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    GV-R587OC-1GD/ GV-R587UD-1GD/ GV-R585OC-1GD/ GV-R583UD-1GD ATI Radeon TM HD 5870/HD 5850/HD 5830 Rev. 102 © 2010 GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. ("GBT") GBT Macrovision corporation product notice: This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by U.S. patents and other intellectual[...]

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    - 2 - 1. ......................................................................................................................... 3 1.1. ..................................................................................................................... 3 1.2. .......................................................................................[...]

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    - 3 - 1.1. A TI Radeon TM HD5870/HD5850/HD5830 PCI Express 2.1 1 GB GDDR5 3D DirectX 11 CrossFireX TM • DVI-I/HDMI/Display port • 2 Dual-Link DVI-I • D-Sub ( ) • HDMI • Display port 1.2. - Intel ® Pentium ® /Core TM 2 AMD Athlon TM /Phenom TM - 1 GB ( ) - CD-ROM DVD-ROM - 500 75W 2x3 pin ( http://ati.amd.com/certifiedpsu ) - Windows ® [...]

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    - 4 - GV-R5800 2. 2.1. CrossFire DisplayPort HDMI DVI-I DVI-I LCD DVI-I D-Sub LCD DVI D-Sub HDMI TV HDMI HDMI DisplayPort LCD[...]

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    - 5 - ATI Radeon HD 5870/HD 5850 /HD5830 HDMI HDMI 11 1. 2. 3. BIOS BIOS BIOS[...]

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    - 6 - GV-R5800 2.2. PCI Express x16 PCI Express x16 DVI DVI-I HDMI HDMI DisplayPort DisplayPort DVI-I DVI HDMI HDMI DisplayPort DisplayPort[...]

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    - 7 - ATI CrossFireX TM CrossFireX PCIe x16 CrossFireX CrossFire ( 1) CrossFireX CrossFire ( GV-RX195P256D-RH) 1 ATI Catalyst ATI CrossFireX ATI CrossFireX GPU ATI ATI Catalyst Control Center ( 13 ) CrossFire CrossFireX TM 2[...]

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    - 8 - GV-R5800 3. 1. DirectX 9 ( ) 2. ( ) 3.1. 3.1.1. ( setup.exe) Windows XP DirectX MPEG Windows XP SP2 ( SP2) DirectX[...]

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    - 9 -[...]

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    - 10 - GV-R5800 3.2. ATI ATI Catalyst ® Control Center ATI Catalyst ® Control Center ATI ATI Catalyst ® Control Center Catalyst(TM) Control Center[...]

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    - 11 - > > > HDMI (HDMI) HDMI (SPDIF) ( ) 1 2 3[...]

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    - 12 - GV-R5800 3.3. ( ) DVI-I D-Sub Model GV-R587OC-1GD GV-R587UD-1GD GV-R585OC-1GD GV-R583UD-1GD DVI+DP Yes Yes Yes Yes HDMI+DVI Yes Yes Yes Yes HDMI+DP Yes Yes Yes Yes CRT ( ) +HDMI Ye s Ye s Ye s Yes CRT ( ) + D P Yes Yes Yes Yes DVI+HDMI+DP Yes Yes Yes Yes DVI+CRT ( ) +D P Yes Yes Yes Yes[...]

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    - 13 - ATI Catalyst ® Control Center ATI Catalyst Control Center      Avivo Avivo[...]

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    - 14 - GV-R5800           HydraVision HydraVision[...]

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    - 15 -      3D 3D 3D           ( )      CATALYST Direct 3D      BIOS[...]

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    - 16 - GV-R5800 ATI Catalyst Control Center Catalyst Control Center      Catalyst Control Center           Ctrl Alt Shift[...]

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    - 17 - 3D / Catalyst Control Center       ...  ...  ...[...]

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    - 18 - GV-R5800 Catalyst Control Center ATI Catalyst Control Center   ...  ATI.com  Catalyst Control Center ...[...]

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    - 19 - Windows Vista OpenGL Direct 3D Windows XP 3D 3D[...]

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    - 20 - GV-R5800 1  (EDID) (EDID)   Avivo TM ATI Radeon Avivo TM[...]

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    - 21 - 3D  3D 3D 3D 3D  ( ) (AA) 3D 3D 3D  ( ) 3D (MSAA) (SSAA) 3D[...]

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    - 22 - GV-R5800  3D Mipmap ( CAD ) ( 3D )  CA T AL YST ® A.I. CA T AL YST ® A.I. ATI 3D  Mipmap Mipmap 3D Mipmap 3D[...]

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    - 23 -  3D  Direct 3D ® OpenGL ® (Application Pro- grammable Interfaces API) 3D API 3D 3D API (Direct 3D ® OpenGL ® API 3D API 3D Windows Vista Direct 3D ( ) Gamma[...]

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    - 24 - GV-R5800 Avivo TM   Gamma  (720x480) Windows Vista[...]

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    - 25 -   • Windows Vista • [...]

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    - 26 - GV-R5800 ATI Overdrive TM ATI Overdrive ATI ATI Overdrive 3D CrossFireX TM CrossFireX (GPU Graphics Processing Unit) <Shift>  Configure ATI Catalyst ATI CrossFireX ATI CrossFireX CrossFireX TM  Diagnostics ATI CrossFireX ATI CrossFireX[...]

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    - 27 - 4.  PCI Express x16    ( )   ATI  <F8> Windows <Enter>   / ( )[...]

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    - 28 - GV-R5800 5. 5.1. Radeon TM HD 5870/HD 5850/HD 5830 Series 2D Single Display Modes 8bpp(256 ) 16bpp(65K ) 32bpp(16.7M ) (Hz) 640 x 480 200  800 x 600 200  1024 x 768 200   1152 x 864 100   1280 x 768 85   1280 x 960 160   1280 x 1024 120   1440 x 900 60   1600 x 1200 100 [...]

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    - 29 - 5.2. RoHS ( Restriction of the use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment, RoHS) WEEE ( Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, WEEE) RoHS ( ) RoHS WEEE 2002/96/EC WEEE  [...]

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    - 30 - GV-R5800 ( ) ( ) (China RoHS)[...]

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    - 32 - GV-R5800[...]

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    - 33 - 1. ( ) 2. 3. 3 4719331803056SN080500084640 010471933182318421SN0632032302 2008 05 2006 32 4. 2 5. 6. 7. ( 11 ) 8. 9. ( ) 10. 11. a. b. c. d. e. 12. 13. (V1.1) 2004.12.01 f. g. h. i. ( RAM VGA USB )[...]

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    - 34 - GV-R5800 ~ 11:00~21:00 11:00~18:00( ) 8 2 3 (02)2511-9398 ~ 8:30 ~ 17:30 ( ) 136 6 (02)8227-6136 ~ 9:00 ~ 12:00 13:00 ~ 17:00 ( ) 215 (03)439-3025 ~ 11:00~21:00 11:00~18:00( ) 278 (03)572-5747 ~ 11:00~21:00 11:00~18:00( ) 81 (04)2301-5511 ~ 11:00~21:00 11:00~18:00( ) 51-1 (07)235-4340 http://service.gigabyte.tw/ ~ 11:00~21:00 11:00~18:00( ) [...]

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    - 35 - Contact Us      GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Address: No.6, Bau Chiang Road, Hsin-Tien, Taipei 231, Taiwan 6 TEL: +886-2-8912-4000 FAX: +886-2-8912-4003 Tech. and Non-Tech. Support (Sales/Marketing) : http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw WEB address (English): http://www.gigabyte.com.tw WEB address (Chinese): http://www.gigabyte.tw ?[...]

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    - 36 - GV-R5800 To submit a technical or non-technical (Sales/ Marketing) question, please link to : http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw Then select your language to enter the system. ( ) http://ggts.gigabyte.com.tw      GIGABYTE Global Service System      G.B.T. TECHNOLOGY TRADING GMBH - Germany WEB address : http://www.gigab[...]