5.1. Reflash BIOS in MS-DOS Mode ................................................................ 29
5.2. Connecting to a HDTV .............................................................................. 30
5.3. Resolutions and Color Depth Table (In Windows® XP) ............................... 31
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1. Introduction
1.1. Features
•Powered by NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7900 GS Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
•Supports the newest PCI Express x16
•Integrated with 256 MB GDDR3 memory
•Supports DirectX 9.0c
•Supports NVIDIA® SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) technology
•Supports AV / S-Video and HDTV output
•Supports TV-Out connector
•Supports 2 DVI-I connectors
•Supports D-sub connector (by adapter)
1.2. Minimum System Requirements
•IBM® or 100% PC compatible with Intel® Pentium® III 650 MHz or
AMD Athlon™ 650 MHz class processor or higher
•One PCI Express x16 slot
•Operating Systems Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP
•64 MB system memory
•50 MB of available disk space for full installation
•CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
•Minimum power supply 300 watt (To set up an SLI system with the graphics cards,
please use a power supply of 400 watt or above)
(Note)
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(Note) SLI technology requires a PCI Express motherboard with two x16 physical connectors.
Graphics cards working in an SLI configuration must be with the same model name
(i.e. GV-NX79G256DP-RH) and from the same vendor (i.e. GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY).
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2.1. Board Layout
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2. Hardware Installation
TV-out
DVI-I Connector 1
DVI-I Connector 2
HDTV
OR
NTSC / PAL TVProjector
OR
NTSC / PAL TV
Digital LCD Monitor
Analog LCD Monitor Analog Monitor
Projector
OR
DVI Output
Pb/AV Output
S-Video Output
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Y
Pr
TV-Out
DVI-I
Connector
1
DVI-I
Connector
2
DVI-I to D-Sub
Adapter
VGA Output
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Expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To
protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some
precautions whenever you work on your computer.
1. Turn off your computer and unplug power supply.
2. 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.
3. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the
components whenever the components are separated from the system.
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 IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED ON
THE CARD.
In order to ensure your graphics card working correctly, please use official
Gigabyte BIOS only. Use none official Gigabyte BIOS might cause problem
on the graphics card.
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2.2. Hardware Installation
Installing Your graphics card.
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Now that you have prepared your computer, you are ready to install your graphics accelerator
card.
To remove the existing graphics card:
1. Power off the computer and monitor, then
2. Remove the computer cover. If necessary,
disconnect the display cable from the back
of your computer.
consult your computer's manual for help in
removing the cover.
3. Remove any existing graphics card from
your computer.
Or, if your computer has any on-board
graphics capability, you may need to disable
it on the motherboard. For more information,
please see your computer documentation.
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To install your new graphics card:
1. Locate the PCI Express x16 slot. If necessary,
remove the metal cover from this slot; then
align your graphics card with the PCI
Express x16 slot, and press it in firmly until
the card is fully seated.
* Please make sure that the gold edge connectors of the graphics card is securely inserted.
2. Replace the screws to fasten the card in
place, and replace the computer cover.
After installation, please connect the power cable to your graphics card, or
the system will not boot.
3. Plug the display cable into your graphics
card; then turn on the computer and monitor.
To connect a flat panel directly to your
graphics card, use the DVI-I connector. To
connect a VGA monitor to the DVI-I
connector, plug the DVI-I to D-sub adapter
into the DVI-I connector, then plug the monitor
Connect a flat panel
cable into the adapter.
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To TV / VCR
To Flat Panel Display
Connect a VGA monitor via DVI-I to D-sub adapter
You are now ready to proceed with the installation of the graphics card driver. Please refer
to next chapter for detailed instructions.
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GIGABYTE Video Adapter for Nvidia Graphics Cards
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AV Out
S-Video Out
Connect to the TV-Out port
on the graphics card.
HDTV Component
(Y+Pr+Pb)
(1) Connecting HDTV
Connect your HDTV cables to the video adapter
according to the corresponding color.
(Y= Green, Pr= Red, Pb= Blue)
(2) Connecting S-Video
If your TV has a S-Video connection, connect the S-
Video cable from your TV to the S-Video Out port on the
adapter.
(3) Connecting AV Output
If your TV has a Composite video connection, you can
connect the RCA cable from your TV to the AV Out port
on the adapter.
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How NVIDIA® SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) technology works:
In an SLI configuration, two SLI-ready graphics cards of the same model and the same manufacturers
are connected together via SLI bridge connector in a system that provides two x16 PCI Express slots
to scale graphics performance. The picture below shows that two graphics cards are linked in parallel
in an SLI configuration.
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(provided by motherboard manufacturer)
SLI bridge connector
Two SLI-ready graphics cards of the same type.
(Example: GV-NX79G256DP-RH)
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3. Software Installation
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In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D:
The installation of Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP drivers is very simple. When you insert the
driver CD into your CD-ROM drive, you can see the AUTORUN window (if it does not show
up, run "D:\setup.exe"). Then you can follow the guides to setup your graphics card driver.
(Please follow the subsection 3.1.3 "Driver installation" to install the driver for your graphics
accelerator.)
3.1. Windows® XP Driver and Utilities Installation
3.1.1. Operating System Requirement
• When loading the graphics card drivers for the system, please make sure your system
has installed DirectX 9.0c or later version.
• If you install the graphics card drivers for the motherboard, which consist of SIS or VIA
chipsets, please install the appropriate driver program for that motherboard. Or please
contact your motherboard nearest dealer for motherboard driver.
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3.1.2. DirectX Installation
Install Microsoft DirectX to enable 3D hardware acceleration support for Windows® 2000 or
Windows® XP to achieve better 3D performance.
0 Note: For software MPEG support in Windows® 2000 or Windows® XP, you must install
DirectX first. Users who run Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 or above do not need to
install DirectX separately.
Step 1.
When autorun window show up, click the Install
DirectX 9 item.
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Step 2. Choose I accept the agreement
and click the Next button.
Installing the components.
Step 3. Click the Next button.
Step 4. Click Finish to restart computer.
Then the DirectX 9 installation is completed.
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3.1.3. Driver Installation
A. New hardware found
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After the graphics card is inserted into your computer at the first time, the windows will
automatically detect a new hardware in the system and pop out a "New Hardware Found"
message. The following is the step-by-step installation guide.
Step 1: Found new hardware wizard: Video controller (VGA Compatible)
Step 2: Found new hardware wizard: Searching and installing
The wizard will search for the driver and install it automatically.
Click the "Next" button to install the driver. (There
is a driver CD disk that came with your graphics
accelerator, please insert it now.)
Or click the "Cancel" button to install the driver
from AUTORUN window.
Step 3: Found new hardware wizard: Finish
Click the "Finish" button to finish the installation.
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B. Driver installation (Autorun Window)
Insert the driver CD disk into your CD-ROM, and then you can see the AUTORUN window.
If it does not show up, please run "D:\setup.exe".
Step 1.
When autorun window show up, click the Display
Driver item.
Then click the Install Display Driver item.
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Step 2. Click the Next button.
Windows installings the components.
Step 3. Click the Finish button to restart computer.
Then the driver installation is completed.
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3.1.4. Taskbar Icon
After installation of the display drivers, you will find a NVIDIA icon on the taskbar's status
area. Click this icon to open the control panel.
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Right click the icon.
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You can adjust the properties of
the graphics accelerator from
here.
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3.1.5. Display Properties pages
To access Display Properties pages, right-click the GIGABYTE icon on the taskbar and
select Display Properties or right-click on Desktop and then select Properties. The Display
Properties dialog box shows the information of display adapter, color, the range of display
area, and the refresh rate.
Settings (Resolutions and Color depth for Windows)
You may adjust the screen resolution and color quality settings in this dialog box.
You can move the slider to change the resolution.
You can click the item to change the color quality.
Click the Advanced button for adapter and setting.
To access more advanced options, click the Advanced button.
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GeForce 7900 GS tab
After pressing the Advanced button in Settings, you'll see the Plug and Play Monitor and NVIDIA
GeForce 7900 GS Properties dialog box. Click the GeForce 7900 GS tab. (You can also click the
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NVIDIA icon on the taskbar and select Nvidia Display to access the GeForce 7900 GS properties
page.)
When you access the GeForce 7900 GS tab page
for the first time, you'll see two items in the left
submenu:
Launch Page
All of the NVIDIA control panels have been
consolidated into a single application, the
NVIDIA Control Panel. Click the Start theNVIDIA Control Panel button to open the
NVIDIA Control Panel.
In the NVIDIA Control Panel, select a category to
alter specific NVIDIA display settings.
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Control Panel User Interface
You can choose one of the two user interfaces
below:
• Classic NVIDIA Control Panel
When you select this item and click Apply,
a submenu that provides the NVIDIA display
properties settings will appear on the left side.
• New NVIDIA Control Panel
This is the default user interface, which
provides control of the NVIDIA graphics driver
settings and other NVIDIA utilities you might
have installed on your system.
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The following section introduces display properties settings using the classic NVIDIA control
panel interface as the example.
GeForce 7900 GS properties
This page shows the Adapter, System and
Driver version information.
You can select other properties from the pop-out menu.
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nView Display Settings properties
(Note)
nView allows you to connect separate displays to single
graphics card.
• nView Display mode: select your preferred nView display
modes here.
Options: Single display/ Clone/ Horizontal Sapn/
Vertical Span/ Dual View
• Primary/Secondary display: select a single display or
display pair. The selected display combination will appear
in the graphical representation below.
• Make this the primary display: Specifies that the display
corresponding to the icon you selected above is the
primary display.
• Click Apply to apply settings or click OK to save settings.
If TV is chosen as the display, you will need to select the
proper TV format. To do this, click Device Settings followed
by Select TV format. Select the format for your television
and then click Apply followed by OK.
(Note) Only Single display mode is available when SLI mode is enabled.
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Dual-Monitor Setup:
You can set the display to output from two monitors on the nView Display Settings page.
This graphics card supports the following modes:
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(1) Clone Mode:
Clone mode indicates that both displays in the
display pair show images of the same desktop.
Select Clone from the nView Display Mode list
and click Apply.
(2) Horizontal Span Mode:
Horizontal Span mode indicates that both displays
in the display pair function as one wide virtual
desktop. The width of each display is half the
width of the total virtual desktop width.
Select Horizontal Span from the nView Display
Mode list and click Apply.
(3) Vertical Span Mode:
Vertical Span mode indicates that both displays in
the display pair function as one tall virtual desktop.
The height of each display is half the height of the
total virtual desktop height.
Select Vertical Span from the nView DisplayMode list and click Apply.
Clone Mode
Horizontal Span Mode
(4) Dual View Mode:
Dualview mode indicates that both displays in the
display pair function as one virtual desktop. Unlike
Horizontal Span or Vertical Span mode, Dualview
treats each display as a separate device. This
means that the taskbar will not be stretched across
displays and 3D applications are not accelerated
as efficiently as when the application spans
displays.
Select DualView from the nView Display Mode
list and click Apply.
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Performance and Quality Settings properties
The sliders lets to decide whether your application should use
quality or high performance texture.
• Application profiles: Select the application profile from the list
of profiles.
• Global driver settings: Select the Settings item and move
the slider below to set the degree of antialiasing to used in
Direct3D and OpenGL applications.
• Antialiasing settings value: allows to set the degree of the
Global Driver Settings.
SLI multi-GPU *
To enable SLI mode, select the Enable SLI multi-GPU
check box and click Apply after installation of two GV-
NX79G256DP-RH graphics cards on an SLI-capable
motherboard. Then restart your system when prompted.
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Color Correction properties
"*" Only Windows® XP operating system supports the SLI mode.
Please do not enable SLI multi-GPU in Windows
The Color Correction Properties is used to compensate for
variations in luminance between a source image and its output
on a display device. Adjust the color correction settings to
provide more accurate color reproduction of images (such as
photographs) on your display device. Also, many 3D-
accelerated games may appear too dark to play. Increasing
the brightness and/or the gamma value equally across all
channels makes these games appear brighter and more
playable.
®
2000.
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Video Overlay Settings properties
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Tools properties
The Video Overlay Settings Properties can adjust Overlay
zoom controls and Overlay color controls. There is only one
video overlay, which is only available on the Primary display.
The video overlay controls are automatically activated during
playback of any video file type that supports overlay
adjustments. The "Adjust Colors" button will access "Color
Correction" properties page.
The NVIDIA settings taskbar utility lets you conveniently access
various features and presets you've configured in the Display
Properties directly from the Windows taskbar.
• Shortcut tools
The Desktop Manager provides enhanced nView multi-
display functionality and helps you organize your applications
for use with multiple displays and desktops.
• Display optimization
Run the Display Optimization Wizard to adjust your
display(s) for optimal viewing and representation of colors.
• Troubleshooting
This option can be used to force detection of an attached TV
set which does not report its presence to the graphics card.
NV Rotate properties
The NV Rotate Properties is used to rotate the screen. If your
monitor is capable of operating in either Landscape or Portrait
mode, you can adjust the screen by this properties.
• Landscape (0 degree rotation)
• Portrait (90 degree rotation)
• Inverted landscape (180 degree rotation)
• Inverted portrait (270 degree rotation)
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Temperature Settings properties
The Temperature Properties can auto detected the GPU
Core temperature. You can select the Notify when GPU core
temperature exceeds threshold check box.
Screen Resolutions & Refresh Rates properties
The Screen Resolutions & Refresh Rates Properties allows
you to adjust the screen resolution, color quality and monitor
settings (screen refresh rates). Or you can customize resolutions
and refresh rates.
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Menu Editing properties
The Menu Editing Properties can remove infrequently used
screens by dragging them from the screen menu to the list
below. Restore screens to the menu by dragging them
individually, or click Restore Defaults.
To begin, select the Enable menu editing check box. To
return to normal navigation mode, do not select the check box.
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3.1.6. nView Properties pages
nView is a set of desktop tools designed to help you be more productive when using your
graphics card. With nView you can set up multiple desktops to work with your applications.
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Multiple desktops give you extra desktop areas on which to run your applications so you
won't have to crowd several open application windows on one desktop.
Enable the nView Desktop Manager features:
Right-click on desktop and choose Properties>Settings>Advanced>GeForce 7900 GS>
Desktop Management
Access nView properties page:
To access the nView properties page, you can click the NVIDIA icon on the taskbar and
select nView Properties under nView Destop Manager (Method A). Or right-click on
Desktop, select Properties>Settings>Advanced>GeForce 7900 GS. Double-click Desktop
Management item on the pop-up menu (Method B).
Click the "Enable" button to turn on all the nView Desktop
Manager features.
Method A:Method B:
Click the item to start nView Properties.
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Double-click Desktop Management to see
more nView properties.
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nView Desktop Management properties
This tab contains information about the nView Desktop Manager.
The setup wizard can also be accessed from this tab.
nView Profiles properties
This tab contains a record all nView display settings for easy
software setup.
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nView Windows properties
This tab allows you to control window and dialog box placement
when using multiple monitors.
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nView Applications properties
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nView Desktops properties
This tab allows you to control nView settings depending different
applications.
This tab allows you to create up to 32 unique desktops.
nView User Interface properties
This tab allows for customization of the nView user interface.
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nView Effects properties
nView Zoom properties
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This tab provides special windows effects that you can apply
to your applications.
This tab provides dynamic zoom functionality on the desktop.
Also enables full screen video playback via the video mirroring
control button.
nView Hot Keys properties
This tab lets you perform various actions with shortcut keys or
key combinations.
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nView Mouse properties
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nView Tools properties
This tab can modify and extend mouse behavior with kinematic
actions.
This tab can improve nView functionality for mobile and desktop
users.
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3.2. Windows® 2000 driver installation
With Windows running on your computer, you need to install the graphics card driver to take
advantage of the higher performance, resolutions, and special graphics features of the
graphics card. To ensure you install the latest driver, insert the Installation CD that shipped
with your graphics card.
To install the graphics card driver for Windows® 2000, please insert the Installation CD. Then
the AUTORUN window will show up. Click Install Display Driver item, and follow the
wizard to install the driver.
If Windows® does not show the CD automatically, please run following steps:
1. Click the Start button on the control bar.
2. Select Run.
3. Type the following: D:\SETUP.exe
(If D is not your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter.)
4. Click "OK".
5. Click on "Install Display Drivers" to begin the Installation Wizard.
6. Click "Next".
7. Click "Yes" to the license agreement.
8. Follow the Wizard's on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
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Please make sure the Windows® 2000 have installed Windows® 2000 Service
Pack (or later) before installing the graphics accelerator driver.
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4. Troubleshooting Tips
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The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. Contact your dealer
or Gigabyte for more advanced troubleshooting information.
Check that the card is seated properly in the PCI Express x16 slot.
Ensure that the display cable is securely fastened to the card's display connector.
Make sure that the monitor and computer are plugged in and receiving power.
If necessary, disable any built-in graphics capabilities on your motherboard. For
more information, consult your computer's manual or manufacturer.
(NOTE: Some manufacturers do not allow the built-in graphics to be disabled or to
become the secondary display.)
Make sure you selected the appropriate display device and graphics card when you
installed the graphics driver.
Restart your computer. Press the F8 key on your keyboard after system starts up.
When the Windows Advanced Options Menu appears, select Safe Mode and press
Enter. After getting into Safe Mode, in Device Manager check whether the driver for
the graphics card is correct.
For more assistance, use the Troubleshooting Guide located in the Windows® Help or
contact your computer manufacturer.
If necessary, adjust your monitor's setting by monitor's adjust panel to make the
screen looks focused, crisp, and sharp. (Please refer to the monitor's manual.)
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5. Appendix
5.1. Reflash BIOS in MS-DOS Mode
1. Extract the downloaded Zip file to your hard disk(s) or floppy disk. This procedure assumes drive A.
2. Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode. (For Windows
the computer in MS-DOS mode.)
3. Change the command prompt to A:\>.
4. To back up the current BIOS, at the A:\> prompt, type[BIOS flash utility name]
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640 x 400 (16:10) 60~75333
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