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GV-N580SO-15I
NVIDIA® GeForceTM GTX 580 Graphics Accelerator
User's Manual
Rev. 101 12MM-N580SO-101R
Copyright © 2011 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. ("GBT"). No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the expressed, written permission of GBT. Trademarks Third-party brands and names...
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... Hardware Installation ...7
3. Software Installation ...9 3.1. Driver and Utility Installation 9
3.1.1. Driver Installation ...9 3.1.2. GIGABYTE Extreme Dual BIOS technology 15 3.2. Display Properties Pages 16 3.3. Accessing NVIDIA Control Panel 17
4. Troubleshooting Tips 25 5. Appendix ...26
5.1. How to Reflash the BIOS in MS-DOS Mode 26 5.2. Resolutions and Color Depth Table (In Windows XP...
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...) - Optical drive for software installation (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive)
• Operating System - Windows® 7 - Windows® Vista - Windows® XP
• SLI TM Configuration If you are planning on using this graphics card as part of an SLI system, the following are required: - An SLI certified motherboard with two/three PCIe x16 slots and correct chipset driver - Two GV-N580SO-15I for SLI...
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... sure there are no shipping and handling damages on the card before proceeding.
DO NOT APPLY POWER TO YOUR SYSTEM IF THE GRAPHICS CARD IS DAMAGED. In order to ensure that your graphics card can work correctly, please use official GIGABYTE BIOS only. Using non-official GIGABYTE BIOS might cause problem(s) on the graphics card.
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...the card in place, and replace the computer cover.
Step 3. This graphics card provides two DVI-I digital connectors and one mini HDMI connector. You can connect a monitor that supports DVI-I function. To connect a HDMI monitor,you need a cable or adapter to connect from the mini-HDMI connector to a HDMI monitor.
Connect a flat panel
To HDMI Monitor
To Flat Panel Display
Connect a HDMI monitor...
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... the driver disk into your optical drive. The driver Autorun screen is automatically displayed which looks like that shown in the screen shot below. (If the driver Autorun screen does not appear automatically, go to My Computer, double-click the optical drive and execute the setup.exe program.)
Step 1: Click the Install Display Driver item.
Step 2: Click the Next button.
For software MPEG support...
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Step 3: Click the Yes button.
The system is installing the components.
Step 4: Click the Finish button to restart the computer. Then the driver installation is completed.
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...: OC, Gaming, and Green modes. All GIGABYTE Super Overclock series cards equip with OC Guru for extreme performance boost. OC Mode: Under option "Manual", users have five profiles to save preferred GPU/Memory voltage, GPU/Memory clock, and fan speed settings. Under option "Auto", all settings will follow stock settings. Users can set hot key for each profile. (Note1...
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Gaming Mode: Extreme 3D gaming mode for enthusiastic users. Users can set preferred GPU/Memory clock and adjust screen brightness, contract value, and Gamma value under Gaming mode. Through GIGABYTE software On-Screen-Display (OSD), users can monitor hardware information in games and adjust display settings in real time. In addition, Gaming mode provides users with screenshots by...
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.... In addition, Green mode provides information of power saved through this mode.
Current GPU power consumption Power saving mode of PWM working frequency
Standard PWM working frequency
Meter/Total mode switch: Meter mode: power saved in a given period of time Total mode: power saved since OC GURU first activated
Reset Meter mode from start
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... world records at any competitions.
How to use? An Extreme Dual BIOS switch is meant to prevent "cold-bug" boot errors when using extreme cooling techniques such as liquid nitrogen, liquid helium and dry ice, etc. GIGABYTE Extreme Dual BIOS switch is available on certain GIGABYTE Super Overclock series graphics cards.
SOC Default BIOS. The factory default BIOS setting for...
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... Quality for Windows)
To access Display Settings page, right-click on desktop and select Personalize, then the Personalization windows will show up. Select Display Settings to adjust the screen resolution and color quality settings.
You can move the slider to change the resolution. You can click the item to change the color quality. Click the Advanced button for advanced settings.
GV-N500...
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... Control Panel
After installation of the display driver, right-click on the desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel. The NVIDIA Control Panel is used to configure all your graphics card settings.
Right-click on the desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel.
Or you can right-click on the desktop and select Personalize, and then the Control Panel\Appearance Personalization\Personalization window...
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... all your Direct3D or OpenGL applications and to establish a unique set of 3D settings for a particular game or application.
Set PhysX confiquration NVIDIA® PhysX® is a powerful physics engine that can utilize GPU acceleration to provide amazing real-time physics effects.
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... (Digital Vibrance) of the images on your desktop. These changes will not affect any video playback. To change video color settings, go to Adjust Video Color Settings under the Video and TV section from the Start page.
Adjust Desktop Color Settings You can adjust desktop color settings for your displays or enhance picture quality if you are using televisions.
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... technology enables you to view your desktop in one of several multi-display modes to make the best use of the displays (monitors) that are connected to your computer.
Dual-Monitor Setup You can set the display to output from two monitors on the Set Up Multiple Displays page.
Select your preferred nView display modes here. • Only use one...
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... virtual desktop. The height of each display is half the height of the total virtual desktop height.
Horizontal Span Mode
Vertical Span Mode
Display Matrix
Model CRT(Note 2)+HDMI CRT+DVI(Note 2) DVI+HDMI DVI+HDMI+CRT DVI +DVI CRT+CRT(Note 2)
GV-N580SO-15I Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
(Note 1) This item is present only in Windows XP. (Note 2) By a DVI-to-D-Sub adapter.
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...desktop video to best fit your television screen.
Adjust Video Color Settings Use the controls on this page to fine tune the color settings for video content on your display...: Support for some features under Windows Vista is in development and may not be available with your ForceWare graphics driver version. Consult the release notes for updated information on supported features.
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...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 install the graphics driver...
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... hard disk(s) or floppy disk. This procedure assumes drive A. 2. Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode. (You may need a startup disk to restart 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]
-s [BIOS file name] (example: gvf19 -s n580SO15I.F1) and press Enter. 5. To flash BIOS, at...