GV-RX155128D-RH - Video card GIGABYTE - Free user manual and instructions

Product Type	Video Card
Brand	GIGABYTE
Model	GV-RX155128D-RH
Interface	PCI Express x16
GPU	ATI Radeon X1550
Memory Size	128 MB
Memory Type	DDR2
Core Clock	550 MHz
Memory Clock	800 MHz
Output Ports	DVI, VGA, S-Video
Max Resolution	2560x1600 (digital)
Dimensions (approx)	170 x 110 x 20 mm
Weight (approx)	180 g
Power Consumption	30 W (typical)
Cooling	Passive heatsink
DirectX Support	DirectX 9.0c
OpenGL Support	OpenGL 2.0
Warranty	2 years (depending on region)
Included Accessories	Driver CD, user manual, DVI-to-VGA adapter

Frequently Asked Questions - GV-RX155128D-RH GIGABYTE

How do I install the GV-RX155128D-RH video card?

Turn off the computer, unplug the power cord, open the case, insert the card into a PCI Express x16 slot, secure it with screws, close the case, reconnect power, and install the latest drivers from GIGABYTE's website.

What drivers do I need for this card?

Download the appropriate drivers for your operating system from the GIGABYTE support page or use the included driver CD. For modern OS, legacy ATI/AMD drivers may be required.

Why is there no display output after installation?

Ensure the card is properly seated in the slot, the power cable (if required) is connected, and the monitor is plugged into the correct port. Try reseating the card or testing with another port.

Does this card support dual monitors?

Yes, the card supports dual displays via the DVI and VGA ports. You may need an adapter for certain monitors.

What power supply is recommended?

A 300W power supply or higher is recommended. The card draws power from the PCI Express slot, so no additional power connector is needed.

Can I use this card for gaming?

The card is suitable for older games and light 3D applications. It is not recommended for modern gaming due to limited memory and performance.

How do I clean the heatsink?

Use compressed air to blow dust off the heatsink. Avoid touching the GPU core. Ensure the card is unplugged and grounded.

Is this card compatible with Windows 10?

Windows 10 may not have native drivers. Try using the legacy ATI drivers from the Windows Update or install in compatibility mode.

What does 'RH' stand for in the model name?

'RH' typically indicates a Radeon HD branding or specific variant. Consult the manual for exact meaning.

Where can I find the user manual?

The manual is available for free download on notice-facile.com or GIGABYTE's official website in PDF format.

USER MANUAL GV-RX155128D-RH GIGABYTE

Declaration of Conformity

We, Manufacturer/Importer

(full address)

G.B.T. Technology Trading GMbH

declare that the product

(description of the apparatus, system, installation to which it refers)

VGA Card

GV-RX155128D-RH

is in conformity with

(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared)

in accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive

☐ EN 55011	Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) high frequency equipment	☒ EN 61000-3-2	Disturbances in supply systems caused
		☒ EN 61000-3-3	Disturbances in supply systems caused by household appliances and similar electrical equipment "Voltage fluctuations"
☐ EN 55013	Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of broadcast receivers and associated equipment	☒ EN 55024	Information Technology equipment-Immunity characteristics-Limits and methods of measurement
☐ EN 55014-1	Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of household electrical appliances, portable tools and similar electrical apparatus	☐ EN 50082-1	Generic immunity standard Part 1: Residual, commercial and light industry
		☐ EN 50082-2	Generic immunity standard Part 2: Industrial environment
☐ EN 55015	Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of fluorescent lamps and luminaries	☐ EN 55014-2	Immunity requirements for household appliances tools and similar apparatus
☐ EN 55020	Immunity from radio interference of broadcast receivers and associated equipment	☐ EN 50091-2	EMC requirements for uninterruptible power systems (UPS)
☒ EN 55022	Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of information technology equipment
☐ DIN VDE 0855	Cabled distribution systems; Equipment for receiving and/or distribution from sound and television signals
☐ part 10
☐ part 12
☒ CE marking			(EC conformity marking)

The manufacturer also declares the conformity of above mentioned product with the actual required safety standards in accordance with LVD 2006/95/EC

☐ EN 60065	Safety requirements for mains operated electronic and related apparatus for household and similar general use	☑ EN 60950	Safety for information technology equipment including electrical business equipment
☐ EN 60335	Safety of household and similar electrical appliances	☐ EN 50091-1	General and Safety requirements for uninterruptible power systems (UPS)

Manufacturer/Importer

Signature:

Timmy Huang

(Stamp)

Date : May 16, 2007

Name : Timmy Huang

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

Per FCC Part 2 Section 2.1077(a)

Responsible Party Name: G.B.T. INC. (U.S.A.)

Address: 17358 Railroad Street

City of Industry, CA 91748

Phone/Fax No: [phone]/ [phone]

hereby declares that the product

Product Name: VGA Card

Model Number: GV-RX155128D-RH

Conforms to the following specifications:

FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Section 15.107(a) and Section 15.109

(a), Class B Digital Device

Supplementary Information:

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful and (2) this device must accept any inference received, including that may cause undesired operation.

Representative Person's Name: ERIC LU

Signature: Eric Lu

Date: May 16, 2007

Declaration of Conformity

We, Manufacturer/Importer

(full address)

G.B.T. Technology Trading GMbH

declare that the product

(description of the apparatus, system, installation to which it refers)

VGA Card

GV-RX155256DE-RH

is in conformity with

(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared)

in accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive

☐ EN 55011	Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) high frequency equipment	☒ EN 61000-3-2	Disturbances in supply systems caused
		☒ EN 61000-3-3	Disturbances in supply systems caused by household appliances and similar electrical equipment "Voltage fluctuations"
☐ EN 55013	Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of broadcast receivers and associated equipment	☒ EN 55024	Information Technology equipment-Immunity characteristics-Limits and methods of measurement
☐ EN 55014-1	Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of household electrical appliances, portable tools and similar electrical apparatus	☐ EN 50082-1	Generic immunity standard Part 1: Residual, commercial and light industry
		☐ EN 50082-2	Generic immunity standard Part 2: Industrial environment
☐ EN 55015	Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of fluorescent lamps and luminaries	☐ EN 55014-2	Immunity requirements for household appliances tools and similar apparatus
☐ EN 55020	Immunity from radio interference of broadcast receivers and associated equipment	☐ EN 50091-2	EMC requirements for uninterruptible power systems (UPS)
☒ EN 55022	Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of information technology equipment
☐ DIN VDE 0855	Cabled distribution systems; Equipment for receiving and/or distribution from sound and television signals
☐ part 10
☐ part 12
☒ CE marking			(EC conformity marking)

The manufacturer also declares the conformity of above mentioned product with the actual required safety standards in accordance with LVD 2006/95/EC

☐ EN 60065	Safety requirements for mains operated electronic and related apparatus for household and similar general use	☑ EN 60950	Safety for information technology equipment including electrical business equipment
☐ EN 60335	Safety of household and similar electrical appliances	☐ EN 50091-1	General and Safety requirements for uninterruptible power systems (UPS)

Manufacturer/Importer

Signature: Tiening Huang

(Stamp)

Date: Aug. 3, 2007

Name : Timmy Huang

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

Per FCC Part 2 Section 2.1077(a)

Responsible Party Name: G.B.T. INC. (U.S.A.)

Address: 17358 Railroad Street

City of Industry, CA 91748

Phone/Fax No: [phone]/ [phone]

hereby declares that the product

Product Name: VGA Card

Model Number: GV-RX155256DE-RH

Conforms to the following specifications:

FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Section 15.107(a) and Section 15.109

(a), Class B Digital Device

Supplementary Information:

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful and (2) this device must accept any inference received, including that may cause undesired operation.

Representative Person's Name: ERIC LU

Signature: Eric Lu

Date: Aug. 3, 2007

GV-RX155128D-RH/ GV-RX155256DE-RH

Radeon™ X1550 Graphics Accelerator

User's Manual

Rev. 102

12MD-RX1551DR-102R

* 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.

Copyright

© 2007 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

Copyright by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. ("GBT"). No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any from without the expressed, written permission of GBT.

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Notice

Please do not remove any labels on VGA card, this may void the warranty of this VGA card

Due to rapid change in technology, some of the specifications might be out of date before publication of this booklet.

The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitment to update the information contained herein.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction .... 3

1.1. Features ...... 3
1.2. Minimum System Requirements .... 3

2. Hardware Installation .... 4

2.1. Board Layout ...... 4
2.2. Hardware Installation 6

3. Software Installation 11

3.1. Windows ^® XP Driver and Utilities Installation 11

3.1.1. Operating System Requirement ...... 11
3.1.2. DirectX Installation 12
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

3.2. Windows® 2000 Driver Installation 37

4. Troubleshooting Tips 38

5. Appendix 39

5.1.How to Reflash the BIOS 39

5.1.1. Reflash BIOS in MS-DOS mode 39

5.1.2. Reflash BIOS in Windows mode 39

5.2. Resolutions and Color Depth Table (In Windows® XP) 40

1. Introduction

1.1. Features

• Powered by ATi Radeon ^TM X1550 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
  •Supports PCI Express x16
• Integrated with 128 MB GDDR2 memory (For GV-RX155128D-RH only)
• Integrated with 256 MB GDDR2 memory (For GV-RX155256DE-RH only)
  •Supports DirectX 9.0c
  •Supports software CrossFire ™
  •Supports AV / S-Video / TV-Out and HDTV output
  •Supports 1 Dual-Link DVI-I connector
  •Supports 1 D-Sub connector

1.2. Minimum System Requirements

- Hardware

• Intel ^® Pentium ^® 4 or AMD Athlon ^TM
• 512 MB of system memory ; 1 GB or more for best performance
• Optical drive for software installation (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive)

- Operating System

• Windows ^® XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2)
• Windows ^® XP Professional x64 Edition
• Windows ^® 2000
• Windows ^® Vista

•CrossFire ™ Configuration

If you are planning on using this graphics card as part of a CrossFire ^™ system, the following is required:

• A CrossFire ^TM certified motherboard with two PCI Express x16 slots and correct PCIe chipset driver
• Two X1550 cards
• A power supply with 400-watt or above
• Windows ^® XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or Windows ^® XP Professional x64 Edition

2. Hardware Installation

2.1. Board Layout

graph TD
    A["Analog LCD Monitor"] -->|VGA Output| B["VDI-1 to D-Sub Adapter"]
    C["Analog Monitor"] -->|VGA Output| B
    D["HDTV"] --> E["Y"]
    D --> F["Pr"]
    D --> G["Pb/AV Output"]
    H["NTSC/PAL TV Projector"] --> I["OR"]
    J["NTSC/PAL TV Projector"] --> K["OR"]
    L["Digital LCD Monitor"] --> M["DVI Output"]
    N["Analog LCD Monitor"] --> O["OR"]
    P["Analog Monitor"] --> Q["OR"]
    B --> R["D-Sub Connector (15-pin)"]
    B --> S["TV-Out"]
    B --> T["DVI-I Connector"]

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 card contains sensitive electric components, which can be easily damaged by static electricity, so the card should be left in its original packing until it is installed.

Unpacking and installation should be done on a grounded anti-static mat. The operator should be wearing an anti-static wristband, grounded at the same point as the anti-static mat.

Inspect the card carton for obvious damage. Shipping and handling may cause damage to your card. Be sure there are no shipping and handling damages on the card before proceeding.

DO NOT APPLY POWER TO YOUR SYSTEM IF IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED ON THE CARD.

In order to ensure your graphics card working correctly, please use official Gigabyte BIOS only. Use none official Gigabyte BIOS might cause problem on the graphics card.

2.2. Hardware installation

Installing Your graphics card.

Now that you have prepared your computer, you are ready to install your graphics accelerator card.

To remove the existing graphics card:

1. Power off the computer and monitor, then disconnect the display cable from the back of your computer.

Close-up of a blue VGA connector inserted into a server rack with multiple audio and audio modules (no visible text or symbols)

1. Remove the computer cover. If necessary, consult your computer's manual for help in removing the cover.

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1. Remove any existing graphics card from your computer.

Close-up of hands installing or adjusting a computer motherboard with visible circuitry and components (no text or symbols)

To install your new graphics card:

1. Locate a PCI Express x16 slot. If necessary, remove the metal cover from the slot; then align your graphics card with the PCI Express x16 slot, and press it in firmly until the card is fully seated.

Close-up of hands installing a CPU socket into a motherboard with a monitor displaying the CPU (no visible text or symbols)

* Please make sure that the gold edge connectors of the graphics card is securely inserted.

1. Replace the screw to fasten the card in place, and replace the computer cover.

Close-up of a computer motherboard with gold hardware components and ventilation slots (no visible text or symbols)

1. Plug the display cable into your card; then turn on the computer and monitor. If your graphics card came with a DVI-I connector, you can connect a flat panel display to the appropriate connector, as shown below.

Close-up of a hand inserting a blue plastic component into a computer tower (no visible text or symbols)

You are now ready to proceed with the installation of the graphics card driver. Please refer to next chapter for detailed instructions.

GIGABYTE Component Video Adapter for ATI Graphics Cards

Connect to the TV-Out port on the graphics card.

(1) Connecting HDTV

Connect your HDTV cables to the component video adapter according to the corresponding color. (Y=Green, Pr=Red, Pb=Blue)

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(2) Connecting S-Video

If your TV has a S-Video connection, connect the S-Video cable from your TV to the S-Video Out port on the adapter.

Black electronic device with labeled ports and cable, no visible text or symbols on body

(3) Connecting AV Output

If your TV has Composite video connection, you can connect the RCA cable from your TV to the AV Out port on the adapter.

Black electronic device with two ports and a yellow cable connector (no visible text or symbols)

GIGABYTE Thermal Solution Guidelines:

1. GIGABYTE established the use of silent pipes on graphics card's thermal solution, and has been the leading company for silent thermal solution. GIGABYTE's passive thermal solution allows system to work perfectly in chassis with 40\~50 degrees Celsius through the air flow of the system. Please beware of the other excess component or insufficient system thermal design that may cause high system temperature. Excess high temperature will affect the passive thermal design and thus compromising system stability.

2. GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY's passive thermal design effectively implemented heat exchange, radiation and convection to improve stability of the system. Please maintain passive thermal sink at a normal and clean environment. Extra dust on heatsink may decrease the effectiveness of the thermal design.

Two identical blue 3D-rendered industrial units with fan and fan blades, emitting blue airflow from inside (no text or symbols)

Silent Thermal Technology Passive Thermal Design

How to enable the ATI CrossFire™ technology:

After installing two CrossFire graphics cards of the same chipset (example: GV-RX15 series/GV-RX16 series) (Figure 1) on a CrossFire-supported motherboard, users can enable the CrossFire technology simply through the graphics card driver.

Close-up of two orange CPU heat sinks mounted on a motherboard (no visible text or symbols)

Figure 1

Step 1: After installing graphics card driver in operating system, access the ATI CATALYST Control Center (please refer to Page 19). From the ATI CATALYST Control Center, enter the CrossFire menu and assure to select the Enable CrossFire checkbox (Figure 2).

Step 2: When the next confirmation dialog box appears (Figure 3), click Yes to complete the CrossFire configurations.

Figure 2

Figure 3

(Note): The CrossFire™ technology can operate in Windows® XP operating system only. Please do not enable CrossFire in Windows® 2000.

3. Software Installation

In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D:

The installation of Windows® 2000 / Windows® XP drivers is very simple. When you insert the driver CD into your CD-ROM drive, you can see the AUTORUN window (if it does not show up, run "D:\setup.exe"). Then you can follow the guides to setup your graphics card driver. (Please follow the subsection 3.1.3 "Driver installation" to install the driver for your graphics accelerator.)

3.1. Windows ^® XP Driver and Utilities Installation

3.1.1. Operating System Requirement

• When loading the graphics card drivers for the system, please make sure your system has installed DirectX 9.0c or later version.
• If you install the graphics card drivers for the motherboard, which consist of SIS, or VIA chipsets, please install the appropriate driver program for that motherboard. Or please contact your motherboard nearest dealer for motherboard driver.

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.

Note: For software MPEG support in Windows®2000 or Windows® XP, you must install DirectX first. Users who run Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or above do not need to install DirectX separately.

Step 1. When autorun window show up, click the Install DirectX 9 item.

Click the Install DirectX 9 item.

Step 2. Choose I accept the agreement and click the Next button.

Step 3. Click the Next button.

Installing the components.

Step 4. Click Finish to restart computer. Then the DirectX 9 installation is completed.

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.

Step 1: Found new hardware wizard: Video controller (VGA Compatible)

Step 2: Found new hardware wizard: Searching and installing

The wizard will search for the driver and install it automatically.

Step 3: Found new hardware wizard: Finish

Click the Finish button to finish the installation.

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 the Install Display Drivers (Radeon X1550 Series) item.

Click the Install Display Drivers (Radeon X1550 Series) item.

Step 2. Click Next button.

Step 3. Click Yes button.

Setp 4. Click Express or Custom icon.

Windows installings the components.

Step 5. Click the Finish button to restart computer. Then the driver installation is completed.

3.1.4. Utilities on Driver CD

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".

● Install GIGABYTE Utility (V-Tuner 3):

Click the GIGABYTE Utility item.

Step 2. Click the Next button.

Step 3. Enter your name and company.

Step 4. Click the Finish button to restart computer. Then the V-Tuner 3 installation is completed.

V-Tuner 3

V-Tuner 3 lets you adjust the working frequency of the graphic engine and video memory (Core Clock and Memory Clock).

Button Function
DEFAULT You may	click this button to restore to the default setting
SAVE You may click this button to save the frequency you wanted
LOAD After saving	the specific value, you may click this button to load the frequency you saved last time
Auto-Optimized The V-Tuner3 clock configuration utility will determine the recommended GPU and memory clock setting your system. If the utility should hang, restart your system and then enter "Auto-Optimized" mode
Fixed Clock The V-Tuner3 clock configuration utility will lock the GPU and memory clock you choose, whether you restart your system or not. To rechange clock, uncheck the "Fixed Clock" mode and then adjust
HELP Opens Help	page

3.1.5. Taskbar Icon

After installation of the display drivers, you will find a GIGABYTE icon on the taskbar's status area. Right-clicking this icon opens the GIGABYTE control panel, showing a menu composed of shortcut of the graphics card's enhanced and other functions.

You may click the "Display Properties" item, and then click Settings. Click "Advanced" after clicking Settings. Click the appropriate tab to change your display settings.

-Right-click the icon.
Click the VGA Information item into the "VGA Info" and "Color Adjust" tabs.

You can link to GIGABYTE website for updated information about the graphics accelerator, latest drivers, and other information.

VGA Information

VGA Info lists the relevant information about your card.

Color Adjust

Color Adjust allows you to make color adjustments, such as brightness, contrast and gamma values for each or all of RGB colors.

ATI CATALYST™ Control Center:

After installation of the display drivers, you will find an ATI CATALYST™ Control Center icon on the taskbar's status area. The ATI CATALYST™ Control Center is used to configure all your graphics card settings. Right-click the icon to enter the ATI CATALYST™ Control Center (refer to Figure 1). Or you can right-click on the desktop to select Properties>Settings>Advanced>ATI CATALYST Control Center tab and press ATI CATALYST(tm) Control Center button (refer to Figure 2).

Figure 1 Figure 2

3.1.6. Display Properties pages

To 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 the refresh rate.

Settings (Resolutions and Color depth for Windows)

You may adjust the screen resolution and color quality settings in this dialog box.

DisplayMatrix	Model GV-RX155128D-RH GV-RX155256DE-RH
	CRT+TV (Note)	Yes Yes
	CRT+DVI Yes Yes
	DVI+TV Yes Yes
	DVI+TV+CRT	No No

(Note) The CRT+TV configuration requires that you connect your CRT display to the DVI connector on the card using the DVI-I to D-Sub adapter to ensure normal operation.

This configuration is not supported if the CRT monitor is directly attached to the D-Sub port on the card.

ATI CATALYST™ Control Center Basic View :

The Basic View is the default view when CATALYST Control Center is launched for the first time. This interface provides access to the basic settings and advanced features of your ATI graphics products. You can switch between Basic View and Advanced View at any time.

To access more settings in Basic View, click Basic, and then click Next.

Easy Setup Wizards:

Choose a wizard from the central list and click Go for step-by-step assistance.

■ Setup my display configuration This wizard allows you to configure display setting for desktop viewing.

■ Avivo Video Converter

This wizard assists you to convert videos from one file format to another.

Step 1: Select Avivo Video Converter, then click Go.

Step 2: Select the video file to be converted.

Step 3: In the Output Folder area, select the destination folder where the new file will be located. Click Next.

Step 4: In the Output Video Format list, select a file format for the new file. If you wish to change the name of the new file, enter the new name in the Output File area. Finally, click Next to start file conversion.

The video file has been successfully converted.

Quick Settings:

The Quick Settings page provide access to three main settings.

■ Display Setup

This option allows you to configure your desktop, including changing desktop resolution and desktop mode, setting up extended desktop (requires more than one display), and rotating desktop image to match new display orientation.

■ 3D Quality

3D Performance and Quality settings allows your 3D games and applications to get faster performance and better quality with a more balanced setting.

■ Video Playback

Use this option to optimize video playback in different room environment or to select how video playback appears on the second display.

Information Center:

The Information Center page in Basic and Advanced View provides hardware and software information about the installed graphics card.

■ Graphics Software

Provides software information including driver version, CATALYST version, Direct 3D version and so on.

■ Graphics Hardware

Provides hardware information including graphics chipset, BIOS version, memory size, core clock and so on.

ATI CATALYST™ Control Center Advanced View

The Advanced page allows you to configure all of the many available settings of your ATI graphics card.

View Properties:

The CATALYST Control Center dashboard supports three types of views: Basic View/ Advanced View/ Custom View.

Basic View

The Basic view is the default view when CATALYST Control Center is launched for the first time. Refer to the previous pages for details.

■ Advanced View

The Advanced view provides access to the advanced features on each page. The left navigation pane displays a tree view that lists all the advanced features. The Advanced view is recommended for experienced users.

■ Custom View

The Custom view allows you to display only the features you choose in the left navigation pane. The Custom view is recommended for experienced users who want to expose only the features they adjust most often or that their 3D application supports.

Hotkeys Properties:

The Hotkeys Manager allows you to create shortcut key combinations to quickly perform tasks such as changing a graphics setting or opening an application. A Hotkey is a combination of a modifier key or keys, such as Ctrl, Alt, or Shift, and any letter from the alphabet.

Profiles Properties:

You can use profiles to create customized environments for your desktop, video, and 3D applications. Define and save your own personal video settings that can be quickly activated manually, through a Hotkey, or by file association.

Note:

A profile applies to a specific graphics card. If there is more than one graphics card installed in your computer, you need to select the appropriate card before creating, loading, or activating a Profile.

Preferences Properties:

The Preferences page helps to restore defaults, change skins, and update the CATALYST Control Center. The CATALYST Control Center Preferences page contains the following options:

■ Always on Top
■ Hide Tooltips
■ Hide Toolbar Text
■ Hide Splash Screen
■ Enable System Tray Menu
■ Select a Language ...
■ Select a Skin ...
■ Restore Factory Defaults ...

Help Properties:

The CATALYST Control Center Help feature allows you to access the comprehensive online help, register your product, or generate a problem report should you require technical support.

The CATALYST Control Center Help feature offers the following options:

■ Help for this Page ...
■ Help Contents ...
■ Search Help ...
■ Go to ATI.com
■ About CATALYST® Control Center ...

Displays Manager :

Use Displays Manager to set your desktop resolution, the display refresh rate, and arrange your displays.

Display Options :

The Display Options aspect gives you additional control to optimize performance of OpenGL® and Direct 3D® applications.

Use 3D Refresh Rate Override to set a refresh rate of your choice when a full-screen application or game has a default refresh rate that is lower than optimal.

Choose one of the Display Detection Options to prevent screen flicker when detecting a display. If you are using an older TV or one that has non-standard inputs that may not be automatically detected, use Force TV Detection.

Monitor Properties1 :

■ Attributes

Monitor Attributes provides information about the attached monitor. You can also enable Extended Display Identification Data. Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) uses the information provided by the attached monitor to determine the limits for the resolution and refresh rate.

Avivo™ Color

Use Avivo™Color for ATI graphics cards that supports per-display color settings. Independently set the hue, saturation, and temperature for each attached and enabled display.

Adjustments

Use Monitor Adjustments to resize and reposition the computer desktop on your monitor's display screen. You can also adjust the horizontal and vertical sync or enable composite sync.

HDTV Support

Use HDTV Support when your CRT or DFP display device supports one or more HDTV modes that are not initially listed in the Displays Manager due to an incomplete EDID (Extended Display Identification Data). Selecting one or both of the HDTV modes adds them to the Force button located in the Displays Manager when the associated display is selected. If you have both CRT and DFP display devices and want both to support HDTV, you select both the Add 720p and Add 1080i check boxes in the corresponding HDTV Support pages.

Note: Forcing a display mode that exceeds its EDID limits may result in permanent damage to your display!

3D :

Standard Settings

The Standard settings page provides access to a universal slider control where you can simultaneously adjust all of the standard 3D settings for any type of 3D application. The slider enables you to adjust for overall system performance, overall 3D image quality, or a balance between the two.

This page is useful when you are not aware of which type of 3D settings your application uses, or when you want to use an overall adjustment control that rapidly configures your application.

Anti-Aliasing

Anti-Aliasing is a technique used to smooth out the jagged edges of three-dimensional curved objects or objects with diagonal edges.

Anti-aliasing can be set to favor either an increase in system processing performance or improved image quality:

Setting for performance is best used when the 3D image is animated and smoothness of motion is the most important consideration.

Setting for quality is best used when having highly detailed and realistic 3D objects is the primary concern.

If you are unsure of how to configure anti-aliasing, use the Let the Application Decide option. Your display will automatically adjust to the application's requirements.

■ Adaptive Anti-Aliasing

Adaptive anti-aliasing is a technique that applies a combination of multi-sampling (MSAA) and super-sampling (SSAA) on 3D objects to improve edge smoothness and fine detail. This feature renders 3D objects containing transparencies more realistic, providing exceptional levels of image quality while maintaining performance.

■ Anisotropic Filtering

Anisotropic filtering is a technique that preserves detail on surfaces that have three-dimensional perspective and fade away into the background. It works best when used in conjunction with Mipmapping.

Anisotropic filtering can be set to favor either an increase in system processing performance or improved image quality:

Setting for performance is best used with applications that display objects with smooth, simple surfaces, like those seen in CAD applications.

Setting for quality is best used with applications that display highly detailed scenes, backgrounds, and textured objects, like those seen in 3D games. If you are unsure how to configure anisotropic filtering, use the Let the Application Decide option. Your display will automatically adjust to the application's requirements.

CATALYSTA.I.

Catalyst® A.I. makes use of ATI's new texture analyzer technology to optimize performance in 3D applications while maintaining or even improving image quality. It analyzes individual textures as they are loaded to determine the best and fastest way to display them.

■ Mipmap Detail Level

Mipmapping is a texturing technique that preserves the detail on a 3D object's surface as it moves into the background. A series of low- and high-resolution texture maps are stored in memory and selectively used to create the object's surface, depending on what level of detail is needed.

Mipmap detail level can be set to favor either an increase in system processing performance or improved image quality:

Setting for performance is best used when the 3D image is animated and smoothness of motion is the most important consideration.

Setting for quality is best used when high surface detail is required, especially if the animated object rotates or moves into the background.

All Settings

The All Settings page combines all of the principal 3D features onto a single page, without any preview window, allowing for quick access and adjustment. You can change the settings for the following 3D features as you normally would on each feature's own page:

• Anti-aliasing
• Anisotropic filtering
• Catalyst® A.I.
• Mipmap detail level
• Wait for display refresh
• Adaptive Anti-Aliasing

This page is useful when it is not necessary to preview the adjusted settings because the effect is already known or understood.

API-Specific

The 3D API-Specific dialog helps to select settings that are exclusively for the Direct3D® and OpenGL® Application Programmable Interfaces (API). These settings are provided for resolving certain incompatibilities within 3D applications that use one of these APIs.

Use this dialog when you are known which type of API (Direct3D ^® or OpenGL ^® ) your 3D application uses, and you want to select a particular API-specific feature.

If you are not sure which API your 3D application uses, consult the documentation of your 3D application.

Color :

Adjust the overall richness of color by using the Gamma control. To adjust the overall brightness use the Brightness control, and the overall contrast use the Contrast control.

Avivo™ Video :

Use the Avivo™ Video aspect to apply standard video settings with a Wizard or selecting a video preset. Use Adjustments to configure gamma, brightness, and hue. Use Theater Mode to set aspect ratio and overlay display mode. Preview your changes before applying them.

Standard Settings

To quickly adjust your video settings choose one of the video presets or use the Video Wizard to configure your display devices.

■ Adjustments

Use Video Adjustments to manually set Gamma, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Hue for video playback. Note: Certain video formats do not support these adjustments.

■ Theater Mode

Use Theater Mode to change the way you view streaming video.

■ Deinterlacing

Deinterlacing creates a sharp image from the two video fields of interlaced video. Select one of six options for deinterlacing video for better viewing.

Auto Detect lets the multimedia driver to select the best deinterlacing scheme for different video sources and sizes.

Bob deinterlacing, when selected, removes every other line of the video image and is recommended for motion video.

Adaptive deinterlacing, when selected, reacts to the amount of motion in the video and apply a media filter on a motion block and apply weave on the remaining blocks.

Motion Adaptive deinterlacing, when selected, applies the advanced motion detection to deinterlace the video.

Vector Adaptive deinterlacing, when selected, produces smoother, less jagged edges for interlaced video playback.

Weave does not apply any deinterlacing.

All Settings

The All Settings page combines all of the principal Video features onto a single page, without any preview window, allowing quick access and adjustment.

This page is useful when it is not necessary to preview the adjusted settings because the effect is already known or understood.

VPU Recover :

VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics processor stops responding to display-driver instructions. When this happens, the display driver attempts to reset the graphics hardware. In most cases, VPU Recover will be able to reset the graphics processor without requiring a system restart.

Should the computer be unable to recover from a crash, VPU Recover will switch the computer to software rendering mode, allowing you to save any work in progress before restarting the computer.

■ Enable VPU Recover
■ Prepare an error report if VPU Recover is activated, for submission to ATI Technologies. Allows the VPU Recover, once it is activated, to generate an error report that you can send to ATI via e-mail.

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. To ensure you install the latest driver, insert the Installation CD that shipped with your graphics card.

To install the graphics card driver for Windows® 2000, please insert the Installation CD. Then the AUTORUN window will show up. Click Install Display Driver item, and follow the wizard to install the driver.

If Windows ^® does not show the CD automatically, please run following steps:

1. Click the Start button on the control bar.
2. Select Run.
3. Type the following: D:\SETUP.exe
   (If D is not your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter.)
4. Click OK.
5. Click on Install Display Drivers to begin the Installation Wizard.
6. Click Next.
7. Click Yes to the license agreement.
8. Follow the Wizard's on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Please make sure the Windows® 2000 have installed Windows® 2000 Service Pack (or later) before installing the graphics accelerator driver.

4. Troubleshooting Tips

The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. Contact your dealer or GIGABYTE 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 to the card's display connector.
■ Make sure that the monitor and computer are plugged in and receiving power.
If necessary, disable any built-in graphics capabilities on your motherboard. For more information, consult your computer's manual or manufacturer.

(NOTE: Some manufacturers do not allow the built-in graphics to be disabled or to become the secondary display.)

■ Make sure you selected the appropriate display device and graphics card when you installed the graphics driver.

■ Restart your computer. Press the F8 key on your keyboard after system starts up. When the Windows Advanced Options Menu appears, select Safe Mode and press Enter. After getting into Safe Mode, in Device Manager check whether the driver for the graphics card is correct.

For more assistance, use the Troubleshooting Guide located in the Windows® Help or contact your computer manufacturer.

If necessary, adjust your monitor's setting by monitor's adjust panel to make the screen looks focused, crisp, and sharp. (Please refer to the monitor's manual.)

5. Appendix

5.1. How to Reflash the BIOS

5.1.1. Reflash 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:>.
4. To back up the current BIOS, at the A:> prompt, type [BIOS flash utility name] -s [BIOS file name] (example: gvf19 -s rx1557dr.f1) and press Enter.
5. To flash BIOS, at the A:> prompt, type [BIOS flash utility name] -p [BIOS file name] (example: gvf19 -p rx1557dr.f2) and press Enter.
6. Wait until it's done, then restart your computer.

5.1.2. Reflash BIOS in Windows mode

1. After installing the display drivers, you will find a GIGABYTE icon in the lower-right corner of the Taskbar. Right-click to select the @VGA utility.

@VGA flash BIOS utility.

1. Update BIOS through the Internet

a. Select the Live Update check box and click Flash. Then @VGA will automatically download the BIOS for your card from GIGABYTE @VGA server and do the update for you. (@VGA will not download/update the BIOS if it detects the current BIOS on your card is the latest one.)

1. Update BIOS NOT through the Internet

a. Download the BIOS ZIP file for your card from GIGABYTE website and extract it to your hard disk (or floppy disk).
b. Select the From Local File check box and then click Flash.
c. Select the BIOS file from your hard disk (or floppy disk).
d. Complete the update procedure following the on-screen instructions.

5.2. Resolutions and Color Depth Table (In Windows® XP)

Radeon™ X1550 Series 2D Single Display Modes

Display Maximum Color Depth (bpp)Screen Refresh Rate 8bpp(256 color) 16bpp(65K color) 32bpp(16.7M)
Resolution	(Hz)	Standard mode	High mode	True mode
640 x 480 200 √		√	√
800 x 600 200 √		√	√
1024 x 768 200 √		√	√
1152 x 864 100 √		√	√
1280 x 768 85 √		√	√
1280 x 960 160 √		√	√
1280 x 1024 120 √		√	√
1600 x 1200 100 √		√	√
1792 x 1344 85 √		√	√
1800 x 1440 70 √		√	√
1856 x 1392 75 √		√	√
1920 x 1080 75 √		√	√
1920 x 1200 85 √		√	√
1920 x 1440 75 √		√	√
2048 x 1536 66 √		√	√
2560 x 1600 60 √(Dual-Link)		√	√

Radeon™ X1550 Series HDTV Display Modes

	Display MaximumScreen Refresh RateResolution	(Hz)
480i	640 x 480	30
	704 x 480	30
	720 x 480	30
480p 640 x 480	60
	704 x 480	60
	720 x 480	60
	856 x 480	60
720p 960 x 720	60
	1280 x 720	60
1080i	1920 x 1080	30

* The table is for reference only. The actual resolutions supported depend on the monitor you use.