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V7100 Series
TwinView™ GPU Graphics Card
USER’S MANUAL
Hardware & Video Drivers
AGP-V7100 / Pure / 32M
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AGP-V7100 / T / 16M
AGP-V7100 / DVI / 32M
AGP-V7100 / DVI / 16M
AGP-V7100/ 2V1D / 32M
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ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific)
Marketing
Address:
Telephone:
Fax:
150 Li-Te Road, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan 112
+886-2-2894-3447
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Technical Support
MB/Others (Tel): +886-2-2890-7121 (English)
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+886-2-2890-7122 (English)
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Newark, CA 94560, USA
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[email protected] (for marketing requests only)
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Hotline:
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Support (Email):
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CONTENTS
I. Introduction .....................................................................................7
Highlights .................................................................................................... 7
Available Models ........................................................................................ 7
ASUS AGP-V7100 / Deluxe Combo .................................................... 7
ASUS AGP-V7100 / 2V1D .................................................................. 7
ASUS AGP-V7100 / DVI / 32M or 16M ............................................. 7
ASUS AGP-V7100 / T / 32M or 16M .................................................. 7
ASUS AGP-V7100 / Pure / 32M or 16M ............................................. 7
Features ....................................................................................................... 8
2. Hardware Setup ...............................................................................9
ASUS AGP-V7100 / Deluxe Combo Layout ............................................. 9
ASUS AGP-V7100 / 2V1D Layout ......................................................... 10
ASUS AGP-V7100 / DVI Layout ............................................................ 11
ASUS AGP-V7100 / T Layout ................................................................. 12
ASUS AGP-V7100 / T Layout .................................................................. 12
ASUS AGP-V7100 / Pure Layout ............................................................. 13
ASUS AGP-V7100 (Pure VGA) Layout................................................... 13
ASUS VR-100 Optional Upgrade Kit ....................................................... 15
Installation Procedures .............................................................................. 16
New Systems....................................................................................... 16
Systems with Existing VGA Card....................................................... 16
3. Software Setup ...............................................................................17
Operating System Requirements ............................................................... 17
Windows 98 ........................................................................................ 17
Display Driver Installation ........................................................................ 18
Windows 98 ........................................................................................ 18
Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program .................................................................. 18
Method 2: Display Property Page ............................................................................ 19
Method 3: Plug and Play.......................................................................................... 20
Windows 2000 .................................................................................... 21
Method 1: ASUS Quick Setup Program .................................................................. 21
Method 2: Plug and Play.......................................................................................... 22
Windows NT 4.0 ................................................................................. 24
Method 1: Display Property Page ............................................................................ 24
Drivers ....................................................................................................... 25
Install Display Driver.......................................................................... 25
Install DirectX..................................................................................... 26
Install GART Driver ........................................................................... 27
Install ASUS TWAIN Driver .............................................................. 29
Uninstall Display Driver ..................................................................... 30
Windows 98 ............................................................................................................. 30
Method1: Using the Autorun Screen ............................................................... 30
Method 2: Using Control Panel ....................................................................... 30
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Windows 2000 ......................................................................................................... 31
Method1: Using the Autorun Screen ............................................................... 31
Method 2: Using Control Panel ....................................................................... 31
Windows NT 4.0 ...................................................................................................... 31
Method 1: Using Control Panel ....................................................................... 31
Run ASUS VGA Live Update............................................................. 32
Install Video for Windows Capture Driver ......................................... 33
Utilities ...................................................................................................... 34
Install ASUS Tweak Utility ................................................................ 34
Install SmartDoctor ............................................................................. 35
Install VideoSecurity ........................................................................... 36
Install ASUS Live Utility.................................................................... 37
Install ASUS Digital VCR .................................................................. 38
4. Software Reference ........................................................................39
ASUS Control Panel ................................................................................. 39
Refresh Rate........................................................................................ 39
More Resolution ................................................................................. 40
Information ......................................................................................... 40
Color ................................................................................................... 41
Display ................................................................................................ 44
Advanced ............................................................................................ 49
Direct3D VR ............................................................................................................ 49
Direct3D .................................................................................................................. 53
OpenGL VR ............................................................................................................. 56
OpenGL ................................................................................................................... 58
TwinView ................................................................................................................. 60
Other ........................................................................................................................ 61
Using the Utilities ..................................................................................... 65
ASUS Tweak Utility ........................................................................... 65
ASUS VideoSecurity .......................................................................... 67
ASUS Live Video ............................................................................... 71
ASUS Digital VCR ............................................................................. 81
Using the Other Utilities ........................................................................... 95
ASUS TWAIN Interface ..................................................................... 95
ASUS VR PictureViewer .................................................................... 97
ASUS StereoTV .................................................................................. 99
5. Resolution Table...........................................................................101
Maximum Refresh Rate .......................................................................... 101
6. Troubleshooting ...........................................................................103
Description .............................................................................................. 103
Recommended Action ............................................................................. 103
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FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE
Federal Communications Commission Statement
This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:
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This device may not cause harmful interference, and
This device must accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa-
tion. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if
not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer’s 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 inter-
ference by one or more of the following measures:
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•
•
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
the receiver is connected.
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Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
WARNING! The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the
graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations. Changes
or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions
from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Cana-
dian Department of Communications.
This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.
Macrovision Corporation Product Notice
This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by
method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned
by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protec-
tion technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended
for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by
Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassemby is prohibited.
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I. Introduction
Thank you for purchasing an ASUS AGP-V7100 TwinView™ GPU Graphics Card.
With this purchase, you join a legion of mainstream graphics enthusiasts.
Powered by the NVIDIA™ GeForce2 MX™ graphics processing unit (GPU), the
ASUSAGP-V7100 delivers not only breakthrough leading-edge graphics performance
but also ergonomically pleasing image fidelity regardless of the CPU (central pro-
cessing unit) your computer system is using.
With the ASUS AGP-V7100, you will not only see but also experience stunning,
dynamic, realistic 3D worlds and characters.
Highlights
• Powered by the World’s Newest
NVIDIA™ GeForce2 MX™
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
• Built-in 32/16MB video memory
Provides more resolutions and color
depths
with up to 2.7GB/sec bandwidth
• TwinView™ true dual-display
Brings more productivity
support (TV-out/DVI models only)
• Dual-texture pixel-fill capacities
Sets a new milestone for realism
with two new hypertexel pipelines
• 700 Mtexel fill rate, 20 Mtriangles/
Performs up to 1.5x improvement over
sec through T&L/Setting
GeForce™
• Optimized for DirectX® 7 and
OpenGL® Features
Ensures broad application support
Available Models
ASUS AGP-V7100 / Deluxe Combo
• 32MB Frame Buffer + VGA + TV Tuner Module + TV-Out
+ AV Adapter + 3D Glasses (ASUS VR-100G Bundled Free)
ASUS AGP-V7100 / 2V1D
• 32MB Frame Buffer + VGA1 + VGA2 + DVI
ASUS AGP-V7100 / DVI / 32M or 16M
• 32/16MB Frame Buffer + VGA + DVI
ASUS AGP-V7100 / T / 32M or 16M
• 32/16MB Frame Buffer + VGA + TV-Out
ASUS AGP-V7100 / Pure / 32M or 16M
• 32/16MB Frame Buffer + VGA
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1. Introduction
Features
• AGP 4X/2X with Fast Writes and Execute Mode
• Two new Hypertexel pipelines process two texture per pixel, in true color, at full
speed up to 700 million fill rate
• Built-in 32/16MB high speed video memory with up to 2.7GB/sec bandwidth
• Four texture mapped, filtered, lit pixels per clock cycle
• Second generation Transform and Lighting (T&L) Engine
• Up to 20 million triangles per second at peak rates
• Optimized for Direct3D acceleration with complete support for DirectX 7 fea-
tures, such as multi-texturing, bump mapping, light maps, reflection maps, full
scene anti-aliasing, trilinear and 8-tap anisotropic filtering (better than trilinear
mipmapping)
• Fully 1.2 compliant OpenGL support
• 32-bit colors, Z/stencil buffer
• Multi-buffering (double, triple, quad buffering) for smooth animation and video
playback
• TwinView™ Architecture (for models with TV-out/DVI models only) with si-
multaneous and independent dual-display control and dual-video output
• Multiple video windows with hardware color space conversion and filtering (YUV
4:2:2 and 4:2:0)
• Integrated 350MHz RAMDAC supporting from 640x480 up to 2048x1536 in
true color
• BRDF (Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function) support
• Video acceleration for Direct Show and MPEG-1, MPEG-2, and Indeo
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