Colorful Graphics Card ATI Series User`s Manual
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1. levels of image quality while maintaining performance Anisotropic Filtering Anisotropic filtering is a technique that preserves detail on surfaces that have three dimensional perspective and fade away into the background It works best when used in conjunction with Mipmapping ATI Catalyst A I ATI Catalyst A I makes use of AMD s texture analyzer technology to optimize performance in 3D applications while maintaining or even improving image quality It analyzes individual textures as they are loaded to determine the best and fastest way to display them Mipmap Detail Level Mipmapping is a texturing technique that preserves the detail on a 3D object surface as 1t moves into the background A series of high and low resolution texture maps are stored in memory and selectively used to create the object surface depending on what level of detail is needed 19 Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual Coforfiy All 3D Settings The All Settings page combines all of the principal 3D features onto a single page without any preview window allowing for quick access and adjustment You can change the settings for the following 3D features as you normally would on each feature s own page anti aliasing anisotropic filtering ATI Catalyst A I mipmap detail level display refresh rate and adaptive anti aliasing 3 8 Color E Catalyst Control Center e sive en g rea dern Re D S pG era 1 L kens Peeper es C U lndez HO2. on device Pin 5 TMDS Datal Shield Pin 15 SCL Pin 6 TMDS Datal Pin 16 SDA Pin 7 TMDS Data0 Pin 17 DDC CEC Ground Pin 8 TMDS Data0O Shield Pin 18 5 V Power max 50 mA Pin 9 TMDS Data0 Pin 19 Hot Plug Detect Pin 10 TMDS Clock 18 16 14 12 10 9 4 2 About the DisplayPort DisplayPort is a digital display interface standard approved May 2006 current version 1 1 approved on April 2 2007 put forth by the Video Electronics Standards Association VESA It defines a new license free royalty free digital audio video interconnect intended to be used primarily between a computer and its display monitor or a computer and a home theater system It supports a maximum of 10 8 Gbit s data rate and WQOXGA 2560x1600 resolution over a 3 meter cable The DisplayPort connector supports 1 to 4 data pairs in a Main Link that also carries audio and clock signals each with a transfer rate of 1 62 or 2 7 Gbit s The video signal path supports 6 to 16 bits per color channel A bi directional auxiliary channel at a constant 1 Mbit s carries management and device control data for the Main Link using VESA EDID and VESA MCCS standards The video signal is not compatible with DVI or HDMI but a DisplayPort connector can 23 Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual pass these signals through While DVI and HDMI require separate clock signals DisplayPort embeds the clock in the data signal The data transmission protocol in DisplayPort is based
3. Control Center is a 3D acceleration control application that enables you to control the functionality of your graphics card It offers exceptional graphics performance and visual quality for the ultimate in performance stability and innovation Safe GPU overclocking custom profiles and assignable hotkeys are just a few of the many features Use ATI Catalyst Control Center to fine tune your graphic and display device settings for optimal performance and quality Many features present you with a preview of your changes before they are applied 3 1 1 How to open the ATI Catalyst Control Center You get three different ways to open the ATI Catalyst Control Center lt The first way After the driver installation right click the desktop select the Catalyst TM Control Center from the context menu Ei Catalyst TM Control Center View K Sort By K Refresh ew K Ee Personalize lt The second way Right Click the EU in the taskba SPO amin Se OY Tite Center lt The third way Left click the Start Menu you can find the Catalyst Control Center in the programs and select the Catalyst Control Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual Ey TT Cor ana 3 2 ATI Catalyst Control Center Interface 3 2 1 Catalyst types There are two types of View Mode of Catalyst Control Center when you start the program for the first time Basic View and Advanced View XU Cahit Control Center Dene Ei The Basic View
4. Is it necessary to update the graphics BIOS when the card runs OK A If there is no special use Colorful doesn t provide graphics card BIOS We don t advice users use the abnormal BIOS operation because the wrong BIOS may damage your hardware moreover the card may out of warranty Q What are the names of different parts in a graphic card A A graphics cards made up by GPU chip PCB memory modules Electronic component bus interface and display output Q Why the fan on the graphics card runs so loudly How to solve it A When the card runs under the high heat and lots of dust environment for a long time the fan may make noise You can clean the dust on the fan If it is still the same please contact the franchisers Q Why I can t use the Windows Media Player to play the movies A Please download the latest version of Windows Media Player Q How to upkeep the graphics card A 1 Keep the ambient dry and avoid the dust 2 Clean the dust on the fan usually and keep the PCB and electronic component clean Q Why my monitor appears wrong color when power on A 1 Graphics card and monitor is not well connected 2 Monitor broken 3 Graphics card broken 4 Monitor has been magnetized Q The computer is hanging up is my graphics broken A There are many reasons make the computer hang up if you exclude others please try to examine whether the motherboard and the graphics card were well connected whether the connect finger
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6. is for ATI Catalyst Welcome to the ATI Catalyst Control Center Control Cantar easy setup wizards and quick settings Wal sid you like to use 9 Dasic Casy Setup Wirata and Gueck Seta Prodes Goth depdi ED 559 BrE od Chuck ebr for TBK your Qn Ga webu ed clle Cun lanka Adiyaman The Advanced View Aia you te configure all of the marty ovolsbis sengs of your ATI grephics EAE E allows you to configure all the many available Uont shone thes cage aan fou Gan Gous bed wee hame sey atl Gheck a Advanced af ay imre settings of the graphics ick Neat ta contin card We recommend that novice users choose the Basic View to setup the monitor 3D quality and display experienced users choose the Advanced View to setup the details of the graphics card Note We use the Advanced View settings in this manual 3 2 2 User Interface The ATI Catalyst Control Center provides an easy to use interface for managing your system and it consists of these main areas fi Catalyst Control Center ea lS ee Fg Welcome E g Information Center met Displays Manager ES Display Options Select a Task Pane ES h Aava Video ATI Overdrive LATI Radeon HD 4670 T Default VGA monitor Product Features HD 4870 Redefine the way you GAME Check for driver updates Contact Customer Care Panel Main Task Area Control Send AMD vour feedback Visit amd com Join our Folding
7. televisions DTV 9 DisplayPort re i eee a mer c h Fee DisplayPort is a digital display interface standard approved May 2006 current version 1 1 approved on April 2 2007 put forth by the Video Electronics Standards Association VESA It defines a new license free royalty free digital audio video interconnect intended to be used primarily between a computer and its display monitor or a computer and a home theater system It supports a maximum of 10 8 Gbit s data rate and WQOXGA 2560x1600 resolution over a 3 meter cable NOTE All ATI HDMI DisplayPort supported graphics cards are integrated audio codec you just need to set in the Control Panel Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual a Coforfiy 10 VVC and UVC VVC VRAM Voltage Control and UVC VPU Voltage Control switches are Colorful particular high light for enhancing overclocking capability you can find them usually on the high end graphics card ILLL RRR k k E rE Lait is fo io eee T Pia re ha etal of BH EPL KRL Pes T T YA Lal 1 u N ooh I i fn K i ah P Rete s Pel a EF The VVC and UVC are used for adjusting the memory voltage and core voltage When slide to the right side the voltage will be added and the overclocking ability will be improved Caution The system might come to unstable when overclocking so novice users please keep the default clock and voltage 11 Dual BIOS The overcloking butt
8. ALENG Del e Vat eerder Use the Color aspect to adjust the N i Color baian 7 viad Seiya Eler SGT wep hrd Baar asz Rcd Ai Ai 0 CRS RETS color properties of your Desktop Use the Color Correction Images option to rags A Migri Ta Lii preview the changes before applying ms 9 Astro Video TE 0 ca Z them G AT Ove alala ali GAAFHICE Note ATI Catalyst Control Center does not support the changing of color properties for full screen 3D applications and games for systems running Windows Vista As a result the Set color correction for list in the Color aspect is not available since all changes in the aspect apply only to the Desktop 20 Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual See 3 9 Avivo Video TI Catahat Corto Center ft S afie Mien raies em Mre UR aj Se deen Corder ea Leri nra Miriga S els Options Mr dv Pra 0 JD Base Lap Thee ele Al Evran LH Tl Overiwe TS Kk ieee v r widest meets Shaheed nb OF ZR 0066 pal EF Ling herzh al vn Spare bY eles erae RADEON Li BUF EEL i al ae Video Presets for ATI Radeon X1000 Series and Later ATI Catalyst Control Center comes with several video presets containing pre defined video brightness contrast saturation tint and gamma settings To optimize video playback using these settings choose the desired video preset Note These settings only affects applications with video overlay suppo
9. Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual ny Cof orfiy ATi RADEON PREMIUM GRAPHICS Colorful Graphics Card ATI Series User s Manual Colorful Technology Website http www colorful cn Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual mO Coforfiy Copyright This VGA manual belongs to Colorful Technology LTD It won t be permitted to copy change or translate without prior permission Disclaimer All trademarks used in this manual are the sole property of their respective owners WARRANTY VOID CONDITIONS The product is guaranteed for 24 months from the date of original purchase from Colorful graphics card This limited warranty does not cover any failure s or defect s caused by misuse accident abnormal or unusually heavy use improper packaging or handling neglect abuse alteration improper installation unauthorized repair or modification improper testing or causes external to the product such as but not limited to excessive heat or humidity power failures power surges or acts of God This limited warranty will be void if evidence is seen of screw holes created by Distributor burned out chips more than four wires are broken on the PCB or evidence of repair work performed by a party other than colorful This limited warranty does not cover expendable components any software supplied by colorful any experimental or developmental products compatibility issues with other hardware and software products introduced a
10. Home team RADEON GRAPHICS Tabs Button 10 Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual TET Coforfiy 3 2 3 View ATI Catalyst Control Center contains three views that are suited to varying levels of familiarity with the application ED Catalyst Contra Center STE En ae TE B pr Wera Basic View is the default view when ATI Catalyst deant ei View Basic View Canter Yate Control Center is started for the very first time It Peter includes a wizard that guides you through the process of configuring your display devices Advanced View Advanced View provides access to all the features offered by the ATI Catalyst Control Center Custom View Custom View allows you to choose the features that appear in the left navigation pane Custom View is recommended for experienced users who want to RADEON access only the features they adjust most often or that their 3D applications support 3 2 4 Hotkeys ED Catalyst Corral Center s n wear 0 noa T Jg lt Sel Du Enable Hoike TT Hotkeys Manager Use the Hotkeys Manager to create shortcut key combinations to quickly perform tasks such as changing a graphics setting or opening an application A hot key is a combination of one or more modifier keys such as Ctrl Alt or Shift and any letter from the alphabet Hotkeys Manager is only available in Advanced View RADEON US PSH LT Note Some applications disable hot
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12. changes drag or right click the display Detect Displays icons Selected Display on ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT HIA Extended Desktop area Color quality Refresh rate 1024x 78 vl High 32 bit 60 Hz Rotation Standard Landscape 0 Force OK Apply Discard Detaults Extend Mode Desktop and Display Setup Right Click the Display Main Clone Icon on the left hand and Leb select the Extend Main H aan 101 1 Rotate onto digital panel in the Attached displays currently dis Extend Main onto digital panel pop up menu Swap display mapping To make changes drag or igh CEK the display C Displays icons Clone Mode Right Click the Display Icon on the left hand and select the Clone Desktop1 with digital panel in the pop up menu Desktop and Display Setup N Desktop 1 Desktop 2 oja Attached displays currently d Rotate K Clone Desktop 1 with digital panel Swap displays K Maintain per display mode settings Disable Swap display order only To make changes drag or right click the display Detect Displays Hi bal icons E 16 Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual 3 5 Display Options ares Bien Priore JR Display Options The Display Options aspect gives you LATI Bize H 060 3 Cheeta A erator additional control to optimize YE Desi azcn Dren Tieci Perr aah a Cs prd Center wil bari dapi de
13. emory size and total memory bandwidth Note Clicking System Information opens the Windows System Information dialog 3 4 Displays Manager The Displays Manager aspect is the central location for configuring your display devices and arranging your desktop Use Displays Manager to change your display setup arrange your desktop in a multi monitor environment and enable TV Out Displays Manager is available only in Advanced View and Custom View Note The stretch vertically and horizontally options are not supported on systems running Windows Vista 14 ATI RADEON fe ls Nal e LAT Hada HD 4570 f Dalet WA sara S Ta pra Zana deg G ght ZK the cary e Catered arie pe AT sisa HD 16 70 Daelet VDA montor Single Deseo ed Hame Ht LP quay idx M lt lnt e 7S Hr Raion Shar etic Lanvaz pop AP z Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual Coforfiy 3 4 1 Setup Single Display Ey E Display Settings Right click on the desktop Monitor Drag the icons to match your monitors Identify Monitors EZ Catalyst TM Control Center View Sort By Select the Refresh Personalize Paste to open the Paste Shortcut profiles iy Generic Non PnoP Monitor on ATI Radeon HO 2600 XT vd kk lt pd ee oe nd the cesktay Ee Personalize Colors Low p High Highest 32 bit al Resolution Use the slide bar to change t
14. en Note These settings will only affect applications with video overlay support Note ATI Radeon 1800 series and later graphics cards provide support for video in both Blu ray and HD DTYV optical formats All ATI Avivo Video Settings The All Settings page combines all of the principal ATI Avivo Video features onto a single page without any preview window allowing quick access and adjustment This page is useful when it 1s not necessary to preview the adjusted settings because the effect is already known or understood Note These settings will only affect applications with video overlay support 3 10 ATI Overdrive ATI Overdrive ED Gha Central Contes ee OOL LOTEN pog lt AR aa C ou 9 To help assess the performance of the graphics RAL Scena Mica A Gilani A card ATI Overdrive displays the current GPU and A nw yet memory clock speeds the percentage of graphics Ded Bake ee es ee B See Se fi AT Hadar HD 360 Daad WA merde computing power currently used the current temperature of the cards and if applicable the fan speed Use the Auto Tune feature to set optimal speeds for the graphics processor and video memory clocks Alternatively manually set these speeds to meet your specific requirements To ensure optimal performance manually set speeds should ATI be tested before they are used RADEON DST HD You can manually overclock any GPU including those in ATI Cro
15. fter the time of purchase or products or accessories not manufactured by colorful WARNING DO NOT touch the cooling system since it may produce a certain heat while processing tasks AUTION DO NOT force the cooler against the fragile GPU to avoid damage to the GPU Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual Colorful Table of Contents Ie e Prat Ware AS lat e aaalansiasatansceandonsdontongansansaanie OA 1 IR e E i E E A E E A E E E A AE N E A l HOV 1 AAR l Chapter Rd E T n E TTT 5 2 1 Driver installation im Windows Vista scsesacacccasstarseovacassassadaaantacaseennneancaglaaesesaaanduananesSaanenaednqsessasagaimedaieaataenss 5 Chapter 3 ATI Catalyst Control Center in Vista sss 9 a1 ATI Catalyst Control Center Introd ucuOn sses E 9 3 1 1 How to open the ATI Catalyst Control Center sees esse eee eee 9 ISLAM Corals Com mol Cemer MEIE ernn nr EE Ea 10 SHARO EI SU Ly DCS E E A E N EE E A A EE E 10 R R T O ea A eee ee A A 10 I VO A E E E E E E wen caunsemacnevane 11 A TOEO a A E devon eds Waesoninasaush yadaagaumaneceenosiuagoaeed 11 Did DT 111s o5 ceqncese E E E E E E 12 SPA T E PTAA EE EAE A E EAA A EE AEA AEA E E E AT 12 SPAT lt e i o AE E EEO E E E E AIE O EE E dues sue A A EON 13 I aaO TTT 14 Ae DUS kay SANA E E E EE EEEE E E E E 14 rdl Senp o nole Dipli yacan siaasanaeueaeaoeuserateevauselnaneused coun Osan apaanianns 15 E SeU DIa E e E E 16 DP EL 17 MOO EOD eea E EEEE E E A EEE E EEEE AEE E EE EEEE 17 S E B
16. he resolution of the monitor 1024 by 768 pixels How dol get the best display This setting determines how many times the monitor displays an entire screen in one second Higher refresh Moritur Type i hp pavilion mx75 rates may be more pleasing to the eye but cause the video hardware to work harder and use more resources Select a lower rate that is compatible with the Pages OTRE Screen refresh rate adapter If you can detect minute 85 Hertz flickering or the change bothers your V Hide modes that this monitor cannot display Clearing this check box allows you to select display modes that this monitor cannot display correctly This may lead to an unusable display and or damaged hardware eyes try adjusting the rate to the next available higher rate Never exceed the rate available to the monitor CAUTION Do not remove the selection next to Hide modes that this monitor cannot display Changing the refresh rate to a rate that the monitor cannot accept may permanently damage some monitors 15 Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual 3 4 2 Setup Dual Display From the Graphics Settings tree click Displays Manager gt Displays Properties rn eae Click the Detect Display first R Desktop 2 and Right Click the Display B ow Icon you can set the primary Enable display Attached displays curently disabled Tamany Identify To make
17. ile reverse engineer disassemble or otherwise reduce the Software to a human Next perceivable form b modify network rent lend loan distribute or eate derivative works based upon the Software in whole or in part or Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual Colorful p a Lre Laa a R l aa Currently Instaling Mirman aa CC i A005 eeina I Ue Kemi installation oomole te Fn Tas Satalyst rol Genter Click Finish and restart the computer Attention 1 The driver is updated frequently in order to improve the graphics card compatibility we try our best to keep the latest drivers in the drivers CD but if you want update the driver please visit COLORFUL website http Awww colortul cn or ATI website http ati amd com The driver CD content is limited if it is not fit for your Operating System such as Linux Solaris FreeBSD etc please visit ATI website http ati amd com to download the correct driver Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual Ey Coforfiy Chapter 3 ATI Catalyst Control Center in Vista ATI Catalyst Control Center is designed for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista You can use ATI Catalyst Control Center to control your ATI hardware and access other ATI software installed on your system The operation in Windows XP and Windows Vista is almost the same we use Windows Vista for the reference 3 1 ATI Catalyst Control Center Introduction ATI Catalyst
18. keys as a normal part of their functionality 11 n Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual 3 2 5 Profiles Profiles Manager is a management tool for creating customized environments for your desktop video and 3D applications Use Profiles Manager to define and save video settings into a profile so they can be restored at a later date using hot keys or file associations The pais echoes T al aae Conca Center mbron W me ien setups E K AT Rean HO ZK D Dal s d VA ia RADEON CA h AHIT Note Profiles are created on a per graphics card basis If there is more than one card installed in your computer you need to select the appropriate card before creating loading or activating a profile 3 2 6 Preference Use the Preferences menu in the Dashboard to customize the overall look and behavior for ATI Hide Tootiipa Hide Toolbar Tit Hide Selak Darmen Enable Gatem Tray Meru 9 gwrez video Select a Language Prea Select a Shir Catalyst Control Center You can Keeping ATI Catalyst Control Center Always on Top of All Open Applications on the Desktop Showing or Hiding Tooltips Showing or Hiding Text that Appears on the Reter Factery Honi ks Toolbar Buttons Hiding the Splash Screen Showing or Hiding the ATI Catalyst Control Center Icon in the Windows System Tray Changing the Language RADEON Changing the Appearance of the ATI Catalyst _GRAPMICE Cont
19. odel automatically Click Setup VGA to install Curent version 4 09 00 0504 Browse Contents of the CD Get the latest info of the products ap Coforfiy Step 2 ATI Catalyst Install Manager Version 03 00 0704 Welcome Welcome Catalyst Install Manager is used to install and update the software for your graphics products Language Support Which language would you like Catalyst Install Manager to display English ka If available additional languages can be installed for your Catalyst applications Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual Select Install Additional Languages to install mother tongue Click Next to continue Select Install to install Select Installation Operation the driver What do you want to do Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual Colorful nager Version 03 00 0704 Click Express for full installation we re highly Select Express or Custom Install and then dick Next recommended you select Analyze f Custom express Customize Default Installation Location Hari Ci Program ies ATL Technologies Fintshed Click Browse 1f you want ADEDN to change the installation location ATI Catalyst Install Manager Version 03 00 0704 SS End User License Agreement PLEASE READ THIS LICENSE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE SOF
20. on micro packets and is extensible for future feature additions whereas DVI HDMI transmission protocol is a Serial Data Stream at 10x pixel clock rate Finally unlike the separate DVI HDMI and LVDS standards DisplayPort supports both external box to box and internal laptop LCD panel display connections Pin Definitions Pin 1 ML_Lane O p Pin 11 GND Ground Pin 2 GND Ground Pin 12 ML_Lane 3 n Pin 3 ML_Lane O n Pin 13 GND Ground Pin 4 ML_Lane 1 p Pin 14 GND Ground Pin 5 GND Ground Pin 15 AUX_CH p Pin 6 ML_Lane 1 n Pin 16 GND Ground Pin 7 ML_Lane 2 p Pin 17 AUX_CH n Pin 8 GND Ground Pin 18 Hot Plug Pin 9 ML_Lane 2 n Pin 19 DP_PWR Pin 10 ML_Lane 3 p Pin 20 DP_PWR 24 Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual TT Coforfiuy 4 3 How to Install HDMI 1 Connect the HDMI cable to the HDMI connector of the television wi Peo 25 Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual 4 At last setup the audio output in the Control Panel and select the displays that you use in the ATI Catalyst Center En CS Printers Ss a printer Change default peter Remeveaprnter Send a Tas Select the Sound in the Control x AutoPlay Change deta 1ctreeais Lor rda ee cei Play LC Ua gr ether moda pn 6prmale ally CESI Ru Olum Lharpeag tem pounds Marn 06 sudie devices Ej Change button eninge Panel Chitig point sppearin Power Options Change power saving set
21. on is on the bracket of the graphics card It is very convenient users needn t use a lot of softwares to test or adjust the clock when they play a game that without good performance but just need press the button Turbo The VPU and memory work at high clock Normal The VPU and memory work at low clock Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual a Coforfiy Chapter 2 Driver Installation Before installing the graphics card driver Please Note 1 Make sure you have installed the chipset driver of the motherboard 2 Make sure the DirectX Direct9 0 or later has been installed Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces APIs for handling tasks related to multimedia especially game programming and video on Microsoft platforms We suggest you downloading the latest DirectX on Microsoft website http www microsoft com 2 1 Driver installation in Windows Vista Step 1 Insert the Colorful Smart Install CD into the CD drive and it has an auto start feature ___ DVD RW Drive G Smartinstall tai rie gt AutoPlay Select lt Run l Always do this for software and games Autorun exe gt to run the Install er run program auto start lt ae EE liene AT onenari feature General options A Open folder to view files Using Windows Explorer Set SutoPlay defaults in Control Panel The program will detect the graphics card m
22. page is available for ATI Radeon graphics cards that support per display color settings Use the page to independently set the hue and saturation for each attached and enabled display RACEON Li 9 PHE HL 79 18 Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual rn Coforfiy 3 7 3D i Gala Corel raz Tse wea Lae T in aaaea L 1 Lr afat acta LATI Radeon TT 4570 Daim VGA pers ZD Pane RADEON TSH BPa EL B The 3D setting contains Standard 3D Settings The Standard Settings aspect provides access to a universal slider control where you can simultaneously adjust all of the standard 3D settings for any type of 3D application This page is useful when you are not aware of which type of 3D settings your application uses or when you want to use an overall adjustment control that rapidly configures your application Anti Aliasing Anti aliasing AA is a rendering technique designed to remove jagged edges shimmering and pixelation problems that are common in rendered 3D images Rather than determining the color to display for each pixel by sampling a single location at the pixel center anti aliasing samples multiple locations within each pixel and blends the results together to produce the final color Adaptive Anti Aliasing Adaptive anti aliasing 1s a technique that improves edge smoothness and fine detail for 3D objects This feature renders 3D objects containing transparencies more realistically providing exceptional
23. rol Center using Skins Restoring All Factory Default Settings for ATI Catalyst Control Center 12 n Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual 3 2 7 Hel dA Bues hh ien v A ae revr Mn lt The ATI Catalyst Control Center Help Hip fes thra Pad Help Content Peper graphics technologies for the graphics card aa qe L 9 Carine Cant provides conceptual information on the About Catalyst Contra Center and detailed instructions for optimizing your graphics environment You can also use the Help to access usage information generate a problem report and get view current software version information RADEON TECE Dee T 13 3 3 Information Center Information Center The Information Center aspect provides detailed information about all installed graphics hardware and associated software RADEON DRAPE Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual Viel L L ae ee Yerri KF Tesla AN Technoiogees KC 20 Gene Vers FT GT 895 ZD aves Abe Pail TEIR TES 38 THERE SYSTE Eea LU Veren 2 1410 LEN Cie Waren 14 1 oe Cats Cone Carder Varker ae 21 ISU 7 9 Graphics Software includes information such as installed 2D and 3D driver versions OpenGL version and ATI Catalyst Control Center version Graphics Hardware includes information about each installed graphics card such as the installed graphics chipset device ID graphics bus capability maximum bus setting BIOS version m
24. rt Basic Video Color Settings for ATI Radeon X1000 Series and Later Use the Basic Color page to manually set gamma brightness contrast saturation and tint for video playback Note Certain video formats do not support these adjustments Note These settings will only affect applications with video overlay support Advanced Video Color Settings for ATI Radeon X1000 Series and Later Use the Advanced Color page to fine tune the color of standard definition video 720 80 to make the color more or less vibrant and to remove excess red from skin tones You can preview your changes before applying them Note Advanced Color settings are supported only on ATI Radeon 2000 series and later graphics cards running on Windows Vista Basic Video Quality for ATI Radeon X1000 Series and Later Using video quality options you can enhance video quality by selecting an optimal deinterlacing mode and enabling pulldown detection Deinterlacing creates a sharp image from the two video fields of interlaced video Pulldown detection enables automatic compensation for film converted to video Note These settings affect only applications with video overlay support 21 a Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual Coforfil Theater Video Mode for ATI Radeon X1000 Series and Later Use the Theater Mode page to change the way you view streaming video You can adjust the aspect ratio overlay display mode and preferred viewing mode such as Widescreen or Fullscre
25. s had been oxidated or whether installed the right driver 27 Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual Q Why the monitor appears some abnormal dots A This is usually because the graphics card and motherboard are not well connected Please clean the connect fingers or return Q What is function of the external power supply A Some high power cards such as ATI RADEON 1900 series RADEON 2600 series RADEON 3800 series RADEON 4800 series etc have extra power supply to make up for the lack of power that motherboard supply 28 Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual mO Coforfiy Technical Support If you can t settle the questions please contact with our engineer and send the following information to us Note please give a description about your computer system and your display equipments 1 Product Namel 2 Serial Number 3 Purchase Datel 4 Customer Namel 5 Purchase Place 6 Operation System 7 Driver Version 8 Contact Address Colorful Technology amp Development Co Ltd http www colorful cn 29
26. ssFireX configurations ity ae naba CAUTION If a GPU is being used at or close to its maximum capabilities or if the card is running close to 110 do not increase the GPU or memory clock speeds 22 Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual Coforfiy Chapter 4 How to Build an HDMI Home Theater Note 1 Chapter 4 is optional for the graphics card which support for HDMI 2 DisplayPort system has the same installation steps with HDMI system so we don t introduce it specially 4 1 About the HDMI The High Definition Multimedia Interface HDMI is a compact audio video connector interface for transmitting uncompressed digital streams HDMI devices are manufactured to adhere to various versions of the specification where each version is given a number such as 1 0 1 2 or 1 3a Each subsequent version of the specification uses the same kind of cable but increases the bandwidth and or capabilities of what can be transmitted over the cable For example the previous maximum pixel clock rate of HDMI interface was 165 MHz which was sufficient for supporting 1080p at 60 Hz and WUXGA 1920x1200 at 60 Hz HDMI 1 3 increased that to 340 MHz which allows for higher resolution such as WOXGA 2560x1600 across a single digital link Pin Definitions Pin 1 TMDS Data2 Pin 11 TMDS Clock Shield Pin 2 TMDS Data2 Shield Pin 12 TMDS Clock Pin 3 TMDS Data2 Pin 13 CEC ee eee ee S Pin 4 TMDS Datal Pin 14 Reserved N C
27. the PCI Express slot or AGP slot on the motherboard AGP slot PCI Express slot Note Insert the wrong slot may damage the graphics card 4 Full seated the graphic card and secure the card with a bracket screw 1 Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual 5 Some high end graphic cards need an additional power cable Note If the additional power cable is not connected the computer will not boot or the system will warn HS T Don t open the plastic nips of T After the installation please note DIMM slots before installing the whether the nip of the PCIE slot is graphics card well connected 7 Close the computer case and re connect all the cables that were removed before Then connect the monitor Monitor Cable Connect to VGA Monitor Connect to analog amp digital With DVI hp ea l VGA Port Form Monitor WJ DVI I to VGA Port Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual Coforfiy 8 HDMI Hgb Definition Miltinedia Interface port a GEST a m Za RRR XXX o Epp eee itt LR Fair nD T The High Definition Multimedia Interface HDMI is a compact audio video connector interface for transmitting uncompressed digital streams It represents a digital alternative to consumer analog standards HDMI connects digital audio video sources such as set top boxes Blu ray Disc players personal computers video game consoles and AV receivers to compatible digital audio devices video monitors and digital
28. tings Change what the power buttons do Pequire a passweed when the cemputerwakes Change when the computer deep Personalization WF Change utr of on XE rE er pul anon operon How te comect monitor flicker refresh mel Recent Tasks Scanners and Cameras TEW SCORES SFG COreeras KAN orldninctall declare en a document or garhe Laniieh p change daplry language s Keyboard Change cursor blink rate Cheek Krebeard date 6 ange AE E re Se eel BEH maj pp Pal e 4 Sound ert sre 1 Kai Set the Digital Output F Digital Output Device HDMI 2 High Definition Audio Device Device HDMI as L Speakers Default i High Definition Audio Device Not plugged in Digital Output Device SPDIF High Definition Audio Device Working 26 Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual FAQs This part contains a list of symptom that may indicate a problem with your software or hardware and some troubleshooting way you can take to solve the problem If you still have problems after trying our suggestions or if you re having a problem that is not described below please contact us Q The graphics card has no VGA port how could I use a CRT monitor A Some of the graphics card only has DVI port output you can use the DVI to VGA adapter to connect the CRT monitor Q What shall I do if I lose my driver CD A You can visit our website http www colorful cn to download the driver Q
29. vera performance of OpenGL and Direct 3D SR T applications Use the aspect to change EE Lar pra diii ordy mat dial the Detect Dupla bution the current 3D refresh rate the display device detection method and display management options RADEON Li i kal 14 H 3 6 Monitor Properties e iS ven ren Piisi Fraen at hp lt Monitor Attributes A steel ra lre oe Gonka Saina The Monitor Attributes page provides Monitor Proper information about the attached monitor reo Using the page you can also enable tents Ppanes 9 TAT Raden HO 4870 Daima VAA mera lt Extended Display Identification Data eet Dalar Data Charred CICK Ha Suneceted EDID EDID uses the information Su ar Years hex Supooned E provided by the attached monitor to Marinaa aoei apeckion Not Srevoe x S e Namen mele 19 LEA gt Sri determine the limits for the resolution and ee ee refresh rate ae oe eo Wdennficanon Data CD40 Mimar meki Naum mies air 17 n Colorful Graphics Card User s Manual dda dihp d 3 6 1 Monitor Adjustments Use the Monitor Adjustments page to p N az L Monitor Prope control how the desktop appears on your maine monitor Using the page you can resize and reposition the computer desktop on your monitor s display screen You can also adjust the horizontal and vertical sync or enable composite sync ATI Avivo Color for Monitors The Avivo Color
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