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... icon ...16 3.1.6. Display properties pages 19 3.1.7. nView properties pages 24
3.2. Windows® 2000 driver installation 29
4. Troubleshooting Tips 30
5. Appendix 31
5.1. How to Reflash the BIOS 31
5.1.1. Reflash BIOS in MS-DOS mode 31 5.1.2. Reflash BIOS in Windows mode 31
5.2. Resolutions and Color Depth Table (In Windows® XP 32
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... XP • 64MB system memory • 50MB of available disk space for full installation • CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive • Minimum power supply 400W
(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-NX78X256V-B) and from the same vendor (i.e. GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY...
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..., plug the DVI-I to D-sub adapter into the DVI-I connector, then plug the monitor cable into the adapter.
Connect a flat panel
To Flat Panel Display
To TV / VCR / VIVO
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.
GV-NX78X256V(P)-B Graphics Accelerator...
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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...
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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.
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... 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 "Next" button to install the driver. (There is a driver CD disk that came...
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... 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 Install Display Driver item.
Step 2. Click "Next" button.
Windows installings the components.
Step 3. Click "Finish" button to restart computer. Then the driver installation is completed.
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... 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".
• Install GIGABYTE Utility (V-Tuner 2):
Step 1. When autorun window show up, please click the Utilities item.
Then click the GIGABYTE Utility item.
Step 2. Click the Next button.
Step 3. Enter your name and company.
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V-Tuner 2
V-Tuner 2 lets you monitor the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory (Core Clock and Memory Clock).
Displays core clock status
Displays memory clock status
Opens Help page
Select choice of skin
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... item, and then click Settings. Click Advanced after clicking Settings. Click the appropriate tab to change your display settings.
Right click the icon.
Click the VGA Information item into the "VGA Info" and "Color Adjust" tabs. You can link to GIGABYTE website for updated information about the graphics accelerator, latest drivers, and other information. GV-NX78X256V(P)-B Graphics Accelerator - 16...
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VGA Information VGA Info lists the relevant information about your card.
Color Adjust Color Adjust allows you to make color adjustments, such as brightness, contrast and gamma values for each or all of RGB colors.
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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.
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... 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...
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... 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".
Display Matrix
Model CRT+TV CRT+DVI DVI+TV
GV-NX78X256V-B Yes Yes Yes
GV-NX78X256VP-B Yes Yes Yes
Performance and Quality Settings properties
SLI multi-GPU properties
„ The sliders lets to...
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... 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.
Full Screen Video properties „ The Full Screen Video Properties can adjust the display to full screen mode when video is being played.
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... properties
„ ThistabcontainsinformationaboutthenViewDesktopManager. The setup wizard can also be accessed from this tab.
nView Profile properties
„ This tab contains a record all nView display settings for easy software setup.
nView Windows properties
„ This tab allows you to control of window and dialog box placement when using multiple monitors.
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... windows effects that you can apply to your applications.
nView Zoom properties
„ 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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...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...
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... 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...
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... it's done, then restart your computer.
5.1.2. Reflash BIOS in Windows mode
1. After installing the display drivers, you will find a GIGABYTE the Taskbar. Right-click to select the @VGA utility.
icon in the lower-right corner of
@VGA flash BIOS utility
2. Download the BIOS ZIP file for your card from GIGABYTE website and extract it to your hard disk (or floppy disk).
3. Select the From Local...