/January 2003

V1.0

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction.....................................................................1

Key Features...................................................................2

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation......................................................5

Package Contents............................................................5

Card Layout....................................................................6

Jumper Settings...............................................................8

Connectors......................................................................9

Installing The Card.......................................................11

Chapter 3 Software Installation .....................................................13

Driver Installatin...........................................................13

VGA Utility.......................…………………………...15

Chapter 1:Introduction

Chapter 1 Introduction

Congratulations on purchasing AG200 Series VGA Card, a high performance graphics accelerator that enables you to experience the realistic and exciting 3D world.

This VGA card uses a Xabre 200 GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), the first generation chip of the SiS 256-bit GPU family. Xabre GPU integrates an 8X/4X/2X AGP controller with full side- band and pipeline support, a 256-bit 3D/2D graphics engine and a motion compensation MPEG I /MPEG II accelerator. It can achieve ultra high 2D performance with the maximum memory bandwidth up to 7.1 GB/s. An optimized 3D pipeline architecture is implemented for eliminating the overhead resulted from texture read, Z-buffer read/write and destination read latencies and achieving a sustain throughput of over 90% of peak throughput when texture, Z buffer and alpha blending functions are all enabled. Xabre GPU also includes a video accelerator and a high performance DVD/HDTV motion compensation logic to provide very smooth DVD/HDTV playback. Xabre GPU is accompanied with built-in TV-Out chip SiS301 that integrates a NTSC/PAL video encoder with Macro Vision Ver. 7.1.L1 option for TV display.

AG200 Series enables a range of applications from 3D games to HDTV, DVD, digital content creation, internet browsing and general productivity. It is the best selection for your system.

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Key Features

♦ Chipset Xabre 200

-- AGP 8X/4X/2X 256-bit 3D/2D VGA card powered by Xabre super graphics accelerator

-- Fully Microsoft DirectX8.1 & OpenGL ICD support for Windows 98/2000/ME/XP

-- Maximum 375 MHz Palette-DAC

♦ AGP Interface

-- Supports AGP 3.0/2.0 compliant configuration setting

-- Supports AGP 8X(533MHz)/4X with 16 stages pipeline full side-band/pipe function

♦ High Performance & High Quality 3D Accelerator

-- Built-in 32-bit floating point format geometry transform/ lighting engine

-- Built-in hardware stereo auto rendering engine

-- Supports AGP 8X for texture/vertex fetch

-- Peak polygon rate: 25M polygon/sec @ 1 pixel/polygon with Gouraud shaded, point-sampled, linear and bilinear texture mapping

-- Peak fill rate: 1000 M pixel/sec, 2000 M texture/sec @ 10,000 pixel/polygon with Gouraud shaded and two bilinear textured

♦ High Performance 2D Accelerator

-- Built-in hardware command queue

-- Built-in Direct Draw Accelerator, and GDI 2000 Accelerator

-- Built-in an 1T pipelined 128-bit BITBLT graphics engine

-- Built-in 64x64x2 bit-mapped mono hardware cursor, and 64x64x16 bit-mapped blended color hardware cursor

-- Supports AGP 8X data read for all 2D engine functions

♦ MPEG-2 Video Decoder

-- MPEG-2 MP @ ML standards compliant

-- Built-in motion compensation logic

Chapter 1:Introduction

♦ Video Accelerator

-- Supports YUV-to-RGB color space conversion

-- Supports graphics and video overlay function

-- Supports tearing free double buffer flipping

-- Supports RGB555, RGB565, YUV422, and YUV420 video capture/playback format

♦ Complete TV-Out Solution (SiS301-- for AG200T8-D64

and AG200F-64TD)

-- Built-in complete NTSC/PAL video encoder

-- Supports VGA and TV simultaneous output with same or different frame rate

♦ Resolution, Color & Frame Rate

-- Supports up to 375MHz pixel clock

-- Supports VESA standard super high resolution graphics modes:

Resolutions Color Frame Rate

640x480 16/256/32K/64K/16M 85Hz NI 800x600 16/256/32K/64K/16M 85Hz NI

1024x768 256/32K/64K/16M 85Hz NI 1280x1024 256/32K/64K/16M 85Hz NI 1600x1200 256/32K/64K/16M 85Hz NI 1920x1440 256/32K/64K/16M 85Hz NI 2048x1536 256/32K/64K/16M 85Hz NI

♦ System Requirements:

-- Computer: Intel Pentium II/III/4 processor, Intel Celeron processor, or compatible system

-- Expansion Slot: AGP slot

-- Monitor: VGA support, minimum 640x480 resolution

-- Operating system: Microsoft Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP, DX8.1 compatible

♦ Bundled Software: (1) Driver (2) Elite Castle 3 DNA Desktop (3) WinDVD Creator (4) WinDVD (5) Game

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Chapter 2:Hardware Installation

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

Follow these instructions to install this AG200 Series VGA card.

Package Contents

Attention: This VGA Card series has five models. Please check with your vendor to make sure you have bought the product you really want.

Model Specification AG200T8-D64 Xabre200+SiS301, 64MB DDR AG200E8-D64 Xabre200, 64MB DDR AG200SL-32 Xabre200, 32MB SDR AG200SP-64 Xabre200, 64MB SDR AG200F-64TD Xabre200+SiS301, 64MB DDR AG200E4-D32 Xabre200, 32MB DDR

Your card package should contain the following items:

♦ This User’s Manual

♦ The VGA card

♦ Super software pack ♦ One cable (optional) ♦ One adapter (optional)

Unpacking ♦ The card contains sensitive electric components, which can be easily damaged by static electricity, so the card should be left in its original packing until it is installed. ♦ Unpacking and installation should be done on a grounded anti-static mat. The operator should be wearing an anti-static wristband, grounded at the same point as the anti-static mat. ♦ Inspect the card carton for obvious damage. Shipping and handling may cause damage to your card. Be sure there are no shipping and handling damages on the card before proceeding.

DO NOT APPLY POWER TO YOUR SYSTEM IF THE CARD HAS BEEN DAMANGE.

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