Before you continue | ELSA Victory Erazor LT, Erazor II guide

Before you continue

Installation of the ELSA ERAZOR II and ELSA VICTORY Erazor LT and installation of the associated drivers are described in the Installation Guide. Please read this information first before you start reading this manual.

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ELSA Victory Erazor LT, Erazor II user manual Before you continue

Contents

Elsa Erazortm Elsa Inc SonnenwegAachen Germany Preface About this ManualChanges to this Manual Thank you for placing your trust in this Elsa product Before you continue Contents Glossary Index Introduction Look at the Erazor II and Victory Erazor LT What Hardware Do I Need? Highlights of the Erazor Graphics BoardsWhats In the Box? Declaration of Conformity CE Conformity and FCC Radiation StandardCE and FCC Introduction Elsa Erazor II and Elsa Victory Erazor LT After Installing the Drivers What is Possible?Its Time to Get Moving Colors HighColor TrueColor Resolution What Makes Sense?More pixels means more fun Monitor Typical Minimum Maximum Ergonomic Click on Start, then select Settings E Control Panel Changing the resolutionWindows 95 and Windows Here you should click on the Settings tab Choosing the monitor Elsa Erazor II and Elsa Victory Erazor LT Start E Settings E Control Panel Use the command sequenceWindows NT Useful Stuff and More Multimedia Player Fine-Tuning for Performance Freaks Turn Settings E Advanced... E 3D Settings All about graphics 3D Graphics Representation3D Pipeline Start The object data Geometrical transformation Rendering Frame buffer Flipping Display on the monitor What APIs Are Available? 3D InterfacesDirect 3D Immediate Mode and Retained Mode OpenGL Color Palettes, TrueColor and Gray Scales DirectColorHighColor and RealColor Bpp TrueColor Vesa DDC Display Data ChannelThere are various standards DDC1, DDC2B, and DDC2AB DDC2AB Technical Data Characteristics of the Graphics BoardsAddress Assignment of the Erazor II O addresses Connection Signal Ports on the Graphics BoardVGA D-Shell Socket Pin Assignment Name and version of the application program with the error Advice and HelpAppendix Who to Contact? Elsa LocalWeb Driver Updates Repair?Elsa Japan Inc DoC-Declaration of Conformity Appendix Elsa Erazor II and Elsa Victory Erazor LT Warranty Conditions Warranty CoverageWarranty Period Warranty Procedure Operating Mistakes Additional Regulations Appendix Elsa Erazor II and Elsa Victory Erazor LT 3D Three-dimensional Glossary Flipping The image generated in the back buffer is displayed Phong shading Shading Pixel Picture element. Dot in the image Are calculated by interpolating the normal vec- tor Index 15, 32 18, 19