EMPREX NVIDIA GeForce 6600 series VGA Card User's Guide
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Table Contents Product Specifications..............................................................................................1 (GeForce 6600GT) .................................................................................................1 (GeForce 6600) ......................................................................................................3 Unpacking Your EMPREX Nvidia GeForce 6600 Series........................................5 System Requirements ..................................
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Product Specifications (GeForce 6600GT) Chipset - NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT Memory - 128/256 MB DDR3 SDRAM Interface - PCI-Express supports Function - 15-pin D-sub VGA out HDTV & TV-out (Mini Din 10pin S-Video connector) DVI-I (DVI-I connector) High Quality Video Playback - Dual, 400MHz RAMDACs for display resolutions up to and including 2048x1536@85Hz Integrated NTSC/PAL TV encoder support resolutions up to 1024x768 without the need for panning with built-in Macrovision copy protection DVD and MPEG-2
- 1000/1200 MHz memory clock 400 MHz internal RAMDAC 375 Million vertices/ sec 4.0 Billion texels/ sec fill rate 16.0/19.2 GB/sec memory bandwidth Full-speed 32-bit color precision 64-bit floating point texture filtering and blending - NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU ready 8 pixels per clock rendering engine 16 texels per pixel with 8 textures applied per clock Microsoft DirectX 9.0c Shader Model 3.0 NVIDIA CineFX 3.
(GeForce 6600) Chipset - NVIDIA GeForce 6600 Memory - 256 MB DDR/DDR2 SDRAM Interface - PCI-Express supports Function - 15-pin D-sub VGA out HDTV & TV-out (Mini Din 9pin S-Video connector) DVI-I (DVI-I connector) High Quality Video Playback - Dual, 400MHz RAMDACs for display resolutions up to and including 2048x1536@85Hz Integrated NTSC/PAL TV encoder support resolutions up to 1024x768 without the need for panning with built-in Macrovision copy protection DVD and MPEG-2 decoding up to 1920x1080i re
- High-performance 2D rendering engine UltraShadow II technology NVIDIA Intellisample™ 3.0 technology Digital Vibrance Control (DVC) 3.0 NVIDIA nView multi-display technology NVIDIA ForceWare unified software environment (USE) Unified Driver Architecture (UDA) Operation System and API Support - 4 Microsoft DirectX optimizations and support Full OpenGL 2.0 and lower support Complete support DirectX 9.0c Shader Model 3.
Unpacking Your EMPREX Nvidia GeForce 6600 Series Prior to unpacking your new EMPREX Nvidia GeForce 6600 series, it is a good idea to make sure you meet all the system requirements for a smooth installation. System Requirements 1. Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon or compatible CPU 2. Motherboard with PCI-Express x 16 slot 3. Windows 2000, XP 4. 50MB of available disk space for full installation 5. 128MB system RAM 6. Minimum power supply 350W 7. CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive 8.
Hardware Installation Installing the EMPREX NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT/6600 hardware involves opening up your computer and installing a graphics card. Please follow all of the safety instructions provided here to ensure that there is no damage to you, your computer, and the graphics card. Safety Instructions To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock and injury, always follow these basic safety precautions when using any piece of electronic equipment.
Removing Old Drivers Before installing the hardware or software, you need to remove any old graphics drivers you may have. Removing the graphics drivers will not harm your computer. When you restart the system, the display will be in a low resolution and may look different. This is normal and will resolve once the new drivers are installed. Go to Start’Control Panel’Add or Remove Program, as shown in the figure below. Scroll down until you see Display Drivers (there may be more than one set).
grounded surface before touching the graphics card. A grounded surface is the computer chassis, or some other surface you know to be grounded. Following these rules prevents damage or harm to you, the graphics card, and your computer. Note that you will be installing your new GeForce 6600GT/6600 board into the PCI-E slot inside your computer system. You may already have a graphics board installed in this slot. If so, you will be replacing that existing board with your new GeForce 6600GT/6600 board.
the figure below. Now that all the hardware is installed, it is time to install the software. See the next section for the software installation instructions.
Installing the Software Note: ALL THE HARDWARE MUST BE INSTALLED PRIOR TO INSTALLATION OF SOFTWARE. SEE THE PREVIOUS SECTION IF YOU HAVE NOT INSTALLED THE HARDWARE. Installing the Drivers and Application Use the following procedure to install the software application and drivers Note: If the Found New Hardware screen is displayed as the system detects the newly installed graphics card or USB remote control receiver, click Cancel.
The CD will auto-run and bring up a menu of options. If the CD does not auto-run, please click [Start]’[My Computer] ’[CD-ROM drive]. Installing Graphics Card Driver Click [Install Graphics Card Driver] to enter Installshield Wizard screen. Click [Next] to start the installation process. Select [Yes, I want to restart computer now], and click [Finish]. Installing DIRECTX 9.0c To install the DIRECTX 9.0c, use the following procedure. Click [DIRECTX 9.0c]. Select [I accept the agreement] then click [Next].
NVIDIA Display Properties and nView Desktop Manager After you install the Graphics Card Driver and restart the computer, the NVIDIA Display Properties and nView Desktop Manager, which are two major control panel-based components included in the driver, are ready to function. Accessing the NVIDIA Display Control Panel Pages You can quickly access the NVIDIA Display menu that gives you direct access to the NVIDIA Display control panel pages.
NVIDIA Settings Menu—Windows Taskbar Access Make sure you have added the NVIDIA Settings menu icon to your Windows taskbar notification area. For details, see NVIDIA Display Properties>Troubleshooting. Windows Display Properties Setting Access You can access the NVIDIA Display control panel through the Microsoft Display Properties Settings>Advanced option. Right click from your Windows desktop to open the desktop menu.
NVIDIA Display Properties NVIDIA Display Properties refers to the control panel-based user interface from which you can configure the advanced display properties. Screen Adjustment To adjust the screen position on your display, use the arrow positioning buttons for fine adjustments.
Display Mode Timing The Display Mode Timing page is shown above. Select the proper timing mode for your display device. Auto-detect (default setting) allows Windows to receive the proper timing information directly from your display device. Note: Some older analog display devices may not support this feature. General Timing Formula (GTF) is an older but widely used timing standard. However, newer displays are switching to the CVT standard.
Performance & Quality settings Application profiles Application profile refers to saved files containing NVIDIA OpenGL and Direct3D driver setting specific to applications and generally games. Global Driver Settings. The Global Driver Settings option (the default application profiles setting) appears when you first open the Performance & Quality Settings page. Pre-defined Profiles. Click the Application Profiles list box to view the NVIDIA-supplied pre-defined game-specific profiles.
Tips on setting antialiasing modes: Some antialiasing settings require a large amount of video memory. If the mode you requested requires more video memory than available and you see unexpected results, try selecting the next lower mode, and so on, until you achieve the desired result. You may want to experiment with different screen resolutions, refresh rates, and/or color depths until you arrive at a setting or combination of settings for antialiasing to work. Application-controlled.
performance for your applications. Performance offers an optimal blend of image quality and performance. The result is optimal performance and good image quality for you applications. Quality is the default setting that result in optimal image quality for your applications. High Quality results in the best image quality for your application. Vertical Sync Vertical Sync settings specify how vertical synchronization is handled in OpenGL applications.
Brightness, Contrast and Gamma Note: The Color profile option must be set to Standard mode in order to use the Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma sliders. To adjust the Brightness, Contrast, or Gamma values for the selected color channel, click and move the sliders until you see the desired adjustments. Notice that the color curve graph changes as you adjust values using these sliders, which also reflects in the values of the Input and Output boxes displayed on the left of the Gamma slider.
Note: If you select the Overlay/VMR settings from the Apply color changes to list, only the All Channels setting is available. When you select a color channel, notice that the following takes place: The color appears in the graph of the color correction curve below. Moving the Brightness/Contrast/Gamma sliders changes the appearance of the colored line/curve in the graph in real time. Color Curve Graph The graph below the color channels list represents the color correction curve.
Image Sharpening Use the Image Sharpening slider to adjust the sharpness of the image quality by amplifying high frequency content. Color Profile The Color Profile option displays a list of available color correction profiles. Specify Standard Mode if you want to adjust color correction settings using the Contrast, Brightness, and Gamma sliders. Use Advanced Mode if you want to adjust color correction settings by manually inserting, dragging, and removing control points along the curve shown in the graph.
Video Overlay Settings Use the Video Overlay Settings to adjust the quality of video or DVD playback on your display. Note that these settings affect videos that are created using the hardware overlay, but have no effects on videos created using software overlays, or a blit process such as VMR. Note: If any setting changes you make have no effect on the video overlay after you click Apply, close the video overlay and then re-open it.
playback screen. Screen Region to Zoom Select the area of the video screen on which you would like to zoom by clicking the area. You can then zoom to that portion of the screen by moving the Out/In slider control. Overlay Color Controls Hue and Saturation You can independently control the hue and saturation to achieve optimal image quality when playing back videos or DVD movies on your computer. Adjust Colors See Color Correction.
NVRotate The NVRotate settings let you view your Windows desktop in Landscape or Portrait mode. You can rotate your desktop by 90, 180, or 270 degrees. The following desktop rotations options are available: Landscape is the default mode. Portrait results in a 90 degree rotation. Inverted Landscape results in a 180 degree rotation. Restore Default results in the default Landscape mode. Click OK after selecting an option for the rotation change to take effect.
Temperature Settings This feature let users adjust the temperature of the NVIDIA GPU on the computer. Temperature Level (GPU Core Temperature) Displays the current temperature of the NVIDIA GPU in the system. Core Slowdown Threshold Click the up or down arrow to change the value at which the GPU will slow itself down to prevent overheating.
Screen Resolution & Refresh Rates The Screen Resolution & Refresh Rates page let you configure screen resolution, color quality, and screen refresh rates for each of your connected display devices. Screen Resolution and Color Quality Screen Resolution lets you display available screen resolution settings for the display device. Move the slider to select a different screen resolution. Color quality let you display available color settings for the currently selected screen resolution of the display device.
Custom Resolutions and Refresh Rates Adding Custom Resolution Click Add to display the dialog box Enter requested information in the fields provided Click Add and Ok When you enable the Only show custom modes option on the Change Resolution page, the modes you just added will be available for use. Remove Custom Resolution Once you have added one or more custom resolutions, you can click Remove from the main Custom Resolutions page to remove any of the added resolutions.
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