Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 Product Manual

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• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, Product Guide 11 Changing Settings To change the display settings in Windows NT 4.0 1. Right-click your desktop, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu. 2. In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Settings tab. 3. In the Desktop Area group box, move the slider to set the desired resolution. 4. In the Color Palette group box, select the desired color. Certain colors may not be available for some display resolutions. 5. In the Refresh Frequency group box, select the desired refresh rate. 6. To test the settings, click the Test button, and th

• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, Product Guide 7 To install in Windows 95 (Retail version) 1. Switch on your system. Windows 95 automatically detects the graphics card. A New Hardware Found message box appears, informing you that a display adapter has been detected. 2. When a dialog box similar to Figure 5 appears, ensure that the Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer option is selected. 3. Click the OK button. 4. Insert the 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 CD into your CD-ROM drive. 5. In the Install From Disk dialog box, type D:\WINDOWS (where D: represents your CD-ROM drive) and click the OK button. 6. If promp

• vii 3D Blaster™ Riva TNT2™ M64 Technical Specifications Architecture Highlights..................................................................................14 3D Features.....................................................................................................14 2D Features.....................................................................

• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, 8 3D Blaster™ RIVA TNT2™ M64 2. When a dialog box similar to Figure 6 appears, click the Next button. 3. Click the Other Locations button when it appears in the Update Device Driver Wizard dialog box. 4. Insert the 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 CD into your CD-ROM drive. 5. In the Select Other Location dialog box, type D:\WINDOWS (where D: represents your CD-ROM drive) and click the OK button. 6. In the Update Device Driver Wizard dialog box, click the Finish button. 7. In the Insert Disk message box, click the OK button. 8. In the Copying Files dialog box, type D:\WINDOWS and click the OK button. The drivers are copied to your system. 9. In the U

• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, Product Guide 5 To install the graphics card 1. Switch off your computer and all peripheral devices. 2. Touch any metallic surface on your computer to discharge any static electricity 3. Disconnect the power cord from the wall outlet. 4. Remove the computer cover. 5. Locate a free AGP expansion slot. Figure 2 shows the various types of expansion slots. 6. Remove the metal plate from the AGP slot. Keep the screw and metal plate for future use. 7. Align the bus connector of the graphics card with the expansion slot. 8. Press the card’s bus connector gen

• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, Creative and its licensors. Except to the extent expressly permitted by this Agreement or by the laws of the jurisdiction where you are located, you may not decompile, disassemble or otherwise reverse engineer the Software, or engage in any other activities to obtain underlying information that is not visible to the user in connection with normal use of the Software. In particular, you agree not for any purpose to transmit the Software or display the Software's object code on any computer screen or to make any hardcopy memory du

• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, 12 3D Blaster™ RIVA TNT2™ M64 To change the performance settings in Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0 To do so in Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 1. Right-click your desktop, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu. 2. In the Display Properties dialog box, click the BlasterControl tab. 3. On the BlasterControl tabbed page, click the Tweak icon. 4. In the Tweak module, select the desired settings. 5. To specify additional settings for 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, click the Advanced Settings button. 6. Select the desired settings and click the OK button. To see a brief description of an option or

• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, SOFTWARE OR THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF CREATIVE OR ITS LICENSORS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL CREATIVE’S LIABILITY OR DAMAGES TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON EVER EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO USE THE SOFTWARE, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE CLAIM. Some countries/states do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. PRODUCT RETURNS If you must ship the software to Creative or an authorized Creative distributor or dealer, you must prepay shipping and either insure the

• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, Product Guide vi Contents Introduction Serial and Model Numbers...........................................................................................2 Before You Begin......................................................................................................................2 Minimum System Requirements .................................................................................2 Updating Drivers...........................................................................................................2 Preliminary step for Windows 95 users............................................

• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, Introduction The 3D Blaster ™ RIVA TNT2 ™ M64 is a high quality 2D/3D/video graphics accelerator card that is well suited for a wide variety of applications ranging from everyday desktop use to gaming and entertainment. Leveraging NVIDIA ™ ’s RIVA TNT2 graphics controller, the 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 delivers high quality and performance. Its dual texture architecture can process 2 pixels or textures per clock cycle. This enables developers to create special effects such as multi-layered textures, bump mapping to simulate rough surfaces, and environmental

• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, 14 3D Blaster™ RIVA TNT2™ M64 Technical Specifications Architecture Highlights ❑ 64-bit wide graphics engine and frame buffer ❑ 32 MB SDRAM ❑ 250 million pixels/sec, bilinear filtered 3D Features ❑ Optimized for Microsoft’s Direct3D API ❑ Complete DirectX 6.x support ❑ 100% hardware triangle setup ❑ Twin texel (TNT) 32-bit graphics pipeline • 2 texture-mapped, lit pixels per clock • Single pass multi-texturing support (DirectX 6.x and OpenGL ICD) • Square and non-square texture support

• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, Product Guide 19 Troubleshooting System Hangs, Blank Screen or Corrupted Display After installing 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 and starting your system, the monitor displays a blank screen. Solutions Try the following: ❑ Switch off your system and wait a while before switching it on again. ❑ Verify that any built-in VGA on your motherboard is disabled and that you have removed any other video display card from your system. ❑ Ensure that your 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 card’s bus connector is fully inserted into the expansion slot. Ensure this by pressing it gently and evenly into the slot. ❑ Verify that the pins of y

• 2 3D Blaster™ RIVA TNT2™ M64 Serial and Model Numbers Your card’s serial and model numbers can be found at the back of the card. We recommend that you record the serial and model number below. Before You Begin The README file on the CD-ROM contains information not available at the time of printing. Read the file before you continue. In addition, read t

• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, 24 3D Blaster™ RIVA TNT2™ M64 Problem with PCI Bridge (in Windows 95) After installing RIVA TNT2 M64 onto a Pentium II LX system or any other AGP system, the Resources tabbed page of the RIVA TNT2 M64 Properties dialog box in Windows 95 shows resource conflicts similar to the following: Memory Range used FEDC0000 - FEDDFFFF used by PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge. Memory Range used FD800000 - FDFFFFFF used by PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge. Memory Range used FE000000 - FE7FFFFF used by PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge. Cause The “PCI standard PCI-to

• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, Product Guide 17 Drivers ❑ Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 (when available) display drivers ❑ Windows 95 and Windows 98 display driver, DirectDraw, Direct3D, DirectVideo, ActiveX ❑ OpenGL ICD for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 ❑ VBE 3.0 compliant Utilities ❑ Creative Enhanced BlasterControl™ ❑ Creative Enhanced SoftMPEG Applications Supported ❑ All Windows 95 applications, including DirectDraw and Direct3D games and applications ❑ OpenGL applications under Windows 95 and Windows 98.

• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, Product Guide 23 5. In the Insert Disk message box, click the OK button without inserting any CD. 6. If 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 drivers and later versions of DirectX drivers are already installed, click the Skip File button until the Adapter Type group box or the Adapter tabbed page appears. 7. Click the two Close buttons to close the Display Properties dialog box. 8. When prompted to restart your system, click the Ye s button. After you have restarted your system, the newer DirectX drivers will work with the latest 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 drivers. Problem

• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, 16 3D Blaster™ RIVA TNT2™ M64 2D Features ❑ High performance 128-bit 2D/GUI/DirectDraw acceleration • Accelerated primitives include BLT, indexed DIB color translation, transparent BLT, stretch BLT, points, lines, polylines, polygons, fills, patterns, arbitrary rectangular clipping and fast text rendering hardware font cache • Pipeline optimized for multiple color depths including 32, 24, 16, 15, and 8 bits per pixel ❑ Fast 32-bit VGA/SVGA support ❑ Multi-buffering (Double, Triple, Quad buffering) for smooth animation and video playback Video Support ❑ Video acceleration for DirectShow, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and Ind

• Product Guide 15 ❑ TextureBlend support examples: • Multi-texture • Bump map • Texture modulation • Light maps • Reflection maps • Detail textures • Environmental maps • Procedural textures • Sub-pixel accurate ❑ Backend blend • 32-bit ARGB rendering with destination alpha • Point sampled, bilinear, trilinear and 8-tap • Anisotropic filtering ❑ Per

• Creative End-User Software License Agreement Version 2.0, June 1998 PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE. BY USING THE SOFTWARE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT, DO NOT OPEN THE SEALED DISK PACKAGE, INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE. PROMPTLY RETURN, WITHIN 15 DAYS, TH

• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, Product Guide 3D Blaster™ RIVA TNT2™ M64 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 protection 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 disassembly is prohibited. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without t

• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, Product Guide 25 Problem with AGP Aperture Size DirectDraw/Direct3D fails to use hardware acceleration (HAL). Cause The CMOS setting for the AGP Aperture size is less than 8 MB. Solution Set the AGP Aperture size to 8 MB or more. Do the following in CMOS: 1. Restart your system. 2. During the memory check, press <Delete>. The CMOS setup menu appears. 3. Select Chipset Features Setup and press <Enter>. 4. Set your AGP Aperture Size (MB) to 8 MB or more. 5. Press <Esc> to return to the CMOS setup menu. 6. Select Save & Exit Setup, and then press <Enter>. 7. Press &

• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, 4 3D Blaster™ RIVA TNT2™ M64 Knowing and Installing Your Graphics Card This section shows you the connectors on the 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 card. Figure 1: The 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 card. AGP bus connector VGA Out connector Connects to your monitor via a monitor cable. Video Expansion connector Connect to a video expansion board.

• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, Product Guide 13 Click Start -> Programs -> Creative -> 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 -> 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 Help. For Creative BlasterControl The Help file for Creative BlasterControl shows you how to use the BlasterControl utility to customize your screen resolution, color depth, and refresh rate in Windows. To open the Help file for BlasterControl Click Start -> Programs -> Creative -> BlasterControl Help. For Help topics specific to a BlasterControl module In the BlasterControl module you want, click the Help button. For Creative SoftMPEG The Help file for Creative SoftMPEG teaches

• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, Product Guide 21 4. Try the following: ❑ Make sure that the correct monitor is selected. To verify, click the Change Display Type button or the Advanced Properties button on the Settings tabbed page. ❑ Use a lower refresh rate or the adapter’s default. For details on this, refer to the topic “Using BlasterControl Monitor Settings” in the BlasterControl Help file. ❑ Lower your monitor’s resolution. To do so, adjust the color depth and desktop area on the Settings tabbed page. Monitor display exhibits pixel drop

• Product Guide 3 Preliminary step for Windows 95 users Since Windows automatically detects new hardware and starts the software installation procedure upon startup, you should verify your Windows version number before installing the graphics card. To verify your Windows 95 version number 1. Click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel. 2. In the Control

• Creative 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64, 6 3D Blaster™ RIVA TNT2™ M64 9. Connect the monitor cable to the VGA Out connector of 3D Blaster Riva TNT2 M64, as shown in Figure 4. 10. Replace the computer cover and plug the power cord back into the wall outlet. Installing Software After installing the graphics card, you can install the software. The 3D Blaster RIVA TNT2 M64 CD contains the following: ❑ Drivers for Windows 95/98 (common to both) ❑ Drivers for Windows NT 4.0 ❑ Creative Enhanced BlasterControl ™ for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0 ❑ Creative SoftMPEG for Window

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