Elitegroup AG200T8-D64 User Manual

VGA User’s Manual

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AG200T8-D64 Series

V1.0

XBR200 June 2002

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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.......................................................... 7

Connectors................................................................ 8

Installing The Card.....................................................9

Chapter 3 Software Installation................................................. 11

Driver Installatin Procedures..................................... 11

VGA Utility...................................... …………………………...14

3D Wizard Installation Procedures............................ 17

Appendix Bundled Software(optional) ...................................... 21

WinDVD

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Chapter 1:Introduction

Chapter 1

Introduction

Congratulations on purchasing AG200T8-D64 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 offers a
complet e 128-bit DDR 400MHz memory data bus. 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.

AG200T8-D64 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

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--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

--Memory Clock DDR 400MHz

--Engine Clock (ECLK) 200 MHz

--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 wit h 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

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♦ MPEG-2 Video Decoder

--MPEG-2 MP @ ML standards compliant

--Built-in motion compensation logic

Video Accelerator

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--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 Solutio n (SiS301)

--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 Unit (optional): WinDVD player

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Chapter 2:Hardware Installation

Chapter 2

Hardware Installation

To install this AG200T8-D64 VGA card, please follow the
instructions.

Package Contents

Your card package should contain the following items:

This User’s Manual

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♦ The VGA card

♦ All necessary software discs.

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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XABRE 200

Card Layout

This diagram below identifies major components on the card.

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J3

1 3 5

2 4 6

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J4

Jumper Settings

J3

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J3 Jumper

Function

Setting

Pin1-2 Open NTSC
Short PAL

Pin3-4/Pin5-6 Open Open AGP(2.0) 2X Mode/AGP(3.0) 4X Mode
Open Short AGP(2.0) 4X Mode/AGP(3.0) 4/8X Mode

Short Open AGP(2.0) 1X Mode/AGP(3.0) 8X Mode
Short Short PCI Mode/Reserved

Default setting: Pin5-6 Short

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J4

8 6 4 2

RCA1

SCON1

GPU Xabre 200

7 5 3 1

J4 Jumper

Function

Setting

Pin1-2/Pin3-4 Open Open VGA
Open Short YUV
Short Open SCART TV
Short Short Normal TV
Pin5-6/Pin7-8 Open Open PAL (525I)
Open Short PAL-M (525P)
Short Open PAL-N (750P)
Short Short NTSC (1080I) HDTV

Default setting: All Short

Connectors

3DCON1

CRT1

GPU
3DCON1
RCA1
SCON1
CRT1

Xabre 200
3DVR Connector
TV-Out Composite
TV-Out S-Video
VGA Connector

♦ 3DVR Connector—3DCON1

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You can connect a 3D glass device to obtain the 3D effect on
the screen.
♦ TV-Out Composite/S-Video Connector—RCA1/SCON1
AG200T8-D64 provides the Composite/S-Video connectors
for video-out function, which allows you to connect the TV or
video input device.
♦ VGA Connector—CRT1
AG200T8-D64 provides a standard VGA connector that
allows you to connect a CRT monitor. Simply plug your
monitor cable into the VGA connector on your card, and make
sure that the other end of the cable is properly connected to
your monitor.

Installing the Card

To install AG200T8 -D64 card to your computer, please
follow the steps below:

1. Unplug the computer and remove the cover.

2. Insert the graphics accelerator card.
2-1. Locate the AGP slot on your mainboard.
2-2. Grasp the AG200T8-D64 accelerator card by edges.
2-3. Align it with the empty AGP slot on the mainboard
and gently insert it into place. Make sure the card
evenly and completely seated in the slot.

3. Reconnect all cables and replace the cover.

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Chapter 3:Software Installation

Chapter 3

Software Installation

Driver Installation Procedures

Auto-installing under Windows 98/ME/2000/XP

The support software CD-ROM disc loads automatically under
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP. When you insert the CD-ROM disc in

the system CD-ROM drive, the Autorun feature will automatically
bring up the installation screen. The screen has three buttons on it,
Setup, Browse CD and Exit. See the following screen illustration.

When you click on the Setup button the software installation
program will run and you can select what kind of installation you
want to do, as explained later in this section.
The Browse CD button is the standard Windows command that
allows you to examine the contents of the disc using the Windows
file browsing interface.
The Exit button closes the Auto Setup window. To run the
program again, reinsert the CD-ROM disc in the drive or click on
AutoRun in the context sensitive menu for the CD-ROM drive
98/ME/2000/XP icon in a file browser window.

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Windows 98/ME/ 2000/XP Installation

Users can install the driver through a serial of dialog boxes.

1. Insert the disc into your CD-ROM drive. Use My Computer or
Windows Explorer to look at the directory structure as :
\ VGA\AG200T8-D64. Select your Windows directory as:
\ Win9x for Windows 98/ME/2000. Run “Setup.exe”.

2. A message box of “Setup.exe” will appear.

3. Click on the “Next” button to go to the next step. A “Setup
Type” box will pop out and select “typical type” out of three
types of “typical, compact and custom”.

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4. Clicking on the “Next” button to go to “Select Program
Folder” box. User can store AG200T8-D64 utilities in a
desired folder or an existed one.

5. A “Start Copying Files” box will appear for user’s final
confirmation of setup type, target directory, program folder
and source directory, etc..

6. After the installation is finished, a “Setup Complete” box will
pop out. The driver will take effect only after the system
restarts.

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VGA Utility

1.To access AG200T 8-D64 Windows utilities, users need to
click the right button of mouse, then select and enter with the
following sequence: “Properties”—“Setting”—“Advance”—
“Utilities Manager”.

2. There are several icons on the “Utilities Manager” tab:
“Gamma Correction”, “Video Setting”, ”Driver Mode Settings”,
and “Product and File Information”.

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2-1.Gamma Correction
Use the mouse to adjust the slide bar to the value you want.

♦TINT--Moving up will approach color blue and moving
down will approach color red. The default position is
"Uncalibrated".

♦Gamma Correction -- Range 0.2 ~ 5.0;

♦Brightness--Default Index 0; Maximum 125;

Minimum-128

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2-2 Video Setting

Use the mouse to adjust the slide bar to the value you want.

Setup Range Default Value
Hue -45 ~ 45 0

Saturation 0~20000 10000
Contrast 0~20000 10000

Brightness 0~10000 5000

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4. Driver Mode Setting:

♦ Single Driver Mode
Click VGA as the Primary device, display appears on the
monitor only; or click TV, only on the TV.

♦ Mirror Driver Mode
Click one device as Primary, and the other as Secondary
to make both displays simultaneously appear on the
monitor and TV screen. The Secondary device will
display absolutely the same as the Primary one does.
♦ Multi-Monitor
Click one device as Display 1, and the other as Display 2
that you can simply click and drag your mouse to switch
many displays between these devices.

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3D Wizard Function Installation Procedures

1. If you buy the ECS AG200T8 -D64 cards, ECS will offer
you an utility “3D Wizard Utility”. Please install it by running
“setup.exe”.

2.After installation, you could find this tool when clicking “start”
menu. Execute the program and you will see the following

utility interface, please click “Enable Stereo” radio button and
select the Glasses type you have.

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♦ Eagle Eye—You can enable “Transparency” to initiate the
perspective function, or “Wireframe”, all scenes and objects

shown in outlined frame.
♦FSAA—It provides Jitter-Free Anti-Aliasing function.

3. After the steps above, the 3DVR function is initialized; you
could play your favorite games to enjoy the real virtual reality
effect or play the additional demo in the driver utility. Just click
the “Full Screen” button to execute it.

Use the mouse to adjust the slide bar to select the D3D
performance quality: High, Medium or Low.

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4.Click You could also adjust the scale and offset to enhance the
effect of 3DVR by actuating OSD(On Screen Display) function
in the utility tray, please move cursor to Application to enable the
OSD.

5.Please press “I” to initiate the OSD interface as follows:

You can make this adjustment: the larger Scale value, the wider
frame extension is; the larger Offset value, the deeper prospect is.

Appendix: Bundled Software

APPENDIX

Bundled Software

Introduction

InterVideo Inc.'s WinDVD is a simple-to-use DVD player
combining all the features in a standard consumer DVD player,
such as full VCD 2. 0 support, full precision video decode, a choice
of user interfaces, and video display options.

System Requirements

♦ Intel Celeron 350MHz above, or AMD K6-2 450MHz above, or

Duron CPUs

♦2nd Generation or Newer DVD-ROM Drive.
♦AGP Graphics Card (PCI may perform up to 30% slower)

with Hardware Overlay Support
♦32MB System Memory,20MB Available Hard Drive

Space(mini.).

♦Microsoft DirectX Media 6 or Greater.
♦Audio Sub -system, which supports up to 48Khz stereo

playback (PCI desirable).

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Installing WinDVD

1. Insert the CD in the CD-ROM drive.

2. Go either one of these two ways :
2-1 Go to “My Computer”, and click “Upgrade_Kit” icon>
An Auto Setup screen will appear.> Click “Browse CD” icon
>Utility folder> WinDVD folder>Setup icon
2-2 Click “START” button> activate “RUN”> A dialog box will
show you, E:\Utility\WinDVDE\Setup.exe. > Click “OK”
button.> A Welcome screen will appear.

3. Click “Next” button and type in necessary information step by
step, until finish all procedures.

4. After system reboots, insert your DVD and enjoy.

Using WinDVD

♦Viewing a DVD Title

Insert the disc into the DVD drive for WinDVD automatically
playing. To launch WinDVD manually:

1. Select Start > Program Files > InterVideo WinDVD

2. Make your selections from the menu within the WinDVD
window, or click (the

♦

Creating a Playlist

icon) on the control panel.

Play

1. With the disk in the drive, click (the Playlist icon)

2. The Playlist window opens. Select File from the lower left
set of options (File or Disc). Move to the drive and
directory in which the files are stored. Select the first file to
be played.

3. Click Add. Repeat this procedure with as many files as you
want.

4. Click Save to save your playlist for future use. Click Close
to close the window. When you click Play, the playlist
automatically plays the files in the order specified.

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♦ Loading a Previously Saved Playlist

1. With the disk in the drive, click the Playlist icon.

2. The Playlist window opens. Click Load Playlist.

3. Click Close to close the window. When you click Play, the

playlist automatically plays the files in the order specified.
♦ Changing Your Settings

To change any properties and features of your WinDVD:

1. Launch WinDVD and view the main control panel.

2. Click (the Properties icon). The Properties window
appears.

3. Tab to the desired properties to be changed.

4. Select the properties you want.

5. Click OK again to accept your changes.
♦ Setting Parental Control

To set movie rating limits on your WinDVD:

1. Launch WinDVD and view the main control panel.

2. Click (the Properties icon). The Properties window
appe ars.

3. Tab to the desired properties to be changed. Select
Parental Control Properties.

4. Select the desired age -appropriate level. This will be the
highest level allowed

5. Enter the password If you have set one, and then click
OK. You can change your password at any time.

6. Click OK again to accept your changes. The parental
control feature will now use the new settings.

♦ Ejecting a Disk
To eject a disk from the player, click (the Eject button)
from the video viewing window or the toolbar.

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Hiding and Viewing the Player

Choose to only see the Video Viewing window. To hide the

Player:

1. Open the Properties page.

2. Tab to General. Disable(remove the checkmark) View
Player.

3. Th e player is now hidden. Enable the option again to view
the player.

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♦ Enabling the Toolbar and Status Bar

You can choose to include a toolbar and a status bar when
using the Video Viewing window.

1. Open the Properties page.

2. Tab to General. Enable View Toolbar to see the
toolbar in the video viewing window, and View
Statusbar to see the status bar on the window.

3. Remove the toolbar or status bar from the video-
viewing window by disabling the selected feature.

♦ Viewing a DVD Movie or Video CD
Insert the Title into the DVD Drive. WinDVD reads the

format of the disk and starts automatically.
♦ Playing a DVD Interactive Title
Interactive DVD or MPEG2 video don’t require special
action from the user. Just install the application and
it should properly call the WinDVD drivers to playback the
DVD orMPEG2 video files embedded in the application.

♦ Zooming In

1. Position the mouse cursor over the top left-hand corner

of the desired zoom region.

2. While holding the mouse button down, drag the cursor to
the opposite end of the zoom region. This creates a
dotted line rectangle, the outline of the desired zoom
region.

3. Release the mouse button. WinDVD automatically fills
the window with this zoom region.

♦ Capturing a Still Image

1. Press the "P" key at any time to capture a
BMP file of a moving or static image.

2. Capture does not work on zoomed regions and on some
hardware motion compensation graphics chips.

3. If you are having a problem, try disabling hardware
motion compensation and capturing again.

4. Captured bitmaps are stored in the Capture
subdirectory of the WinDVD directory on your hard
drive.

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♦ Vocal options

Insert a karaoke or other vocal disc into the DVD
drive, WinDVD automatically reads and correctly decodes
the type of disc. The audio output is determined by the
Vocal Options properties you have selected.

♦ Changing the Parental Control Password

To create a new password:

1. From the Parental Control window, click Change
Password .

2. Type your desired password directly into the New
Password text area.

3. Type the same password again in the Confirm New
Password text area.
To change your password:

1. From the Parental Control window, click Change
Password .

2. Type your current password in the Old Password text
area.

3. Type your desired password directly into the New
Password text area.

4. Type the same password again in the Confirm New
Password text area

♦

Closing WinDVD

To close WinDVD:

1. Stop any DVD disc in the DVD drive.

2. Click the Close icon.

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Region Codes

Motion picture studios want to control the movies’ home release in
different countries because theater releases are not simultaneous.
They have required for the DVD standards including codes that
prevent certain discs’ playback in certain geographical regions .
Each player is sold with a given code in every respective region.

The player won’t play any prohibited discs in that region. This
means that discs bought in one country may not play on players
bought in another country. Regional codes are entirely optional for
the maker of a disc. Discs without codes will play on any player in
any country. Most DVD-ROM drives let you change the region
code a few times, usually between 0 and 5. Once a drive has
reached the limit it can't be changed again unless the vendo r or
manufacturer resets the drive.

There are 6 regions.

1. Canada, U.S., U.S. Territories

2. Japan, Europe, South Africa, Middle East (including Egypt)

3. Southeast Asia, East Asia (including Hong Kong)

4. Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Central America,
Mexico, South America, Caribbean

5. Former Soviet Union, Indian Subcontinent, Africa (also North
Korea, Mongolia)

6. China