Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product TNT2 Nvidia
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Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................. 1 Preliminary step for W indows 95 users ....................................................................... 3 Installing Y our Graphics Card .
2 Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide The Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue pro vides outstanding 2D and video acceleration as well and also supports software D VD decoders through hardware color and pix el format con version. Serial and Model Numbers Y our card’ s serial and model numbers can be found at the back of the card.
Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide 3 ❑ CD-R OM driv e installed ❑ W indo ws 95, Windo ws 98, Windo ws NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 3), or W indows 2000 (when a v ailable) Updating .
4 Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide Installing Y our Graphics Car d Figure 1 show s you the connectors on the Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue card. T o install the gra phics card 1. Switch of f your computer and all peripheral devices.
Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide 5 8. Press the card’ s bus connector gently and e venly into the slot, making sure that the bus connector comes into full contact with the slot. Then, secure the card to the computer casing with a scre w .
6 Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide Installing Softwar e After installing the graphics card, you can install the software. The Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue CD contains the following: ❑ Dri vers for W indo ws 95/98 (common to both) ❑ Dri vers for W indo ws NT 4.
Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide 7 5. In the Install Fr om Disk dialog box, type D:WINDO WS (where D: represents your CD-R OM driv e) and click the OK but t o n. 6. If prompted to select driv ers, click the Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue dri vers.
8 Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide 8. In the Copying Files dialog box, type D:WINDO WS and click the OK button. The dri vers are copied to your system. 9. In the Update Device Driv er Wizard dialog box, click the OK but t on . 10.
Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide 9 6. In the Install Fr om Disk dialog box, type D:WINDO WS (where D: represents your CD-R OM driv e) and click the OK but t o n.
10 Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide Changing Settings T o change the displa y settings in Windows NT 4.0 1. Right-click your desktop, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu. 2. In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Settings tab .
Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide 11 T o change the performance settings in Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0 T o do so in Windows 95 and Windo ws NT 4.0 1. Right-click your desktop, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu. 2.
12 Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide About Sonnetech Colorific/3Deep About Colorific Colorific ® color management softw are is the industry-standard process for monitor-to- monitor and monitor-to-printer color management.
Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide 13 3Deep uses Colorific’ s technology (the industry standard for monitor calibration) to measure the unique characteristics of each gamer’ s display . No more dark games, and no more washed out games when you increase the contrast of your monitor .
14 Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide Getting Mor e Information For Gra phics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue The Help file for Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue give s a brief introduction to the features supported by this graphics card.
Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide 15 For Colorific and 3Deep The Help file for Colorif ic contains the User’ s Manual. T o open the Help file f or Colorific 1. Click Start -> Programs -> Colorific . The Colorific calibration utility is opened.
16 Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide T echnical Specifications Ar chitecture Highlights ❑ 64-bit wide graphics engine and frame buf fer ❑ 16 MB SDRAM ❑ 250 million pixels/sec, bilinear f iltered 3D Featur es ❑ Optimized for Microsoft’ s Direct3D API ❑ Complete DirectX 6.
Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide 17 ❑ Backend blend • 32-bit ARGB rendering with destination alpha • Point sampled, bilinear , trilinear and 8-tap • Anisotropic filtering .
18 Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide Specifications ❑ A GP 2X data transfer ❑ VESA DDC 2B + DPMS ❑ Single slot 2D, 3D graphics, and video accelerator ❑ NVIDIA RIV A TNT2 Mo.
Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide 19 Table 2: Refresh rates supported by different video modes Refresh Rates Number of Colors Resolution 256 (8-bit) 64k (16-bit) 16.
20 Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide T r oubleshooting System Hangs, Blank Scr een or Corrupted Displa y $IWHULQVWDOOLQJ*UDSKLFV%ODVWHU5,9$7179 DOXHDQGVW.
Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide 21 6. Insert the Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue CD into your CD-R OM driv e. 7. Follo w steps 6 through 13 of the procedure in “T o install in W indow s 98” on page 8 to complete the update.
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Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide 23 Pr oblems Using Software :KHQRXUHVWDU W:LQGRZVRQHRIWKHIROORZLQJHUURUPHVVDJHVDSSHDUV ❑ “BlasterControl will only work on Creati ve graphics product dri vers.
24 Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide Pr oblem with OpenGL Applications :KHQVWDU WLQJ2SHQ*/6FUHHQ6DYHURUDSSOLFDWLRQVLQ:LQGRZVWKHPHVVDJH ´1RORFDOEXIIHUPHPRU DYDLODEOHµDSSHDUV Solution Set a lower resolution and color depth: 1.
Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide 25 Solution No action required. A conflict between the A GP video controller and the “PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge” in the W indo ws 95 Device Manager does not af fect the functionality of the A GP card within W indo ws 95.
26 Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide Creati ve End-User Software License Agr eement V ersion 2.0, J une 1998 PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULL Y BEFORE USING THE SOFTW ARE. BY USING THE SOFTW ARE, YOU A GREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS A GREEMENT .
Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide 27 PRODUCT RETURNS If you must ship the softw are t o Creative or an authorized Creati ve distributor or dealer, you must prep a y shipping and either insure the softw are or assume all risk of loss or d a mage in transit .
28 Graphics Blaster RIV A TNT2 V alue Installation Guide Declaration of Conformity According to the FCC96 208 and ET95-19 documents, Name: Creative Labs Inc.
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