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    * The WEEE marking on the product indicates this product must not be disposed of with user's other household waste and must be handed over to a designated collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment!! * The WEEE marking applies only in European Union's member states. GV -NX795T512H-RH GeForce ™ 7950 G ...

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    GV-NX795T512H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 2 - English T able of Contents 1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 3 1.1. Features ..................................................................................................... 3 1.2. Minimum System Requirements .................... ...

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    Introduction - 3 - English 1. Introduction 1.1. Features • Powered by NVIDIA ® GeForce ™ 7950 GT Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) • Supports the newest PCI Express x16 • Integrated with 512 MB DDRIII memory • Supports DirectX 9.0c • Supports NVIDIA ® SLI TM (Scalable Link Interface) technology (Note) • Supports A V / S-Video and HDTV ...

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    GV-NX795T512H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 4 - English 2. Hardware Installation 2.1. Board Layout TV-out DVI-I Connector 1 DVI-I Connector 2 SLI connector TV-Out DVI-I Connector 1 S-Video Output Pb/AV Output Pr Y NTSC / PAL TV Projector HDTV OR NTSC / PAL TV Projector OR Digital LCD Monitor DVI Output DVI-I to D-Sub Adapter VGA Output Analog LCD Monit ...

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    Hardware Installation - 5 - English Expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. T o protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer. 1. Turn off your computer and unplug power supply. 2. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. ...

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    GV-NX795T512H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 6 - English 2.2. Hardware Installation Installing Y our graphics card. Now that you have prepared your computer, you are ready to install your graphics accelerator card. T o remove the existing graphics card: 1. Power off the computer and monitor, then disconnect the display cable from the back of your comput ...

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    Hardware Installation - 7 - English Y ou are now ready to proceed with the installation of the graphics card driver. Please refer to next chapter for detailed instructions. T o TV / VCR T o Flat Panel Display 2. Replace the screws to fasten the card in place, and replace the computer cover. T o install your new graphics card: 1 . Locate the PCI Exp ...

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    GV-NX795T512H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 8 - English GIGABYTE Video Adapter for Nvidia Graphics Cards (1) Connecting HDTV Connect your HDTV cables to the video adapter according to the corresponding color. (Y= Green, Pr= Red, Pb= Blue) (2) Connecting S-Video If your TV has a S-Video connection, connect the S- Video cable from your TV to the S-Video ...

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    Hardware Installation - 9 - English How NVIDIA ® SLI ™ (Scalable Link Interface) technology works: In an SLI configuration, two SLI-ready graphics cards of the same model and the same manufacturers are connected together via SLI bridge connector in a system that provides two x16 PCI Express slots to scale graphics performance. The picture below ...

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    GV-NX795T512H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 10 - 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 ® 2000 or Windows ® XP, you must install DirectX first. Users who run Windows XP w ...

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    Software Installation - 11 - English Step 4. Click "Finish" to restart computer. Then the DirectX 9 installation is completed. Installing the components. Step 2. Choose I accept the agreement and click the "Next" button. Step 3. Click the "Next" button. ...

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    GV-NX795T512H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 12 - English 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 out a "New Hardware Found" message. The following is the step-by-step installation guide. ...

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    Software Installation - 13 - 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". Step 1. When autorun window show up, click Display Driver item. Step 2. When autorun window show up, click Install Display Dri ...

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    GV-NX795T512H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 14 - English After installation of the display drivers, you will find a NVIDIA icon on the taskbar's status area. Click this icon to open the control panel. Y ou can adjust the properties of the graphics accelerator from here. Right click the icon. 3.1.4. T askbar Icon ...

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    Software Installation - 15 - English 3.1.5. Display Properties Pages T o 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 . The Display Properties dialog box shows the information of display adapter, color, the range of display area, and ...

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    GV-NX795T512H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 16 - English In the NVIDIA Control Panel, select a category to alter specific NVIDIA display settings.  Control Panel User Interface Y ou can choose one of the two user interfaces below: • Classic NVIDIA Control Panel When you select this item and click Apply , a submenu that provides the NVIDIA display ...

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    Software Installation - 17 - English nView Display Settings properties *  nView allows you to connect separate displays to single graphics card. • nView Display mode: select your preferred nView display modes here. Options: Single display/ Clone/ Horizontal Span/ V ertical Span/ Dual View • Primary/Secondary display: select a single display ...

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    GV-NX795T512H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 18 - English Vertical Span Mode (3) V ertical Span Mode: Vertical Span mode indicates that both displays in the display pair function as one tall virtual desktop. The height of each display is half the height of the total virtual desktop height. Select Vertical Span from the nView Display Mode list and click ...

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    Software Installation - 19 - English Performance and Quality Settings properties  The sliders lets to decide whether your application should use quality or high performance texture. • Application profiles: Select the application profile from the list of profiles. • Global driver settings: Select the Settings item and move the slider below to ...

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    GV-NX795T512H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 20 - English Video Overlay Settings properties  The Video Overlay Settings properties can adjust Overlay zoom controls and Overlay color controls. There is only one video overlay, which is only available on the Primary display . The video overlay controls are automatically activated during playback of any ...

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    Software Installation - 21 - English Screen Resolutions & Refresh Rates properties  The Screen Resolutions & Refresh Rates properties allows you to adjust the screen resolution, color quality and monitor settings (screen refresh rates). Or you can customize resolutions and refresh rates. T emperature Settings properties  The T emperat ...

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    GV-NX795T512H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 22 - English 3.1.6. nView Properties Pages nView is a set of desktop tools designed to help you be more productive when using your graphics card. With nView you can set up multiple desktops to work with your applications. Multiple desktops give you extra desktop areas on which to run your applications so you ...

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    Software Installation - 23 - English nView Profiles properties  This tab contains a record all nView display settings for easy software setup. nView Desktop Management properties  This tab contains information about the nView Desktop Manager. The setup wizard can also be accessed from this tab. nView Windows properties  This tab allows you ...

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    GV-NX795T512H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 24 - English nView Desktops properties  This tab allows you to create up to 32 unique desktops. nView Applications properties  This tab allows you to control nView settings depending different applications. nView User Interface properties  This tab allows for customization of the nView user interface ...

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    Software Installation - 25 - English nView Zoom properties  This tab provides dynamic zoom functionality on the desktop. Also enables full screen video playback via the video mirroring control button. nView Effects properties  This tab provides special windows effects that you can apply to your applications. nView Hot Keys properties  This ...

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    GV-NX795T512H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 26 - English nView Mouse properties  This tab can modify and extend mouse behavior with kinematic actions. nV iew T ools properties  This tab can improve nView functionality for mobile and desktop users. ...

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    Software Installation - 27 - 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 of the graphics card. T o ensure you install the latest driver , insert the Installation CD that shi ...

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    GV-NX795T512H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 28 - English 4. T roubleshooting Tips The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. Contact your dealer or GBT for more advanced troubleshooting information.  Check that the card is seated properly in the PCI Express x16 slot.  Ensure that the display cable is securely fastened ...

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    Appendix - 29 - English 5. Appendix 5.1. How to Reflash the 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 Windows 2000/XP, you need a startup disk to restart the computer in MS-DOS mode.) 3. Change the command prompt to A:> ...

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    GV-NX795T512H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 30 - English 5.2 Connecting to a HDTV: Use the included component video adapter to connect a HDTV to the graphics card. Step 1: Connect the HDTV component cable to the adapter according to the corresponding color. (Y= Green, Pr= Red, Pb= Blue). Connect the TV Out cable from the adapter to the TV Out port on y ...

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    Appendix - 31 - English 5.3. Resolutions and Color Depth T able (In Windows ® XP) GeForce 7950 GT Single Display Standard Modes Display Refresh Color Depth (bpp) Screen Rate 8bpp(256 color) 16bpp(65K color) 32bpp(16.7M) Resolution (Hz ) Standard mode High mode True mode 320 x 200 60~75 33 3 320 x 240 60~75 33 3 400 x 300 60~75 33 3 480 x 360 60~75 ...

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    GV-NX795T512H-RH Graphics Accelerator - 32 - English Display Refresh Color Depth (bpp) Screen Rate 8bpp(256 color) 16bpp (65K color) 32bpp (16.7M) Resolution (Hz ) Standard mode High mode True mode 1600 x 1200 60~100 33 3 120 33 X 1920 x 1080 (16:9) 30~85 33 3 100 33 X 1920 x 1200 (16:10) 60~85 33 3 100 33 X 1920 x 1440 60~85 33 3 2048 x 1536 60~85 ...

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