RADEON™ 7200 RADEON™ 7000 User’s Guide Version 4.0 P/N 137-40299-40 Rev. C Copyright © 2002, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI and all ATI product and product feature names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. All other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Features, performance and specifications are subject to change without notice. Product may not be exactly as shown in the diagrams.
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Table of Contents Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features At A Glance .................................................................................. 2 RADEON 7000 ...................................................................................... 2 RADEON 7200 ...................................................................................... 2 ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suite ........................................................
How To Enable/Disable The TV Display ............................................ 29 Using and Adjusting TV Out................................................................ 30 Using a Monitor vs. Using the TV Display.......................................... 30 Adjusting Monitor Display................................................................... 30 Viewing Text on a TV.......................................................................... 31 Reducing Edge Distortion ............................
1 Introduction The RADEON 7000 series of graphic accelerators delivers ground breaking 3D graphics performance. • Designed and built by ATI Technologies Inc. • Powered by the RADEON Visual Processing Unit (VPU). • Awesome 3D gaming performance. • Support for OpenGL® applications. • Support for Direct 3D® applications. • High resolution in 3D up to 2048x1536. • Best performance for today’s and tomorrow’s applications. • Optional S-Video Out to connect your PC to your TV or VCR.
2 Features At A Glance RADEON 7000 The RADEON 7000 provides high performance acceleration for today's demanding 3D graphic applications.
3 ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suite 3D Gaming Experience ATI’s CATALYST Software Suite activates the advanced graphic features, such as PIXEL TAPESTRY, for advanced 3D gaming capability. For help on installing the CATALYST Software Suite, refer to the Getting Started Guide. The CATALYST Software Suite installs the ATI display tabs. These tabs are accessed through the Windows® Display Control Panel, through the Advanced... button located on the Settings tab.
4 Display Connectors The RADEON 7200 provides an IBM standard analog VGA connector. The RADEON 7000 64MB PCI, 32MB PCI and 32MB AGP versions also provide an IBM standard analog VGA connector. The RADEON 7000 64MB AGP version provides an IBM standard analog VGA connector and an S-Video Out connector.
5 CATALYST Software Suite The following section provides an explanation of each ATI tab available after installing the CATALYST Software Suite. i Features presented in the following pages may not be supported in all operating systems and/or may appear differently. ATI Displays Tab The ATI Display tab provides information on the current screen resolution and refresh rate your monitor is set to. Clicking the monitor button accesses additional monitor information, properties and controls.
6 Monitor Attributes Tab The Attributes tab provides display data channel (DDC) information. DDC is the technology whereby the monitor communicates to the graphics card all the resolutions and refresh rates it supports. The RADEON family of graphics cards are all DDC compliant. By unchecking Use DDC information, you can manually select the maximum resolution and refresh rate of your monitor. However, this is only recommended for older or non DDC compliant monitors.
7 Monitor Adjustments Tab The Adjustments tab provides the controls to adjust the monitor’s screen position and screen size. Use the arrow buttons to shift your display left, right, up or down. Use the plus or minus buttons to increase or decrease the vertical and horizontal size of your display.
8 Monitor Advanced Tab The Advanced tab provides horizontal and vertical synchronization controls. Clicking the plus buttons adjusts the monitor’s horizontal and vertical synchronization. Checkmarking the Composite button combines the horizontal and vertical signals supplied by the RADEON graphics card to your monitor. i Composite should be checked only if you are using a composite sync monitor. Consult your monitor’s user guide for information on your monitor type.
9 Multiple Monitors With an additional ATI graphics card installed in your system, the ATI Displays tab now provides the multi monitor features. Here you can enable/disable secondary display devices and swap the assignment of Primary and Secondary displays. Installing a Second ATI Graphics Card 1 Turn off your PC and install the second graphics card into an available PCI or AGP slot. For more help and information, refer to the Getting Started Guide.
10 Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays 1 Access the Windows® Control Panel. Doubleclick Display. 2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button. 3 Click on the ATI Displays tab. 4 Click the enable/disable button for the display device you want to enable/disable. 5 Click OK or Apply to save the changes. Enabling Extended Desktop Mode 1 With an additional graphics card installed, access the Windows® Control Panel. Double-click Display. 2 Click on the Settings tab.
11 To enable a Secondary display, refer to the section Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays. To enable Extended Desktop Mode, refer to the section Enabling Extended Desktop Mode. 1 Access the Windows® Control Panel. Doubleclick Display. 2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button. 3 Click on the ATI Displays tab. The ATI Displays tab shows you the display(s) that are active. The Primary display has the button depressed.
12 2 Click OK or Apply to save the changes. Ratiometric Expansion Your RADEON card offers ratiometric expansion (or digital panel scaling as it is commonly known). This expands a low resolution image to fill a higher resolution panel. However, ratiometric expansion is only available on the Primary display. Therefore, if a flat panel display (FPD) is set as Secondary, the Extended Desktop mode is disabled and the resolution is less than the FPD’s native resolution.
13 ATI Color Tab The ATI Color tab is used to adjust the color settings. You can change the red, green and blue display colors. Desktop brightness and Game Gamma (brightness) can also be changed. ATI Color Tab Desktop Brightness This increases or decreases the brightness of your desktop. The higher the gamma value, the higher the brightness of your display. Color Curve This adjusts the selected color (red, green or blue check button) by moving the color curve with your mouse.
14 Clicking the Game Gamma button accesses the Game Gamma Properties. Game Gamma Properties Red Green Blue sliders These controls allow you to increase or decrease the color brightness of Direct 3D and OpenGL games played in fullscreen mode. (NOTE: Game Gamma is NOT supported in Windows NT4.0) RGB Lock Uncheck this to adjust the RGB sliders individually. Check this to adjust all three sliders at the same time. Defaults button This allows you to reset the Game Gamma settings to default values.
15 ATI Options Tab The ATI Options tab provides detailed driver information and access to the card’s specifications. You can also enable or disable the ATI taskbar icon. ATI Options Tab Version Information Provides the CATALYST version number, 2D version number and the driver build information. Details button Provides access to the Details tab which lists the card’s hardware details and driver information.
16 Show ATI icon on taskbar Unchecking this allows you to remove the ATI icon from your system tray without disabling the ATI icon applications. Disable quick resolution feature Quick resolution feature is accessible by leftclicking the ATI icon in the system tray. Checking this option disables the feature. Clicking the Details button provides access to the Details tab.
17 overlay, which is only available on the Primary display. The video overlay controls are automatically activated during playback of any video file type that supports overlay adjustments. ATI Overlay Tab Brightness Use this slider to adjust the brightness of the video image. Contrast Use this slider to adjust the contrast in the video image. Saturation Use this slider to adjust the vividness of the color. Sliding it all the way to the left removes all color and produces a black and white picture.
18 Direct 3D® Control Panel Using this tab, gamers can tweak the settings of their Direct 3D® games. Main and Custom Settings In the Main Settings you can maximize overall performance by moving the slider to the left, or you can enhance overall image quality by moving the slider to the right.
19 Main Settings slider This allows you to emphasize what kind of application experience you’d like to have. Moving the slider to the left will maximize application performance, while moving the slider to the right will provide excellent 3D image quality. Moving this slider from one position to the next changes the individual Custom Settings sliders found below.
20 Texture Preference slider Selecting this decides whether your application should use high quality or high performance textures. Moving the slider to the right delivers the highest quality experience. Moving the slider to the left emphasizes a high performance solution while still providing good visuals. Mipmap Detail Level slider This will allow you to choose the texture quality of the mipmaps the application will use. Mipmaps are a collection of different sized textures of the same image.
21 Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings Support Wbuffer This will enable W-Buffer support for 3D games. It is recommended to disable this for games that do not support this feature. Certain applications require the increased precision of W-Buffering and will exhibit artifacts unless the W-Buffer is enabled. Support 32-bit Z-buffer depth Z-Buffer Bit Depth can be 16 bits, 24 bits, or 32 bits. 16 and 24 are selected by default to achieve optimum performance.
22 Alpha dithering method When applications use both dithering and alpha blending, visual artifacts can occur. This option allows you to select how the application should handle both features at the same time. In most cases Error Diffusion will handle this situation quite well, but there are a few cases where selecting Ordered may be necessary. Support DXT texture formats Enabling this allows applications to use this kind of texture format.
23 OpenGL® Control Panel Using this tab, gamers can tweak the settings of their OpenGL® games. Main and Custom Settings In the Main Settings you can maximize overall performance by moving the slider to the left, or you can enhance overall image quality by moving the slider to the right.
24 Main Settings slider This allows you to emphasize what kind of application experience you’d like to have. Moving the slider to the left will maximize application performance, while moving the slider to the right will provide excellent 3D image quality. Moving this slider from one position to the next changes the individual Custom Settings sliders found below.
25 Texture Preference slider Selecting this decides whether your application should use high quality or high performance textures. Moving the slider to the right delivers the highest quality experience. Moving the slider to the left emphasizes a high performance solution while still providing good visuals. Mipmap Detail Level slider This will allow you to choose the texture quality of the mipmaps the application will use. Mipmaps are a collection of different sized textures of the same image.
26 OpenGL® Compatibility Settings Force Z-buffer depth This allows you to explicitly set the Z-Buffer depth. Most applications will work best when Disabled is selected Alpha dithering method When applications use both dithering and alpha blending, visual artifacts can occur. This option allows you to select how the application should handle both features at the same time.
27 Using TV Out View your PC’s display on a TV The RADEON 7000 64MB AGP version has TV Out capability. You can connect this card to a TV and monitor at the same time. Or you can connect it to your VCR and record your monitor’s display. TV display is ideal for playing games, giving presentations, watching movies, and browsing the Internet. The following tips will help you get the most out of your TV Out feature.
28 (and VCRs) have a Composite video input, in which case you can use an S-Video-to-Composite adapter. If your TV has cable input only, you can connect your card to your TV through your VCR or an RF modulator (available in most electronics stores). Connecting Your S-Video Out to a TV or VCR 1 Turn off your PC and your TV (or VCR). 2 Ensure your card was installed correctly as per the Getting Started Guide. 3 Determine if your TV (or VCR) has an S-Video or Composite video connection.
29 Starting Windows® with TV Display Enabled The TV screen may become scrambled during the initial Windows® logo display. This is only a temporary effect and your screen will be restored within a few seconds. During start up, your RADEON 7000 64MB AGP will go through a sequence of mode settings, during which your TV display will remain blank. This process takes only a few seconds and helps program the TV display.
30 3 Click on the ATI Displays tab. Click on the TV button. 4 Click the enable/disable button. 5 Click OK or Apply to save the changes. Using and Adjusting TV Out For information about how to use TV display, right click the ATI taskbar icon, point to Help, then point to ATI Television Display. Using a Monitor vs. Using the TV Display Using your TV for your PC’s display is ideal for playing games, giving presentations, watching movies, and browsing the Internet.
31 Viewing Text on a TV A TV is designed primarily to show moving, rather than static, images. The large dot pitch of a TV (which is fine for moving video) will yield poor quality static images such as text. The small text sizes commonly used for PC desktops can appear blurred or unclear on a TV. You can compensate for this by using larger fonts. To Use Larger Display Fonts 1 Access the Windows® Control Panel. Double- click Display. 2 For Windows® XP, click the Appearance tab.
32 2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button. 3 Click on the ATI Displays tab. 4 Click on the TV button. 5 Click the Adjustments tab. 6 In the Screen Size section, click on the plus (+) button beside the horizontal arrowheads to increase the horizontal size of the TV display. 7 Click OK or Apply to save the changes you have made. You can also reduce edge distortion by increasing the TV’s contrast. To Increase the TV Contrast 1 Access the Windows® Control Panel.
33 and a higher mode is selected, the display on your TV will disappear. Using Games and Applications Some older games and applications may program your RADEON card directly, to run under a specific display mode. This may cause your TV display to turn off automatically or become scrambled (the PC monitor will not be affected). Your TV display will be restored once you exit the game or if you restart your PC.