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Trademarks Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners. Notice Please do not remove any labels on VGA card, this may void the warranty of this VGA card. Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet. The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitment to update the information contained herein. Table of Contents English 1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 3 1.1. Features ..................................................................................................... 3 1.2. Minimum system requirement ....................................................................... 3 2. Hardware Installation ........................................................................... 4 2.1. Board Layout .............................................................................................. 4 2.2. Hardware installation ................................................................................... 7 3. Software Installation .......................................................................... 10 3.1. Windows® XP driver and utilities installation ................................................ 10 3.1.1. Operating system requirement ................................................................................... 10 3.1.2. DirectX installation ........................................................................................................ 10 3.1.3. Driver installation .......................................................................................................... 12 3.1.4. Utilities on driver CD .................................................................................................... 14 3.1.5. Taskbar 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 GV-NX78X256V(P)-B Graphics Accelerator - 2 1. Introduction English 1.1. Features • Powered by NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7800 GTX Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) • Supports the newest PCI Express x 16 • Integrated with 256MB DDR III memory • Supports DirectX 9.0C • Supports NVIDIA® SLITM (Scalable Link Interface) technology (note) • Supports video capture for video editing (VIVO) • Supports AV / S-Video and HDTV output • Supports 2 DVI-I connectors 1.2. Minimum system requirement • IBM® or 100% PC compatible with Pentium® III 650MHz or AMD Athlon 650MHz class processor or higher • One PCI Express x 16 slot • Operating Systems Windows® 2000 / Windows® 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). -3 Introduction - English 2. Hardware Installation 2.1. Board Layout 1) GV-NX78X256V-B VIVO DVI-I Connector 2 DVI-I Connector 1 VIVO DVI-I Connector 2 DVI-I Connector 1 Analog LCD Monitor Digital LCD Monitor DVI Output VGA Output DVI-I to D-Sub Adapter NTSC / PAL TV Projector Y S-Video Output Pr Pb/AV OutputHDTV SLI connector GV-NX78X256V(P)-B Graphics Accelerator - 4 English2) GV-NX78X256VP-B VIVO DVI-I Connector 2 DVI-I Connector 1 SLI connector 2) GV-NX78X256VP-B VIVO DVI-I Connector 2 DVI-I Connector 1 SLI connector VIVO DVI-I Connector 2 DVI-I Connector 1 Analog LCD Monitor Digital LCD Monitor DVI Output VGA Output DVI-I to D-Sub Adapter NTSC / PAL TV Projector Y S-Video Output Pr Pb/AV OutputHDTV -5 Hardware Installation - 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...