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Congratulations and thank you for selecting this graphics card — one of the finest 2D and

3D graphics and video accelerators available on the market today. Designed for personal

computers featuring an advanced PCI or PCI/AGP bus architecture, and bundled with

accelerated drivers and powerful support software, the graphics card is highly optimized for

32-bit Windows and Direct3D games. An intelligent Plug and Play design ensures problem-

free installation and use, with advanced support for the latest VESA standards (VBE),

display power management (DPMS), and Plug and Play monitors (DDC), and compatibility

with all major 3D APIs.

System Requirements

The minimum system requirements for installing the graphics card are as follows:

 a personal computer with a Pentium, Pentium II or compatible microprocessor and at

least 8MB of memory

 a VGA analog monitor supporting a minimum 60Hz vertical refresh rate

 a free AGP bus slot

 a CD-ROM drive

Features

 Enhanced 64-bit graphics engine

 Integrated 230MHz RAMDAC

 Enhanced Streams Processor

technology for hardware-assisted high-quality video

playback of two video streams against a graphics background

 Supports simultaneous display of graphics and video of different color depths

 110MHz Streams Processor operation permits video resolution support of up to

1280x1024x256 @60Hz refresh

 133MHz Baseline AGP bus (Trio3D-2X AGP)

 Bus Mastering

 Resolution support of up to 1152x864x16M, 1600x1200x64K

 100MHz Memory Clock support functionality for high performance, support SGRAM

block write

 BIOS support for VESA Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS)monitor

power savings modes, DDC monitor communications support

Software Support

 Windows 95

 Windows 98

 Windows NT

Overview

Summary of content (12 pages)

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Overview Congratulations and thank you for selecting this graphics card — one of the finest 2D and 3D graphics and video accelerators available on the market today. Designed for personal computers featuring an advanced PCI or PCI/AGP bus architecture, and bundled with accelerated drivers and powerful support software, the graphics card is highly optimized for 32-bit Windows and Direct3D games.
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Hardware Installation CAUTION ! Static electricity can severely damage electronic parts. Take these precautions: Before touching any electronic parts, drain the static electricity from your body. You can do this by touching the internal metal frame of your computer while it's unplugged. Don't remove a card from the anti-static container it shipped in until you're ready to install it. When you remove a card from your computer, place it back in its container.
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2 Hardware Installation Insert your Graphic Card Remove the cover for the slot you intend to use and save the screw for the mounting bracket. Then, pick up the Graphic card and position it over the expansion slot you've chosen. Push the card with firmly and evenly until it's fully seated in the slot. Replace the screw to secure the bracket of the Graphic card to the computer chassis.
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3 Installation Microsoft Windows 95/98 Drivers Before installing the Display driver, make sure your Windows 95 is installed in VGA mode and work fine. Please install the DirectX before you want to play the MPEG Movie Player. The pictures as below are only for reference under Windows 95. Setup VGA Mode Click the right mouse button anywhere on the Windows 95/98 desktop and select Properties from the pop-up menu that appears on screen.
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Figure 3 7. 8. 9. Figure 4 At the same time during the installation, the driver will also choose the correct path and VGA card automatically so that you can easy to finish the installation. Click OK button. (Figure 5) In Advanced Display Properties dialog box, click Close button. If the driver doesn't choose the correct path and VGA card automatically, please click the right mouse button anywhere on the Windows 95/98 desktop and select Properties from the pop-up menu that appears on screen.
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second checkbox: Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location, so you can select the driver you want. Then click "next" and click "Have Disk" button and follow the instructions on screen to finish the installation. Microsoft Windows NT4.0 Drivers If you are running Windows NT, please note that drivers for NT are not compatible with earlier releases of NT, and vice versa.
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95/98/NT, specially designed and optimized for use with your graphics accelerator or monitor. You should think of the PowerStrip as a kind of supplementary "device driver" which works in conjunction with your accelerator's display driver, and allows you to get the most from your monitor.
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Display Memory Configuration Memory-Resolution/Color This table only for reference. 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024 1600x1200 4MB 64K color 85Hz 85Hz 85Hz 85Hz 85Hz 85Hz 256 color 85Hz 85Hz 85Hz 85Hz 85Hz 85Hz 16.7M color 85Hz 85Hz 85Hz 85Hz 85Hz - Monitor Connector Pin Assignments Pin no. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Function Pin no.
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Problem: After installation and restarting, Windows 95 informs me that display setting is still incorrect. What can I do? There may be conflict between previous and current display drivers. This is caused by not complete removal of previous display driver. Try the following steps to remove it: Solution: (1) Use right button of mouse to click on "My Computer" icon on desktop.
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Problem: Monitor display flickers after Windows 95 or Windows 98 starts. Solution: Your monitor may not support the resolution or refresh rate that you have set. Use display settings supported by the monitor. To change the display settings: (1) Restart your system in Windows 95/Windows 98 Safe mode. To do so: a. Restart your system and when the message "Starting Windows 95/98…" appears, press F8. A list of options such as Safe Mode and Command Prompt Only Mode appears. b. Select Safe Mode and press ENTER.
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When you need advanced technique service, please Complete this form and FAX to your dealer. Your name: Phone : Product S/N: P/ N: HARDWARE CONFIGURATION Mainboard Chipset: CPU Clock: Mainboard CPU: VGA Memory Brand: Mainboard Memory: MB VGA Memory Mainboard Brand: VGA BIOS: CD Version: VGA Driver: Cache Memory: KB MB Resolution: Monitor: Resolution Rate: O.S.: Horizontal Freq. : Vertical Freq.
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SOFTWARE CONDITION CONFIG.SYS: AUTOEXEC.