User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- RADEON™ 8500/ RADEON 7500™ User’s Guide
- Documentation Updates
- Multiple Monitors
- Connecting your RADEON 8500/RADEON 7500 to your monitors
- RADEON 8500/RADEON 7500 Display Configurations
- Multiple Monitor Controls
- Dynamic Monitor Reassignment Windows® 98SE/Windows®Me/Windows® NT4.0/Windows®2000
- Desktop Management Controls
- Hot Keys Controls
- MultiDesk
- Desktop Management Controls
- Hot Keys Controls
- MultiDesk
- OpenGL Display Properties
- Direct 3D Display Properties
- Color Properties
- Using TV Out
- View your PC’s display on a TV!
- Connecting your RADEON 8500/RADEON 7500 to a TV or a VCR
- Using and Adjusting TV Out
- Enabling and Disabling the Television Display
- 1 Click Start.
- 2 Point to Settings, then click Control Panel.
- 3 Double-click Display.
- 4 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button.
- 5 Click on the ATI Displays tab.
- 6 Click on the green enable/disable button next to the word “TV” to enable/disable television dis...
- 7 Click Apply to save the changes you have made.
- Starting Windows® with Television Display Enabled
- Using a Monitor vs. Using the Television Display
- Adjusting Monitor Display
- Viewing Text on Television
- To Use Larger Display Fonts
- 1 Click Start.
- 2 Point to Settings, then click Control Panel.
- 3 Double-click Display.
- 4 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button.
- 5 Make sure you’re on the General tab.
- 6 In the Font Size box, select the size you want your displayed fonts to be.
- 7 Click Apply, then follow the onscreen instructions to save your new settings.
- To Use Larger Display Fonts
- Reducing Edge Distortion
- To Increase the Horizontal Size
- 1 Click Start.
- 2 Point to Settings, then click Control Panel.
- 3 Double-click Display.
- 4 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button.
- 5 Click on the ATI Displays tab.
- 6 Click on the TV button.
- 7 Make sure you’re on the Adjustments tab.
- 8 Click on the plus (+) button under Horizontal Screen to increase the horizontal size of the tel...
- 9 Click Apply to save the changes you have made.
- To Change the Brightness
- 1 Click Start.
- 2 Point to Settings, then click Control Panel.
- 3 Double-click Display.
- 4 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button.
- 5 Click on the ATI Displays tab.
- 6 Click on the TV button.
- 7 Drag the Brightness slider to the left to decrease the brightness.
- 8 Click Apply to save the changes you have made.
- To Increase the Horizontal Size
- Changing Display Configurations
- Using Games and Applications
- Enabling and Disabling the Television Display
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OpenGL Settings
Convert 32 bit textures to 16 bit allows you to increase video
performance for games that make heavy use of textures.
However this could also reduce image quality.
Enable K
TX buffer region extension enables rapid updates of
those portions of your screen that have been moved.
Enable page f
lipping allows you to enable hardware
acceleration of page flipping to swap full screen buffers.
Force 16-bit Z
-buffering allows you to disable all other
formats of Z-buffer and utilizes 16-bit Z-buffering.
Disable d
ithering when alpha blending may remove artifacts
left on the screen when both dithering and alpha blending are
enabled.
Wait for v
ertical sync lowers the frames per second rate in full
screen games. However this can reduce the image tearing that
can occur with higher frame rates.
Enable tex
ture compression enables and disables texture
compression.
Full Screen an
ti-aliasing allows you to set the level of full-
screen anti-aliasing. This will result in an overall higher quality
image with a slight reduction in performance.
Anisotropic t
exture filtering allows you to set a level of
anisotropic texture filtering. This will result in much higher
quality textures with a negligible reduction in performance.
L
evel of Detail allows you to set the level of mipmapped detail.
The Sharp setting is recommended for larger, more detailed,
mipmapping scenes. The Fuzzy setting is recommended for
smaller, less detailed, mipmapping scenes.