I. AGX Board Installation: 1) Insert the installation disk #1 into drive A or B. 2) Change drive to A or B. 3) Type install and follow the on screen instructions. II. To demo the performance of AGX board: run wintach.exe(installation disk #1) under windows. III. Using QEMM386 with the AGX Board: 1) Add the following options while loading QEMM386: X=B100-B1FF RAM 2) If there is still conflict, change the options as follows: X=A000-C7FF RAM NO NS NT NX NV NR NRH NOSH 3) If you still encounter problems: remove the 'RAM' option IV. Using EMM386 with AGX Board: 1) Add X=B100-B1FF to EMM386 line. 2) If you still encounter problems: Follow the instructions in README.WRI section 4.1 under your Windows directory. V. Supported modes. AGX1280.DRV 1280x960x8 (Requires 2 meg of VRAM). AGX.DRV 1280x1024x4 1024x768x8 Large Font 1024x768x8 Small Font 800x600x8 640x480x8 AGX80016.DRV 800x600x16 AGX64016.DRV 640x480x16 AGX16.DRV 640x480x16 (Requires 2 meg of VRAM) 800x600x16 (Requires 2 meg of VRAM) 1024x768x16 (Requires 2 meg of VRAM) AGX80024.DRV 800x600x24 (Requires 2 meg of VRAM) AGX64024.DRV 640x480x24 VI. System.ini Switch Settings for AGX.DRV AGX_Mode = 0 = N.S 1 = 640x480x8 2 = 640x480x16 3 = 640x480x24 4 = N.S 5 = 800x600x8 6 = 800x600x16 7 = 800x600x24 8 = N.S 9 = 1024x768x8 10 = 1024x768x16 11 = N.S 12 = 1152x900x4 13 = N.S 14 = N.S 15 = N.S 16 = N.S 17 = 1280x960x8 18 = N.S 19 = N.S 20 = N.S 21 = 1280x1024x8 22 = N.S 23 = N.S AGX_Dac_Type = 0 = bt481 1 = bt482 2 = sc11485 3 = sc11487 4 = sc11489 5 = reserve 6 = at&t490 7 = at&t491 8 = sc15025 9 = bt485 AGX_Buffer = 0 = CPU interface buffer off 1 = CPU interface buffer on AGX_Chip_Rev = 14= AGX14 15= AGX15 CRTParms = "CRT file" AGX_15_Rev = 1 = Rev.C 2 = Rev.D VII. Adjust utility: Some monitors require special CRT parameters. For instance the ARTVIEW will not come up in 1024x768 and ViewSonic 7 comes up with a scrunched picture in 1280x1024. We have written a Window's application called ADJUST.EXE to allow the user to customize the display parameters for his/her particular display. This application is in the utils subdirectory on this disk. You can install ADJUST.EXE simply by copying it to your hard disk and selecting File,(New Program Item) from Program Manager and supplying the full path name of the place to which you copied it. If you experience odd display behavior, try the "ADJUST" application that you just installed and fiddle with the buttons for a while. If the display loses synchronization entirely while you are in the adjust application (this has never happened to me, but it could happen in theory), simply type and press D for Default Display parameters. You might also notify us of the EXACT model name/number of your display. We are especially interested in developing a list of these so that we can generate customized parameters for monitors whose timings are not within the normal range. The Adjust application allows you to shift the active display area to the left/right/top/bottom or stretch or shrink it in either the vertical or horizontal direction. The eight buttons should be self-explanatory. You may also load pre-packaged parameter files which have the extension ".CRT" by selecting the file/open menu. once you have adjusted your parameters via the buttons, you may save them to a completely new file and by selecting "Boot With" from the file menu, the Windows display drivers (excluding 16-bit color) will use them the next time Windows starts up. If your monitor will not display anything at all at the extended resolutions, try using the Windows setup program to select 640x480, run Windows, and use ADJUST to load and boot with the file that has been taylored to your monitor. Then select "Boot With" and use the windows setup to change to the higher resolution that you so feverishly desire. VIII. Performance AGX is designed for intensive graphics operations under the Windows environment. TI's Wintach Benchmark v1.0, which tests these operations very accurately, gives Xtechnolog's AGX the fastest rating of 30.95 on a 486/50 ISA machine. On the same machine, ATI's Ultra PRO (Mach 32) scored a mere 18.50. Try it for yourself!!. You will find a copy of this benchmark program on the OEM disk. There is also a benchmark published by PC Magaizine called the WINBENCH. WINBENCH has a subset of tests that is called the WINMARK. The WINBENCH and the WINMARK results can easily be optimized with software or hardware because many of the tests are repetitive. These optimizations give higher benchmark results. Unfortunately when the hardware and/or the software is optimized specifically for a benchmark the result no longer represents true real world throughput. AGX's turbo driver delivers a good Winmark score, but Xtechnolog recommends that you use WINTACH or real applications to evaluate the performance of the product because WINTACH tests are closer to real world applications (random and mixed operations). Technical Contacts at Xtechnolog: Kevin Mukai ( for general product question) : 408-986-5010 Stanley Lo ( for hardware question): 408-986-5005 Sidney Lee ( for software question): 408-986-5008