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Feb. 1, 2005 VGA Card GV-RX85T256V-B ...

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Copyright © 2005 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. ("GBT"). No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any from without the expressed, written permission of GBT. Trademarks Third-part...

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- 2 - English GV-RX85T256V-B Graphics Accelerator Table of Contents 1. Introduction .........................................................................................3 1.1. Features ................................................................

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Introduction- 3 - English 1. Introduction 1.1. Features • Powered by ATI Radeon X850 XT Visual Processing Unit (VPU) • Supports the newest PCI Express x 16 • Integrated with 256MB DDR III memory • Supports DirectX 9.0 • Support AV / S-Video...

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- 4 - English GV-RX85T256V-B Graphics Accelerator DVI-I Connector VIVO 2. Hardware Installation 2.1. Board Layout DVI-I Connector VIVO DVI-I Connector NTSC / PAL TV Projector Analog LCD Monitor Digital LCD Monitor DVI Output S-Video Output Y HDTV P...

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Hardware Installation- 5 - 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 on your computer. 1. Turn off your co...

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- 6 - English GV-RX85T256V-B Graphics Accelerator 2.2. Hardware Installation Installing Your Graphics card. Now that you have prepared your computer, you are ready to install your graphics accelerator card. To install your graphics accelerator card: ...

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Hardware Installation- 7 - English 4. Locate the PCI Express x 16 slot. If necessary, remove the metal cover from this slot; then align your graphics card with the PCI Express x 16 slot, and press it in firmly until the card is fully seated. 5. Repla...

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- 8 - English GV-RX85T256V-B Graphics Accelerator 3. Software Installation In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D: The installation of Windows ® 2000 / Windows ® XP drivers is very simple. When you insert the driver...

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Software Installation- 9 - English 3.1.2. DirectX Installation Install Microsoft DirectX to enable 3D hardware acceleration support for Windows ® 2000 or Windows ® XP to achieve better 3D performance. 0 Note: For software MPEG support in Windows ...

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- 10 - English GV-RX85T256V-B Graphics Accelerator 3.1.3. Driver Installation A. New hardware found After the graphics card is inserted into your computer at the first time, the windows will automatically detect a new hardware in the system and pop o...

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Software Installation- 11 - English B. Driver installation (Autorun Window) Insert the driver CD disk into your CD-ROM, and then you can see the AUTORUN window. If it does not show up, please run "D:\setup.exe". Click the Install Display Dr...

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- 12 - English GV-RX85T256V-B Graphics Accelerator Step 3. Enter your name and company. Step 4. Click the Finish button to restart computer. Then the V-Tuner2 installation is completed. Step 2. Click the Next button. Click the GIGABYTE Utility item. ...

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Software Installation- 13 - English z Install Hydravision : Step 2. Click the Next button. Click the Hydravision Install item. Step 3. Click the Yes button. Step 4. Click the Next button. Step 6. Click the Finish button to restart computer. Then the ...

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- 14 - English GV-RX85T256V-B Graphics Accelerator V-Tuner 2 V-Tuner 2 lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory (Core Clock and Memory Clock). Adjust Core speed Displays core clock status Displays memory clock stat...

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Software Installation- 15 - English 3.1.5. Taskbar Icon After installation of the display drivers, you will find a GIGABYTE icon on the taskbar's status area. Right-clicking this icon opens the GIGABYTE control panel, showing a menu composed o...

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- 16 - English GV-RX85T256V-B Graphics Accelerator VGA Information VGA Info lists the relevant information about your card. Color Adjust Color Adjust allows you to make color adjustments, such as brightness, contrast and gamma values for each or all ...

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Software Installation- 17 - English ATI CATALYST TM Control Center: After installation of the display drivers, you will find an ATI CATALYST TM Control Center icon on the taskbar's status area. The ATI CATALYST TM Control Center is used to c...

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- 18 - English GV-RX85T256V-B Graphics Accelerator 3.1.6. Display Properties pages To access Display Properties pages, right-click the GIGABYTE icon on the taskbar and select Display Properties or right-click on Desktop and then select Properties. Th...

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Software Installation- 19 - English View Properties: The CATALYST Control Center dashboard supports three types of views: Standard View/ Advanced View/ Custom View.  Standard View The Standard view is the default view when CATALYST Control Center ...

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- 20 - English GV-RX85T256V-B Graphics Accelerator Profiles Properties: You can use profiles to create customized environments for your desktop, video, and 3D applications. Define and save your own personal video settings that can be quickly activate...

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Software Installation- 21 - English Help Properties: The CATALYST Control Center Help feature allows you to access the comprehensive online help, register your product, or generate a problem report should you require technical support. The CATALYST C...

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- 22 - English GV-RX85T256V-B Graphics Accelerator Display Manager :  Display Manager Standard View Use Display Manager Standard View to set your desktop resolution, arrange your displays, enable secondary devices such as a TV, or use the Wizard t...

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Software Installation- 23 - English Monitor Properties 0 :  Monitor Attributes Monitor Attributes provides information about the attached monitor. You can also enable Extended Display Identification Date. Extended Display Identification Date (EDID...

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- 24 - English GV-RX85T256V-B Graphics Accelerator 3D :  3D Standard View You can use 3D settings to adjust features found in such 3D applications as graphic- design and CAD programs and games. This page is useful when you are not aware of which t...

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Software Installation- 25 - English  Anti-Aliasing Anti-Aliasing is a technique used to smooth out the jagged edges of three-dimensional curved objects or objects with diagonal edges. Anti-aliasing can be set to favor either an increase in system ...

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- 26 - English GV-RX85T256V-B Graphics Accelerator  CATALYST TM A.I. The CATALYST TM A.I. helps to enable or disable application specific optimization of the video driver. You can set the level of optimization by moving the slider from low to hi...

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Software Installation- 27 - English  TRUFORM TM TRUFORM is a technology developed by ATI that overcomes the bandwidth and memory constraints of traditional 3D rendering software to produce the smoothest and most natural 3D images. TRUFORM not only...

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- 28 - English GV-RX85T256V-B Graphics Accelerator  No Preview The No Preview page combines all of the principal 3D features onto a single page, without any preview window, allowing for quick access and adjustment. You can change the settings for ...

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Software Installation- 29 - English Color : The Color page helps to adjust the color properties of your Desktop and Full Screen 3D applica- tions and games. Use the Color Correction Images to e preview the changes before applying them. The Color curv...

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- 30 - English GV-RX85T256V-B Graphics Accelerator VPU Recover : VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics processor stops responding to display-driver instructions. When this happens, the display driver attempts to reset...

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Software Installation- 31 - English 3.2. Windows ® 2000 Driver Installation With Windows running on your computer, you need to install the graphics card driver to take advantage of the higher performance, resolutions, and special graphics features ...

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- 32 - English GV-RX85T256V-B Graphics Accelerator 4. Troubleshooting Tips The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. Contact your dealer or Gigabyte for more advanced troubleshooting information.  Check that the card ...

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Appendix - 33 - English 5. Appendix 5.1. How to Reflash the BIOS 5.1.1. Reflash BIOS in MS-DOS mode 1. Extract the downloaded Zip file to your hard disk(s) or floppy disk. This procedure assumes drive A. 2. Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode. (For W...

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- 34 - English GV-RX85T256V-B Graphics Accelerator 5.2. Resolutions and Color Depth Table (In Windows ® XP) Display Maximum Color Depth (bpp) Screen Refresh Rate 8bpp(256 color) 16bpp(65K color) 32bpp(16.7M) Resolution (Hz) Standard mode High mode ...