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GV-3D1-7950-RH
™
GeForce 7950 GX2 Graphics Accelerator
User's Manual
Rev. 102
12MD-3D17950R-102R
* The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user's other household waste
and must be handed over to a designated collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment!!
* The WEEE marking applies only in European Union's member states.
Copyright
© 2006 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. ("GBT").
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 3 1.1. Features ..................................................................................................... 3 1.2. Minimum system requirements ..................................................................... 3 2. Hardware Installation ........................................................................... 4 2.1. Board layout ..............................
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English 1. Introduction 1.1. Features ® ™ • Powered by NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Supports the newest PCI Express x 16 Integrated with 1GB DDRIII memory Supports DirectX 9.0c ® TM (Note) Supports NVIDIA SLI (Scalable Link Interface) technology Supports AV / S-Video and HDTV output Supports D-sub connector (by adapter) Supports 2 DVI-I connectors 1.2. Minimum system requirements ® ® IBM or 100% PC compatible with Pentium III 650MHz or AMD Athlon 650MHz
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2. Hardware Installation 2.1. Board Layout SLI connector TV-out DVI-I Connector DVI-I Connector Y HDTV Pr Pb Output TV-Out NTSC / PAL TV AV Output DVI-I to D-Sub DVI-I S-Video Output Adapter Connector DVI-I to D-Sub DVI-I Adapter VGA Output Connector Analog LCD Monitor DVI Output Digital LCD Monitor GV-3D1-7950-RH Graphics Accelerator - 4 - English
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English 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
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2.2. Hardware installation Installing Your graphics card. 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 disconnect the display cable from the back of your computer. 2. Remove the computer cover. If necessary, 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-boar
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English 2. Replace the screw to fasten the card in place, and replace the computer cover. After installing the GV-3D1-7950-RH to your computer, please remember to connect at lease one power cable on the graphics card to the power supply connector. We suggest you to connect both of the two power cables on the graphics card to the power supply to achieve optimal graphics performance. 3. Plug the display cable into your graphics card; then turn on the computer and monitor. To connect a flat panel
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GIGABYTE Component Video Adapter for Nvidia Graphics Cards (HDTV Cable) AV Out HDTV Component S-Video Out (Y+Pr+Pb) Connect to the TV-Out port on the graphics card. (1) Connecting HDTV Connect your HDTV cables to the component 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 Composit
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English ® TM 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 x 16 PCI Express slots to scale graphics performance. The picture below shows that two graphics cards are linked in parallel in an SLI configuration. SLI bridge connector Two SLI-ready graphics (provided by motherboard cards of the same type. manuf
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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 dr
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English Step 2. Choose I accept the agreement and click the "Next" button. Step 3. Click the "Next" button. Installing the components. Step 4. Click "Finish" to restart computer. Then the DirectX 9 installation is completed. - 11 - Software Installation
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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 c
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English 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 2. When autorun window show up, Step 1. When autorun window show up, click Display Driver item. click Install Display Driver item. Step 3. Click "Next" button. Windows installings the components. Step 4. Click "Finish" button to restart computer. Then the driver installation is completed. - 13 - Software Insta
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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. Right click the icon. You can adjust the properties of the graphics accelerator from here. GV-3D1-7950-RH Graphics Accelerator - 14 - English
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English 3.1.4. 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 c
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Screen Adjustment Settings properties Click the arrow icons on the desktop image to adjust the screen to the desired position. Display Mode Timing Settings properties Click to select your display’s timing mode: Auto-Detect is the "default" setting; it allows Windows to receive the proper timing information directly from the display itself. Note: Some older monitors may not support this feature. • General Timing Formula (GTF) is a standard used by most new displays. • Discrete Monitor Timing (D
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English 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 enab
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Video Overlay Settings 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. Tools properties The NVIDIA settings taskbar utility lets you conveniently acces
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English 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. 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 beg
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3.1.5. 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. 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 7950 GX2> Desktop Ma
