ELSA Comprehensive Guide to Your Graphics Board Experience

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Preface

Thank you for placing your trust in this ELSA product.

To make sure that you have undiluted fun with your ELSA board, we insist on the high- est quality requirements in manufacturing and stringent quality control to ensure our high product standards and consistent product quality.

About this Manual

This manual provides all the information you will need to get the best out of your ELSA graphics board. The accompanying ELSA utilities are described, and you will find detailed information about 3D and video.

Changes to this Manual

ELSA products are subject to continual further development. It is therefore possible that the printed documentation does not always correspond to the latest release. However, information about the latest changes is always to be found in the README files on the

ELSA CD.

If you have questions to the topics covered in this manual or require additional help, our online services are at your disposal around the clock. The complete range of support and services provided by ELSA can be found in the "Advice and Help" chapter.

In very urgent cases the ELSA Support hotline can be reached under the following num- ber:

+49-241-606-6131

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Contents Elsa Erazortm Germany Elsa IncSonnenweg AachenThank you for placing your trust in this Elsa product PrefaceAbout this Manual Changes to this ManualBefore you continue Contents Glossary Index Look at the Erazor II and Victory Erazor LT IntroductionHighlights of the Erazor Graphics Boards What Hardware Do I Need?Whats In the Box? CE Conformity and FCC Radiation Standard Declaration of ConformityCE and FCC Introduction Elsa Erazor II and Elsa Victory Erazor LT Colors HighColor TrueColor After Installing the DriversWhat is Possible? Its Time to Get MovingMonitor Typical Minimum Maximum Ergonomic ResolutionWhat Makes Sense? More pixels means more funChanging the resolution Click on Start, then select Settings E Control PanelWindows 95 and Windows Choosing the monitor Here you should click on the Settings tabElsa Erazor II and Elsa Victory Erazor LT Use the command sequence Start E Settings E Control PanelWindows NT Multimedia Player Useful Stuff and MoreTurn Settings E Advanced... E 3D Settings Fine-Tuning for Performance FreaksStart The object data All about graphics3D Graphics Representation 3D PipelineRendering Geometrical transformationFlipping Display on the monitor Frame buffer3D Interfaces What APIs Are Available?Direct 3D OpenGL Immediate Mode and Retained ModeBpp Color Palettes, TrueColor and Gray ScalesDirectColor HighColor and RealColorVesa DDC Display Data Channel TrueColorThere are various standards DDC1, DDC2B, and DDC2AB DDC2AB O addresses Technical DataCharacteristics of the Graphics Boards Address Assignment of the Erazor IIPin Assignment Connection SignalPorts on the Graphics Board VGA D-Shell SocketAdvice and Help Name and version of the application program with the errorAppendix Who to Contact? Driver Updates Repair? Elsa LocalWebElsa Japan Inc DoC-Declaration of Conformity Appendix Elsa Erazor II and Elsa Victory Erazor LT Warranty Procedure Warranty ConditionsWarranty Coverage Warranty PeriodAdditional Regulations Operating MistakesAppendix Elsa Erazor II and Elsa Victory Erazor LT Glossary 3D Three-dimensionalFlipping The image generated in the back buffer is displayed Pixel Picture element. Dot in the image Phong shading ShadingAre calculated by interpolating the normal vec- tor 15, 32 Index18, 19