Closer Look - Bonus Software

To start let’s look at the installation manual, while this is not where most would go first, most would try and find drivers first, I am going to start here and your going like it.

This disk is very simple and doesn’t have much on it, it has a ton of different languages for the Installation Guild and Software References.

On the VGA Driver disk there is an abundance of items that you can get. Included on this disk are the graphics drivers, although I would strongly suggest going to http://www.ati.com and getting as current and up to date drivers you can, also on this disk are some cool little utilities. Included are:

 

ASUS Gamer OSD – ASUS GamerOSD allows you to share real-time gaming experience while playing full-screen games. You can remotely monitor a live broadcast using the Internet Explorer browser. With the GamerOSD, you can also adjust GPU clock and image quality without exiting games. It also enables support to Direct3D™ and OPENGL™ modes.

 

 

ASUS VideoSecurity – ASUS VideoSecurity is a powerful security utility that detects any change in a specified surveillance region. Using video capture devices, video snapshots are captured automatically when there is a deviation in the user-defined surveillance region. An optional warning message is also sent to the user via e-mail or phone.

 

ASUS SmartDoctor – The ASUS SmartDoctor utility monitors the VGA card condition and significantly cools down the VGA Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). This utility also allows you to adjust the graphics card clock settings. The ASUS SmartDoctor utility works only for graphics card models with a built-in hardware monitor IC. If the hardware monitor IC is not present, only the SmartDoctor overclocking function will be installed. Before using SmartDoctor feature you need to install the GamerOSD first.

When you locate and download the drivers from http://www.ati.com I also suggest getting the ATI Catalyst Control Center. With this you can choose from a large list of fine tuning options to suit your needs. I will now go into more detail in the fallowing video:

Now let’s move on the specs and features: