GIGABYTE GeForceTM FX 5700 Graphics Accelerator GV-N57256V - Manual (Page 2)

GV-N57 Series Graphics Accelerator - 2 -
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction .....................................................................................3
1.1. Features .................................................................................................3
1.2. Minimum system requirement ..................................................................3
2. Hardware Installation .......................................................................4
2.1. Unpacking ...............................................................................................4
2.2. Board layout ...........................................................................................5
2.3. Hardware installation ...............................................................................7
3. Software Installation ........................................................................9
3.1. Win ® XP driver and utilities installation ......................................................9
3.1.1. Operating system requirement ...................................................................................
9
3.1.2. DirectX installation ...................................................................................................
10
3.1.3. Driver installation .....................................................................................................
12
3.1.4. Utilities on driver CD ................................................................................................
16
3.1.5. Taskbar icon ............................................................................................................
18
3.1.6. Display properties pages .........................................................................................
21
3.1.7. nView properties pages ...........................................................................................
26
3.2. Win ® 98/98SE / Win ® 2000 / Win ® ME driver installation .......................... 31
3.3. BIOS flash utility .................................................................................... 31
4. Troubleshooting Tips...................................................................... 32
5. Appendix ....................................................................................... 33
5.1. How to reflash the BIOS ........................................................................ 33
5.2. Resolutions and color depth table (In Windows
® XP) ............................... 34