MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL Using MSITM Live VGA BIOSTM Update Getting Started RX850XT Platinum-VT2D256E MSITM Live VGA BIOSTM Update Please che ck out the following ite ms to make sure that you get the complete product: RX850XT -VT2D256E This service enables you to update the latest VGA BIOS for yo ur VGA card.
VGA car d RX850PRO -VT2D256E
CDs 1. To update your VGA BIOS, click Live VGA BIOS TM item on the left column of the main - Drivers and documentation on CD page. Fan Connector - Applications on CD TM 2. If your VGA card does not support the Live VGA BIOS function, you will receive a Power Connector Consult your dealer imme diately if anything is missing or damaged. warning message on the screen. ATI Radeon X850 series TM 3. If your VGA card do support the Live VGA BIOS function, please pay attention to the message shown on the screen telling you t hat in what circumstance flashing BIOS may fail to reboot. 256MB DDR3 memory System Requirements 4. Click Yes if you would like to try it at your own risk or No to return to the main page TV_Out / Video_In To install the VGA card, your computer system n eeds to meet the following with eve rything unchanged. requirem ents: Connector (S & C) HDTV Intergrated Intel Pentiu mR 4/III/II/Celeron TM, AMDR K6/Athlon R or co mpatible with PCI Express slot 5. If you click Yes to continue, it will check the information and BIOS version of your 128MB of system memo ry VGA car d, and list them in a table. Installation softwa re requires CD-ROM drive PCI Express interface TM TM 6. Click the grap h button at the bottom to connect the MSI Live Update 3 Server. DVD playback requires DVD drive Intera ctive Program guide requires Internet connection for listing updates DVI-I ports TM TM 7. Th e MSI Live VGA BIOS will automatically connect the Internet and search the Remo te con trol receiver requir es available USB port TM supported BIOS in the database of MSI . 500MHZ minimum proce ssor speed for MPEG-2 video capture Operation System Supp ort: Windows XP / 2000 8. If it has found one (or several) supported BIOS for your VGA card, click the RX850XT-VTD256E InstallShield Wizard button on the right side of the table to have the new BIOS Power supply of 3 50 (an d up) watt is highly recommended for system stability. downloaded and updated autom atically. RX850PRO-VTD256E Fan Connector 9. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the updating procedure. RX850XT-TD256E ATI Radeon X850 series RX850PRO-TD256E Card Features For reference only Power Connector FEATURES * Support for MicrosoftRDirectXR9.0 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware 256MB DDR3 memory or Macrovisi on Co rporation Pr oduct Notic e * DirectX 9.0 Vertex Shaders 128MB DDR3 memory - Vertex programs up to 65,280 instructions with flow control This produ ct inco rporates copyright protection te chnology th at is pr otecte d by method claims of certain U.S. pate nts an d othe r intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corpo ration and - Single cycle trigonometric opera tions ( SIN & COS) othe r right owners. Use of this copyr ight protection technolog y must be authorized by Macrovision TV_Out / Video_In * DirectX Extended 9.0 Pixel Shaders Corp oration, and is inte nded for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise Connector (S & C) or - Up to 1,536 instructions and 16 texture s per rendering pass auth orized by Ma crovision Co rporat ion. Reverse engin eering or dis assem bly is prohibited. TV_Out Connector (S) - 32 temporary and constant registers HDTV Intergrated - F acing register for two-sided lighting * All trademarks used in this manual are the sole property of their respective owners. - 128-bit, 64-bit & 32-bit per pixel floating point color formats PCI Express interface - Multiple Render Target (MRT) support VGA is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. R PentiumR is a registered trademark of IntelR Corporation. * Com plete f eature set also supported in Op enGL via extensions DVI-I port WindowsR is a registered trademark of MicrosoftR Corporation. * 2x/4x/6x Anti-Aliasing modes & 2x/4x/8x/1 6x Ani sotropic Filtering modes * High quality 4:1 Normal Map Compression D-sub port * Works with any two-channel data format * 3-level Hierarchical Z-Buffer with Eany Z Test * Lossless Z-Buffer Compression (up to 48:1) Note: The VGA card shown here * Fast Z-Buffer Cle ar and Z Cache optimized for real-time shad ow rendering may vary from the actual card. ATI Radeon X850 series inside!!! * Optimized for performance at high display resolutions, includ ing widescreen HDTV For further information, please TEL. 886-2-32345599 resolutions visit MSI website at FAX. 886-2-32345488 G52-V2ARX44 PCI Express Interface www.msi.com.tw http://www.msi.com.tw January 2005