3 1.1. Features ..................................................................................................... 3 1.2. Minimum system requirements ..................................................................... 3 2. Hardware Installation ........................................................................... 4 2.1. Board layout ............................................................................................... 4 2.2. Hardware installation ................................................................................... 7 3. Software Installation .......................................................................... 11 3.1. Win® XP driver and utilities installation ......................................................... 11 3.1.1. Operating system requirement .................................................................................... 11 3.1.2. DirectX installation ......................................................................................................... 11 3.1.3. Driver installation .......................................................................................................... 13 3.1.4. Utilities on driver CD .................................................................................................... 15 3.1.5. Taskbar icon ................................................................................................................. 17 3.1.6. Display properties pages ............................................................................................. 20 3.1.7. nView properties pages ............................................................................................... 25 3.2. Win® 2000 driver installation ...................................................................... 30 4. Troubleshooting Tips ........................................................................ 31 5. Appendix .......................................................................................... 32 5.1. How to Reflash the BIOS ........................................................................... 32 5.1.1. Reflash BIOS in MS-DOS mode ................................................................................. 32 5.1.2. Reflash BIOS in Windows mode ................................................................................ 32 5.2. Connecting to a HDTV .............................................................................. 33 5.3. Resolutions and color depth table (In Windows® XP) .................................. 34 GV-NX66T Series Graphics Accelerator - 2 1. Introduction 1.1. Features English • Powered by NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6600 GT Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) • Supports the newest PCI Express x 16 • Integrated with 128MB DDRIII memory (only for GV-NX66T128DE) • Integrated with 256MB DDRIII memory (only for GV-NX66T256DP-RH) • Supports DirectX 9.0c • Supports NVIDIA® SLITM (Scalable Link Interface) technology (Note) • Supports AV / S-Video and HDTV output • Provides D-Sub (the GV-NX66T256DP-RH requireds the use of DVI-I to D-Sub adaper) and DVI-I connectors 1.2. Minimum system requirements • IBM® or 100% PC compatible with Pentium® III 650MHz or AMD Athlon 650MHz class processor or higher • One PCI Express x 16 slot • Operating Systems Win® 2000 / Win® XP • 64MB system memory • 50MB of available disk space for full installation • CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive (Note): SLI technology requires a PCI Express motherboard with two x16 physical connectors. Graphics cards working in an SLI configuration must be with the same model name (i.e. GV-NX66T256DP-RH) and from the same vendor (i.e. GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY). -3 - Introduction 2. Hardware Installation 2.1. Board Layout English 1. GV-NX66T256DP-RH TV-out DVI-I Connector DVI-I Connector DVI-I Connector DVI-I Connector Analog LCD Monitor Digital LCD Monitor DVI Output DVI-I to D-Sub Adapter DVI-I to D-Sub Adapter VGA Output TV-OutNTSC / PAL TV HDTV S-Video Output Pb Output Pr Y AV Output GV-NX66T Series Graphics Accelerator - 4 2. GV-NX66T128DE TV_Out VGA Monitor Connector (15-pin) DVI-I Connector Analog LCD Monitor Analog Monitor OR VGA Output DVI-I to D-Sub Adapter Digital LCD Monitor DVI Output Analog LCD Monitor VGA Output NTSC / PAL TV Projector HDTV S-Video Output Pb Output Pr Y AV Output TV-Out DVI-I Connector VGA Monitor Connector (15-pin) English -5 -Hardware Installation 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 computer and unplug power supply. 2. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. If you do not have one, touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object, such as the power supply case. 3. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the components whenever the components are separated from the system. The...