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1. OT ALLOW TH MAY NOT NG A CAUSED BY AGES EXCESS OF 1 NG WITHOUT LIMIT FITNESS FOR A PART EET CUSTOMER S REQU TERRUPTED OR E Y REPRESENT RE ACCURACY RELIABILITY S BY ELSA OR ELSA S AUT EAWARRANTY ORI ICULAR PUR A APPLY TO YOU YTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONT ANY CIRCUMSTA RECT OR SPEC OTHER LEGAL THEORY INCL ANY MAL T INTERRUPTION OF SE LOSS OF BUSINESS OR A ELSA DEALERS OR AUTHORIZED REPR OF SUCH DAMAGES OCCURRI HE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE PRODUCT TED WARRANTY SHALL NOT EXTEND T PURCHASER OF THE PRODUCT OR THE PERS i Accident abuse misapplication mishandling alteration elec tware improper installation or operation the possession of the purchaser low operating maintenance sto Product manual and speci chaser has submit R A PARTICULAR P N LIEU OF ALL OT ATION THE IMPLIE 7o rn EMENT EE zc LATED D OR UME cO c ORIZED Y WAY EXCLUSION OF CES BEL AL DAMAGES FUNCTION GIFT AND STATES THE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY HEREIN fications horized URPOSE ARE L OD OF THREE 3 YEA HER WARRANT D WARRANT OSE ELSA DOES ROR FREE FURTHER NS REGARDING THE TATIO HERWISE DEALI PLIED RVICE DA 0 ANYO age o ed the Product ELSA de PLIED GTHEI OT IS OR THAT THE IN TER IES rical current fluctuations or improper pack environmental2. gt Back buffer As soon as it is completely constructed the monitor display switches to the image that has been residing in the background and the preparation of the next image begins on the other side DPMS Abbreviation for gt VESA Dis play Power Management Signaling This allows several stages of monitor power saving mode The graphics boards described in this manual support VESA DPMS DDR SDRAM Double Data Rate SDRAM is a further development of SDRAM memory technology While SDRAMs only provide data at the actual system clock speed DDR chips permit data to be accessed at twice the system clock speed DRAM Abbreviation for Dynamic Ran dom Access Memory Dynamic random access memory with direct access EDO RAM Abbreviation for Extended Data Output Random Access Memory hyper page mode EDO RAM is especial ly advantageous in graphics boards be cause the most recently required data re mains held in memory Image rendering in volves multiple consecutive read access of similar data so EDO RAM results in signif icantly faster speeds FBAS gt Composite video FCC The FCC radiation standard states thatthis device has been tested and meets the requirements for digital class B de vices in accordance with section 15 of the guidelines as provided by the American Federal Communications Commission FCC Fixed frequency monitor A monitor that can only be operated with at a specif ic resolu
3. that changes or modifications to the unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment European Council CE The declarations of conformity for the CE standard of the European Union are available for download on the ELSA web site www elsa com download ELSA GLADIAC 5II 32 Appendix 6 1 2 Federal Communications Commission FCC ELSA AG GLADIAC 511TWIN C Tested To Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE Compliance Information Statement Declaration of Conformity Procedure Responsible Party ELSA Inc Address 1630 Zanker Road San Jos CA 95112 USA Phone 1 408 961 4600 Type of Equipment Graphics Board Model Name GLADIAC 511TWIN 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 interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation See user manual instructions if interference to radio reception is suspected On behalf of the manufacturer importer this declaration is submitted by Ap re Stefan Kriebel VP Engineering ELSA AG Germany Aachen February 08 2000 ELSA GLADIAC Sil Appendix ED ELSAAG GLADIAC 511 TV Out C Tested To Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE Compli
4. coverage The warranty covers the equipment delivered and all its parts Parts will at our sole discre tion be replaced or repaired free of charge if despite proven proper handling and adhe rence to the operating instructions these parts became defective due to fabrication and or material defects Also we reserve the right to replace the defective product by a successor product or repay the original purchase price to the buyer in exchange to the defective pro duct Operating manuals and possibly supplied software are excluded from the warranty Material and service charges shall be covered by us but not shipping and handling costs involved in transport from the buyer to the service station and or to us Replaced parts become property of ELSA ELSA are authorized to carry out technical changes e g firmware updates beyond repair and replacement of defective parts in order to bring the equipment up to the current tech nical state This does not result in any additional charge for the customer A legal claim to this service does not exist Warranty period The warranty period for ELSA products is three years This period begins at the day of delivery from the ELSA dealer Warranty services do not result in an extension of the warranty period nor do they initiate a new warranty period The warranty period for installed replacement parts ends with the warranty period of the device as a whole 3 a Warranty procedure If defect
5. graphics especially in connection with the ELSA GLADIAC 511 vwill find a whole load of technical stuff right here 3D graphics representation Today it is considered de rigueur to know all about 3D Your curiosity will be aroused as soon as you experience the first visual wizardry generated by your new graphics board Two features of the 3D display will leap out at you it s both realistic and fast The amount of work required here is known only to the processor but we will describe it in detail to you below The 3D pipeline What actually happens when a monitor displays a 3D object The data describing the 3D object are passed through what is known as the 3D pipeline in which the mathematical calculations for its representation in space and perspective on the monitor are carried out What happens in detail eee Geometrical mmm transformation mx mem Display on Object data ee the monitor Rendering Start The object data The pipeline starts at the object The object description is made up of the data points The basic geometric primitive is the triangle The corner points of the object s triangles are described using coordinate points x y and z where the 7 value represents the depth information Depending on the display representation these points are assigned additional data regarding material texture special effects and much more As a result an enormous amount of data is sent into the pipeline Geometrical
6. in or openi aler WARRANTIES OF ITED IN DURA RS AS SPECIFIED ng mod ES EXPRESS OR OF MERCHANT WARRANT THAT E OPERATION OF ORE ELSA DOES USE OR THE RE S OF THEIR COR O ORAL A ABLE TO PURCHASER Fi RESULTING UDING BUT OT DELAY AGE SHALL NOT ERS OR REPRESE CREASE THE SCOPE OF THIS WARRANTY WARRANT ED HEREIN E OTHER THAN THE ORIG ON FOR WHOM IT WAS P OR WRITTEN TATIVES IES THEREFORE ELSA ENTITIES OR CONSEQUEN FROM BREACH OF WAR LIMITED LOSS OF TO OR REPLACEME TICIPATORY PROFITS EVEN IF ESENTATIVES HAVE BEE G ELSA TO DAMAGES DATA OR PRO T OF EN APPRISED OF BE RESPONSIBLE NAL URCHASED AS A ELSA GLADIAC 5II E D Appendix ELSA GLADIAC Sil Glossary 3D Three dimensional 3D clipping A process within geomet ric transformation in which invisible areas or portions of a 3D object are removed 3DNow Extended command set used by AMD in the K6 2 K6 3 and K7 proces sors 21 additional commands are intend ed above all to accelerate the floating point operations that are especially impor tant for 3D games 3D pipeline The sum of all steps re quired in displaying an imaginary 3D scenario on the monitor Included in this are gt Geometrical transformation and 9 Refresh rate AGP bus Abbreviation for Accelerated Graphics Port a relatively new interface standard withi
7. interest will find more detailed information regarding d the ELSA GLADIAC 511 in this chapter All interfaces and their assignments are described in detail 5 1 Characteristics of the graphics boards ELSA GLADIAC 511 Graphics processor NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400 On board memory 32 or 64 MB SDRAM RAMDAC pixel clock 350 MHz Bus system AGP 2 0 or PCI 2 1 depending on model BIOS Flash BIOS with VBE 3 0 support VESA DDC DDC2B 5 2 The ELSA graphics board addresses The ELSA GLADIAC 511 graphics boards are 100 IBM VGA compatible and occupy the same memory area and specific addresses in the I O range The memory range above 1MB is automatically assigned through the PCI BIOS interface If you come across any address conflicts try to modify the I O address of the A expansion board causing the conflict The addresses of the graphics boards cannot be changed The ELSA graphics board also requires an interrupt IRQ which is free This may have to be reserved in the computer s BIOS For help with this theme refer to the manual for your mainboard To ensure that your system functions properly the addresses and ranges occupied by the graphics board must not be accessed simultaneously by other hardware components The following addresses are assigned 1 0 addresses Standard VGA 1 0 3B0 3DF Memory addresses Video RAM A0000 BFFFF Video BIOS ROM C0000 C7FFF ELSA GLADIAC 5II Technical data 5 3 Ports on the graphic
8. 0 GIIPPING avast Vena ease 40 Color palettes te e e 22 Composite signal 15 Composite video sss 40 GOMPULER aan 8 Cube environment mapping 40 eG DDC EA EENS EEEN EET 23 40 Directa D ist petet 20 40 DirectColor sss 22 40 DirectDraw cece 20 40 Double buffering s 40 Desh lliSOCKEL mittes 2 Fans eR Reo 43 FBASSIQMAD ciii cttm 15 TO M mcam eee 31 41 Filtering co ct e e s 19 Hat shading 18 41 43 Frame DUTTBl cs tte 19 41 Front DUHET ie ele cet 41 Full scene anti aliasing 41 Geometrical transformation 17 41 Gouraud shading 18 41 43 Graphics accelerator 41 GHEY SCal85 tete tht 22 H Hi 8 signal sss 13 High GOloFud seats 23 41 Horizontal frequency 41 l Immediate mode 20 Interpolation sss 42 IS Ecol tese dts sath nete 42 L LIGHUING sess re Matinee te earn tne ceed 44 Luminan E airas RO Sener 42 ELSA GLADIAC 5II Memora 25 Memory addresses 25 Mini DIN connector 14 MIP imappinsg sace ccs 19 42 MMX tecta nte epe 42 Mode Xerar mone t S cn 20 MOhItOIS retos 8 N MUSIC 14 0 OpenGL API ene 21 42 P Page flipping ssss 19 42 PAL Sormen tones ti ER DR 14 POEDUS 2o Eoo ao ceu E 42
9. ELSA GLADIAC 5II 2001 ELSA AG Aachen Germany While the information in this manual has been compiled with great care it may not be deemed an assurance of product characteristics ELSA shall be liable only to the degree specified in the terms of sale and delivery The reproduction and distribution of the documentation and software supplied with this product and the use of its contents is subject to written authorization from ELSA We reserve the right to make any alterations that arise as the result of technical development ELSA is DIN EN ISO 9001 certified The accredited TUV CERT certification authority has confirmed ELSA conformity to the worldwide ISO 9001 standard in certificate number 09 100 5069 issued on June 15 1998 You can find all declarations and approvals for the products as long as they were available at the time of publication in he appendix of this documentation Trademarks Windows Windows NT and Microsoft are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp OpenGL API is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics Inc The ELSA logo is a registered trademark of ELSA AG All other names mentioned may be trademarks or registered rademarks of their respective owners Subject to change without notice No liability for technical errors or omissions ELSA Inc ELSA AG 1630 Zanker Road Sonnenweg 11 San Jose CA 95112 52070 Aachen USA Germany www elsa com www elsa com Aachen April 2001 This product inc
10. OUT 32 and 64 MB RAM 26 5 3 2 ELSA GLADIAC 511TWIN and ELSA GLADIAC 5T1PCI li ee 26 5 39 39 ELSA GLADIACBETDWE o e AN TA emer eres 2 5 3 4 The VGA D shell socket ih me er eem er oe es 2 5 3 5 THE S VIdeO CONNECTOR enit ck ee o pR EU Davee alles 28 5 3 5 Ihe VIMO ACE sci eeu sate oad hotest Ardea 28 6 Appendix e eio ge Lie le lan ane ole ay xU a a ERNEUT UTE 31 6 1 CE conformity and FCC radiation standard i iiis esses 31 6 11 European Council GE o ETAT ERE Idenus 31 6 1 2 Federal Communications Commission FCC 0000 32 6 2 Warranty conditions for Europe 0 cee 36 6 3 Warranty conditions for North America 0 0 000 ccc cece eens 37 Ed ale eae bu eee ee 39 8 Indek eck Hee he Reais eee ee on len Eee nee a Re RE RE DER 45 ELSA GLADIAC Sil Introduction EED 1 Introduction Reading the manual is a waste of time A prejudice you are proving to be wrong right now by reading this manual And rightly so In this case it s really worth the effort Because the ELSA GLADIAC 511 has some smart features that are only described here in the manual So only those who read the manual will truly be taken with this board We ll make it as short and easy as we can promise 1 1 Highlights of the ELSA GLADIAC 511 With the new ELSA GLADIAC 511 product family ELSA offers the low priced entrance into the graphics boards technology w
11. PU graphics processing unit processor 32 or 64 MB SDRAM depending on model ELSA GLADIAC 5il aa Introduction 6 High definition picture high performance with up to 2048 x 1536 pixels over 16 million colors and refresh rates of up to 200Hz provide an astounding picture ideal for 19 to 24 monitors 6 Support via Internet and hotline Three year warranty 1 2 What s in the box You will notice if your graphics board is missing But you need to check that the box contains all of the following Graphics board Installation Guide CD ROM with installation and driver software utilities and electronical documentation If any part is missing please contact your dealer ELSA reserves the right to vary the products supplied without prior notice The current package contents are described on our web site 1 3 What hardware do need Computer A system with an Intel Celeron Pentium AMD Athlon or ELSA GLADIAC Sil Duron processor 300 MHz or higher and a minimum of 32 MB RAM is required Approx 100 MB free disk space and a CD ROM drive are required for the installation Bus The ELSA GLADIAC 511 is available in AGP or PCI formats For AGP your computer must have a free AGP slot and must support the AGP standard as specified in version 2 0 or higher Monitor The ELSA GLADIAC 511 works with a standard IBM VGA compatible horizontal scan frequency of 31 5kHz while booting and in DOS operation Aft
12. Phong shading 42 43 Point sampling sss 18 PolygonOffset ssssss 42 PrimitiVB repere 19 42 Products supplied 8 R RAMDAC esent 25 43 Rasterizatior3o ie tas eno ts 18 R AIGGIO RS Soiree 23 43 Refresh Tate i e ecru 43 Beriderinig es sett 18 43 Resolution cese een t te 11 Retained mode s 20 S Shading ts cte 18 43 SIAQIE D TTeE oa a E 43 Sphere environment mapping 43 ELSA GLADIAC Sil E 6 Index Stencil buffer 43 SEEDS E epe RE Er 43 Super sampling ssss 41 APS E A A EE D E AEA ptm 8 SEVIUBD AAE MR 43 S video output 13 S video signal sssssss 14 System requirements 8 T TG OFIDES oit oes tere os 44 Tesselation accom eoe n 44 Texel Gesch 44 Text l e E 17 44 Texture mapping sss 18 Transformation 18 44 Trilinear filtering 44 TrueColor 22 23 44 TV outu oc ko 13 14 TV SiQQal as ot ete tnis 13 TMSOUE S eet ea t REUS 13 V MESA cts ted o end 44 VESA DDU 3 4 ertt te 23 25 VG siccae pa AINE eunte 22 VGA sigtial tette hn 13 Viewing pyramid oo cece eee 44 WwW Warranty conditions for Europe 36 Warranty conditions for North America 37 Z EDIASING ases eet ete 44 Z DUTOT bias iter eee conceited 44
13. ance Information Statement Declaration of Conformity Procedure Responsible Party ELSA Inc Address 1630 Zanker Road San Jos CA 95112 USA Phone 1 408 961 4600 Type of Equipment Graphics Board Model Name GLADIAC 511 TV Out 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 interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation See user manual instructions if interference to radio reception is suspected On behalf of the manufacturer importer this declaration is submitted by Ml bi Stefan Kriebel VP Engineering ELSA AG Germany Aachen February 08 2000 ELSA GLADIAC 5II EN Appendix ELSA AG GLADIAC 511PCI C Tested To Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE Compliance Information Statement Declaration of Conformity Procedure Responsible Party ELSA Inc Address 1630 Zanker Road San Jos CA 95112 USA Phone 1 408 961 4600 Type of Equipment Graphics Board Model Name GLADIAC 511PCI This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules Operation is subjectto the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation See user manual instruc
14. ars two formats have established themselves as the favorites Direct3D and the OpenGL API ELSA graphics boards support these commonly found 3D interfaces The functional differences between the interfaces are slight Your ELSA GLADIAC 511 supports the following APIs Direct 3D As a development of Mode X and DirectDraw under Windows 3 1x Direct 3D is a branch of the DirectX multimedia family which was developed directly for Windows 95 to accelerate the slow 3D display characteristics of the operating system Direct 3D cooperates with Direct Draw in two dimen sional display A typical situation would be for instance rendering a 3D object while Direct Draw is placing a two dimensional background bitmap Immediate mode and retained mode As can be assumed from the two terms immediate mode is a programming mode that is close to the hardware Retained mode on the other hand is a programming mode that is largely predefined through an API interface What does this mean in detail Looking at the two systems hierarchically the immediate mode is also known as the low level mode The programming ELSA GLADIAC Sil Graphics know how HD Jl 4 2 3 O interface level is close to the hardware level and permits the programmer direct access to special functions in the hardware component concerned The retained mode high level mode makes it possible for example to load a defined 3D object with textures into a Windows application Here i
15. ch settings at the sync inputs unless your monitor expects a sync level that differs from that of most common monitors and does not ELSA GLADIAC 5II Technical data 5 3 5 5 3 6 produce a stabile image In some cases the switch settings are labeled only with Low and High If this is the case either you can look up the Ohm values for the switch settings in the user manual provided with your monitor or you can try both settings to see which one produces a stabile image in all of the graphic display modes you require The S video connector i f C Pin assignments Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 GND mass Y 3 GND mass C 2 Y intensity luminance 4 C color chrominance The DVI interface The combined Digital Visual Interface DVI I provides a high speed digital connection for digital monitors and also supports the connection of analog monitors DVI enbles hot plug amp play and is also display technology indepen dent Combined DVI enables Loss free digital transfer from PC to monitor Digital and analog support in a single connector Plug amp play using hot plug detection EDID and DDC2B The combined connector includes 29 signal contacts divided into a digital section consisting of three rows of eight contacts and an analog section con sisting of five contacts for analog signals The DVI I interface accomodates a 12 or 24 pin DVI plug connector or a new type of analog plug connector that uses four additi
16. d DVD films to the screen You will really have a movie theater in your living room O displays your presentations in large format for a large group of inter ested viewers With your video recorder you can O record games sequences as video Your heroic campaign against the Orcs can be preserved for posterity on video tape Or incorporate some digital specials into your tape of your family From the VGA signal to the TV signal Unlike a computer monitor a television set is not able to process the VGA sig nals from a graphics board This is obvious if the 15 pin monitor output on the back of the graphics board is compared with a TV antenna cable The signals travel in fundamentally different ways The TV out interface of the ELSA GLADIAC 511 is thus equipped with its own interpreter a chip which converts VGA signals for the television This TV signal is of course also rec ognized by other devices such as a projector with TV signal input or a video recorder What kind of device can be attached You can connect any standard TV or video device to the TV out interface for the ELSA GLADIAC 511 The TV output works in accordance with the S video standard Modern devices with an S video interface compatible to Hi 8 sig ELSA GLADIAC 5II 14 TV out interface nal can therefore be connected to the TV out interface Older devices often have only a composite input also referred to as an FBAS input An adapter cable is include
17. d so that you can also connect these devices to the TV out interface The best choice for devices that have both an S video and a composite input is the modern S video connection This will give you a better display quality The TV out interface can generate signals conforming to the PAL and NTSC standards Refer to the operating instructions for your television or video device to find out what signal standards it supports 3 1 3 Direct connection of S video devices Devices with S video input can be connected directly to the TV output Use an S video cable with two mini DIN connectors These cables can be obtained form any dealer pd Ic Television S video cable with mini DIN 7 connectors LE sva Video ELSA GLADIAC 511 with TV out interface Projector ELSA GLADIAC Sil TV out interface 3 1 4 Connecting TV devices with the adapter cable To connect TV devices with composite or FBAS input use the adapter cable included with your ELSA GLADIAC 51 1 Cinch socket for devices with composite input o Dj we Television Mini DIN connector 7 for connecting the TV eS out interface of the Video ELSA GLADIAC 511 Projector with video input ELSA GLADIAC 5II 16 TV out interface ELSA GLADIAC Sil Graphics know how 17 D 4 4 1 Graphics know how This is the chapter where we really get stuck in Anyone who wants to know more about
18. data volume by approximately a third Tearing If there is no synchronization with the monitor when switching between images pages in gt Double buffer mode areas of the images can become offset To resolve this the switching between pages is synchronized with the monitor frequen cy Wait on Vertical Blank Tesselation Tessellation subdivides objects into polygons e g triangles for 3D rendering For these primitives the corner point and color values as well as the trans parency value if necessary are deter mined Tessellation is currently performed by the application i e upstream of the 9 3D pipeline Texel Individual pixel of a gt Texture Texture The overlaying of a surface with a texture with correction for perspec tive such as a wood grain or the drawing of a wall with wallpaper in a perspective view Videos too can be used as a tex ture Transformation amp Lighting T amp L Us ing T amp L the main computer processor is freed up from the consuming task of computing geometric calculations This com putational process which includes all ELSA GLADIAC Sil 44 Glossary of the coordinates of a 3D object during ro tation shifting scaling and color is taken over by the graphics board processor Trilinear filtering This is a mixture of gt MIP mapping and Bilinear filtering TrueColor A graphic display mode with max 16 7 million colors i e a color
19. depth of 24 or 32 bits per pixel VESA Abbreviation for Video Electron ics Standards Association A consortium for standardizing computer graphics Viewing pyramid Designation for the part of a 3D space located within the view er s field of vision Z biasing gt Direct3D method for the correct display of various objects with the same depth coordinates A typical exam ple is the display of a shadow on a wall both objects have the same Z depth coor dinates but the shadow must appear on the wall not vice versa The included Z bias value ensures the correct display Under OpenGL API this functionality is called PolygonOffset Z buffer The 3D depth information of a pixel the position in the 3rd dimension Index Numerics 3D clipping oo eee eects 18 39 SUS PIPCUING sexes ste 17 39 SU NOW oet aeree es 39 A Accumulated buffers 41 Adapter cable o 15 RGP 2s rehab eost e terea 8 AOP DUS zie efe ttn 39 Alias eiivor 39 Alpha blending ss 39 Anisotropic filtering 39 Anti aliasing o on 19 AP DEEE AT beret 20 39 B Back bunier sas 19 39 Back face culling 18 39 Bilinear filtering occ cece eee 39 BIOS rct t t tt n 25 39 BING ttt aeo 18 39 Buffer swapping 19 40 Bump mapping 19 40 BUS tel ete or etus ned 8 25 C DET TE Nia ot EL es 31 ChrOMINANCE s stem tttm 4
20. e environment onto an ob ject six gt Textures are viewed as the sur faces of a cube The textures show the environment from the perspective of the object This gives the impression that the environment is being reflected by the object CEM is an extension of sphere en vironment mapping The advantage of CEM is that no new textures need to be calculated when the observer s point of view changes and the texture is not dis torted ELSA GLADIAC Sil D A converter Digital analog convert er A signal converter that converts digital input to analog output DDC Abbreviation for Display Data Channel A special data channel through which a DDC capable monitor can send its technical data to the graphics board Direct3D Software interface gt API developed by Microsoft for the manipula tion and display of 3D content DirectColor Method to achieve the high resolution HighColor TrueCo lor and gt RealColor graphics modes In this case the value stored in the video RAM gt VRAM is not translated but is passed directly to the D A converter D A converter This means that the full color information must be saved for each gt Pi xel DirectDraw Software interface gt API developed by Microsoft for the dis play of 2D content such as videos Double buffer Describes the presence of doubled display memory This permits the next image to be generated first in the invisible background
21. er installing the drivers EN 2 2 1 2 2 After installing the drivers In this chapter you will find descriptions of where you can find the software for operating your ELSA graphics board the performance characteristics of your graphics board and the most effective tuning for the combination of monitor and ELSA graphics board Software installation from the CD The ELSA graphics board is normally supplied with software on a CD ROM You will find all the utilities described in this manual on the GLADIAC 511 CD unless they are a component of the operating system Once you have successfully completed the steps described in the Installation Guide your ELSA GLADIAC 511 is integrated into your computer system with installed drivers If the autostart function for your CD ROM drive under Win dows has been switched off the setup program on the ELSA GLADIAC 511 CD will not start automatically It can be found and started manually from the root directory of the CD and is called SETUP EXE The greater part of the installation is automated ELSA setup detects the installed operating system and ELSA graphics board s First of all select the language for the installation and then the components you wish to install The right settings Our tip is Invest a little time at this stage and you won t regret it Take your time to set up your system just right Your eyes will thank you for it and you are guaranteed to have more fun in
22. erations ELSA GLADIAC Sil 42 Glossary Multifrequency multisync monitor A monitor that can be operated using dif ferent line frequency ranges and can adjust itself to different image signals resolutions OpenGL API 3D software interface 3D API Such as implemented in Windows NT and optionally obtainable for Windows 95 this is based on Iris GL from Silicon Graph ics and is licensed by Microsoft and ELSA Page flipping In the faster Page flip ping method only the buffer addresses are exchanged The slower method Blit ting copies the contents of the Back buffer to the Front buffer PCI bus Abbreviation for peripheral component interconnect bus A system of parallel conductors for transferring data between individual system components especially to expansion cards Phong shading gt Shading Pixel A picture element Pixel frequency Pixel cycle frequen cy The number of drawn Pixel per second in MHz PolygonOffset gt Z biasing Primitive Simple polygonal geomet ric objects such as triangles In most cases 3D landscapes are broken down into triangles RAM Abbreviation for Random Access Memory Main memory and memory ex pansion in gt VRAM or gt DRAM depend ing on the graphics board RAMDAC On a graphics board RAM DAC is responsible for converting digital signals into analog signals VGA monitors can only process analog sig
23. erter This means that the full ELSA GLADIAC Sil Graphics know how ED 4 3 3 4 3 4 color information must be saved for each pixel The meanings of the terms RealColor TrueColor and HighColor can be confused as they are not always used unambiguously HighColor and RealColor HighColor and RealColor usually describe a 15 or 16 bit wide graphics mode while TrueColor should only be used for the more professional 24 bit mode or 32 bit mode 15 bits provide 5 bits each for the red green and blue values resulting in 32 levels per RGB component and thus 32 768 32 x 32 x 32 different color hues The 16 bit graphics modes are organized differently Most common are R G B 5 6 5 e g XGA and 6 6 4 e g i860 5 6 5 means that 5 bits are used for each of red and blue and 6 bits are used for green In the case of 6 6 4 6 bits are used for red and green and 4 bits for blue Both ways of assigning the bits correspond to the color sensitivity of the human eye this is highest for green and lowest for blue 65 536 different colors can be displayed TrueColor The TrueColor mode is more complex using 24 bits per pixel Here 8 bits are available for each color component 256 levels resulting in 16 7 million different color hues There are more colors available than pixels on the screen 1 3 million pixels at a resolution of 1280 x 1024 VESA DDC Display Data Channel The Display Data Channel provides a serial data cha
24. esentation which requires only short computation times In Gouraud shading all the vertices of the polygons are assigned a color value The remaining pixel information for the polygon is interpolated This method gives a very gentle color transition even with fewer polygons than are required for flat shading Texture mapping At this stage the 3D object undergoes a sort of face lift The materials and textures are assigned Different methods are used here to make the textures appear realistic even when enlarged or reduced As a first step the textures are computed O Point sampling is the simplest method A pixel by pixel comparison is made between the texture template and the surface to be filled This method leads to a very coarse representation especially when enlarged Inlinear mapping a new color value is interpolated from the adjacent pixels or texels of a texture This gives better results than point sampling as the hard boundary between the coarse pixels is blurred ELSA GLADIAC Sil Graphics know how ELE O The MIP mapping method stores a large number of enlargement stages for the texture The depth information of a primitive is then used to determine which enlargement stages of the texture will be CS used in drawing Information concerning the transparency of the texture is carried in the alpha channel Finally a distinction is made in MIP mapping between bilinear and trilinear filtering Bilinear filteri
25. front of your screen To set up your system properly the following questions should be answered What is the maximum resolution can set on my system Which color depth do want to use How high should the refresh rate be set To help you find the answers to these questions this chapter has been divided according to the operating systems available Just look for the section about the operating system you use All you need to know you will ELSA GLADIAC 5II 10 After installing the drivers 2 2 1 2 2 2 find there All the software you need if not already a part of your operating system is on the FLSA GLADIAC 511 CD What are your options The tables below show the maximum possible resolutions for the ELSA GLADIAC 511 Please note that these resolutions cannot be achieved under all operating conditions Max refresh rate Hz Color depth 256 colors 8 bit HighColor 16 bit TrueColor 32bit 2048 x 1536 60 75 60 75 60 75 1900 x 1440 60 85 60 85 60 85 1600 x 1200 60 120 60 120 60 100 1280 x 1024 60 170 60 170 60 150 1024 x 768 60 200 60 200 60 200 800 x 600 60 200 60 200 60 200 640 x 480 60 200 60 200 60 200 HighColor 65 536 colors TrueColor 16 7 million colors What is best for what situation There are some basic ground rules for you to follow when setting up your graphics system On one hand there are
26. ilinear filtering n this case a weighted average is calculated from four neighboring Pixels or Texels 2x2 matrix BIOS Abbreviation for basic input output system A code stored in the com puter s memory ROM which carries out the self test and various other functions when the system is started Blitting traditional method for Buf fer swapping the contents of the gt Back buffer is copied to the Front buffer slower than Page flipping ELSA GLADIAC 5II E N Glossary Buffer swapping The image prepared in the gt Back buffer is displayed Bump mapping A technique that pro vides textures with depth information which can be applied to display relief or embossed structures Bus system A system of parallel con ductors for transferring data between indi vidual system components especially to expansion cards such as ISA gt Page flip ping and gt AGP bus Chrominance Color information in the transfer of video signals Clipping Reduces the number of gt Primitives to be calculated All primitives outside the limits of the screen 2D or out side of the Viewing pyramid 3D are clipped or removed Composite video A method of trans ferring video data signals where the sig nals for gt Chrominance and Lumi nance are combined also called FBAS Cube environment mapping n order to represent realistic and undistorted re flections of th
27. ion on how to customize your graphics settings under Windows 2000 in your system manual Windows NT 4 0 The settings for the graphics driver are included in the Control Panel under Windows NT 4 0 Use the command sequence Start gt Settings Control Panel to call the dialog window where you should find the icon for Display Double click on this symbol to open the window with its various tabs Click on the Settings tab You can select the possible settings for Color palette Font size Resolution and Display frequency from this dialog box The available selection is determined by the ELSA driver you have installed You should always check the configuration you have selected by clicking on the Test button You will find further information on how to customize your graphics settings under Windows NT 4 0 in your system manual ELSA GLADIAC Sil TV out interface EER 3 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 2 TV out interface This chapter describes the possibilities available with the TV out adapter One interface many possibilities The TV out interface enables a whole new range of uses for the ELSA GLADIAC 511 Here are some tips and ideas to get you started With your television you can O finally experience the real action of the games A sound card will make your game playing a multimedia pleasure O enjoy the DVD films in full view professional projector with video input O brings your games an
28. ith the Transform amp Lighting unit It is based on the new NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400 graphics processor and supplies outstanding representation quality and performance e g for presen tations office and Internet applications or PC games The operating systems Windows 98 Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 and Windows Me are sup ported Five versions of the ELSA GLADIAC 511 cover the most areas of application perfectly The ELSA GLADIAC 517TV OUT with onboard TV out interface for output of presentations games or DVD movies on TV VCRs or projectors available with two memory outfits with 32 or 64 MB SDRAM As well as a second VGA output and the TV out interface the FLSA GLADIAC 511PCI offers almost GeForce AGP performance with a virtual AGP bus Ideal for upgrading older Pentium systems or PCs with onboard graphics chips without an AGP slot The FLSA GLADIAC 511 TWIN offers high quality multi monitor solutions with all standard monitors with full usage of the AGP performance The ELSA GLADIAC 511DVI is only available as a special solution for system integrators Modern digital monitors can also be connected to its DVI I port or extra monitors can be connected with the supplementary VGA output The retail versions the GLADIAC 511TV OUT GLADIAC 511PCI and GLADIAC 511TWIN contain an attractive software package including ELSAmovie 2000 software DVD player and the latest games bundle The latest 3D graphics technology with the NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 400 G
29. n the PC platform Graphics boards take advantage of its high transfer rates for the display of 3D and full motion video sequences Aliasing The well known staircase ef fect There is often a jagged transition be tween adjacent pixels when displaying slanted or curved lines The rough transi tions can be smoothed using anti aliasing Alpha blending Supplementary infor mation per pixel for generating transpar ent material Anisotropic filtering Method de signed to reduce texture aliasing effects on surfaces at an angle to the viewer Un like other methods such as gt Bilinear fil tering Trilinear filtering anisotropic Glossary EXD filtering takes into account that such sur di faces require a greater number of texture pixels for a clean display than surfaces that are perpendicular to the viewer This especially enhances the legibility of text on angled planes Star Wars text Anti aliasing Methods for the reduc tion of gt Aliasing effects API Application Programming Interface Software interfaces that provide applica tions with complete packages of func tions The most important 3D APIs are gt Direct3D and gt OpenGL API Back buffer A portion of the graphics memory that is used to construct the image that is to appear on the monitor next The back buffer is also used to calcu late transparency effects Back face culling Leaving out invisi ble areas B
30. nals RealColor In general stands for a 15 or 16 bit per pixel wide graphic display mode 32 768 or 65 536 colors Refresh rate Indicates in Hz how of ten the image on the monitor is rebuilt per second Rendering The calculative process for representing 3D scenery where position and color are determined for each point in space The depth data are located in the buffer while the color and size data are in the gt Frame buffer Resolution The number of pixels in both horizontal and vertical directions e g 640 horizontal x 480 vertical pixels RGB Color data stored in red green blue format ROM Abbreviation for Read Only Mem ory Solid state memory that can be read from only S video Or S VHS A method of trans ferring video data signals where the sig nals for gt Chrominance and Lumi nance are separated This results in im proved image quality SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory These memory chips are based on standard DRAMs gt DRAM but are fast enough to permit data access at the clock speed of the gt Bus system This eliminates the wait states typical of DRAMs They consist of two separate Glossary EE memory ranges with one preparing data for access while the other is actually still being accessed Shading The shading of curved areas to make them appear as realistic as possi ble To do so the curved areas are divided into many small t
31. nd of the original pur chase price of the Product not meeting ELSA s limited warranty if the Product is returned within the warranty period with a copy of proof of purchase such as the original purchase receipt to ELSA or ELSA s dealer ELSA will not be responsible for shipping or handling Appendix EJ c d e g h charges involved in shipping the Product to and from ELSA or ELSA s dealer and purchaser must prepay all shipping charges ELSA will not be responsible for replacing Product that is damaged by ANY IMP TION TO ABOVE THE FOR MPLIED ABIL THE PRO THE PRO OT WAI Daz ECT OMMU Cae 35 GRA EQUIPME ELSA OR THE LIKE FOR DA THIS LIM MERCHANT TY AND ULTS OF ESS HALL CREATE OME ST incompatible hardware or so aging while the Product is in ii The purchaser s failure to fo structions as set forth in the The warranty a ifications o so LIED WA TABILIT THE EGOING INCLUD DUCT DUCT RRA USE OF W CATIO S LOSS OF PROF PROPERTY OR T OR LIHOOD EXP W T OR ATES DO HE ABOVE EXCLUSIO OTWITHSTAND SHALL NOT UNDER TIAL INCIDE RANTY OR ANY ARISING OUT OF OR TAL IND does not apply if p repairs to persons other than ELSA or an au THE PRODUCT INCLUDI Y AND FITNESS FO RESS LIMITED WARRANTY PER RRANTIES O WARRANTIES ARE LL LL BE UNINT AKE A THE PRODUCT OR
32. ng interpolates between two pixels of two textures trilinear filtering interpolates between four pixels for each of two textures O Bump mapping introduces a new dimension Relief or raised textures can only be generated with the other methods in two dimensions using light and shadow effects The staircase effect is corrected by anti aliasing This is either done by interpolating mixed pixels in which a new color value is computed from two adjacent color values The frame buffer The finished image will not be written to the frame buffer until this complex sequence of steps is completed The frame buffer is made up of front and back buffer The back buffer acts as a buffer page in which the next image to be displayed is built up The front buffer is the memory area where the image that appears on the monitor is located This prevents the process of image drawing being visible The duplicate storage method is also known as double buffering Buffer swapping Display on the monitor Two possibilities exist for transferring a completed image from the back to the front buffer and thus to the display The obvious method is to copy the contents to the front buffer one byte at a time a process known as blitting Page flipping is significantly faster in this case the content of the buffer is not rewritten the addresses of the front and back buffers are simply exchanged As a result only tiny data volumes are transferred The buffer swappi
33. ng will only ever be performed once the image drawing process in the back buffer is completed This procedure should be repeated at least 20 times a second to give a smooth representation of 3D scenarios In this context we speak of frames per second fps This is a very important value especially for 3D applications A cinema film runs at 24fps ELSA GLADIAC 5II 20 Graphics know how 4 2 4 2 1 4 2 2 3D interfaces Software interfaces including 3D interfaces are known as APIs Application Programming Interface The question is what these interfaces are used for and how they work In simple terms They make developers work easier In the past it was necessary to address the various hardware components directly in programming if you wanted to exploit their capabilities to the full The APIs are a kind of translator operating between the hardware and the software The specification of standard definitions was the precondition for the proper function of these translation routines These definitions are implemented by the hardware manufacturers during development and optimized for the hardware concerned Developers can implement complex procedures relatively easily by using these definitions They can use a uniform command set when programming and do not need to know the characteristics specific to the hardware What APIs are available There are a good dozen more or less commonly found 3D APIs However in recent ye
34. nnel between the monitor and the graphics board as long as both support DDC and the monitor cable includes the additional DDC wire An extended monitor cable is used This feature allows the monitor data to be sent automatically to the graphics board e g name type max horizontal frequency timing definitions etc or even for the graphics board to send instructions to the monitor There are various standards DDC2B and DDC2AB DDC2B A bi directional data channel based on the C access bus protocol is used for the communication between monitor and graphics board In the case of a standard IBM VGA compatible 15 pin monitor connector pin 12 formerly ELSA GLADIAC 5II 24 Graphics know how used as monitor ID bit 1 is used for data transmission SDA and the pin 15 formerly used as monitor ID bit 3 is used as transmission clock SCL The graphics board can request the short EDID information see DDC1 as well as the more comprehensive VDIF information VESA Display Identification File 4 3 5 DDC2AB With DDC2AB additional to DDC2B the computer can send commands for controlling the monitor e g for adjusting the screen position or the brightness similar to ACCESS bus Modern monitors and graphics boards no longer use this standard The pin assignment of the VGA D shell socket can be found in the chapter Technical data O ELSA GLADIAC Sil Technical data EJD 5 Technical data Those with a technical
35. of data ELSA will be liable for those costs typical to the recovery of data where periodic security data back ups have been made f The warranty is valid only for the first purchaser and is not transferable g The court of jurisdiction is located in Aachen Germany in the case that the purchaser is a merchant If the purchaser does not have a court of jurisdiction in the Federal Republic of Germany or if he moves his domicile out of Germany after conclusion of the contract ELSA s court of jurisdiction applies This is also applicable if the purchaser s domicile is not known atthe time of institution of proceedings h The law of the Federal Republic of Germany is applicable The UN commercial law does not apply to dealings between ELSA and the purchaser 6 3 Warranty conditions for North America ELSA S THREE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY ELSA provides the following limited warranty to purchasers of ELSA products within the United States and ELSA s warranty obligations are limited to the terms set forth below 8 b ELSA GLADIAC Sil ELSA AG and ELSA Inc jointly ELSA warrant this ELSA product and its parts jointly Pro duct against defects in material and workmanship for a period of THREE 3 YEARS from the date of delivery of the Product by an ELSA dealer to the purchaser ELSA s entire liability and Customer s exclusive remedy will be at ELSA s sole discretion the repair replacement replacement by a successor product or refu
36. onal pins plus a ground plane plug to maintain constant impedance for the analog RGB signals A DVI connector can only be inserted into the DVI I interface It cannot be plugged into the analog interface Likewise an analog plug connector cannot be inserted into a DVI I interface without the supplied DVI VGA adapter ELSA GLADIAC Sil Technical data ED Pin assignment 1 8c The ELSA GLADIAC 511 offers the following assigment via a C2 29 pin port e 17 249 C5 Pin Signal assignment Pin Signal assignment 1 TMDS Data 2 13 TMDS Data 3 2 TMDS Data 24 14 5 V Power 3 TMDS Data 2 4 Shield 5 Ground for 5 V 4 TMDS Data 4 6 Hot Plug Detect 5 TMDS Data 4 17 DS Data 0 6 DDC Clock 18 DS Data 0 7 DDC Data 9 DS Data 0 5 Data0 5 Shield 8 Analog Vertical Sync 20 TMDS Data 5 9 TMDS Data 1 21 DS Data 5 10 TMDS Data 1 22 DS Clock Shield 11 TMDS Data 1 3 Shield 23 DS Clock 12 TMDS Data 3 24 TMDS Clock C1 Analog Red C2 Analog Green C3 Analog Blue C4 Analog Horizontal Sync C5 Analog Ground analog R G amp B return TMDS Transition Minimized Differential Signalling ELSA GLADIAC 5II Ge Technical data ELSA GLADIAC Sil Appendix ED 6 6 1 CE FCC CE and FCC 6 1 1 Appendix CE conformity and FCC radiation standard This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of the European Council Directive on the app
37. orporates 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 ns NND Preface Thank you for placing your trust in this ELSA product In choosing the ELSA GLADIAC 511 you have selected a graphics board which is just as well suited to professional users as to ambitious players ELSA products are subject to the highest of standards in production and quality control which are the foundation for consistently high product quality This manual provides all the information you will need to get the best out of your ELSA graphics board For instance which resolution is best for which monitor or how is the board upgraded The accompanying utility programs are described and you will find detailed information about 3D acceleration This documentation was compiled by several members of our staff from a variety of departments in order to ensure you the best possible support when using your ELSA product Further information on the Internet at www elsa com Our online services www elsa com are available to you around the clock should you have any queries regarding
38. pg from palette Max gray levels VGA 0x12 4 6 6 6 16 of 262 144 16 VGA 0x13 8 6 6 6 256 of 262 144 64 Standard 8 6 6 6 256 of 262 144 64 8 6 6 6 256 of 16 7 million 256 HighColor 15 5 5 5 32 768 32 16 6 6 4 65 536 16 16 54645 65 536 32 TrueColor 24 84948 16 7 million 256 32 86484048 16 7 million 256 bpp bits per pixel bpg bits per gun 4 3 1 VGA In VGA graphics boards the digital color information stored in the video memory 4 bits for 16 colors or 8 bits for 256 colors is converted into a digital 18 bit value in the graphics adapter in a CLUT ColorLookUpTable The 3 x 6 bits are converted separately for R G B red green blue in the RAMDAC D A converter and transferred to the monitor as analog signals on just three lines plus sync lines The original color values are converted into completely different values by means of a translation table The value stored in the video memory is thus not a color value but only a pointer to a table in which the actual color value is found The advantage of this method Only 8 bits need to be stored for each pixel although the color values are 18 bits wide the disadvantage Only 256 colors can be displayed simultaneously from a palette of 262 144 possible colors 4 3 2 DirectColor The situation is different in the case of DirectColor TrueColor RealColor and HighColor In this case the value stored in the video memory is not trans lated but is passed directly to the D A conv
39. r you to select an incorrect refresh rate which might damage your monitor QD Click on Start then select Settings gt Control Panel Q You will find the Display icon in the Control Panel When you start this program you are shown a dialog box where you can modify the display settings Q Click here on the Settings tab Windows 2000 The settings for the graphics driver are included in the Control Panel under Windows 2000 Use the command sequence Start gt Settings gt Control Panel to call the dialog window where you should find the icon for Display Double click on this symbol to open the window with its various tabs Click on the Settings tab ELSA GLADIAC 5II 12 After installing the drivers e TIO O 2 Click Advanced in the Settings dialog 3 Select the Graphics Board tab in the dialog that opens A button labeled Display mode is located in the lower part of the window Click it to view a list of all configurable combinations of resolution color depth and refresh rate The values in the list depend on the capabilities of the monitor and graphics board Select the desired combination and confirm by pressing OK When finished click Apply to check the new settings You are then given the option of selecting or canceling the chosen settings If you are satisfied with the new combination confirm your selection by pressing OK You will find further informat
40. rface ooo rtc p In et enning Cede RE a EE ER a e 13 3 1 One interface many possibilities esses 13 3 1 1 From the VGA signal to the TV signal n a anaana esses 13 3 1 2 What kind of device can be attached 0 00 eee 13 3 1 3 Direct connection of S video devices 0 2 2 eee eee 14 3 1 4 Connecting TV devices with the adapter cable 004 15 4 Graphics know how 0 c cece cece eee eee eee eens 17 4 1 3D graphics representation 00 oo ccc een eens 17 AD SID Interfaces duce soe ts ah Sooo t e ANGE Cem d OE ne 20 4 2 1 What APIs are available liliis esses seen 20 4 2 22 Direct 3D Aes s manch e eter MM Nb Ades 20 21 2 PENGL AP au sten rq een Ua dud retos ea aka Sous eta 21 4 3 Color palettes TrueColor and gray scales 0 0 2c cece eee 22 AES T GA Sorten oett aep oe E ees o ro n NR ne ter raat b et ced s 22 4 32 DirectColDE iussi set aes deem hob eee ire cetur aad seas 22 4 3 3 VESA DDC Display Data Channel 0 00 0 0 c esses 23 43 4 DDU2B34 n tbe tn ERE PI IU SEHE RUD s 23 AS 5 DD CZAB 3 estere PD aO NEED DR e e E Mal 24 ELSA GLADIAC 5II CU 5 Techhicaldata s e cj 0 feet ncn Surat ah eint eso Ce wae dnteae et onwenas 25 5 1 Characteristics of the graphics boards 0 cece eee eee 25 5 2 The ELSA graphics board addresses 2 2 0 0 sisse esses 25 5 3 Ports on the graphics boards iecit e e IESU te ee tates 26 5 3 1 ELSA GLADIAC 511TV
41. riangles The three most important 3D shading methods differ by how the color gradients within the trian gles are represented Flat shading The tri angles are colored uniformly Gouraud shading The color gradient is determined by the interpolation of the corner color val ues Phong shading The color gradient is determined by the interpolation of the nor mal vector plus the calculation of the light incidence for each pixel These shading methods are not supported directly in the standard OpenGL API Single buffer Unlike the gt Double buffer where there is doubled display memory single buffer mode does not al low access to the next prepared image resulting in animation that is not smooth Sphere environment mapping gt Cube environment mapping Stencil buffer This buffer permits the color information of the Pixel to be sup plemented with further information This can be used to create stencils volumetric shadows and reflective surfaces for ex ample Strips and fans Process for the reduc tion of data volume required for complex 3D objects Strips are used for objects con sisting of several parallel rows of trian gles Rather than calculating each indivi ELSA GLADIAC 5II dual triangle the vertices are transferred only once A fan object is used when sev eral triangles converge to a single point In this case the vertices are also transferred only once These processes can reduce the
42. roximation of the laws of the member states relating to electromagnetic compatibility 89 336 EEC according to EN 55022 class B This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the Federal Communications Commission FCC Rules The following procedures were applied during conformity testing These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against radio frequency interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy It may interfere with radio communications if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception this can be determined by turning this equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the distance between this equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit other than that to which the receiver is connected Consult your dealer or an experienced radio TV technician Caution To comply with the limits for an FCC Class B computing device always use a shielded signal cable Caution to the user The Federal Communications Commission warns the user
43. s appear during the warranty period the warranty claims must be made immedia tely at the latest within a period of 7 days In the case of any externally visible damage arising from transport e g damage to the hou sing the transport company representative and ELSA should be informed immediately On discovery of damage which is not externally visible the transport company and ELSA are to warranty claims will be deemed be immediately informed in wri ing at the latest within 7 days of delivery Transport to and from the location where the warranty claim is accepted and or the repaired device is exchanged is at the pi Warranty claims are only valid Suspension of the warranty if the device is damaged or desti ences moisture electric shock if the device was stored or ope specifications if the damage occurred due to stem description and the opera if the device was opened repai if the device shows any kind of urchaser s own risk and cost if the original purchase receipt is returned with the device invalid royed as a result of acts of nature or by environmental influ dust etc ated under conditions not in compliance with the technical incorrect handling especially to non observance of the sy ing instructions ed or modified by persons not authorized by ELSA mechanical damage ELSA GLADIAC 5II EJ Appendix g h 5 if in the case of an ELSA Monitor damage to the ca
44. s boards ES 5 3 1 ELSA GLADIAC 511TV OUT 32 and 64 MB RAM S video connector Mini DIN 4 pin TV out VGA D shell socket connector socket for the monitor 15 pin e 5 3 2 ELSA GLADIAC 511TWIN and ELSA GLADIAC 511PCI VGA D shell socke connector socket for a monitor 15 pin S video connector Mini DIN 4 pin TV ou VGA D shell socke connector socket for a monitor 15 pin WE ELSA GLADIAC Sil Technical data 27 D 5 3 3 5 3 4 ELSA GLADIAC 511DVI DVI socke combined digital analog connector socket for the monitor 29 pin VGA D shell socke connector socket for the monitor 15 pin The VGA D shell socket Pin assignments Pin Signal red green blue not assigned ground red ground green ground N Io a A jJN blue ground Pin C1 e J h3 0000 amp 9 amp 09 amp d amp Signal 5V sync ground not assigned bidirectional data SDA DDC2 horizontal synchronization vertical synchronization data clock SCL DDC2 The ELSA GLADIAC 511 issues analog signals in accordance with the requirements of directive RS 170 The synchronization information is sent separately If your monitor supports the switching of input impedance the 75 Ohm setting 75Q should be chosen for the R G and B video inputs and the 2 kOhm setting 2kQ should be set for the sync inputs You should not try other swit
45. s requirements to prevent the monitor from being damaged in extreme cases ELSA GLADIAC 5II Horizontal scan frequency Horizon tal scan frequency monitor line frequency in kHz This value must be set according to the monitor s requirements to prevent the monitor from being damaged in extreme cases Interpolation When displayed video data must be stretched or shrunk to the correct window size If the individual pix els are simply multiplied when stretched unwanted blocks the staircase effect gt Aliasing occur This can be prevented us ing a filtering interpolation technique av eraging While horizontal interpolation is easily accomplished vertical interpolation is more complicated and requires buffered storage of the most recent image lines ISSE Extended Intel command set cur rently used in the Pentium III processors 70 additional commands are intended above all to accelerate the floating point operations that are especially important for 3D games Luminance Black white information in the transfer of video signals MIP mapping MIP mapping assigns several textures with different resolutions to an object based on distance If the observer gets closer to the object the rep resentation of the texture becomes more detailed MMX Extended Intel command set used by 166 MHz and higher Pentium proces sors bearing this designation 57 addition al commands accelerate especially integer op
46. t can be manipulated and moved using simple API commands Translation takes place in real time without the need to know the technical structure of the object For further information see the Internet site www microsoft com directx OpenGL API Since the OpenGL API was introduced in 1992 ithas grown into the industry s leading cross platform 2D and 3D graphics API and its presence continues to grow every day The OpenGL API is platform independent and makes a distinction between immediate and display list modes A display list stores specific sequences that can be recalled again later The object descriptions can then be taken directly from the list resulting in very high performance However if objects need to be manipulated frequently the display list will have to be generated again from new The OpenGL API provides a wide range of graphics features from rendering a simple geometric point line or filled polygon to the most sophisticated representations of curved surfaces with lighting and texture mapping The some 330 routines of the OpenGL API provide software developers access to these graphics capabilities For further information see the Internet site www sgi com software apengl ELSA GLADIAC 5II 22 Graphics know how 4 3 Color palettes TrueColor and gray scales E Common graphics modes are listed in the following table Not all graphics modes are available on the ELSA boards Graphics Colors Hoi bpp b
47. the ergonomic guidelines although nowadays these are met by most systems and on the other hand there are limitations inherent to your system e g your monitor The question of whether your applications need to run using large color depths perhaps even TrueColor is also important This is an important condition for many DTP or CAD workstations More pixels more fun This is an opinion which is widespread but which is not entirely true under all circumstances The general rule is that a refresh rate of 85Hz meets the minimum ergonomic requirements The resolution to be selected also ELSA GLADIAC Sil After installing the drivers 11 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 2 depends on the capabilities of your monitor The table below is a guide to the resolutions you might select Monitor Typical Minimum Maximum Ergonomic size image size resolution resolution resolution 17 15 5 16 0 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1024 x 768 19 17 5 18 1 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 1152 x 864 20 21 19 0 20 0 1024x 768 1600 x 1200 1280 x 1024 24 21 0 722 0 1600 x 1000 1920 x 1200 1600 x 1000 Changing the resolution You set the resolution of your graphics board in the Control Panel under Windows Windows 95 Windows 98 and Windows Me Once you have specified the graphics board model and the monitor data the program will automatically detect which settings are possible and which are not This means for instance that it is impossible fo
48. thode ray tube CRT has been caused especially by mechanical load e g from shock to the pitch mask assembly or damage to the glass tube by strong magnetic fields near the CRT colored dots on the screen or through the permanent display of an unchanging image phosphor burnt if and in as far as the luminance of the TFT panel backlighting gradually decreases with time or if the warranty claim has not been reported in accordance with 3a or 3b Operating mistakes If it becomes apparent that the reported malfunction of the device has been caused by unsuitable software hardware installation or operation ELSA reserves the right to charge the purchaser for the resulting testing costs 6 Additional regulations a The above conditions define the complete scope of ELSA s legal liability b The warranty gives no entitlement to additional claims such as any refund in full or in part Compensation claims regardless of the legal basis are excluded This does not apply if e g injury to persons or damage to private property are specifically covered by the product lia bility law or in cases of intentional act or culpable negligence c Claims for compensation of lost profits indirect or consequential detriments are excluded d ELSA is not liable for lost data or retrieval of lost data in cases of slight and ordinary negli gence e Inthecasethatthe intentional or culpable negligence of ELSA employees has caused a loss
49. tion and refresh rate FIFO method Abbreviation for first in first out A system used in batch process ing and queues in which the first arriving signal is processed first Flat shading gt Shading Glossary 41 Frame buffer Memory on the graphics board containing display information es pecially the 9 Front buffer and gt Back buffer Front buffer Refers to the visible im age area in the case of Double buffer Full scene anti aliasing Describes a type of gt Anti aliasing that is applied to a complete frame Two processes are used in this form of anti aliasing Super sampling and Accumulated buffers In the case of super sampling a much higher res olution is calculated than the one to be displayed and then reduced With the ac cumulated buffer process several views of a scene are drawn that are then com bined to a single image Geometrical transformation The po sition of the objects in space is determined based on the observer Gouraud shading Shading Graphics accelerator ELSA GLADIAC 511 is a graphics accelera tor card that is especially well suited for the user environment that requires intense graphics HighColor Stands for a graphic display mode with 15 or 16 bit color depth per pix el 32 768 or 65 536 colors Horizontal frequency The monitor li ne frequency horizontal scan frequency in kHz This value must be set according to the monitor
50. tions if interference to radio reception is suspected On behalf of the manufacturer importer this declaration is submitted by Ml i Stefan Kriebel VP Engineering ELSA AG Germany Aachen February 08 2000 ELSA GLADIAC Sil Appendix EXD ELSA AG GLADIAC 511DVI C Tested To Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE Compliance Information Statement Declaration of Conformity Procedure Responsible Party ELSA Inc Address 1630 Zanker Road San Jos CA 95112 USA Phone 1 408 961 4600 Type of Equipment Graphics Board Model Name GLADIAC 511DVI 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 interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation See user manual instructions if interference to radio reception is suspected On behalf of the manufacturer importer this declaration is submitted by Ml i Stefan Kriebel VP Engineering ELSA AG Germany Aachen February 08 2000 ELSA GLADIAC 5II EN Appendix ELSA GLADIAC Sil Appendix ED 6 2 Warranty conditions for Europe The ELSA AG warranty is given to purchasers of ELSA products in addition to the warranty con ditions provided by law and in accordance with the following conditions a b d 2 Warranty
51. transformation This part of the 3D pipeline is very processor intensive as all the calculations for the 3D scene are carried out at this stage Simplified it comprises the following steps ELSA GLADIAC 5II 18 Graphics know how Transformation ln transformation the objects are aligned in perspective as seen from the observer s point of view 3D clipping ln this process each polygon is checked to determine whether it is partially or fully invisible The invisible faces or parts of objects will be removed Back face culling tThis process computes hidden surfaces resulting from the observation perspective chosen Any object having an invisible front surface is omitted Illumination The illumination of the scene by different light sources is calculated Scaling on the screen The above steps are now calculated for three dimensional space using normalized coordinates The on screen image coordinates will only now be computed Rendering Rasterization At this stage the 3D scene is filled with color shades and textures are applied Different processes and methods are also applied here Shading Shading takes account of the effects created by different light sources on the 3D object and provide for a very realistic overall impression Here too there are different methods which are more or less processor intensive O Flat shading assigns a color value to each polygon This results in a faceted repr
52. your ELSA GLADIAC 511 or require any further support Our KnowledgeBase can be found at www elsa com support In the Support file section under Know How you can find answers to frequently asked questions FAQs Current drivers firmware tools and manuals can be downloaded at any time ELSA GLADIAC 5II Before you read on O The installation of the ELSA GLADIAC 511 hardware and software drivers is Jl described in full in the Installation Guide which accompanies this manual You should refer to that document before attempting to install your board and before reading this manual ELSA GLADIAC Sil ns ED Contents T Introduction ssir bee Re die aot ria a d e DR woe DETTE ea sies eia 7 1 1 Highlights of the FLSA GLADIAC 511 esses ee 7 1 29 Hat S31 tN DON fess hte oec te ah a it rt etti T c a Bee 8 1 3 What hardware do need 2 0 cence eens 8 2 After installing the drivers 0 cece eee cece e eee eee eee eens 9 2 1 Software installation from the CD 2 eee eee 9 2 23 The Fight Settings sos sopra S EE Baer O 9 2 2 1 What are your Options u oe sen rm c b e etes 0 2 2 2 What is best for what situation unauna eee 10 2 3 Changing the FESOUUONsjo2accnronrsqudye unr ete tt cue ado oar dou as 11 2 3 1 Windows 95 Windows 98 and Windows Me 0000 11 2 3 2 Windows 2000 ete RE E ot S eb n ats 11 2 3 3 Windows NT O tee ER tee co Ee PU E nip is 12 3 TV outnte
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