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3Dlabs Wildcat II 5000 User Manual
Summary of Wildcat II 5000
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3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide ii copyright 2001 by 3dlabs, inc. 3dlabs is a registered trademark, and wildcat, superscene and directburst are trademarks of 3dlabs, inc. Or 3dlabs inc. Ltd. Pentium is a registered trademark of intel. Opengl is a registered trademark of silicon graphic...
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3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide iv optimizing the wildcat ii 5000 driver ..........................................................................30 enabling application-specific optimizations ..........................................................30 creating a custom optimization....
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Introduction 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 2 tÉäÅçãÉ=íç=paä~Äë> tÉäÅçãÉ=íç=paä~Äë> tÉäÅçãÉ=íç=paä~Äë> tÉäÅçãÉ=íç=paä~Äë>==== thank you for selecting a 3dlabs ® wildcat ® ii 5000 graphics accelerator card! This user guide is designed to provide information about the wildcat ii 5000 gr...
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Introduction 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 3 cÉ~íìêÉë cÉ~íìêÉë cÉ~íìêÉë cÉ~íìêÉë==== card interface agp card designed for systems that have a 25-watt agp slot. Video memory frame buffer: 32 mb texture buffer: 32 mb directburst: 16 mb graphics controller high-speed wildcat ii chipset ...
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Introduction 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 4 cÉ~íìêÉëi=Åçåík cÉ~íìêÉëi=Åçåík cÉ~íìêÉëi=Åçåík cÉ~íìêÉëi=Åçåík==== traditional 2d operations 16- and 32-bit color depths (565, 8888) solid and patterned area fills vectors (diamond rule compliant) block moves (screen-to-screen) block gets...
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Introduction 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 5 cÉ~íìêÉëi=Åçåík cÉ~íìêÉëi=Åçåík cÉ~íìêÉëi=Åçåík cÉ~íìêÉëi=Åçåík==== opengl (1.2 compliant) extension support imaging extensions: pixel buffer color table color matrix convolution blend extensions: color minmax function separate subtract fo...
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Introduction 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 6 cÉ~íìêÉëi=Åçåík cÉ~íìêÉëi=Åçåík cÉ~íìêÉëi=Åçåík cÉ~íìêÉëi=Åçåík==== additional features superscene full-scene multisampled anti- aliasing: point sampled with sixteen samples sample location jittering dynamic sample allocation dynamic sampl...
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Setup 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 17 mêÉé~êáåÖ=Ñçê=fåëí~ää~íáçå mêÉé~êáåÖ=Ñçê=fåëí~ää~íáçå mêÉé~êáåÖ=Ñçê=fåëí~ää~íáçå mêÉé~êáåÖ=Ñçê=fåëí~ää~íáçå==== note: if you purchased your wildcat ii 5000 graphics accelerator card as part of a system, it is already installed and configured. Th...
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Setup 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 18 5. If necessary, remove the back panel covers from the slots into which you are installing your wildcat ii 5000 graphics accelerator card, using a phillips-head screwdriver. 6. If an anti-static wrist strap was included in your box, attach it to...
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Setup 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 19 8. Place the card into the correct slot and seat firmly. See your system documentation for instructions on securing the card to the chassis. Loose cards and connections can cause grounding and operating problems. 9. Remove the anti-static wrist ...
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Setup 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 20 `çååÉÅíáåÖ=íÜÉ=jçåáíçê `çååÉÅíáåÖ=íÜÉ=jçåáíçê `çååÉÅíáåÖ=íÜÉ=jçåáíçê `çååÉÅíáåÖ=íÜÉ=jçåáíçê==== the wildcat ii 5000 supports connections for one vga monitor or one flat panel monitor with a connector for either. Connecting a vga monitor 1. Make ...
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Setup 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 21 fåëí~ääáåÖ=íÜÉ=aêáîÉê=pçÑíï~êÉ fåëí~ääáåÖ=íÜÉ=aêáîÉê=pçÑíï~êÉ fåëí~ääáåÖ=íÜÉ=aêáîÉê=pçÑíï~êÉ fåëí~ääáåÖ=íÜÉ=aêáîÉê=pçÑíï~êÉ==== if you received your wildcat ii 5000 graphics accelerator with a system, the graphics drivers were installed prior to...
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Setup 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 22 installing the wildcat ii 5000 windows nt or windows 2000 driver 1. Start up windows and log onto an account with administrative privileges. 2. Place the 3dlabs driver cd in the appropriate drive. The 3dlabs driver installation program menu will...
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Setup 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 23 verifying the default video display driver in windows 2000 1. From the operating system start menu, go to settings/control panel/display, and click the settings tab on the display properties dialog box. 2. Verify that the wildcat ii 5000 device ...
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Software configuration 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 26 qÜÉ=paä~Äë=táäÇÅ~í=ff=rmmm=dê~éÜáÅë=^ÅÅÉäÉê~íçê=`~êÇ= qÜÉ=paä~Äë=táäÇÅ~í=ff=rmmm=dê~éÜáÅë=^ÅÅÉäÉê~íçê=`~êÇ= qÜÉ=paä~Äë=táäÇÅ~í=ff=rmmm=dê~éÜáÅë=^ÅÅÉäÉê~íçê=`~êÇ= qÜÉ=paä~Äë=táäÇÅ~í=ff=rmmm=dê~éÜáÅë=^ÅÅÉäÉê~íçê=`~êÇ=aêáîÉê aêáîÉê...
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Software configuration 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 28 using the wildcat monitor tab 1. On the display properties dialog box, click the wildcat monitor tab. This tab contains commands for adjusting the resolution, color depth, and refresh rate. See the steps under using the wildcat ...
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Software configuration 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 29 3. On the wildcat monitor display properties dialog box, click configure monitor to change the display mode, select a monitor type, and change the resolution/refresh rate. Once you have made the changes you require, click ok to ...
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Software configuration 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 30 enabling stereo display if you connect a device to the stereo port on the wildcat ii 5000, you must change the display mode to view in stereo. See chapter 2, setup, for an illustration of the stereo output port. 1. Make sure you...
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Software configuration 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 31 creating a custom optimization 1. From the operating system start menu, go to settings/control panel/display. In windows nt 4.0, click the wildcat configuration tab if it is not already displayed. In windows 2000 follow the same...
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Troubleshooting 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 33 qêçìÄäÉëÜççíáåÖ qêçìÄäÉëÜççíáåÖ qêçìÄäÉëÜççíáåÖ qêçìÄäÉëÜççíáåÖ==== if you have trouble using your 3dlabs wildcat ii 5000 graphics accelerator card or a 3d application, you may find the answer to your problem in the following sections....
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Specifications 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 37 ^=péÉÅáÑáÅ~íáçåë ^=péÉÅáÑáÅ~íáçåë ^=péÉÅáÑáÅ~íáçåë ^=péÉÅáÑáÅ~íáçåë==== dÉåÉê~ä dÉåÉê~ä dÉåÉê~ä dÉåÉê~ä==== ==== manufacturer 3dlabs model number wildcat ii 5000 cìåÅíáçå~ä cìåÅíáçå~ä cìåÅíáçå~ä cìåÅíáçå~ä==== system . Interface agp gra...
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Software license agreement 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 41 plcqt^ob=if`bkpb=^dobbjbkq plcqt^ob=if`bkpb=^dobbjbkq plcqt^ob=if`bkpb=^dobbjbkq plcqt^ob=if`bkpb=^dobbjbkq==== this is a legal contract between you, the end user, and 3dlabs, inc. By using the software accompanying this gui...
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Regulatory statements 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 47 ul 1950 pag 1.7-003: this graphics card is for use with ul listed personal computers that have installation instructions detailing user installation of card cage accessories. Warning: any use of, installation practices, modificat...
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Terms and definitions 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 49 qÉêãë=~åÇ=aÉÑáåáíáçåë qÉêãë=~åÇ=aÉÑáåáíáçåë qÉêãë=~åÇ=aÉÑáåáíáçåë qÉêãë=~åÇ=aÉÑáåáíáçåë==== ^dm ^dm ^dm ^dm==== advanced graphics port. A dedicated graphics bus that transfers data at significantly higher speeds than the pci bus....
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Terms and definitions 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 50 aáêÉÅíu aáêÉÅíu aáêÉÅíu aáêÉÅíu==== microsoft’s apis developed to access various system hardware. AáêÉÅí=pa aáêÉÅí=pa aáêÉÅí=pa aáêÉÅí=pa==== microsoft’s api dedicated to 3d graphics, and a component of directx. AáíÜÉêáåÖ aáíÜÉêá...
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Index 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 54 = api, 49, 50 attaching a stereo device, 20 configuration tab display properties, 26 configuring the display, 26 connecting monitor, 20 connecting a digital flat-panel monitor, 20 connecting a vga monitor, 20 creating a custome optimization, 31 ...
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Index 3dlabs graphics accelerator card user's guide 55 terms and definitions, 49 textures, 51 textures, 51 troubleshooting, 33, 35 diagnostics, 33 last known good option in windows nt, 34 monitors and display resolutions, 33 reinstalling the video driver under windows 2000, 35 reinstalling the video...