3Dlabs Wildcat Realizm Driver
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3D Driver Build 4.05.0808

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Contents
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1.......Introduction
2.......Prerequisites
3.......Downloading And Installing The Drivers
3.1.............Downloading The Drivers
3.2.............Installing The Card
3.3.............Installing The Drivers
4.......Uninstalling The Drivers
5.......The 3Dlabs Control Panel
5.1.............The Information Tab
5.2.............The OpenGL Tab
5.3.............The DirectX Tab
5.4.............The Displays Tab
5.5.............The Optimize Tab
5.6.............Supported Languages
6.......The Taskbar Utility
7.......Acuity Windows Manager
8.......Application Specific notes
9.......Trouble Shooting
9.1.............Windows Only Boots Into VGA mode
9.2.............I Can't Set My Monitor to a High Resolution
10......Customer Support



1. Introduction
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IMPORTANT
The 3Dlabs Wildcat Realizm drivers DO NOT SUPPORT the Realizm 2000 or 3000 series, Wildcat 4000, 4110, 4210, Wildcat II range(5000, 5110), Wildcat III range(6110, 6210), Wildcat4 range (7110, 7210) or Wildcat VP range of adapters. Please refer to 3Dlabs website www.3dlabs.com for drivers for the above products.

This Readme describes the 3Dlabs Wildcat Realizm drivers for the 3Dlabs Wildcat Realizm range of graphics adapters. Supported adapters are:

• Wildcat Realizm 100
• Wildcat Realizm 200
• Wildcat Realizm 500
• Wildcat Realizm 800

Once the driver has been installed the display driver release number can be determined by starting the Display Applet in the Control Panel folder. Press the "Advanced..." button, then Select the "3Dlabs" tab. The Driver version number can be found at the top of the Software Information section. The x.yy-zzzz code uniquely identifies the driver build.



2. Prerequisites
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• Windows XP with service pack 1 or later, or Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later.
• Supported CPUs: Intel Pentium III, 4 processors or later, Intel Xeon processors, AMD Athlon and Opteron processors or later.



3. Downloading And Installing The Drivers
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3.1. Downloading The Drivers
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To download the drivers from the 3Dlabs website, go to the Drivers section of http://www.3dlabs.com, and select the appropriate driver for your card and operating system, then download the file into an appropriate scratch directory (e.g. C:\3dlabs).


3.2. Installing The Card
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To install your 3Dlabs graphics adapter:

1.) Shutdown the computer and power-off.
2.) Insert the adapter, connect the auxiliary power cable (not applicable to the Wildcat Realizm 500), power-on and boot-up into Windows 2000 or Windows XP.

For more detailed instructions please consult the 3Dlabs Wildcat Realizm Installation Manual, supplied with your graphics card, and also available electronically on the driver installation CD, along with your User Guide, or from www.3dlabs.com . 

After logging in the Hardware Wizard will appear. These drivers are provided with their own installer so you should hit the cancel button for any "Found New Hardware" dialogs that appear.


3.3. Installing The Drivers
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Go to the directory where you downloaded the drivers and run the self-installing .exe file. This launches the '3Dlabs Graphics Driver Setup' program, which will guide you through the process of installing your driver. The setup program will ask you for confirmation before installing any drivers. You should hit the "Yes", "Next", or "Continue Anyway" button each time.

Once setup has completed, you will need to reboot your system in order for the drivers to load.

Under Microsoft Windows 2000 on the first occasion that you install the driver you will be asked to reboot a second time so that a dual head driver can be registered for your Wildcat Realizm card. This will allow you to run in dual head mode with two monitors should you wish to - see section 5.4 of this Readme for further details. Subsequent driver installs will only require a single reboot.

Under Microsoft Windows XP the dual head driver will already be registered and a second reboot is not required.



4. Uninstalling The Drivers
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You must have administrator privileges to uninstall these drivers:

1.) Open the Add/Remove Programs icon in the Control Panel. 
2.) Highlight the "3Dlabs Wildcat Realizm Driver" in the list and click "Change/Remove".
3.) Follow the instructions to complete the removal of the display driver and OpenGL driver. You will be required to reboot your system in order to complete the uninstall process.



5. The 3Dlabs Control Panel
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To access the 3Dlabs Control Panel, launch the Display Properties Control Panel, select the "Settings" tab, click the "Advanced..." button select the "3Dlabs" tab, and click the Info button in the bar on the left. This tab shows information for your adapter and its drivers including the board name, amount of physical memory on the board, and driver version.

The driver version number is in the form x.yy-zzzz and uniquely identifies the driver build.

The 3Dlabs control panel is split into a number of pages as listed below. The pages are selected by clicking on one of the configuration buttons in the bar at the left of the window.

The 3Dlabs tabs support context sensitive help. To find out more about a particular option, click on the "?" in the right of the title bar and then click on the item in the control panel that you want to learn more about.


5.1. The Information Tab
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This page gives detailed information on the OpenGL and DirectX drivers. It also contains the "Generate Support Info" button that when clicked, will generate a text report useful for troubleshooting when contacting 3Dlabs support for assistance.


5.2 The OpenGL Tab
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This tab allows you to tune the following parameters of your OpenGL driver setup:
• Full-Scene Antialiasing
• Anisotropic Filtering
• Buffer Swap Mode
• Wait for Vertical Sync
• Enable Stereo Output
Click the "?" in the title bar and then one of the panels to learn more about the settings.


5.3 The DirectX Tab
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This tab allows you to tune the following parameters of your Direct3D driver setup:
• Full-Scene Antialiasing
• Wait for Vertical Sync 
Click the "?" in the title bar and then one of the panels to learn more about the settings.


5.4 The Displays Tab
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This page allows you to access some advanced configuration features for your monitors.

Standard support
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In standard mode your Wildcat Realizm card will display your Windows desktop on a single monitor.

Clone Desktop support
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In Clone Desktop mode your Wildcat Realizm card will duplicate the display onto a second display connected to the second connector on the board. To enable this mode select the "Clone Desktop" radio button and click Apply.

Dual Head support
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You may also use an extended desktop which spans across two monitors. To enable this mode you must access the Display Properties->Settings page, select the grayed out monitor, and check the box "Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor."

When in this mode the "Standard" and "Clone Desktop" radio buttons on the Displays Tab will be grayed out. To re-enable these buttons, you must uncheck the "Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor." box on the Display Properties->Settings page, and click Apply.


Device Settings
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Select a monitor and then click on the Device Settings... button to access the following additional panels:


The Color Settings sub-Tab
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This sub-tab allows you to adjust the brightness, contrast and gamma correction of your display to compensate for different monitors and ambient lighting conditions. You can independently adjust the brightness, contrast and gamma correction of any DirectX application using a video overlay. Note that any change only applies to the currently selected monitor.


The Display Selection sub-Tab
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In general the Microsoft operating system will provide good support for different monitors. This tab is primarily of use in troubleshooting monitor problems.

This sub-tab allows you to choose between three sets of resolution/refresh rate choices for your monitor - DDC, VESA, or Specific type. Note that this sub-tab does not itself allow you to select a different resolution or refresh rate, but once you have chosen a set and hit the Apply button, you will find the new set of choices is available on the Display Properties->Settings tab. Use the Display Properties->Settings tab to choose your new resolution or refresh rate.

DDC:
When the display panel is started it automatically looks to see if a DDC type monitor is connected, in which case it will display the available modes returned in the DDC string from the monitor. If the monitor is plugged into the graphics card after the system has booted, or since the display panel was launched, the Redetect button allows you to manually specify that the panel should look for a DDC monitor again.

VESA:
This allows you to choose from a standard set of modes, and should be used if you do not know the type of your monitor or if it does not support DDC. If you wish to change the monitor to a higher resolution than allowed when it is configured for DDC, select VESA. Beware though that doing this could cause damage to your monitor - 3Dlabs does not recommend this practice nor accept responsibility for the consequences of using this option.

Specific Type:
This pull down menu allows you to specify the monitor type from a pre-installed database of known types, overriding the detected type if required. 



5.5 Optimize Tab
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Optimized Application Settings
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Allows you to choose which application the driver is presently optimized to run. Use the pull down menu to optimize the driver configuration for a different application, or select "Professional Software Defaults" for a good generic setting.

Enable Taskbar Shortcut
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Allows you to enable and disable the taskbar application, which provides quick access to display features of the control panel. When the taskbar application is enabled it will be placed on the taskbar (system tray) each time the system is booted. Disabling the taskbar application from the setup page means that the application will not appear each time you reboot. 

Enable Acuity Windows Manager
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Allows you to enable and disable the Acuity Windows Manager - for more details on this tool see section 7 of this Readme. Click the Configuration Wizard button to launch a Wizard that will guide you through choosing appropriate settings for the Windows Manager.


5.6 Supported Languages
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The 3Dlabs control panel supports the following languages: 

Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Danish
Dutch 
English (US)
Finnish 
French 
German 
Italian 
Japanese 
Korean 
Norwegian
Portuguese (Brazilian)
Spanish 
Swedish



6. The Taskbar Utility
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The taskbar utility provides quick access to some of the facilities on the control panel. To access the application right click on the 3Dlabs icon in the taskbar.



7. Acuity Windows Manager
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The Acuity Windows Manager, is a tool that provides extra windowing and desktop features that are of particular use in multi-monitor configurations. 

For example, it allows you to control the positioning of dialog boxes : a useful feature because their default positions are generally inconsistent, which can become annoying on multi-monitor systems. 

Another example: the Acuity Windows Manager will let you partition your desktop into any number of 'virtual' desktops; useful for users who keep a large number of applications open at once.

The Acuity Windows Manager also supports an additional taskbar which appears on the second monitor when running in dual head mode, and provides additional control over the behavior of the maximize button on each window, allowing you to maximize either to one monitor, or to the whole desktop.

The tool may be configured and enabled from either the wizard that appears after driver installation, or from the popup menu of the Taskbar Utility described above.



8. Application specific notes
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3ds max
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We recommend that for best results you select the OpenGL renderer for the 3ds max 4.x versions, and the Direct3D renderer for 3ds max 5.x and later.



9. Trouble Shooting
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9.1. Windows Only Boots Into VGA mode
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You may have incorrectly installed the drivers. Try uninstalling, then reinstalling the drivers.  If the problem persists, look on the 3Dlabs website for a driver upgrade.

9.2. I Can't Set My Monitor to a High Resolution
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You may be using an older monitor which supports DDC but doesn't report all the modes that the monitor is capable of using. You can force the drivers to use the VESA monitor modes (see section 5.4 The Displays Tab in this Readme).


10. Customer Support
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You can contact 3Dlab's technical support via the World Wide Web at www.3dlabs.com 
