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stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 ii Copyright © 2005, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI, the ATI logo, and 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.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 iii L IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • • • • • • • • • Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. Retain Instructions - The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. Heed Warnings - All warnings on the product and the operating instructions should be adhered to.
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stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 v Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Radeon® X1900 Series Features Graphic Features System Requirements External Connectors Before You Begin Record Your Serial and Part Numbers Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers 1 1 4 4 5 5 5 Installing Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 vii Viewing Text on a TV Using a TV as the Only Display Using Games and Applications Connecting to HDTV Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable 97 97 97 97 99 CrossFire™ FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Radeon® X1900 Series Features 1 CHAPTER 1: Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your ATI Radeon® X1900 Series graphics card. We hope that you will enjoy countless hours of trouble-free computing. Radeon® X1900 Series Features Graphic Features • Native PCI Express® X16 bus support. • 256MB or 512 MB GDDR3 on-board memory. • Full support for Microsoft® DirectX® Shader Model 3.x.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 2 Radeon® X1900 Series Features • Z Cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering. VideoShader™ • Seamlessly integrates pixel shaders with video in real time. • All format DTV/HDTV decoding. • Adaptive Per-Pixel- De-interlacing and Frame Rate Conversion. 512-bit Ring Bus Memory Controller • Programmable intelligent arbitration logic. • New fully associative texture, color, and Z/stencil cache designs.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Radeon® X1900 Series Features 3 High Dynamic Range (HDR) Rendering • 64-bit floating point HDR supported throughout the pipeline • Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-aliasing. • High precision 10:10:10:2 integer format support. • Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-aliasing.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 4 Radeon® X1900 Series Features System Requirements Hardware • • • • Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon®. 512MB of system memory; 1GB or more for best performance. Optical drive for installation software (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive). Specialized PCI Express® 450 watt or greater power supply recommended.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Before You Begin 5 Before You Begin Before you begin installing your new graphics card, please do the following. Record Your Serial and Part Numbers The serial number and 102 part number printed on the graphics card are required for registration. They are located on a sticker on the back of the card.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 6 Before You Begin 4 Restart your system after the drivers have been removed.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Graphics Card Bus Types 7 CHAPTER 2: Installing Hardware This chapter will guide you through the physical installation of your new Radeon® graphics card. Graphics Card Bus Types There are three possible card bus types. See the illustration below to determine if you have an AGP, PCI, or PCI Express® (PCIe™) graphics card.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 8 Basic Graphics Card Installation Radeon® graphics cards that require a connection to the computer’s power supply will have a power cable connected to them. Installing the Radeon® graphics card 1 Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices. 2 Unplug the computer’s power cord and disconnect all cables from the back of your computer.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Advanced Installation: AGP 9 Advanced Installation: AGP There are two types of installation. If your graphics card does not require a separate connection to the computer’s power supply, follow the Basic Install instructions. If your graphics card require a separate connection to the computer’s power supply, follow the Advanced Install instructions for either AGP or PCIe™, as appropriate.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 10 Advanced Installation: AGP 4 Power Cable Connector 5 4-Pin Power Connection 6 Power Extension Cable: Power Connector to Graphics Card 7 Power Extension Cable: Power Connector to Hard Drive 8 Power Extension Cable: Power Connector to Power Supply 9 Hard Drive 10 Power Connector to Hard Drive Installing the Radeon® graphics card 1 Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Advanced Installation: PCIe™ 11 6 Align your ATI graphics card with the slot and press it in firmly until the card is fully seated. 7 Remove the power cable from the hard drive power connector. 8 Connect the power extension cable to the 4-pin power connection on the graphics card. 9 Connect the power extension cable to the power supply. 10 Connect the power extension cable to the hard drive.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 12 Advanced Installation: PCIe™ Graphics Card Installation 1 Radeon® Graphics Card 2 Power Supply 3 6-pin Power Cable Connector 4 6-pin Power Connection 5 Power connector to Graphics Card 6 Power connector to Power Supply Installing the Radeon® graphics card 1 Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Connecting Devices 13 3 Remove the computer cover. If necessary, consult your computer’s manual for help in removing the cover. L 4 WARNING - Remember to discharge your body’s static electricity by touching the power supply or the metal surface of the computer chassis. Unscrew or unfasten and remove any existing graphics card from your computer.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 14 Connecting Devices Connector Types VGA Supports an analog CRT monitor. DVI-I Supports a digital monitor. VGA-DVI-I Adapter Supports an analog monitor on a DVI-I connection. S-Video In/Out Supports a TV, VCR, or Camcorder. CATV Supports a TV antenna or cable service. Composite Supports a TV, VCR, or Camcorder.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 15 CHAPTER 3: Using Multiple Displays Connecting Your Monitors Your Radeon® X1900 Series graphics card provides hardware support for two DVI-I monitors a DVI-I monitor and a VGA monitor using the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter. It also provides TV output via an S-Video Out connector. Connections and Adapters for the Radeon® X1900 Series Card 1 Standard VGA Monitor Connector.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 16 Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1900 Series card must be the primary graphics card. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary. To connect your monitors 1 Power off your computer and monitors. 2 Plug the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Display Configurations 17 Display Configurations Your Radeon® X1900 Series graphics card provides dual display functionality. The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your card. Display Configuration Connector(s) Used Comments Single DFP display DVI-I connector DFP - digital flat panel display.
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stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® 19 CHAPTER 4: Installing Software and Drivers This chapter will guide you through the installation of the drivers and software associated with your Radeon® X1900 Series graphics card. Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® You will need to install the Radeon® X1900 Series drivers and software in the following cases: • After you have installed the card in your system.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 20 Monitor Configuration 2 Run the ATISETUP utility. The ATISETUP utility will start automatically when you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your optical drive after the operating system has started. If your CDROM auto-run is not enabled or the ATISETUP utility does not start automatically: a) Click the Start button in the task bar. b) Click Run. c) Select ATISETUP.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Reinstalling Drivers 21 To configure your primary display 1 Navigate to the Control Panel and choose Display, or right-click on the desktop and choose Properties. 2 Choose the Settings tab and select the screen resolution and color depth that best suit your requirements and your monitor’s performance. 3 Click Advanced and select the Monitor tab. 4 Choose a refresh rate from the drop-down list.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 22 Installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite If your CD-ROM auto-run is not enabled and the ATISETUP utility does not start automatically, follow these steps. 1 In the Windows® task bar, click Start. 2 From the Start menu, select Run. 3 Browse to ATISETUP.EXE on the root directory of the ATI Installation CD-ROM. 4 Click OK.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite 23 Not all software components are installed using the Express installation. Custom installation allows you to select individual software components for installation.
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stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Launching Catalyst™ Control Center 25 CHAPTER 5: Catalyst™ Control Center The Catalyst™ Control Center is a graphical user application providing access to the display features contained within the installed ATI hardware and software. Use the Catalyst™ Control Center to fine-tune your graphics settings, enable or disable connected display devices, and change the orientation of your desktop.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 26 Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Other Quick Launch Access Points Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Using the System Tray 1 Right-click the ATI icon in the Windows® System Tray. 2 Select Catalyst™ Control Center from the popup menu.
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stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 28 Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard Catalyst™ Control Center: Advanced View Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard The Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard is a graphical representation of the display features of the installed ATI hardware and software. Use the Dashboard to fine-tune your graphic settings, enable or disable connected display devices, and change the orientation of your desktop.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Create a Custom View 29 • Profiles • Preferences • Help Switch Views When in Advanced view, click View button and select either Basic, or Custom View. When in Basic view, select Advanced in the Basic View Welcome page or click the Advanced button in any other page. Note: The Advanced button does not appear in all Basic View pages. Create a Custom View 1 In Advanced View, click View and select Define Custom View.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 30 Hotkeys Manager Enable Hotkeys feature 1 Open Hotkeys Manager. 2 Select the Enable Hotkeys feature check box. Edit an existing hot key 1 Open Hotkeys Manager. 2 Select an option from the List Hotkeys for drop-down menu. • Optionally, select an aspect from the According to list. 3 Click a hot key to edit. 4 Click Edit button. 5 Choose a modifier. 6 Enter any letter of the alphabet.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Profiles Manager 31 • Click Hotkeys Actions button to sort by action. • Click Hotkeys button to sort by key combination. 2 Clicking the respective button toggles ascending/descending sort order. Apply a hot key • Press and hold down the modifier(s) keys, then press the assigned keyboard key. For example: press and hold down the Ctrl and Alt keys, then press the C key.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 32 Profiles Manager 5 Select the composition, activation, and applications options that you wish to apply to the profile. 6 Click Save. Set the composition of the profile 1 Open the Profiles Manager. 2 Click the Composition tab. 3 Select the options to be included in the profile. • all Catalyst™ Control Center settings applies the available settings for all graphics adapters.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Preferences 33 2 Enter a name for the profile in the Enter or select a profile name box. 3 Select options for the profile. 4 Click Save. 5 Click the Activate & Close button to apply the saved profile and close the Profiles Manager. • Optionally, click the Activate button to apply the saved profile but leave the Profiles Manager open.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 34 Preferences Keep Catalyst™ Control Center Always on Top of all open applications on the desktop 1 Click Preferences button in theAdvanced View of the Dashboard. 2 Click Always on Top. Note: When a check mark appears next to Always on Top the Catalyst™ Control Center will always appear on top of all opened applications. Hide or show Tooltips 1 Click the Preferences button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Help 35 Note: When a check mark appears next to Enable System Tray Menu the Catalyst™ Control Center icon appears in the Windows® System Tray. Change Catalyst™ Control Center language 1 Click Preferences in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. 2 Click Select a Language in the drop-down menu. 3 Choose a language from the list. 4 Click OK. 5 Restart Catalyst™ Control Center.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 36 Information Center Display help for the aspect or feature you are using 1 Click the Help button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. 2 Select Help for this Page. • Optionally, click anywhere in the aspect or feature you are using and press the F1 key. Display the online help 1 Click the Help button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. 2 Click Help Contents.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Information Center 37 • Graphics Software includes information such as installed 2D and 3D driver versions, OpenGL® version, and Catalyst™ Control Center version. • Graphics Hardware includes information about each installed graphics card, such as the installed graphics chipset, device ID, bus type, memory size, and BIOS version.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 38 Displays Manager Displays Manager The Displays Manager aspect is the central location for configuring your display devices and arranging your desktop. Use the Displays Manager aspect to quickly change your display setup, arrange your desktop in a multi-monitor environment, and enable TV Out. Those new to the Catalyst™ Control Center may use the Basic View wizard to help you configure your display preferences.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Displays Manager Advanced View 39 Displays Manager Advanced View Use Display Manager Advanced View to set your desktop resolution, the display refresh rate, and arrange your displays. To change your display configuration requires dragging and/or clicking or right-clicking a display icon Access Displays Manager • From the Tree Menu, click Displays Manager.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 40 Displays Manager Advanced View 4 Click Yes to the Enable this display? dialog. Enable Clone Mode If the secondary device is disabled: 1 From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. 2 Click and drag the display device icon in Attached displays currently disabled to the empty box to the right of the Main box. 3 Click Clone Main with [display device] in the pop-up menu.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Displays Manager Advanced View 41 1 From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. 2 Click and drag the display device icon from Additional Displays to the empty box to the right of the Main box. 3 Click Stretch horizontally onto [display device]. If the secondary display is enabled: 1 Right click the display device icon in Desktop 2 when in Extended mode, or Lower in Stretch Vertical mode, or Clone in Clone Mode.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 42 Displays Manager Advanced View Change Color quality 1 From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. 2 Select the desired color setting from the Color Quality drop-down menu. Change display refresh rate 1 From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. 2 Choose a refresh rate from the Refresh Rate drop-down menu. Note: See your monitor manual for supported refresh rates.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Display Options 43 Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Discard your settings • Click Discard to ignore any unsaved changes and restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 44 Display Options Catalyst™ Control Center: Display Options Select a refresh rate override Some applications may have a default refresh rate lower than the optimal setting for your monitor. 3D Refresh Rate Override enables you to set the refresh rate for full-screen applications or games utilizing Microsoft® DirectX® or OpenGL®.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Display Options 45 Determine how display devices are detected Use this feature to determine how the Catalyst™ Control Center detects display devices connected to your computer. You can set the Catalyst™ Control Center to automatically detect all connected display devices when it is opened or you can manually detect connected devices when they are required. 1 From the Tree View pane, click Display Options.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 46 Monitor Properties Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Discard your settings • Click Discard to ignore any unsaved changes and restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Monitor Attributes 47 Catalyst™ Control Center: Monitor Properties (Sample) Monitor Attributes Monitor Attributes provides information about the attached monitor. You can also enable Extended Display Identification Data. Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) uses the information provided by the attached monitor to determine the limits for the resolution and refresh rate.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 48 Digital Panel Properties Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for the current view only.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Attributes 49 Catalyst™ Control Center: Digital Panel Properties (Sample) Attributes Digital Panel Attributes provides information about the connected digital display. Use DVI Settings and Image Scaling to configure your digital display. Set Image Scaling 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Digital Panel Properties. 2 Click Attributes. 3 Under Image Scaling, click to enable the desired setting.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 50 Attributes Note: Use centered timings optimizes the display timing standards used on a high-end digital panel. Enable this feature to stop display flicker. Adjust the DVI Settings 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Digital Panel Properties. 2 Click Attributes. 3 Under DVI Settings, click to enable the desired setting.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Avivo™ Color 51 Avivo™ Color Use Avivo™ Color with ATI graphics cards that supports per-display color settings. Independently set the hue, saturation, and color temperature for each attached and enabled display. Set Hue Refers to a specific color within the visible spectrum of light, defined by its dominant wavelength. 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Digital Panel Properties. 2 Click Avivo™ Color.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 52 HDTV Support Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for the current view only. Previous settings are not altered and will be saved once you click OK. Discard your settings • Click Discard to ignore any unsaved changes and restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 HDTV Support 53 Add 1080i mode to the Displays Manager Force button If the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box is empty you can add a format. 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Digital Panel Properties. 2 Click HDTV Support. 3 Click Add 1080i standard format to the Displays Manager. L WARNING!: This option is only intended for displays that report incomplete or incorrect EDID information.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 54 HDTV Support • A group of four arrow buttons and a large rectangle is overlaid on the screen. Use these arrows to increase or decrease the width and height of the rectangle until the blue background is just visible. • Click Maintain aspect ratio to maintain the ratio between width and height while making adjustments. 6 Click Accept. 7 Click OK in the HDTV Format warning message box.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 3D 55 Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for the current view only. Previous settings are not altered and will be saved once you click OK.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 56 Standard Settings Catalyst™ Control Center: Standard Settings Standard Settings The Standard settings page provides access to a universal slider control where you can simultaneously adjust all of the standard 3D settings for any type of 3D application. The slider enables you to adjust for overall system performance, overall 3D image quality, or a balance between the two.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Anti-aliasing 57 3 Select Use custom settings to place a check mark in the check box. 4 Click and drag the Control slider to the left to select High or Optimal Performance, or to the right to select High or Optimal Quality. Preview your changes • The preview image automatically displays your adjustments. Optionally, double-click 3D Preview for a full-screen view of the adjustments you have made.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 58 Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually Anti-aliasing can be set to favor either an increase in system processing performance or improved image quality: • Setting for performance is best used when the 3D image is animated and smoothness of motion is the most important consideration. • Setting for quality is best used when having highly detailed and realistic 3D objects is the primary concern.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Adaptive Anti-aliasing 59 3 Adjust the Adaptive Anti-Aliasing control slider to the desired setting. Preview your changes • The preview image automatically displays your adjustments. Optionally, double-click 3D Preview for a full-screen view of the adjustments you have made. To exit full-screen Preview, press the Esc key. The Preview can be disabled by clicking the “X” button in the Preview pane.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 60 Anisotropic Filtering transparencies more realistic, providing exceptional levels of image quality while maintaining performance. Set the level of adaptive anti-aliasing 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click Adaptive Anti-Aliasing. 3 Adjust the Adaptive Anti-Aliasing control slider to the desired setting.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Anisotropic Filtering 61 Set the Anisotropic Filtering to automated preference 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click Anisotropic Filtering. 3 Ensure the application override is enabled. To do so, make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is selected. Note: The slider control becomes unavailable. Set higher quality Anisotropic Filtering 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 62 Catalyst™ A.I. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for the current view only. Previous settings are not altered and will be saved once you click OK. Catalyst™ A.I. Catalyst™ A.I.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Mipmap Detail Level 63 Optionally, double-click 3D Preview for a full-screen view of the adjustments you have made. To exit full-screen Preview, press the Esc key. The Preview can be disabled by clicking the “X” button in the Preview pane. It can also be paused by clicking the “||” button in the Preview pane. Clicking the pause button again causes the preview to resume.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 64 Mipmap Detail Level • Setting for quality is best used when high surface detail is required, especially if the animated object rotates or moves into the background. Set the Mipmap detail level 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click Mipmap Detail Level. 3 Click the Control slider and move the selector to the left to increase processing performance, or to the right to increase image quality.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 All Settings 65 Preview your changes • The preview image automatically displays your adjustments. Optionally, double-click 3D Preview for a full-screen view of the adjustments you have made. To exit full-screen Preview, press the Esc key. The Preview can be disabled by clicking the “X” button in the Preview pane. It can also be paused by clicking the “||” button in the Preview pane.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 66 Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually • Catalyst™ A.I. • Mipmap detail level • Wait for display refresh • SmartShader™ Effects • Adaptive Anti-Aliasing This page is useful when it is not necessary to preview the adjusted settings because the effect is already known or understood. Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click All Settings.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually 67 Set the Anisotropic Filtering to automated preference 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click All Settings. 3 Ensure the application override is enabled. To do so, make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is selected. Note: The slider control becomes unavailable. Set the Catalyst™ A.I. setting 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click All Settings.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 68 API Specific Discard your settings • Click Discard to ignore any unsaved changes and restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. Clicking Discard applies to all features of an aspect, not just the feature in the current view.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 API Specific 69 Set Support DXT texture formats for Direct 3D® This option enables support for DirectX® compressed texture formats. DXT requires half the amount of memory to draw the same amount of textures. This frees up memory while achieving high quality graphics. 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click API Specific. 3 Select Support DXT texture formats to place a check mark in the check box.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 70 Color 3 Select Force 24-bit Z-buffer depth to place a check mark in the check box. Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Color Desktop 71 Catalyst™ Control Center: Color Color Desktop Adjust the overall richness of color by using the Gamma control. To adjust the overall brightness use the Brightness control, and the overall contrast use the Contrast control. Display Color page to configure Desktop 1 From the Tree View pane, click Color. 2 Select Desktop from the Set color correction for drop-down menu.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 72 Color Desktop 4 Click and drag either the Gamma, Brightness, or Contrast to adjust all these settings simultaneously. Revert to last known All Channel settings 1 From the Tree View pane, click Color. 2 Select Desktop in Set color correction for. 3 Select All Channels. Reactivate your color settings Your desktop may retain the color settings when exiting an application or game.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Color Desktop 73 Note: The preview image automatically displays the adjustment you have made. Set Color Contrast 1 From the Tree View pane, click Color. 2 Click and drag the Control slider to your preferred setting: • To increase the Contrast, move the slider to the right. • To decrease the Contrast, move the slider to the left. • Optionally, click the up and down arrow buttons in the adjustment box.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 74 Color - FullScreen 3D Color - FullScreen 3D Adjusting the Gamma control alters the overall richness of color. Adjusting the Brightness control alters the overall brightness. Adjusting the Contrast control alters the overall contrast. • Adjusting the Gamma can be useful for CAD applications that rely heavily on color coding or applications that require realistic color.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Avivo™ Video for Radeon® Series starting from 9500 75 Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for the current view only.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 76 Standard Settings Catalyst™ Control Center: Avivo Video Standard Settings To quickly adjust your video settings choose one of the video presets or use the Video Wizard to configure your display devices. Start the Video Wizard 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Video. 2 Click Standard Settings. 3 Click the Wizard button. Select a Video Preset 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Video. 2 Click Standard Settings.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Standard Settings 77 3 Select a preset from the Video Presets menu. Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 78 Standard Settings 3 Click and drag the Gamma control slider to the desired position. Set Contrast Contrast is the difference between the brightest and darkest parts of an image. 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Video. 2 Click Adjustments. 3 Click and drag the Contrast control slider to the desired position. Set Brightness Brightness is the overall intensity, or luminosity of an image.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Standard Settings 79 Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for the current view only. Previous settings are not altered and will be saved once you click OK.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 80 Deinterlacing • Optionally, select in Theater Mode (full-screen) if you want the video content to be displayed on both displays. The Secondary display displays the same content as the primary. Set video aspect ratio 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Video. 2 Click Theater Mode. 3 Select Match the source video to maintain the aspect ratio of original video.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Deinterlacing 81 • Auto Detect lets the multimedia driver to select the best deinterlacing scheme for different video sources and sizes. • Bob deinterlacing, when selected, removes every other line of the video image and is recommended for motion video. • Adaptive deinterlacing, when selected, reacts to the amount of motion in the video and apply a media filter on a motion block and apply weave on the remaining blocks.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 82 Deinterlacing All Settings The All Settings page combines all of the principal Video features onto a single page, without any preview window, allowing quick access and adjustment. This page is useful when it is not necessary to preview the adjusted settings because the effect is already known or understood.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Deinterlacing 83 2 Click All Settings. 3 Scroll to Video Adjustments. 4 Adjust the Contrast control slider to the desired position. Adjust Saturation Saturation is the measure of amount of color in an image. 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Video. 2 Click All Settings. 3 Scroll to Video Adjustments. 4 Adjust the Saturation control slider to the desired position.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 84 Deinterlacing 3 Scroll to Overlay Display Mode. 4 Under Extended desktop shows overlay: select in Standard Mode if you want the video content to be displayed on the primary display only. • Optionally, select in Theater Mode (full-screen) if you want the video content to be displayed on both displays. The Secondary display displays the same content as the primary.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 VPU Recover 85 Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for the current view only. Previous settings are not altered and will be saved once you click OK.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 86 VPU Recover Catalyst™ Control Center: VPU Recover Enable VPU Recover 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. 2 Click Enable VPU Recover. Prepare an error report You can chose to send an error report to ATI if VPU Recover is activated. This report assists ATI in determining the cause of the problem. This information is then used to develop more stable graphic drivers.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 CrossFire™ 87 An email is created containing the error report for submission to ATI Technologies. Note: No personal information is included in the error report. Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 88 CrossFire™ • An interconnect cable, supplied with the CrossFire™ Series graphics card, connecting the two cards to a single monitor. When CrossFire™ is enabled, any one of the four following display modes are available: • SuperTiling - A graphical load-balancing scheme where CrossFire™ renders alternate small 32x32 pixel squares in a finegrained checkerboard pattern.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 CrossFire™ 89 Catalyst™ Control Center: CrossFire™ Enable CrossFire™ 1 From the Tree View pane, click CrossFire™ in Advanced View. 2 Click Enable CrossFire™. When CrossFire™ is successfully enabled all display devices, except the one used by CrossFire™, will be disabled. Note: CrossFire™ Higher Quality anti-aliasing can be adjusted in the Catalyst™ Control Center 3D settings aspect.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 90 CrossFire™ 3 Adjust the Adaptive Anti-Aliasing control slider to the desired setting. Set Catalyst™ A.I. settings 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click Catalyst™ A.I. 3 If necessary, clear the check mark from Disable Catalyst™ A.I. 4 Click and drag to slider to the desired setting. Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 CrossFire™ 91 2 Connect the DVI-I connector of the interconnect cable to the DVI-I connection on the Slave card. 3 Connect the remaining DVI-I connector of the interconnect cable to your monitor. Note: On graphics cards with two DVI-I connectors, only one DVI-I connector on the Slave card supports Transition Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS) required by CrossFire™.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 92 CrossFire™ 3D client is active You will not be able to start CrossFire™ if a 3D application, game, or video playback, such as a DVD movie, is running. Close all open 3D applications, games, and movie player applications then enable CrossFire™. For more information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 CrossFire™ 93 5 Select the composition, activation, and applications options that you wish to apply to the profile. 6 Click Save.
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stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Using TV Out 95 CHAPTER 6: Using TV Display and Capture Features This chapter describes how to use the TV display and video capture features of your Radeon® X1900 Series card. Using TV Out Your Radeon® X1900 Series has TV Out capability. Viewing Your PC’s Display on a TV You can attach your Radeon® X1900 Series to a TV and a monitor at the same time.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 96 Using TV Out 3 Looking at the back of your PC, locate your S-Video Out. Using an SVideo cable, attach one end of the cable to your graphics card and the other to your TV. Refer to the illustration. 4 Power on your TV first, then your computer. Connecting Your S-Video Out to a TV or VCR 1 S-Video Connection on graphics card 2 TV 3 S-Video Cable 4 Computer Using a Monitor vs.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Connecting to HDTV 97 Some single-frequency monitors may not work with TV display enabled. If you experience problems when TV display is enabled, disable TV display to restore your monitor’s display. Viewing Text on a TV A TV is designed primarily to show moving images. The large dot pitch of a TV will yield poor quality static images.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 98 Connecting to HDTV The HDTV Component Video Adapter can be used in place of the standard A/V Output cable to connect to an HDTV or other component input device, using component video cables. L You must have a monitor attached to your computer before installing the ATI HDTV. For proper operation of your ATI Component Video Adapter, ATI display drivers must be correctly installed.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Connecting to HDTV 99 2 Turn on your computer. Note: Your TV will not display anything until Windows starts. This can take several minutes. Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable Use the HDTV Video Cable to watch DVD movies and play video games on your High Definition Television. L Copy-protected DVDs restrict playback to 480i and 480p modes.
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stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 101 CHAPTER 7: CrossFire™ FAQ The following are frequently-asked questions about CrossFire™. For the latest information, please consult the CrossFire™ Web site at: ati.com/crossfire 1 What combination of products are required to build a working CrossFire™ system? Three components are required: • a CrossFire™ Edition graphics card that works as the Master graphics card.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 102 Note: To determine which PCIe™ slot is the primary slot, consult your motherboard manual. Alternately, to determine whether or not a CrossFire™ Edition card is in the correct slot, connect your display directly to the DVI-I connection on the Master graphics card instead of using the CrossFire™ connector, with both graphics cards seated in their respective slots on the motherboard.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 103 To access and enable CrossFire™ in Catalyst™ Control Center, do the following: • Click CrossFire™ in Advanced View. Then, select Enable CrossFire™. When CrossFire™ is successfully enabled, all display devices except the one used by CrossFire™ will be disabled. Multiple monitors/ displays that are disabled when CrossFire™ is enabled reappear after CrossFire™ is disabled.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 104 12 What happens if the CrossFire™ Edition graphics card and the CrossFire™ Ready graphics card have different clock speeds? Both cards will continue to operate at their individual clock speeds; neither card is “stepped down.” The compositing engine on the CrossFire™ Edition card merges the resulting images independent of the clock speed on either graphics card.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 CrossFire™ Overview 105 CHAPTER 8: Using the Radeon® X1900 Series with CrossFire™ The Radeon® X1900 Series can be used as a Slave graphics card in a CrossFire™ system. For the full system requirements necessary to put together a working CrossFire™ system, see the CrossFire™ FAQ. CrossFire™ Overview This section provides an overview of the main features and configurations for CrossFire™.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 106 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes The first three are performance-oriented modes, and Super Anti-aliasing is a quality-oriented mode. Each mode uses a different method for dividing the workload required to render a 3D image across multiple GPUs. Only one mode can be in operation at any given time.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 107 4 Partial Frame Rendered on PCI Express® Master Graphics Card 5 Final Rendered Frame on Display SuperTiling has the advantage of being able to work with practically any 3D application. However, there are a small number of applications where the SuperTiling workload distribution does not provide optimal performance. For these special cases, Scissor Mode can be used.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 108 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes Although Scissor Mode is generally a less efficient means of splitting the workload than using SuperTiling, there are a few cases where it can be more efficient. It is supported by CrossFire™ in order to maximize compatibility and performance. Alternate Frame Rendering (AFR) Mode In this mode, all even frames are rendered on one GPU, while all odd frames are rendered on the other.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 109 The main limitation of this mode is that it cannot be used in applications where the appearance of the current frame is dependent upon data generated in previous frames, since AFR generates successive frames simultaneously on different GPUs. In these cases, the SuperTiling or Scissor Mode is used instead.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 110 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 1 PCI Express® Slave Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1900 Series Master Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on PCI Express® Slave Graphics Card 4 Partial Frame Rendered on PCI Express® Master Graphics Card 5 Final Rendered Frame on Display Some types of textures, especially those with transparent portions, can exhibit aliasing that is not removed by MSAA techniques.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 111 pattern that does a better job of anti-aliasing near-horizontal and nearvertical edges, resulting in better overall image quality. Two of the new Super Anti-aliasing modes use a combination of MSAA and SSAA to achieve the ultimate in image quality. They work by not only using different multi-sample locations on each GPU, but also by offsetting the pixel centers slightly.
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stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Troubleshooting 113 CHAPTER 9: Reference This chapter provides information on troubleshooting, where to get additional accessories, how to register your product, plus warranty and compliance information. Troubleshooting The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. ATI’s documentation contains helpful installation/configuration tips and other valuable feature information.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 114 Troubleshooting General Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution No Display • • • • • Screen Defects Appear • • Check that the card is seated properly in its expansion slot. Ensure that the monitor cable is securely fastened to the card. Make sure that the monitor and computer are plugged in and receiving power. If necessary, disable any built-in graphics capabilities on your mother board.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Troubleshooting 115 CrossFire™-Specific Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution CrossFire™ is Not Functioning In order for CrossFire™ to function the interconnect cable must be correctly connected to both the Master and Slave graphics cards. 1. Connect the DMS-59™ connector of the interconnect cable to the DMS-59™ connection on the Master card. 2.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 116 Troubleshooting CrossFire™-Specific Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution “CrossFire™ Is Currently Unavailable.” This error is occurred because CrossFire™ did not correctly detect your graphics hardware or their is a problem with the software. • Check the graphics card are installed correctly. • Check the interconnect cable is installed correctly. • Close all running 3D applications.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Product Registration 117 HDTV/HDTV Adapter Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution The colors on my TV display are incorrect • Ensure that the connections between the Component Video Adapter and your HDTV are correct (Y=Green, Pb=Blue, Pr=Red). There is no display on my TV • Your TV will not display anything until Windows starts; this may take several minutes. Set your TV to YPbPr input.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 118 Customer Care If you require further assistance with your product, the following Customer Care options are available: Service Availability Language Access Online 24/7 English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German ati.com English 1-877-284-1566 (toll-free) or Mail Telephone US & Canada 9:00AM 7:00PM EST. Monday to Friday. or ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Getting Additional Accessories 119 • ATI Customer Care is unable to assist with refunds, returns, or exchange specific inquiries. If resolving the problem being experienced is critical to your decision to keep the product, it is your responsibility to ensure that you know and are within the period of time your reseller will allow for refunds, returns or exchange.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 120 Compliance Information • Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to ensure compliance with FCC regulations.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 121 CHAPTER 10: Glossary 2D Acronym for “two dimensional,” a term applied to computer graphics that are “flat.” Typical desktop applications such as word processors, spreadsheet programs, or other programs that manipulate print or simple graphics (such as pictures or line art) are generally considered to be operating within a 2D environment, even when they include simple three dimensional elements, such as buttons.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 122 surfaces, allowing game programmers to include more texture and lighting details without affecting performance. Adaptive Anti-aliasing Adaptive anti-aliasing is a technique that applies a combination of multisampling (MSAA) and super-sampling (SSAA) on 3D objects to improve edge smoothness and fine detail.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 123 a scene, delivering a noticeable increase in 3D detail. This type of graphical operation is only available in Radeon® CrossFire™ graphics cards running Microsoft® Direct 3D® and OpenGL® games or applications. Anisotropic Filtering A technique that preserves the surface details of an object as it recedes into the distance by utilizing and blending together the object’s texture maps.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 124 optimize the use of a single display within its existing ambient lighting environment, or to better color match two or more adjacent monitors. Back Buffer A type of offscreen memory used to provide smooth video and 2D graphics acceleration. This technique uses two frame buffers, so the process is often referred to as “double-buffering.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 125 Brightness The amount of white or black that is applied to all colors onscreen. By making the screen “brighter” you are adding more white to it. This should not be confused with luminosity, which measures the actual light level emitted from the computer display. Buffer A name referring to portions of on-board video memory. One large buffer is always used to display images to the screen; this is the “display buffer.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 126 Component Video Typically used on DVD players and HDTV systems, component video is a standard Red/Green/Blue (RGB) color signal for televisions. The signal is split and compressed into separate luminance and color values—luminance (“Y”), red minus luminance (R-Y), and blue minus luminance (B-Y). The value for green is not transmitted. The display device automatically “fills in” the color values that are not red or blue.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 127 beams activate separate red, green, and blue values in various strengths in order to produce a colored image. Dashboard The dashboard is the part of the Catalyst™ Control Center used to display a graphical representation of the features available in installed ATI hardware and software. The dashboard can be used to access all of the aspects (sets of related graphical features) available on a graphics card.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 128 DVI Acronym for “Digital Video Interface,” a standard video connection used on many current computer displays. There are three types of DVI connections: DVI-A (analog), DVI-D (digital), and DVI-I (integrated, capable of either analog or digital). It supports high-bandwidth video signals over 160 Hz, so it is most often used for high-resolution displays.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 129 Frames Per Second In terms of 3D graphics, refers to the rate at which the graphic processor can render new screens per second. Higher rates equals better, more naturalistic performance for such things as games set in a 3D environment. Sometimes abbreviated to “fps.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 130 HDTV Acronym for “High Definition Television,” a format that produces much greater picture quality than a standard television, and in a wide-screen format that matches that of a movie theater screen.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 131 Keyframe Interpolation This feature is also known as “morphing.” In an animation, a start and end point are picked as the key frames. In a 3D rendering, the start point could have a character with a neutral expression, and the end point could have that same character smiling.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 132 flicker-free. The acronym refers to the National Television Systems Committee, which devised this color video standard in 1953. Offscreen Memory An area of memory used to preload images so that they can be quickly drawn to the screen. Offscreen memory refers to all of the remaining video memory not taken up by the front buffer, which holds the contents of the display screen currently visible.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 133 card. PCI replaced the older ISA and VESA bus standards, and was itself superseded by the AGP standard for the main graphics card bus. PCI Express® (PCIe™) The successor standard to the PCI and AGP bus standards, with a significantly faster serial communications system, further opening up bandwidth for more communications between such peripherals as graphics cards and the computer’s CPU.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 134 the display may look three dimensional, but it is really just a 2D grid of pixels designed to appear that way. Resolution The resolution of any display is the number of pixels that can be depicted on screen as specified by the number of horizontal rows against the number of vertical columns. The default VGA resolution of many video cards is capable of displaying 640 rows of pixels by 480 columns.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 135 SDTV SDTV is an acronym for “Standard Definition Television” that identifies lower resolution systems when compared to High Definition Television (HDTV) systems. SDTV systems use the same 4:3 aspect ratio and 480 scan lines to produce a picture as regular analog television sets, but digital decoding enhanced of the signal, displaying a sharper and crisper picture.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 136 Super Anti-aliasing A feature that improves image quality by combining the results of fullscreen anti-aliasing across two graphics cards in a CrossFire™ configuration. The two graphics cards work on different anti-aliasing patterns within each frame.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 137 object takes on the same texture qualities. For example, if you take a 2D textured surface that looks like cloth and wrap it around a 3D sphere, the sphere will now appear to have a cloth-like surface. Texture Preference Texture Preference is a feature enabling the user to select the texture quality level for the surface of a 3D object.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 138 VersaVision™ An ATI technology enabling accelerated display rotation and scaling. Any desktop can now be rotated 90 degrees left or right, or even 180 degrees, while maintaining the full feature set of other ATI 2D and 3D technologies, such as SmoothVision™. VersaVision™ works with single or multiple displays.
stevechoy@sapphiretech.com -- SAPPHIRE -202.82.40.91 -- Tuesday, December 27, 2005 139 capability. It also supports component output support for EDTV displays at 480i (interlaced scanning), 480p (progressive scanning), and for HDTV displays at 720p, and 1080i. VideoShader™ HD A feature that integrates pixel-shading technology with video filtering and processing functions. It accelerates noise removal, de-blocking, adaptive de-interlacing, frame-rate conversion, color-space conversion, and more.
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