Nvidia Inno3D User manual

Brand: Nvidia

Model: Inno3D

Category: Graphics cards

Type: User manual

Table of Contents

1. Welcome 1

2. Recommended System Requirements 1

3. SLI Configuration 1

4. Inno3D GeForce Graphics Card Installation 2

i. Uninstall old graphics card driver 2

ii. Hardware installation 2

iii. Connect external power supply to graphics card 2

5. Assemble your Inno3D SLI PC 3

5. Assemble your Inno3D SLI PC (CONT.) 4

6. Upgrading Your DirectX 5

7. Inno3D Geforce Graphics Card Driver Installation 5

8. Using TV Out, nView Multi-Display and HDTV Out 8

A. Using TV Out 8

B. Advanced Setting for TV out 9

 Adjust the size and position of the screen on TV 9

 Set Video Format 10

 Force the detection of connected TV 10

C. nView Multi-Display 11

 Enabling nView Multi-Display 11

 nView Display Mode 11

D. HDTV Mode 12

 Underscan 12

 Overscan Shift 12

 Native 13

9. Using Video-in (VIVO card only) 13

10. Customer service and support 15

11. Hardware Warranty Service Statement 15

12. Warranty service and limitations 15

13. Software License Agreement 15

14. FCC Statement 16

15. Copyright Notice 16

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1. Welcome

Thank you for purchasing Inno3D Graphics Accelerator card. Before experiencing the

ultimate performance on your graphics card, please read this manual carefully and retain it

for future reference.

2. Recommended System Requirements

For optimum performance, it is suggested that your system has the following

configurations:

- Intel® Pentium®4, AMD® Althon® or other compatible processors

- 128MB system memory

- Optical Drive for software installation

- A power supply with 400-watt is recommended

- Operating system: Microsoft® Windows® XP / XP X64 / 2000

3. SLI Configuration

If you are planning on using this graphic card as part of an SLI system, the following is

required:

- An NVIDIA SLI-Ready nForce motherboard with NVIDIA SLI Connector*

- Two NVIDIA SLI-Ready add-in cards (with matching GPUs!)

- Minimum Power Supply Requirement of SLI PC

• Ultra High-End SLI PC:

You must have a power supply that can provide a minimum of +12V @ 22A of dedicated

power for the two graphics cards. Of this 22A requirement, +12V @ 5.5A must be available

to each of the two PCI Express 6-pin auxiliary power supply connectors. The remaining 11A

must be supplied to the motherboard for dedicated graphics card use.

• High-End SLI PC:

Minimum of 500-600W Power Supply with a minimum of +12V @ 30A for all PC

components.

• Mid-Range SLI PC:

Minimum of 450-500W Power Supply with a minimum of +12V @ 26A for all PC

components.

• Entry-Level SLI PC:

Minimum of 400-450W Power Supply with a minimum of +12V @ 22A for all PC

components.

* Note:

The NVIDIA SLI connector is not used with some mainstream graphics card models such as the

GeForce 6600 and GeForce 7300 series.

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4. Inno3D GeForce Graphics Card Installation

i. Uninstall old graphics card driver

It is recommended that you uninstall your existing display card driver before replacing your

old VGA card. Make sure your current graphics card is in your computer:

1. Close all applications

2. Click [Start], select [Control Panel], then double click [Add/Remove Programs].

3. Select your current graphics driver and click [Add/Remove…].

4. *The wizard will guide you to remove your current display driver.

5. The system should be restarted after the driver has been removed.

*If there is any software bundled with the previous graphics card that is installed, it is

suggested to remove them before installing the new card. (For example DVD player

software, multimedia applications etc.)

ii. Hardware installation

Make sure you have discharged any static electricity from your body by touching any metal

surface.

1. Power-off the computer and monitor

2. Disconnect the monitor cable from the back of your computer

3. Remove the computer cover

4. Remove any existing graphics card from your computer.

If your computer has an onboard display capability, you may need to disable it on

the motherboard. For more information, please refer to your motherboard

documentation.

5. Insert the card firmly into the slot until the card is fully seated.

6. Fasten the screw to make sure the card is properly aligned.

7. Replace the cover on your system.

8. Connect the monitor cable to the card and switch on the computer and monitor.

iii. Connect external power supply to graphics card

For Inno3D GeForce AGP graphics card, connect 4-pin hard disk drive power connector

when applicable.

For GeForce PCI-Express graphics card, connect PCI-Express power connector when

applicable. If power supply unit does not have PCI-Express power connector, use a 2x4-

pin to 6-pin PCI-Express power adaptor instead.

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5. Assemble your Inno3D SLI PC

Building your SLI system

1. Install the NVIDIA SLI-Ready Motherboard (per instructions in the accompanying manual)

2. Install both of the NVIDIA SLI-Ready graphics cards

3. Connect the PCI Express supplementary power connectors to each of the graphic

cards

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5. Assemble your Inno3D SLI PC (CONT.)

4. Install the NVIDIA SLI connector to connect the two graphics cards (The NVIDIA

SLI connector is not used with some mainstream graphics card models such as the

GeForce 6600 and Geforce 7300 series.)

5. Once the new NVIDIA SLI-certified components have been installed in the system,

they will be recognized by the operating system upon Windows boot-up. A Found

New Hardware message will be displayed

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6. Upgrading Your DirectX

The manufacturer renews DirectX from time to time. It is recommended that you download

from Microsoft website the latest version of DirectX and install it on your system

URL: http://www.microsoft.com/directx

7. Inno3D Geforce Graphics Card Driver Installation

The following procedure helps you to complete the driver installation. [Note: If you are

using Windows 2000/XP, you must have administrative right to perform this operation.]

** This installation guide is demonstrated by GeForce 6800 Ultra **

1. Turn on your computer.

2. After entering to Windows, the newly installed graphics card is detected and the Found

New Hardware screen is displayed. Click Cancel to exit so that you can install the

graphics card from Setup CD in next step.

3. Insert the Inno3D Universal Drivers CD to CD-Rom Drive, autorun window show up

automatically. [Note: If the program does not start, open “CDRomDrive:\Setup.exe” to

start it manually.]

4. Click INSTALL DRIVERS item on setup program menu and select the type of your

operating system.

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5. Installation of graphics card driver is started, click Next to continue.

6. The graphics card will be detected. If Windows warns you that the driver has not

passed Windows Logo testing, ignore the warning and click Continue Anyway to

continue the installation.

7. Click the Finish button to restart computer. Then the driver installation is completed.

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8. As part of the NVIDIA Unified Driver Architecture, NVIDIA drivers include a full set of

controls for SLI systems. Once you have installed the NVIDIA SLI components and

booted up your system, you will see an SLI Capable System message.

i) Click on the SLI capable system message to open the following window.

ii) Select the checkbox Enable SLI technology and then click Apply. You now

have an NVIDIA SLI-enabled PC!

iii) [Optional] You can also access these settings by opening the NVIDIA Control

Panel (right-click on desktop), clicking on 3D Settings (shown below) and then

selecting "Set SLI configuration".

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8. Using TV Out, nView Multi-Display and HDTV Out

A. Using TV Out

1. Right click on desktop and open NVIDIA Control Panel

2. Enter Display category

3. Select Change Display Configuration option

[Note: The option of nView Display Mode is only available when TV or second monitor

has been connected to graphics card.]

4. Set nView Modes as Single display and Current display as TV. Then click Apply,

video will be shown on TV.

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B. Advanced Setting for TV out

! Adjust the size and position of the screen on TV

1. Right click on desktop and open NVIDIA Control Panel

2. Enter Video & Television category

3. select Adjust Screen Size and Position option

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Set Video Format

If you cannot get color output but only black and white picture, you need to set

appropriate video format depending on your TV.

1. Enter VIDEO & TEVELISION category and select CHANGE THE SIGNAL OR HD

FORMAT option

2. In the dialog, select a signal format depending on your local and one of connection

types then click Apply to complete the setting.

Force the detection of connected TV

When your TV is connected to computer, but it remains undetected. You can try the

following.

1. Right click on desktop and open NVIDIA Control Panel

2. Enter DISPLAY category and select Change Display Configuration and choose

“My display is not shown in the list”.

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C. nView Multi-Display

With NVIDIA nView Technology, you can display computer screen over two displays at the

same time and control the desktop displays across two output devices. And there are

different modes available. [Note: Depending on the type of your display device, the options

in this page you see may differ from the example in section]

! Enabling nView Multi-Display

1. Right click on desktop and enter NVIDIA control panel

2. Enter Display category and select Change Display Configuration option

3. Select your preferred nView display modes here

! nView Display Mode

1. The same on both display (Clone)

Clone mode indicates that both displays in the display pair show images of the

same desktop.

2. As one large horizontal desktop (Horizontal span)

Horizontal Span mode indicates that both displays in the display pair function as

one desktop.

3. As one large vertical desktop (Vertical span)

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.

4. Configured independently from each other (Dualview)

Dualview mode indicates that both displays in the setup as one virtual desktop.

Each display is treated as a separate device. This means that the taskbar will not

be stretched across displays and 3D applications are not accelerated as efficiently

as when the application spans displays.

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D. HDTV Mode

The NVIDIA driver provides three user-correction methods, “Underscan”, “Overscan” and

“Native” , to resolve the problem of the Windows desktop overscanned and cutting off the

Windows taskbar Start button. The Table summarizes the various correction methods and

reasons for the use.

User task Recommended Mode Reasons

Watch

movies

Native Underscan correction always

reduces the quality of the video

being watched since it changes the

size of the native video resolution

by compressing the size of the

pixels.

Windows

Applications

Overscan shift / Underscan Browsing the web requires that the

end user see all information in the

browser window. Eitehr of these

modes will allow the users

accomplish this and provide the

best web viewing experience.

Play full-

screen

games

Underscan If the application correctly queries

the graphics driver and requests

the modes it supports, you will be

able to play the game in the

corrected underscan mode and

see all of the information on your

display.

! Underscan

The Underscan setting works by centering a lower resolution on the HDTV screen, the

dimensions of which you can further adjust with sliders in the current release of the driver.

For the component out, NVIDIA determined through market research that 15% overscan is

common with many TVs. NVIDIA used this information to create two custom resolutions that

are optimal for Web browsing, running applications, and playing games on HDTV sets. These

resolutions are:

720p: 1088 x 612 (85% of the full 1280 x 720)

1080i: 1600 x 900 (1632 x 918 is 85% of the full 1920 x 1080, but 1600 x 900 is used instead.)

! Overscan Shift

The Overscan shift setting enables you to pan the desktop, when needed, to access any display

elements that appear off-screen.

The overscan shift feature works by tracking the position of the mouse cursor and slightly

shifting the display when the cursor starts to become close to an edge of the desktop. This mode

looks just like “native” HDTV formats (720p, 1080i) because it runs at the full HDTV

resolution, which causes certain elements of the desktop, such as the start button and the clock

on the windows taskbar, to not be visible at all times. But as the mouse cursor gets close to these

desktop elements, the NVIDIA driver intelligently shifts the desktop to little in order to move

those elements into view.

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! Native

In the third technique, native mode, no overscan compensation is done in order to give the user

a true cinematic experience. This is useful when you do not want and pixel compression and do

not want to use the mouse to shift the desktop image.

9. Using Video-in (VIVO card only)

Before continuing this section, it is important to ensure that your graphics card has built-in

Video-In-Video-Out (VIVO) function. Do not install the Video-in Drivers, if your card does

not support VIVO function.

1. From the menu of installation program in Universal CD Drivers, select INSTALL

DRIVERS →

→→

→ Video In Drivers.

2. The installation of Nvidia WDM Capture Drivers is started, click Next to continue. If

Windows warns that driver has not passed Windows Logo testing, click Continue

Anyway to continue the installation.

3. Click Finish to restart your computer.

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4. After restarting your system, Windows detects new devices and displays the

“Found New Hardware” Wizard. You are going to go through 4 Found New

Hardware screen for 4 WDM drivers that include WDM Video Capture, WDM

TVTuner, WDM TVAudio Crossbar and WDM A/V Crossbar. Click Next at each

screen to install the specified driver.

5. At the end, you can find the following new devices in Device Manager.

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10. Customer service and support

Inno3D website provides online product information, drivers update, FAQ, tutorials,

customer service and technical support. Please visit http://www.inno3d.com

11. Hardware Warranty Service Statement

Should the product, in InnoVISION’s opinion malfunction within the warranty period,

InnoVISION will at its discretion repair or replace the product upon receipt with an

equivalent. Any replaced parts become the property of InnoVISION. This warranty does

not apply to the software component of a product or a product which has been damaged

due to accident, misuse, abuse, improper installation, usage not in accordance with

product specifications and instructions, natural or personal disaster, or unauthorized

alterations, repairs, or modifications.

12. Warranty service and limitations

Warranty Service

For warranty service, please return the product to its original point of purchase.

Limitations

- No warranties for this product, expressed or implied, shall extend to any person who

purchases the product in a used condition.

- The liability of InnoVISION in respect of any defective product will be limited to the

repair or replacement of such product. InnoVISION may use new or equivalent-to-

new replacement parts. Defective product will be sent in for repair or replacement

only.

- InnoVISION makes no other representations or warranties as to fitness for a

particular purpose, merchantability or otherwise in respect of the product. No other

representations, warranties or conditions, shall be implied by statute or otherwise.

- In no event shall InnoVISION be responsible or liable for any damages, including but

not limited to the loss of revenue or profit, arising:

•

From the use of the products,

•

From the loss of use of the product, as a result of any event, circumstance, action

or abuse beyond the control of InnoVISION; whether such damages be direct,

indirect, consequential, special or otherwise and whether such damages are

incurred by the person to whom this warranty extends or a third party.

13. Software License Agreement

This Inno3D software, and the bundled software (the “Software”) is copyrighted by

InnoVISION Multimedia Limited and or third parties companies. All rights are reserved.

The purchaser is granted a license to use the software only, subject to the following

restrictions and limitations.

1. The license is for the original purchaser only, and is not transferable without written

permission of InnoVISION Multimedia Limited.

2. The original purchaser may use the software on a single computer owned or leased by

the original purchaser. You may not use the software on more than a single machine,

even if you won or lease more than one machine, without written consent InnoVISION

Multimedia Limited.

3. The original purchaser may make back-up copies of the software for his or her own use

only, subject to the use limitations of his license.

4. The original purchaser may not engage in, nor permit third parties to engage in, any of

the following:

" Providing or disclosing the software to third parties.

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" Providing use of the software in a computer service business, network, time-sharing,

multiple CPU or multi-user arrangement to user who are not individually licensed by

InnoVISION Multimedia Limited.

" Making alterations or copies of any kind in the software (except as specifically

permitted above).

" Attempting to unassembled, de-compile or reverse engineer the Software in any

way.

" Granting sublicense, leases, or other rights in the software to others.

" Making copies, or verbal or media translations, of the user’s manual.

" Making telecommunication data transmissions of the software.

InnoVISION Multimedia Limited reserves the right to terminate this license if there is a

violation of its term or default by the original purchaser. Upon termination, for any reason,

all copies of the software must be immediately returned to InnoVISION, and the original

purchaser shall be liable to InnoVISION for any and all damages suffered as a result of the

violation or default.

14. FCC Statement

This device complies with Part15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the

following two conditions: this device may cause harmful interference. This device must

accept must any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired

operation.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for a Class B digital

device pursuant to Part 15 of Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable

protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment

generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in

accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If

this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can

be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct

the interference by one or more of the following measures:

1. Re-orientate or relocate the receiving antenna.

2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

3. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the

receiver is connected.

4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with emission limits.

Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance

could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

15. Copyright Notice

Inno3D logo are the registered trademarks of InnoVISION Multimedia Ltd. in Asia, Europe

and/or other countries. NVIDIA, the nVidia logo, GeForce are trademarks and/or registered

trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation. IBM is a registered trademark of International Business

Machines, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, DirectX are registered trademarks of

Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of

their respective owners.

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