FireGL Fire GL3 Bedienungsanleitung
Fire GL3
User's Guide
Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
© 2000 Fire GL Graphics; All rights reserved.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCING THE FIRE GL3.........................................................1
ABOUT YOUR FIRE GL3 ................................................................................ 1
Hardware Design................................................................................. 1
Operating Systems .............................................................................. 2
Typical Application Environments................................................... 3
System Requirements and Tools..................................................... 3
Performance Overview...................................................................... 4
HOW TO USE THIS USER'S GUIDE ................................................................ 5
Manual Conventions ........................................................................... 5
Viewing the User's Guide Online .................................................... 6
Do you Need a Printout
of the Online User's Guide? ............................................................. 6
QUICK INSTALLATION................................................................................... 7
Installation Steps .................................................................................. 7
INSTALLING THE FIRE GL3 ..............................................................8
INSTALLING THE HARDWARE ....................................................................... 8
Preparing your Computer................................................................. 9
Installing the Card ............................................................................... 13
Connecting the Cables and
Completing the Installation ............................................................... 15
INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE......................................................................... 18
Before you Start: Information, Tips, and Hints............................19
Software Installation for Windows NT4.0.................................... 20
Software Installation for Windows 2000 ...................................... 21
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FIRE GL3 SOFTWARE UTILITIES...................................................... 23
CHANGING THE VIDEO SETTINGS ................................................................24
How to Switch to the Display Properties?....................................24
Setting Resolution and Refresh Rate...............................................24
Setting a DualScreen Configuration ................................................26
Selecting your Monitor.......................................................................29
Adjusting the Monitor Display..........................................................32
MODIFYING APPLICATION PROFILES ............................................................35
REMOVING THE FIRE GL3 DRIVERS................................................ 38
TROUBLESHOOTING........................................................................ 39
COMMON PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS ......................................................39
TECHNICAL DETAILS ....................................................................... 42
FEATURES AND PERFORMANCE.....................................................................42
Hardware ...............................................................................................42
Software .................................................................................................45
PIN ASSIGNMENTS...........................................................................................45
VIDEO MODES .................................................................................................47
BLOCK DIAGRAM............................................................................................48
TRADEMARKS AND REGULATORY.................................................. 49
TRADEMARKS...................................................................................................49
DISCLAIMER......................................................................................................50
EMI COMPLIANCE INFORMATION .................................................................51
Introducing the Fire GL3 1
INTRODUCING THE FIRE GL3
♦ABOUT YO U R FIRE GL3
♦HOW TO USETHIS USER'S GUIDE
♦QUICK INSTALLATION
ABOUT YOUR FIRE GL3
Hardware Design
The Fire GL3 is an AGP/ATX card based upon the IBM RC 1000/
GT 1000 chipset. With the ability to support two monitors and 128 MB
of on-board memory the Fire GL3 is ideal for digital content creation,
high-end CAD and other sophisticated 3D applications.
The RC1000 256 bit graphics rasterizer provides the functionality of a
VGA controller, a 2D/3D raster engine with geometry pipeline setup
processor, and a 300 MHz RAMDAC. It also supports video streaming
by providing color space conversion and a bilinear scaling unit.
The GT1000 hardware geometry engine is a complete transformation
and lighting engine with hardware implementation of the full open
OpenGL pipeline and most of the Direct3D geometry pipeline.
2 Introducing the Fire GL3
Operating Systems
The Fire GL3 supports the following operating systems:
♦ Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6 (or higher)
♦ Microsoft Windows 2000
♦ Linux - 2.2.x kernels, C Library 1.2 (LibC 6.2)
Download Linux drivers and installation instructions from
www.ati.com/support
Service Pack Information for Windows NT 4.0
You must be running Windows NT 4.0, updated with Service Pack 6 (or
higher) prior to installing the Fire GL3 drivers. The Service Pack is
available from Microsoft's web page, www.microsoft.com. For most
languages you can perform the Service Pack 6 update from the Fire GL
CD when you run the Quick Start utility.
Introducing the Fire GL3 3
Typical Application Environments
Fire GL3 offers outstanding 2D/3D performance in Windows NT,
Windows 2000, and Linux. Fire GL3 is optimized and certified for
professional 3D graphics in the following business environments.
♦Mechanical Engineering Analysis (MEA)
♦Mechanical Computer Aided Design (MCAD)
♦Electrical Design Automation (EDA)
♦Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE)
♦Digital Content Creation (DCC)
♦Business Economic Modeling
♦3D Game Development
System Requirements and Tools
What do you need to install and use your Fire GL3?
♦Motherboard with free AGP slot.
Note:The bracket of the Fire GL3 also covers the expansion slot
next to the AGP slot.
♦Pentium II CPU or better
♦System interrupt (IRQ) which is free. This may have to be reserved
in the computer’s BIOS. For help with this subject, refer to the
manual for your mainboard.
♦Supported operating systems:
⇒Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6 (or higher)
⇒Microsoft Windows 2000
⇒Linux - 2.2.x kernels, C Library 1.2 (LibC 6.2)
♦CD-ROM drive
♦A screwdriver to remove and reinstall the PC cover screws and card
mounting screws. See your PC manual for specific requirements.
♦Fire GL CD-ROM for Fire GL3
4 Introducing the Fire GL3
Performance Overview
Note: For more detailed information on features and performance
please refer to the section Technical Details.
Hardware Performance
♦32-bit RGBαTrueColor 2D and 3D acceleration
Note: The Fire GL3 does not support 8-bit or 16-bit video modes
♦Accelerated, double-buffered 32-bit TrueColor up to 1920 x 1200,
at 75 Hz refresh rates
♦24-bit Z-buffer, 8-bit double-buffer, 8-bit single-buffer overlay
♦Video engine supports YUV conversion, point and bilinear scaling
Software Features
♦Multiprocessor system support
♦ThreadSafe OpenGL 1.2 ICD support for dual processors.
♦Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE) in Intel Processors
♦Supports AMD Athlon™ processor-based systems with 3DNow!
technology
♦Customized application settings for individual ISV applications
♦Dual monitor support - with a single card
♦DDC2B monitor support on all operating system platforms
Introducing the Fire GL3 5
HOW TO USE THIS USER'S GUIDE
For your convenience, this online User’s Guide has been formatted as
an Adobe®Acrobat®PDF file. This format gives you great flexibility
when using this documentation.
Many hyperlinks provide easy access to any information you may want.
To make it useful in a printed format, too, a - hyperlinked - table of
contents and page numbers are provided.
Because it was designed to be used online and printed, some of the
images may not print clearly or appear very clearly on screen.
Manual Conventions
Your Fire GL3 User’s Guide is organized in a standard, familiar way. A
few icons are used to point out important information:
This icon marks useful tips or important operational notes.
This icon is a warning about possible electrical/software hazards or
problems.
6 Introducing the Fire GL3
Viewing the User's Guide Online
You can also read the User's Guide online—important hypertext links,
such as Table of Contents entries, World Wide Web, and email
addresses are active.
Place your mouse cursor over Table of Contents entries or main
headings. If the hand icon changes to a pointing index finger, simply
click and you will move to that place in the document. Some email or
World Wide Web addresses inside this manual may be active as well.
Go directly to a Web, FTP site, or email program simply by clicking on
an active link. Displaying the provided bookmark and thumbnail views
may help you with the orientation and navigation in the User's Guide.
This manual might be displayed with slightly-reduced magnification in
your Reader. If you experience any difficulty reading certain files
online, use the Reader’s Zoom To feature from the View menu and
increase the magnification to about 150%. To view some screenshot
images perfectly clear you may need a larger magnification.
Do you Need a Printout of the Online User's
Guide?
You can easily print this User's Guide to access it off-line. The manual
then will look like any standard document with a table of contents and
page numbers.
For printing the User’s Guide, a print resolution of 600 dpi -or higher -
is recommended.
Introducing the Fire GL3 7
QUICK INSTALLATION
♦Brief instructions on how to get to work with the Fire GL3 in the
shortest possible time.
♦Recommended for experienced users and system administrators
only.
♦For more detailed information on installation and operation of your
graphics accelerator, please refer to the corresponding sections of
the Fire GL3 User’s Guide.
Installation Steps
1. Un-install the drivers and software for your old graphics card.
2. Set the display driver to Standard VGA.
Disable any on-board graphics solution on the motherboard.
3. Shut down and disconnect your computer system.
4. Remove the installed (AGP, PCI, or ISA) VGA card.
5. Install the new Fire GL3 card.
6. Reassemble and connect your computer system.
7. Install the Fire GL3 drivers and configuration software from the
Fire GL CD:
⇒automatic Quick Start utility or
⇒Start > Run > X:\START EXE
where Xis the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive
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