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Be 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. -7 - Hardware Installation 2.2. Hardware Installation Now that you have prepared your computer, you are ready to install your graphics card. Step 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. Make sure that the gold edge connector of the graphics card is securely inserted. Step 2. Replace the screw to fasten 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 Connect a HDMI monitor To HDMI Monitor To Flat Panel Display GV-N500 Series Graphics Accelerator - 8 How NVIDIA® SLITM (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 twox16 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 (provided by motherboard manufacturer) Two SLI-ready graphics cards of the same type. (Example: GV-N28-1GH-B) SLI Configuration: -9 -Hardware Installation 3. Software Installation Notice the following guidelines before installing the drivers: 1. First make sure your system has installed DirectX 9 or later version. 2. Make sure your system has installed the appropriate motherboard drivers (for the motherboard drivers, please contact the motherboard manufacturer.) 3.1. Driver and Utility Installation 3.1.1. Driver Installation After installing the operating system, insert 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 in 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. GV-N500 Series Graphics Accelerator - 10 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. - 11 -Software Installation GIGABYTE “OC Guru” Graphics Card Smart Tuner GIGABYTE “OC Guru” graphics card smart tuner is a utility which helps users adjust card performance and monitor hardware information. Three modes are provided for different user needs in OC Guru: 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) Shader clock is fixed for all NVIDIA 500 Super Overclock series. (Note2) Adjustable voltage value will vary with different models. Click to link to Hot-key setting for user profiles Display product information Allow users to adjust GPU/Memory voltage Stock voltage settings Drag the bar left/right to decrease/increase GPU/Memory voltage Drag the bar left/right to decrease/increase fan speed Allow users to adjust fan speed Stock fan speed setting Drag the bar left/right to decrease/increase GPU/Memory clock Five profiles Incorrectly doing overclock/overvoltage may result in damage to your system and reduce the life of the system components. GV-N500 Series Graphics Accelerator - 12 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 hot-key. Drag the bar left/right to decrease/increase display brightness, contract, and Gamma value Drag the bar left/right to decrease/increase GPU/Memory clock Stock GPU/Memory clock setting Press “Apply” to apply preferred GPU/Memory clock In game real-time On-Screen-Display hot-key setting Scree...