MSI N680GTX Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC Owner's Manual

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Follow the steps below to enable HDMI Output function:

1. Find the DVI-to-HDMI adapter, if provided.   
    The adapter may not come with the package, consult your 
    dealer to purchase the adapter, if needed. 

2. Attach the DVI-to-HDMI adapter to the DVI connector.

3. Ensure that the adapter is firmly installed. 

Enabling HDMI Output Optionally Supported

GRAPHICS CARD

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Overview

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Installing the VGA card...

Attaching the power cable...

Connecting the monitor...

Hardware

To install the driver of the VGA card to your 
computer, please follow the steps below:

1. Turn on the computer.

2. Insert the driver disk into the optical device drive.
    The AUTORUN program will start the Setup 
    program, and show the setup screen as shown
    on the right.

3. Click the Driver tag, and follow the on-screen
    instructions to complete the installation. 

4. Once the installation is completed, restart the
    computer as instructed.

Tip: If, on your computer, the AUTORUN program does not execute automatically, please 1) enable the 
optical device drive auto-detect function from the Control Panel; or 2) find and run the setup.exe file manually 
from the driver disk.

Software

MSI Live Update 5 offers users with brand-new update service experience, which can significantly save your 
time while searching files.  Live Update 5 is capable to automatically analyze and list drivers, BIOS, and 
utilities you need.  With the easy-to-use updating approaches, you can increase the performance of your 
system easily and quickly.  Follow the instructions below, with a few mouse clicks, you can acquire the 
related files for the system updating.

1. Insert the driver disk  into the optical 
    device drive, and start the Setup program.

2. Click the Utility tab on the setup screen.

3. Click the MSI Live Update 5.
    Follow the on-screen nstructions to
    complete the installation.

4.  Launch MSI Live Update utility to proceed
     the updating function.  

LIVE UPDATE 5

WARNING!!

DO NOT touch the cooling 
system since it may produce a 
certain heat while processing 
tasks.

Under the European Union ("EU") Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic 
Equipment, Directive 2002/96/EC, which takes effect on August 13, 2005, 
products of "electrical and electronic equipment" cannot be discarded as 
municipal waste anymore and manufacturers of covered electronic equipment 
will be obligated to take back such products at the end of their useful life.

CAUTION!!

Do not force the GPU cooler 
against the fragile GPU to avoid 
damage to the GPU.

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Functions

Function

Power Connector

2048MB GDDR5 memory

1024MB GDDR5 memory 

(optionally supported)

NVIDIA GeForce GTX680 series

DVI-D Port / DVI-I Port

 -  HDMI supported 

 -  HDCP supported

 -  Dual dual-link DVI output 

    supported

The VGA card shown here is for reference only, and may vary from the actual card.  
For further information, please visit MSI website at www.msi.com

Fan Connector

PCI Express Interface

HDMI Port

Display Port

SLI Interface

3. Put the card directly over the expansion slot and 
    press one end of the card into the slot first.  
    Gently but firmly press the other end until the card is 
    fully seated in the slot.

4. Secure the card with a bracket screw.

5. Attach the power cable of the power supply with 
    recommended wattage to the VGA card, if necessary. 

6. Install all other cards and devices and connect all the
    cables, and then re-install the computer case.

7. Connect the monitor.  Now, you are ready to install 
    the driver and software on your computer.

1. Remove the computer case.

2. Locate the expansion slot on your mainboard. 
    Warning: Inserting the VGA card  into a wrong  
    slot may damage your card (refer to your 
    mainboard manual for further Information).

Follow the instructions below to install the VGA card:

System Requirements

Card Features

Please check out the following items to make sure that you get the complete product:

∙  VGA card

∙  Driver disk, documentation, and accessories, if provided.

  Consult the dealer immediately if the package is not completed.

Unpacking

∙  NVIDIA® 3D VisionTM Ready

  GeForce GPU support for NVIDIA 3D Vision, bringing a fully immersive stereoscopic 3D experience to the 

PC. A combination of high-tech wireless glasses and advanced software, 3D Vision transforms hdundreds 

of PC games into full stereoscopic 3D.  In addition, you can watch 3D movies and 3D digital photographs 

in eye popping, crystal-clear quality.

∙  NVIDIA  3D VisionTM Surround Ready  

  Expand your games across three displays in full stereoscopic 3D for the ultimate "inside the game" 

experience with the power of NVIDIA 3D Vision and SLI technologies.  NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround also 

supports triple screen gaming with non-stereo displays. 

  **NVIDIA 3D Version and 3D Version surround requires 3D Vision glasses, and 3D Vision-ready displays.  

See www.nvidia.com/get3d for more information.

∙  OpenGL®  4.1 Optimization and Support

  Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for OpenGL applications.
∙  OpenCL Support

  Full support for OpenCL GPU computing API.

To install the VGA card, your computer system needs to meet the following requirements:     

∙  PCI Express® - compliant motherboard with one dual-width x16 graphics slot.

∙  Two 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connector

∙  Minimum 550W or greater system power supply(with a minimum 12V current rating of 38A)

** Minimum system power requirement based on a PC configured with an Intel Core i7 3.2GHz processor.

∙  300MB of available hard disk space

∙  2GB system memory (4 GB recommended)

∙  Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP Operating System(32 or 64-bit)

∙  CD-ROM/ DVD-ROM drive

∙  NVIDIA® SLITM Technology

  Industry leading NVIDIA SLI technology offers amazing performance scaling by implementing 

AFR(Alternate frame Rendering) for the world's premier gaming solution under Windows 7 with solid, 

state-of-the-art drivers.

∙  Microsoft® DirectX 11 Support

  DirectX 11 GPU with ShaderModel 5.0 support designed for ultrahigh performance in the new API's key 

graphics feature, GPU-accelerated tessellation.

∙  Microsoft Windows 7 Support

  Windows 7 is a new generation operating system that will mark a dramatic improvement in the way the OS 

takes advantage of the graphics processing unit (GPU) to provide a more compelling user experience. By 

taking advantage of the GPU for both graphics and computing, Windows 7 will not only make today's PCs 

more visual and interactive but also ensure that they have the speed and responsiveness customers want.

∙  Two Dual-link DVI with 2560X1600 maximum resolution

  Able to drive industry's largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays up to 2560x1600 and with support 

for High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP).

∙  HDMI with 4096X 2160 maximum resolution

  Support for HDMI includes GPU-accelerated Blu-ray 3D support (Blu-ray 3D playback requires the 

purchase of a compatible software player from CyberLink, ArcSoft, Corel, or Sonic), x.v.Color, HDMI Deep 

Color, and 7.1 digital surround sound. Upgrade your GPU to full 3D capability with NVIDIA 3DTV Play 

software, enabling 3D gaming, picture viewing, and 3D web video streaming.  See www nvidia.com/3dtv for 

more details.

∙  NVIDIA® PhysX® - Technology

  Full support for NVIDIA PhysX technology,enabling a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a 

more dynamic and realistic experience with GeForce.

∙  PCI Express 3.0 Support

  Designed for the new PCI Express 3.0 bus architecture offering the highest data transfer speeds for the 

most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications, while maintaining backwards compatibility with 

existing PCI Express motherboards for the broadest support.

∙  NVIDIA® CUDATM Technology

  CUDA technology unlocks the power of the GPU's processing cores to accelerate the most demanding 

system tasks - such as video transcoding - delivering up to 7x performance over traditional CPUs.

∙  NVIDIA® GPU BOOST
∙  NVIDIA® Adaptive Vertical Sync
∙  Display Port 1.2 with 3840X2160 maximum resolution

N680GTX

Series

Part NO: G52-V2822X1

N680GTX 

Part NO: G52-V2822X1

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