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Gigabyte GV-R487D5-1GD Owner's manual

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GV-R487D5-1GD
ATI RadeonTM HD 4870
Rev. 101
© 2008 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. ("GBT") GBT
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1.1. ..................................................................................................................... 3
1.2. ..................................................................................................................... 3
2. ................................................................................................................ 4
2.1. ............................................................................................... 4
2.2. ..................................................................................................................... 6
3. ....................................................................................................... 8
3.1. ............................................................................................................ 8
3.1.1. ............................................................................................ 8
3.1.2. GIGABYTE Gamer HUD Lite ........................................................................... 10
3.2. ................................................................................................. 12
3.3. ................................................................................................. 14
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5. ....................................................................................................................... 30
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1.1. ATI RadeonTM HD 4870
PCI Express 2.0
1 GB GDDR5 3D
DirectX 10.1
CrossFireX TM
1Dual-Link DVI-I
HDMI
DisplayPort
1.2.
- Intel® Pentium® /CoreTM 2 AMD AthlonTM /PhenomTM
-1 GB ( )
- CD-ROM DVD-ROM
-500
(http://ati.amd.com/certifiedpsu )
- Windows® Vista
- Windows® XP ( Service Pack 2 SP2)
- Windows® XP Professional x64
1.
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2.
2.1.
HDMI
DVI-I
DVI-I
LCD
DVI-I D-Sub
LCD
DVI
D-Sub
HDMI TV
HDMI HDMI
DisplayPort
LCD
DisplayPort
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ATI Radeon HD 4870 HDMI
HDMI
13
1.
2.
3.
BIOS BIOS
BIOS
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2.2.
PCI Express x16
PCI Express x16
DVI DVI-I HDMI
HDMI DisplayPort DisplayPort
DVI-I
DVI
HDMI
HDMI
DisplayPort
DisplayPort
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ATI CrossFireTM
CrossFire PCI Express x16
CrossFireX (1) CrossFireX
1
(GV-RX16P128P-RH)
ATI Catalyst ATI CrossFireX
ATI CrossFireX GPU
ATI ATI Catalyst Control Center (
12 )CrossFireX CrossFireTM
2
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3.
1. DirectX 9 ( )
2. ( )
3.1.
3.1.1.
(setup.exe)
Windows XP DirectX MPEG
Windows XP SP2 (SP2) DirectX
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3.1.2. GIGABYTE Gamer HUD Lite
GIGABYTE Gamer HUD Lite
GIGABYTE Gamer HUD Lite
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GIGABYTE Gamer HUD Lite
GIGABYTE Gamer HUD Lite GPU/
( ) 2D/3D Auto-Optimized Disable
( )
Default( )
Apply( )
Enable GPU/
Disable GPU/
GPU GPU
?
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3.2.
ATI
Catalyst® Control Center Catalyst® Control Center
ATI Catalyst® Control Center
Catalyst(TM) Control Center
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> > >
HDMI
(HDMI) HDMI
(SPDIF) (
)
12
3
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3.3.
( ) DVI-I D-Sub
Model GV-R487D5-1GD
DVI+DP Yes
HDMI+DVI Yes
HDMI+DP Yes
CRT ( )+HDMI Yes
CRT ( )+DP Yes
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ATI Catalyst® Control Center
ATI Catalyst Control Center
Avivo
Avivo
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HydraVision
HydraVision
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3D 3D
3D
( )
CATALYST Direct 3D
BIOS
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ATI Catalyst Control Center
Catalyst Control Center
Catalyst Control Center
Ctrl Alt Shift
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3D
/Catalyst Control Center
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Catalyst Control Center
ATI
Catalyst Control Center
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ATI.com
Catalyst Control Center ...
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