GIGABYTE GV-RX195P256D-RH Owner's Manual

VGA Card

GV-RX195P256D-RH

Oct. 17, 2006

VGA Card

GV-RX195P256D-RH

Oct. 17, 2006

GV-RX195P256D-RH

Radeon X1950 Pro Graphics Accelerator

User's Manual

Rev. 101 12MD-RX195P2R-101R

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Table of Contents

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1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 3

2. Hardware Installation ........................................................................... 4

3. Software Installation ............................................................................ 9

4. Troubleshooting Tips ........................................................................ 37

1.1. Features ..................................................................................................... 3

1.2. Minimum System Requirements ................................................................... 3

2.1. Board Layout .............................................................................................. 4

2.2. Hardware Installation ................................................................................... 6

3.1. Windows® XP Driver and Utilities Installation ................................................. 9

3.1.1. Operating System Requirement ....................................................................... 9

3.1.2. DirectX Installation ......................................................................................... 10

3.1.3. Driver Installation ............................................................................................11

3.1.4. Utilities on Driver CD .................................................................................... 13

3.1.5. Taskbar Icon ................................................................................................. 16

3.1.6. Display Properties pages .............................................................................. 19

3.2. Windows® 2000 Driver Installation ............................................................. 36

5. Appendix .......................................................................................... 38

5.1. How to Reflash the BIOS ........................................................................... 38

5.1.1. Reflash BIOS in MS-DOS Mode ................................................................. 38

5.1.2. Reflash BIOS in Windows Mode .................................................................. 38

5.2. Resolutions and Color Depth Table (In Windows® XP) ............................... 39

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1. Introduction

1.1. Features

• Powered by ATi Radeon X1950 Pro Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)

• Supports PCI Express x16

• Integrated with 256 MB GDDR3 memory

• Supports DirectX 9.0c

• Supports native CrossFire

• Supports AV / S-Video / TV-Out and HDTV output

• Supports 2 DVI-I connectors

• Supports 2 D-sub connectors (by adapter)

1.2. Minimum System Requirements

• Hardware

- Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon

- 512 MB of system memory ; 1 GB or more for best performance

- Optical drive for software installation (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive)

- A power supply with 450-watt or above and 30A current on 12V rail is recommended (assumes fully loaded system)

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• Operating System

- Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2)

- Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition

- Windows® 2000

• CrossFireTM Configuration

If you are planning on using this graphics card as part of a CrossFireTM system, the

following is required:

- A CrossFireTM certified motherboard with two PCI Express x16 slots and correct PCIe chipset driver

- Two X1950 Pro cards

- A power supply with 550-watt or above and 38A current on 12V rail is recommended

- Two CrossFireTM bridge interconnect cables

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2.1. Board Layout

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2. Hardware Installation

CrossFire Connector

DVI-I Connector 1

TV-out

DVI-I Connector 2

HDTV

NTSC / PAL TV Projector

Digital LCD Monitor

Analog LCD Monitor Analog Monitor

Pb/AV Output

S-Video Output

DVI Output

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VGA

Output

DVI-I to D-Sub

Adapter

DVI-I

Connector 1

TV-out

DVI-I

Connector 2

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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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Hardware Installation

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 you 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 connector of the graphics card is securely inserted.

After installation, please connect the power cable to your graphics

card, or the system will not boot.

2. Replace the screw to fasten the card in place,

and replace the computer cover.

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

Connect a flat panel

into the DVI-I connector, then plug the monitor cable into the adapter.

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To Flat Panel Display

To TV / VCR

Connect a VGA monitor via DVI-I to D-sub adapter

You are now ready to proceed with the installation of the graphics card drivers. Please refer to next chapter for detailed instructions.

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Hardware Installation

How to enable the ATI CrossFire

Step 1:

Install two CrossFireTM graphics cards of the same chipset on a CrossFireTM-supported motherboard and

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connect the graphics cards via two CrossFire

enable the CrossFire

Two CrossFireTM bridge

interconnect cables.

technology

technology simply through the graphics card driver.

bridge interconnect cables (Figure 1). Then users can

(Note 1)

Two CrossFireTM graphics cards of the same type.

(Example: GV-RX195P256D-RH)

Step 2:

Figure 1

After installing graphics card driver in operating system, access the ATI CATALYST Control Center

(please refer to Page 19). From the ATI CATALYST Control Center, enter the CrossFire

menu and

assure to select the Enable CrossFire checkbox (Figure 2).

Step 3: When the next confirmation dialog box appears (Figure 3), click Yes to complete the CrossFire configurations.

Figure 3

Figure 2

(Note) Only Windows® XP operating system supports CrossFireTM mode. Please do not enable

CrossFireTM in Windows® 2000.

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3. Software Installation

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.

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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.

Click the Install DirectX 9 item.

Step 2. Choose I accept the agreement

and click the Next button.

Installing the components.

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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

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)

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 2: Found new hardware wizard: Searching and installing

The wizard will search for the driver and install it automatically.

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Step 3: Found new hardware wizard: Finish

Click the Finish button to finish the installation.

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