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1. M E Pyme Catalyst Control Center Displays Manager Displays Manager Use Display Manager 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 ATI Technologies 40 Displays Manager Access Displays Manager From the Tree Menu click Displays Manager Enable a secondary display device 1 From the Tree View pane click Displays Manager 2 Click the number 2 display icon in the right hand box 3 Click Yes to the Enable this display dialog Optionally right click the number 2 icon in the right hand box and click Enable in the pop up menu Note Repeat steps 2 and 3 above for each additional connected device The number on the display icon will increase as more displays are added Enable Extended Mode If the secondary display is disabled 1 From the Tree View pane click Displays Manager 2 Click the number 2 display icon in the right hand box 3 Click Yes to the Enable this display dialog Optionally right click the number 2 icon in the right hand box and click Enable in the pop up menu If the secondary display is in Clone mode Vertical or Horizontal Stretch mode 1 Click and drag the display icon from the Clone box to Additional Displays box 2 Release the mouse button and click Remove display Optionally right click
2. 1 From the Tree View pane click Display Options 2 Select the desired refresh rate from the 3D Refresh Rate Override drop down menu n ATI Technologies 46 Display Options 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 2 Click either Detect whenever Catalyst Control Center is opened Or Use manual detection only I must click Detect Displays button Note The Detect Displays button is located on the Displays Manager page Force TV detection Use Force TV detection if your TV is not automatically detected by the Catalyst Control Center and does not appear in the Displays Manager page This may be the case if your TV has non standard inputs Note If Force TV detection is required to detect your TV some features that rely on automatic detection such as extended desktop will not be supported 1 From the Tree View pane click Display Options 2 Click Force TV detection enables this feature Note This option is not available if the installed graphics card does not support TV Out Set resolution modes for devices with limited resolution capabilities 1 From the
3. KTX Buffer Region Extension This OpenGL programming term refers to a feature that rapidly updates portions of the display of 3D modelling applications that change very quickly or have been moved or occluded It does this by optimizing the storage of buffer regions in the graphics card s memory buffer Other applications are typically not adversely affected when this is enabled Lighting In 3D computer graphics refers to aspects and quality of the virtual light source being used to make an object visible Lighting can strongly affect the mood of a scene For example a harsh light could be a bare lightbulb that is glaringly bright on the objects closest to it while casting strong shadows in the background A softer light would be more diffuse and not cast shadows such as you would get outdoors on a typical overcast day Mipmapping The most memory intensive aspect of 3D graphics are the textures that give an object its realism like wood marble leather and cloth Because objects in real life become less detailed as they move farther away from the viewer 3D programmers simulate this by using less detailed lower resolution texture maps on distant objects These texture maps are merely scaled down versions of the main texture map used when the object is up close and they use less memory NTSC The name for the type of analog television signal used throughout the Americas except Brazil and in Japan It draws a tota
4. B Brightness 10 Q i o H is a e Contrast C 0 e 200 100 H id nicsrasr j ea aa emm Hossu 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 Set Gamma Brightness and Contrast simultaneously 1 From the Tree View pane click Color 2 Select Desktop in Set color correction for 3 Select All Channels ATI Technologies Color Desktop 73 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 Should this be the case the gamma brightness and contrast sliders are disabled The Reactivate ATI color controls button resets the sliders to their previous settings 1 From the Tree View pane click Color 2 Click Reactivate ATI color controls button Set Color Gamma 1 From the Tree
5. 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 SDTV broadcasts are either interlaced 4801 or use progressive scan 480p the latter method providing the best overall image quality SECAM An analog color video signal that originated in France and is used in many other countries including but not limited to much of Eastern Europe parts of the Middle East and Asia Like the PAL video standard SECAM also draws a total of 625 vertical interlaced frames of video at a refresh rate of 25Hz but uses a fundamentally different way of encoding its colors The name is an acronym for S quential Couleur avec M moire which is French for sequential color with memory Shadow Mask In CRT monitors the shadow mask is a metal plate full of tiny holes that is attached to the inside of the glass screen It focuses the beams from the electron guns at the back of the CRT The distance between these holes is called the dot pitch SmartShader HD SmartShader HD contains advanced vertex and pixel shading capabilities A shader is a small program that runs on the GPU and describes how an image should be rendered Vert
6. The Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box should list any standard and optimized HDTV formats supported by the digital panel s EDID If the list is empty then no HDTV formats are natively supported 1 From the Tree View pane expand Digital Panel Properties 2 Click HDTV Support 3 Select either 720p in HDTV modes supported by this display 4 Click Apply formats 5 Click Add 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 Click OK in the HDTV Format warning message box Click Apply to add your new HDTV format to the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list and the Displays Manager mode list Remove an HDTV Format 1 From the Tree View pane expand Digital Panel Properties 2 Click HDTV Support 3 Click to highlight the HDTV format to be removed in the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box 4 Click Remove button Note The removed format will be removed from the Displays Manager mode list once the computer has been rebooted ATI Technologies 3D 55 Apply an HDTV Format 1 From the Tree View pane expand Digital Panel Properties 2 Click HDTV Support 3 Click to highlight the desired an HDTV format in the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats
7. not included in the Express Install Remote Wonder Software SurroundViewTM To install the Catalyst software suite Note Optical drive refers to any drive capable of reading CD ROM media 1 Insert the ATI Installation CD ROM into your optical drive If Windows runs the CD ROM automatically proceed to step 5 2 Click Start gt Run C3 Type the following D ATISETUP If D is not your optical drive substitute the correct drive letter Click OK Click Install under Software Install Click Next and click Yes to the license agreement Click ATI Easy Install to begin the Installation Wizard SBN DA A Follow the Wizard s on screen instructions then choose either Express or Custom Install ATI Technologies 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 ATI Technologies 24 Installing the Catalyst Software Suite ATI Technologies Launching Catalyst M 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 M Control Center to fine tune your graphics settings enable or disable connected display devices and change the orientation of your desktop Many
8. Control Center Graphics Settings Qweme EA Display Options E Information Center Graphics Software Graphics Hardware Graphics Adapter 1 R482 7108 SyncMaster F W Displays Manager 3D RefreshrRate Override 7 a Digital Panel Properties By default some full screen applications operate at a refresh rate of 60 Hz a 3D instead of the desktop refresh rate To resolve this select the desired Color refresh rate override S Avivo Video Disabled v I3 VPU Recover Select how CATALYST Control Center will detect display devices Detect whenever CATALYST Control Center is opened Use manual detection only I must click the Detect Displays button Display Management Options 7 If my TV is not detected W Force TV detection For displays of limited resolution capabilities Only allow panning on limited resolution displays bal 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 G You can either set an explicit refresh rate or make the refresh rate the same as the desktop or disable this feature allowing the application to set the refresh rate
9. Radeon X1600 Series User s Guide P N 137 40890 20 ATI Technologies 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 Product may not be exactly as shown in diagrams Reproduction of this manual or parts thereof in any form withoutthe express written permission of ATI Technologies Inc is strictly prohibited Disclaimer While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document ATI Technologies Inc assumes no liability with respect to the operation or use of ATI hardware software or other products and documentation described herein for any act or omission of ATI concerning such products or this documentation for any interruption of service loss or interruption of business loss of anticipatory profits or for punitive incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of the ATI hardware software or other products and documentation provided herein ATI Technologies Inc reserves the right to make changes without further notice to a product or system described herein to improve reliability function or design With respect to ATI products whi
10. These settings are provided for resolving certain incompatibilities within 3D applications that use one of these APIs Use this dialog when you are know which type of API Direct 3D or OpenGL 8 your 3D application uses and you want to select a particular API specific feature If you are not sure which API your 3D application uses consult the documentation of your 3D application Set Enable geometry instancing Geometry Instancing allows the GPU to create multiple objects from a single geometric model rather than passing an entire new model for each item on the screen This increases the rendering speed of images such as leaves or grass ATI Technologi 70 API Specific echnologies 1 From the Tree View pane expand 3D 2 Click API Specific 3 Select Enable geometry instancing to place a check mark in the check box Set Support DXT texture formats for Direct 3D amp 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 Set Alternate pixel center for Direct 3D amp This might eliminate problems with certain Direct 3D games that display vertical and horizontal lines around textures or display text incorrectly This setting should only be
11. 99 HDTV Adapter Troubleshooting 109 HDTV Component Video Adapter 98 HDTV Support 53 Help 5 21 25 29 36 110 Hide Splash Screen 35 Hide Toolbar Text 35 High Definition Multimedia Interface HDMI 123 High Definition Television 97 High Definition Television HDTV 17 41 42 47 49 53 54 55 109 123 124 129 133 High Bandwidth Digital Copy Protection HDCP 123 Hotkeys 28 Hotkeys Manager 30 31 Hue 52 76 78 79 84 117 124 128 HydraVision 20 22 124 HyperZ HD 124 l Image Scaling 50 Industry Canada Compliance 112 Information Center 37 installation tips 105 Installing drivers 19 interlaced 81 K Keyframe interpolation 125 KTX Buffer Region Extension 125 L Let the application control the video adjustments 78 83 Let the Application Decide 58 60 Lighting 115 116 118 125 Linux 126 list of active Hotkeys 31 luminance 130 133 M Mac OS X 126 Master graphics card 107 120 130 Match the source video 81 85 memory size 37 Microsoft DirectX 45 70 121 mipmap 117 Mipmap Detail Level 56 ATI Technologies m Mipmap detail level 64 66 68 Mipmapping 60 64 125 Monitor Attributes 48 motherboard 4 107 116 motherboard BIOS settings 91 MPEG 2 133 multimedia 82 127 multi monitor 38 124 Multi Sample Anti Aliasing MSAA 60 116 N NTSC 115 122 125 127 O Offscreen Memory 126 OpenGL 37 44 45 65 68 69 125 126 Overlay Display 76 80 84 Overlay Display Mode 84 P PAL 126 129 PCI 126 12
12. Compliance Information This section details the compliance information for this product FCC Compliance Information This Radeon product complies with FCC Rules part 15 Operation is subject to the following two conditions This device may not cause harmful interference This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 ofthe FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer s instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Re orientor relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver ATI Technologies 112 Compliance Information Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the
13. 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 ATI Technologies 38 Displays Manager ATi CATALYST Control Center rc r inda zr wy I auc fee VIEW T wi ot S B Tones teterences T Graphics Settings amp Welcome mii Information Center E Information Center a Graphics Hardware Graphics Adapter 1 482 7109 SyncMaster e Displays Manager ka Display Options Graphics Software W Digital Panel Properties m 3D a Driver Packaging Version 8 18 050802n 002628E ATI 02 2 9 rete T CATALYST Version uy Provider ATI Technologies Inc VPU Recover 2D Driver Version 6 14 10 6573 2D Driver File Path System CurrentControlS e ControlNVided Direct3D Version 5 14 10 0343 OpenGL Version 5 14 10 5382 CATALYST Control Center Version 1 2 2040 38687 AIWAVIVO WDM Driver Version 6 14 10 6238 AIWAVIVO WDM SP Driver Version 6 14 10 6238 ki E RII icc Catalyst Control Center Information Center Graphics Software Sample To access the Information Center Expand Information Center in the treeview of Advanced View and select either Graphic Software or Graphic Hardware To access system information Click the System Information button to open the Windows amp System Inf
14. Render to vertex buffer support Complete feature set also supported in OpenGL 2 0 Advanced Image Quality Features 64 bit floating point HDR rendering supported throughout the pipeline Includes support for blending and multi sample anti aliasing 32 bit integer HDR 10 10 10 2 format supported throughout the pipeline Includes support for blending and multi sample anti aliasing e 2x 4x 6x Anti Aliasing modes Multi sample algorithm with gamma correction programmable sparse sample patterns and centroid sampling New Adaptive Anti Aliasing feature with Performance and Quality modes Temporal Anti Aliasing mode Lossless Color Compression up to 6 1 at all resolutions including widescreen HDTV resolutions e 2x Ax 8x 16x Anisotropic Filtering modes e Up to 128 tap texture filtering Adaptive algorithm with Performance and Quality options High resolution texture support up to 4k x 4k Avivo Video and Display Platform High performance programmable video processor Accelerated MPEG 2 MPEG 4 DivX WMV9 VC 1 and H 264 decoding and transcoding DXVA support De blocking and noise reduction filtering ATI Technologies Radeon X1600 Series Features 3 Motion compensation IDCT DCT and color space conversion Vector adaptive per pixel de interlacing 3 2 pulldown frame rate conversion Seamless integration of pixel shaders with video in real time HDR tone mapping acceler
15. TV display 95 97 games 97 TV Out 95 U Unreal Tournament 2003 62 Unreal Tournament 2004 62 UXGA 128 V VCR 120 123 131 Vector Adaptive Deinterlacing 115 132 VersaVision 132 Vertex shader 132 Vertex shader units 132 vertex shaders 129 vertical refresh rate 127 VGA 4 17 128 133 VGA connector 133 Video 77 78 79 80 82 83 84 85 86 106 108 109 Video Adjustments 86 video aspect ratio 81 85 Video Graphics Array 133 Video Immersion II 133 Video In Video Out VIVO 108 video memory 119 Video Preset 77 Video Wizard 77 VideoShader HD 133 Views 28 VIVO Video In Video Out 108 VPU Recover 86 87 133 Ww Wait for display refresh 66 Wait for vertical refresh setting 68 Warranty 110 warranty 105 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE Compliance 113 Windows 19 21 22 109 126 Windows Advanced Options Menu 105 Windows Control Panel 119 ATI Technologies Windows System Information 38 Windows System Tray 35 Windows XP 4 19 105 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition 108 Wizard 37 76 77 X XGA 128 Y Y C 130 Y C video 130 YCbCr 134 YPbPr 17 109 120 133 YPbPr connector 97 Z Z buffer 71 124 134 z buffer 119
16. settings is not shown in the 3D Preview 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 M Control Center Discard your settings Click Discard to ignore any unsaved changes and restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst M 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 Change motherboard BIOS settings Some motherboards may have a system BIOS option to switch between single or dual PCIe slot support The default setting may be single slot support Refer to the motherboard s manual for information to enable dual PCIe slot support For more information see the CrossFire Web page at ati com crossfire ATI Technologies 92 CrossFire CrossFire graphics card connections 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 VHDCI connector of the interconnect cable to the DMS 59 connection on the Master card 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 w
17. CATALYST A Mipmap Detail Lew SMARTSHADER All Settings API Specific Color m E Avivo Video e VPU Recover pq Pr Use custom settings Performan Quality Wy Caravyst i K Custom Selection nl de ro M 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 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 ATI Technologies Standard Settings 57 Adjust your Standard settings The default selection is Balanced 1 From the Tree View click 3D 2 Click Standard Settings 3 If necessary remove the check mark from Use custom settings 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 To exit full
18. Click OK to confirm Preferences Use the Preferences page to restore factory defaults change skins or enable disable the System Tray icon The Catalyst Control Center Preferences page contains the following options Hide Tooltips Always on Top Enable System Tray menu Restore factory defaults Hide Toolbar Text Select a Language Select a Skin To access Preferences Click Preferences in Advanced View of the Catalyst Control Center Keep Catalyst Control Center Always on Top of all open applications on the desktop 1 Click Preferences button in the Advanced 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 2 Click Hide Tooltips in the drop down menu ATI Technologies Preferences 35 Note When a check mark appears next to Hide Tooltips all Tooltips are disabled Show or hide text that appears on the toolbar buttons 1 Click Preferences button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard 2 Click Hide Toolbar Text in the drop down menu Note When a check mark appears next to Hide Toolbar Text the toolbar buttons have button icons only Hide the Catalyst Control Center Splash Screen 1 Click the Preferences button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard 2 Click Hide Spla
19. 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 Clicking Discard applies to all features of an aspect not just the feature in the current view Color Use the Color page to adjust the color properties of your Desktop and Full screen 3D applications and games Use the Color Correction Images to preview the changes before applying them The Color curve is a graphical representation of all the values of gamma brightness or contrast The color curve line will reflect any changes made to these elements ATI Technologies 72 Color Desktop ATI CATALYST Control Center SS a ee Ju it ili il Graphics Settings m e Information Center ASS Co or e Displays Manager L Display Options Graphics Adapter 1 R482 7109 SyncMaster BM Digital Panel Properties AS 3 Standard Settings Color correction curve Anti Aliasing React AV HUE T T Color tont ToS Anisotropic Filtering A Set color correction for CATALYST A l Desktop F Mipmap Detail Lev SMARTSHADER All Channels F All Settings API Specific Gamma Reset E m VA AmE 05 35 1 00 B y Click to change image VPU Recover
20. 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 Optionally select Scale to full screen to have the source video fill the display area 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 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 Clicking Discard applies to all features of an aspect not just the feature in the current view Deinterlacing Deinterlacing creates a sharp image from the two video fields of interlaced video Select one of five options for deinterlacing video for better viewing n ATI Technologies 82 Deinterlacing 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 motio
21. View pane click Color 2 Click and drag the Control slider to your preferred setting To increase the Gamma move the slider to the right To decrease the Gamma move the slider to the left Optionally click the up and down arrow buttons of the adjustment box Click the Reset button to restore the previous settings Note The preview image automatically displays the adjustments you have made Set Color Brightness 1 From the Tree View pane click Color 2 Click and drag the Control slider to your preferred setting To increase the Brightness move the slider to the right To decrease the Brightness move the slider to the left Optionally click the up and down arrow buttons in the adjustment box Click the Reset button to restore the previous settings ATI Technologi 74 Color Desktop echnologies 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 Click the Reset button to restore the previous settings Note The preview image automatically displays the adjustment you have made Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst Control Cen
22. adjustment This page is useful when it is not necessary to preview the adjusted settings because the effect is already known or understood Let the application control video adjustments Enable this feature the to let the application determine the Video Adjustments settings 1 From the Tree View pane expand Video 2 Click All Settings 3 Scroll to Video Adjustments 4 Click to place a checkmark next to Let the application control the video adjustments to enable it Adjust Gamma Gamma controls the overall intensity of a video image 1 From the Tree View pane expand Video 2 Click All Settings 3 Scroll to Video Adjustments 4 Adjust the Gamma control slider to the desired position Adjust Brightness Brightness is the overall intensity or luminosity of an image 1 From the Tree View pane expand Video 2 Click All Settings 3 Scroll to Video Adjustments 4 Adjust the Brightness control slider to the desired position Adjust Contrast Contrast is the difference between the brightest and darkest parts of an image 7 From the Tree View pane expand Video ATI Technologi 84 All Settings echnologies 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 Satu
23. 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 Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment Industry Canada Compliance Statement ICES 003 This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la Classe B est conforme a la norme NMB 003 du Canada For further compliance information ATI Research Inc 4 Mount Royal Ave Marlborough MA 01752 1976 USA 508 303 3900 CE Compliance Information EMC Directive 89 336 EEC and amendments 91 263 EEC 92 31 EEC and 93 68 EEC Class B Digital Device EN 55022 2003 CISPR 22 Class B Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Interference Characteristics Information Technology Equipment EN 55024 1998 CISPR 24 1997 A1 2001 A2 2003 Immunity of Information Technology Equipment ITE including EN 61000 4 2 EN 61000 4 3 EN 61000 4 4 EN 61000 4 5 EN 61000 4 6 nformations de conformit de la CE irective EMC 89 336 CE E et amendements 92 31 CEE et 93 68 CEE pour dispositif num rique de asse B N 55022 2003 CISPR 22 1997 Classe B Limites et m thodes de mesure des caract ristiques d interf rences radiophoniques Mat riel des technologies de l information EN 55024 1998 CIS PR 24 1997 A1 2001 A2 200
24. down menu Optionally select an aspect from the According to list 3 Click a hot key to edit 4 Click Edit button ATI Technologies Hotkeys Manager 31 5 Choose a modifier Enter any letter of the alphabet Click the OK button to save your changes Note A hot key character is restricted to letters of the alphabet Create a list of active hot keys 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 Select the hot key actions you want active Note A hot key action must have a hot key assigned to it before the hot key can be made active See a list of active hot keys only 1 Open Hotkeys Manager 2 Click List active Hotkeys only 3 Select an option from the List Hotkeys for drop down menu Optionally select an aspect from the According to list Sort hot keys Hot keys can be sorted by their state actions or key combination 1 Open Hotkeys Manager Click Active button to sort by state 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 e 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 ATI Technologies 32 Profiles Manager Profiles Manager Use profiles to crea
25. enabled if you are experiencing these issues as it may cause problems in other games 7 From the Tree View pane expand 3D 2 Click API Specific 3 Select Alternate pixel center to place a check mark in the check box Set Triple buffering for OpenGL Enabling Triple buffering will improve the frame rate of games when vertical sync is enabled only if the frame rate is less than the vertical sync refresh rate In low memory situations enabling Triple buffering may decrease application performance as there will be less frame buffer memory available for texture and geometry data If there is insufficient memory available to support Triple buffering it will automatically be disabled 7 From the Tree View pane expand 3D 2 Click API Specific 3 Select Triple buffering to place a check mark in the check box ATI Technologies Color 71 Set Force 24 bit Z buffer depth for OpenGL Enables you to explicitly set the Z buffer depth Most applications will work best with the Disabled setting 1 From the Tree View pane expand 3D 2 Click API Specific 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 M Control Center Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right hand corner of the window 2 Click Defaults Note Clicking
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27. list box 4 Click Apply Format 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 M 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 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 Clicking Discard applies to all features of an aspect not just the feature in the current view 3D Use 3D to adjust features found in 3D applications such as graphic design CAD programs and games 3D is only available in advanced view Use 3D to individually configure the following settings Standard Settings Anti aliasing ATI Technologies 56 Standard Settings Anisotropic Filtering e Catalyst A I e Mipmap Detail Level e API Specific ATI CATALYST Control Center Graphics Settings E Information Center e Displays Manager ka Display Options Graphics Adapter 1 482 7108 SyncMaster bal Bl Digital Panel Properties aS mb Standard Setting Anti Aliasing Anisotropic Filtering
28. made up of intersecting triangles A vertex is a corner of a triangle where it connects to another triangle and each vertex carries a considerable amount of information describing its coordinates in 3D space as well as its weight color texture coordinates fog and point size data A vertex shader is a graphics processing function that manipulates these values producing such things as more realistic lighting effects improved complex textures such as hair and fur and more accurate surface deformations such as waves rippling in a pool or the stretching and wrinkling of a character s clothes as he or she moves Vertex shader units A feature built into the graphical processor which renders the texture magnitude and direction of the individual triangles that comprise each polygon of a given 3D object The more vertex shader units available ATI Technologies 133 within the graphical processor the more complex polygons that can be generated per clock cycle and hence finer more naturalistic detail and movement is possible VGA Connector A type of graphics connector sometimes also called an analog connector It is the most common type of video connector available consisting 15 pins set in three rows The VGA is an acronym for Video Graphics Array which is also the name for the video resolution mode of 640x480 pixels the lowest standard resolution supported by virtually all video cards Video Immersion II A tec
29. 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 The rest of offscreen memory is typically used by applications as back buffers z buffers and texture buffers Catalyst Control Center Catalyst Control Center is the successor technology to the Catalyst software formerly available only through the Windows Control Panel It has a new user interface providing a more interactive means of controlling such things as 2D and 3D performance while providing immediate feedback using a more intuitive graphical user interface Color Component Three color components Red Green and Blue combine in various intensities to determine the color of each pixel on the screen The values of each color component are graphically represented by a corresponding color curve Color Correction Correct discrepancies between the real color value and the way a screen displays it Color discrepancies can be caused by a variety of sources including the lighting conditions in the work area and gradual shifts in color over time on monitors or flat panel displays Color Depth Color depth refers to the number of color shades available on your display and is measured
30. 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 Il button in the Preview pane Clicking the pause button again causes the preview to resume 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 M Control Center Discard your settings Click Discard to ignore any unsaved changes and restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst M 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 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 ATI Technologies 58 Anti aliasing Anti aliasing Anti aliasing is a technique used to smooth out the jagged edges of three dimensional curved objects or objects with diagonal edges 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
31. up menu 3 Click Yes in the Displays Manager Notification dialog Note Display device can be CRT DFP TV or HDTV Enable Stretch Main Horizontally If the secondary display is disabled 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 s ATI Technologies 42 Displays Manager 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 2 Click Stretch horizontally onto display device in the pop up menu 3 Click Yes to the Displays Manager Notification dialog Note Display device can be CRT DFP TV or HDTV depending on the device connection Swap displays in Extended Mode Use Swap displays to switch your desktops when using multiple monitors 1 From the Tree View pane click Displays Manager 2 Right click any Desktop icon 3 Select Swap displays 4 Click either Maintain per display mode settings or Swap displays order only Note Swap displays order only swaps displays while maintaining the existing display settings Maintain per display mode settings swaps displays and display settings Swap displays in all other modes Use Swap display mappings to switch your desktops when using multiple monitors 1 From the Tree View pane click Dis
32. 1 What combination of products are required to build a working CrossFire system Two components are required two CrossFire Edition graphics card from the same brand family e aCrossFire Ready motherboard which contains two PCIe X16 slots More information on the requirements for each of these components can be found within this FAQ 2 What motherboards support CrossFire The optimal configuration for a CrossFire system is one based on a Radeon Xpress 200 CrossFire Edition motherboard Motherboards from other manufactures will be certified as CrossFire Ready when they become available 3 Are there specific CMOS motherboard settings for CrossFire On some motherboards the CMOS may be set by default to support only a single PCI Express X16 slot Ensure that both PCIeTM X16 slots are enabled in the CMOS 4 Are there any software settings required for CrossFire to work Yes there is a setting in the Catalyst Control Center that needs to be enabled for CrossFire to operate When all of the hardware and software has been properly set up and installed the following CrossFire aspect appears in Catalyst Control Center ATI Technologies G Welcome P ss d eei Cah CrossFire MB Displays Manager WA Display Options Graphics Adapter 3RadsonX1300 Seres SyncMaster a a WM Digtal Panel Properties 5 COGEN Cole DrossFte deter exceptional pacamance on a inj d
33. 3 Norme sur l immunit de mat riel des technologies de l information et comprenant EN 61000 4 2 EN 61000 4 3 EN 61000 4 4 EN 61000 4 5 EN 61000 4 6 rn oo Electrical Safety 73 23 EEC The Low Voltage Directive IEC 60950 1 2001 IEC 60950 1999 3rd Edition Safety of Information Technology Equipment BS EN60950 1 2002 BS EN60950 2000 3rd Edition UL 60950 1 2003 UL 60950 2000 3rd Edition CAN CSA C22 2 No 60950 1 2002 CAN CSA C22 2 No 60950 00 3rd Edition 2000 To meet UL safety requirements the computer s maximum room temperature should not exceed 40 C ATI Technologies Compliance Information 113 c UL US LISTED ITE ACCESSORY 2N37 E154871 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE Directive Compliance This product was manufactured by ATI Technologies Inc ATI Technologies 114 Compliance Information ATI Technologies CHAPTER 9 RADEON X1600 SERIES 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 3 2 Pulldown 3 2 pulldown is a telecine technique used to transfer motion picture film shot at one frame rate to a video form
34. 7 PCI Express 4 101 107 108 PCI Express PCle 116 127 Pentium 4 P ritel 128 Pipeline 102 103 127 Pixel 65 70 103 116 127 129 pixel shaders 65 129 pixel by pixel 132 Pixel shading 129 power supply 4 Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats 53 Preferences 29 34 Preview your changes 57 59 61 63 64 65 Prince of Persia 62 Product Registration 109 Profiles 29 profiles 32 Profiles Manager 32 R Race Driver 62 RCA connection 120 Reactivate ATI color controls 73 Reactivate your color settings 73 Red Green Blue RGB 106 120 124 128 131 133 Refresh Rate 20 21 39 43 45 48 70 106 127 8 ATI Technologies Refresh Rate Override 44 refresh rate override 45 registration 5 Remote Wonder 22 Remove an HDTV Format 54 Rendering 127 rendering modes 86 103 Resolution 4 21 39 46 48 51 97 106 128 resolution modes 46 Restore factory defaults 36 RGB 120 Rotate the desktop 43 rotation 43 108 132 S Safe Mode 105 safety instructions iii Same on all displays 84 Saturation 52 78 79 84 117 124 128 Save your Profile 33 Scale to full screen 81 85 scaling 132 SCART 128 Scissor Mode 103 128 130 Screen rotation 108 Search for Help 36 SECAM 129 secondary display device 40 Select a deinterlacing mode 82 85 Select a Language 35 Select a skin 35 Separate Video 130 serial number 5 Set a higher quality Anisotropic Filtering 61 Set color correction for 72 73
35. ATI s Catalyst Control Center software For example the Color aspect clusters together controls that handles gamma brightness contrast and other features relating directly to the display of color Similarly the 3D aspect provides a set of related controls dealing with such features as anti aliasing anisotropic filtering mipmap details levels and more Aspect Ratio The proportions of a display are expressed as a ratio of its width and height Common ratios include 4 3 for TVs and CRTs 5 4 for LCDs and 16 9 for widescreen displays Avivo Color Avivo Color is an advanced feature within Catalyst Control Center providing the user with precise control over how color is displayed on a monitor Avivo Color provides tools to adjust the Hue and Saturation values on a per monitor basis making it possible to optimize the use of a ATI Technologies 118 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 While the contents of one buffer are displayed a second buffer called the back buffer holds the frame being worked on In this way users will only see complete smooth frames displayed onscreen Bilinear Filtering This filtering method r
36. Catalyst A I be enabled in the 3D settings by default it is enabled Click on 3D in the navigation tree to review or change either of these 3D settings CrossFire has now started When you disable this feature you will need to restore your previous display settings creating a profile will make this easier Click the Help button for more information hx MX 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 Set the Transparent Anti Aliasing 1 Expand 3D in Advanced View 2 Click Transparent Anti Aliasing ATI Technologies CrossFire 91 3 Ensure the application override is enabled To do so make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is not selected 4 Click and drag the slider to the desired setting Note The slider control becomes unavailable when Let the Application Decide is enabled 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 Note Change to Catalyst A I
37. Screen Rotation Function Does Not Work or is Screen rotation is not an available feature on CrossFire systems Unavailable Unable to get Ensure that the proper drivers for both graphics cards has CrossFire to been properly installed work ona If both graphics cards have already inserted onto the Windows XP motherboard connect a display to the DVI connection of Professional x64 Edition system the CrossFire Master graphics card and then install the drivers for both graphics cards VIVO on Slave Card Does Not Work If a VIVO Video In Video Out connection is available on the Slave card its functionality is not supported in this configuration If the graphics card is moved into the primary PCI Express slot VIVO functionality will return ATI Technologies Product Registration 109 HDTV HDTV Adapter Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution The colors on my Ensure that the connections between the Component TV display are Video Adapter and your HDTV are correct Y Green incorrect Pb Blue Pr Red There is no Your TV will not display anything until Windows starts display on my TV this may take several minutes Set your TV to YPbPr input Ensure that the HDTV Component Video Adapter is properly connected then restart your computer DVDs will not Copy protected DVDs restrict playback to 480i and play in 720p 480p modes modes I can t see the f your component
38. Set the Anisotropic Filtering preference manually 60 Set the Anisotropic Filtering to automated preference 61 67 Set the Anti Aliasing preference manually 58 71 Set the Anti Aliasing to automated preference 58 shader 65 116 129 shader effects 129 Shadow mask 129 Slave graphics card 120 SmartShader 65 68 SmartShader Effects 65 ATI Technologies SmartShader HD 129 SmoothVision HD 129 Software installing 19 Sort Hotkeys 31 Specular highlight 130 Splash Screen 35 Splinter Cell 62 Standard Definition Television SDTV 122 129 Standard Mode 80 84 85 Standard Settings 55 Standard settings 57 Stretch Main Horizontally 41 Stretch Main Vertically 41 Super Anti aliasing 103 Super Anti Aliasing 130 Super Sample Anti Aliasing SSAA 60 116 SuperTiling 103 130 SurroundView 22 104 S Video 130 Swap display 42 Switch Views 29 SXGA 128 System Information 38 system requirements 4 System Tray Icon 35 1 Temperature 52 Temporal anti aliasing 58 temporal filtering 133 Texel 131 texture buffer 119 Texture mapping 131 Texture Preference 131 the same on all displays 80 Theater Mode 76 80 81 84 85 Theater Mode Settings 85 ToolTips 34 Transition Minimized Differential Signaling TMDS 92 107 131 Transparent Anti Aliasing 67 Trilinear filtering 132 Triple buffering 70 ATI Technologies 10 Troubleshooting 105 109 CrossFire specific 107 HDTV adapter 109 troubleshooting 105 TV 38 41 42 43 44 46 96 97 109
39. Theater Mode Settings 4 Select Match the source video to maintain the aspect ratio of original video Optionally select Scale to full screen to have the source video fill the display area Select a deinterlacing mode 1 From the Tree View pane expand Video 2 Click AII Settings 3 Scroll to Deinterlacing 4 Select a deinterlacing mode for the drop down menu Enable Windows Media Settings 1 From the Tree View pane expand Video 2 Click All Settings 3 Scroll to Windows Media Settings 4 Click Windows amp Media Video Acceleration 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 M Control Center ATI Technologies 86 VPU Recover 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 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 VPU Recover VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the gra
40. Tree View pane click Display Options 2 Select one of the following from the For displays of limited resolution capabilities drop down menu List only those modes supported by all displays Only allow panning on limited resolution displays List all possible modes including panning modes ATI Technologies Monitor Properties 47 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 M 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 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 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 Monitor Properties Use the Monitor Properties aspect to configure your Display Data Channel DDC monitor s attributes to display information about the connected monitor and adjust the output display s position and size Note Catalyst Control Center loads aspects dynamically based on what device is attached to the graphics ca
41. a CRT monitor or flat panel display Monitor Properties will appear instead of Digital Panel Properties The latter is designed for use with such devices as HDTV displays A ATI Technologies 50 Attributes Pw Fem TOUT Ue Graphics Settings povo a 7 Digital Panel Properties m e Information Center e Displays Manager Display Options Graphics Adapter 1 8482 7109 SyncMaster E BS Digital Panel Properties Avivo Color HDTV Support Display Name SyncMaster aS 3 Maximum reported resolution 1280x1024 Color d Avivo Video Maximum reported refresh rate 75 Hz gt VPU Recover Panel Information 7 Image Scaling 7 Scale image to full panel size Use centered timings DvT Settings 77 Wi Reduce DYI frequency on high resolution displays Altemate DVI operational mode I ia 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 Note Enable Scale image to full panel size to fill the digital display ATI Technologies Attributes 51 Note Use centered timings optimizes the display ti
42. andard Settings 3 Click the Wizard button Select a Video Preset 1 From the Tree View pane expand Video 2 Click Standard Settings ATI Technologi 78 Standard Settings e 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 M 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 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 M 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 Adjustments Use Avivo Video Adjustments to manually set Gamma Brightness Contrast Saturation and Hue Let the application control the video adjustments 1 From the Tree View pane expand Video 2 Click Adjustments 3 Click Let the application control the video adjustments Set Gamma Gamma controls the overall intensity of a video image 1 From the Tree View pane expand Video 2 Click Adjustments ATI Technologies Standard S
43. at at a different frame rate Typical NTSC video contains more frames per second than motion picture film for even division between frames so that every 4 frames of film can be reproduced as 5 separate NTSC frames the extra frame created by interlacing interpolated frames The features produces a smoother NTSC video image from a motion picture film source and can be used for better edge image processing in the Vector Adaptive Deinterlacing feature within Catalyst Control Center 3D Acronym for three dimensional referring to computer graphics that appear to have volume and depth Various modelling processes take the representation of a three dimensional object provided by the computer program and render it by using various lighting components applying textures and setting layers of transparency or opacity as required in order to produce a realistic representation of a three dimensional object on a two dimensional display 3Dc An ATI hardware based compression technology that reduces the size of 3D texture data rendering more finely grained texture surfaces with greater efficiency It significantly minimizes the memory footprint of normal maps containing information on how light reflects off textured ATI Technologies 116 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 combin
44. aterials and surfaces including hair skin wood and water Select a SmartShader effect 7 From the Tree View pane expand 3D 2 Click SmartShader 3 Select an effect from the drop down menu Note Effects in the list not supported by Direct 3D are appended with OpenGL G only 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 ATI Technologi 66 All Settings echnologies The Preview can be disabled by clicking the X button in the Preview pane It can also be paused by clicking the Il button in the Preview pane Clicking the pause button again causes the preview to resume 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 M Control Center Discard your settings Click Discard to ignore any unsaved changes and restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst M 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 Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right hand corner of the window 2 Click Defaults Note Clicking Defaults will restore t
45. ation Maps any input format to 10 bit per channel output Flexible display support Dual integrated 10 bit per channel 400 MHz DACs 16 bit per channel floating point HDR and 10 bit per channel DVI output Programmable piecewise linear gamma correction color correction and color space conversion 10 bits per color Complete independent color controls and video overlays for each display High quality pre and post scaling engines with underscan support for all outputs Content adaptive de flicker filtering for interlaced displays Xilleon TV encoder for high quality analog output e YPrPb component output for direct drive of HDTV displays Spatial temporal dithering enables 10 bit color quality on 8 bit and 6 bit displays Fast glitch free mode switching VGA mode support on all outputs Drive two displays simultaneously with independent resolutions and refresh rates Compatible with ATI TV Video encoder products including Theater 550 CrossFire T Multi GPU technology Four modes of operation Alternate Frame Rendering maximum performance Supertiling optimal load balancing Scissor compatibility e Super AA 8x 10x 12x 14x maximum image quality Note Not all features apply to all Radeon amp X1600 Series graphics cards Note CrossFire is supported in Catalyst version 5 13 ATI Technologies 4 System Requirements with optional HDTV adapter availabl
46. ation of multi sampling MSAA and super sampling SSAA on 3D objects to improve edge smoothness and fine detail Multi sampling works best on smoothing the edges of solid polygons but cannot effectively smooth edges within polygons which are partially transparent Super sampling is able to more accurately calculate color values adjacent to transparent pixel shader values within polygons with partially transparent textures but is not applied universally since it is more processor intensive Adaptive anti aliasing works by using super sampled anti aliasing on transparent textures and multi sampled anti aliasing on all other textures This delivers exceptional levels of image quality while maintaining performance AGP The Accelerated Graphics Port AGP is a slot on the computer motherboard designed specifically for 3D graphics cards AGP runs 3D images much more smoothly and quickly than was previously possible with PCI video cards AGP runs at several times the bus speed of PCI and employs sideband addressing so multiple data transfers between the graphics processor and the computer can take place concurrently AGP is currently being phased out in favour of PCI Express PCIeTM on PC systems Alpha Blending Alpha blending is used in 3D graphics to create transparent or opaque effects for surfaces such as glass and water Alpha is a transparency value so the lower the value the more transparent the image looks It is also used in anim
47. ations to produce such things as fading effects where one image gradually fades into another Alternate Frame Rendering A graphical load balancing scheme where two graphics cards are used to render alternate frames of the display This configuration increases the detail of the 3D objects each card can render as each card handles half of the total number of frames Essentially each card has more time to render ATI Technologies 117 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 9 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 This makes 3D objects appear more realistic as the detail of their surface texture is retained in a smooth seamless fashion on the sections that move or fade away into the background Anti aliasing A method that smooths out the jagged edges of a curved object A black curved line on a white background displayed on a computer screen will have some jaggedness along its edges due to the inherent limitations of using discrete pixels to display the image Anti aliasing smooths out this jaggedness by filling in the white spaces between the jagged edges with varying shades of grey Aspect A group of related features in
48. ble click the Catalyst M Control Center desktop shortcut Launching Catalyst Control Center Using Hot Keys e You can press the predefined combination of keys Ctrl Alt C to launch Catalyst Control Center or you can define your own hot key sequence by using the Catalyst Control Center s Hotkey Manager ATI Technologies Launching Catalyst Control Center 27 i JL Jt JL Graphics Settings Welcome Graphics Adapter 1 R482 7109 SyncMaster Product Features Information Center Displays Manager EJ Avivo Video x Check for driver updates X Contact CUSTOMER CARE X Customer reviews Send ATI your feedback X Visit ati com cara YST CONTROL CENTIER de Wilcarauvsr Por Catalyst Control Center Dialog ATI Technologies 28 Catalyst Control Center Dashboard ATI CATALYST Control Center Sa ee EUER Graphics Settings Tas E Information Center Welcome e Displays Manager ka Display Options Graphics Adapter 1 8482 7109 SyncMaster bal E Digital Panel Properties a D Color m S Avivo Video VPU Recover 3 Check for driver updates X Contact CUSTOMER CARE X Customer reviews Send ATI your feedback X Visit ati com carats CONTROL CENTER Po Catalyst Control Center Advanced View Catalyst Control Cen
49. ble of Contents Introduction scacncccemetechskcuescanine cuca 1 Radeon X1600 Series Features 1 Features 1 System Requirements 4 External Connections 4 Before You Begin 5 Record Your Serial and Part Numbers 5 Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers 5 Installing Your ATI Graphics Card 7 Installing Hardware 7 Graphics Card Bus Types 7 Basic Graphics Card Installation 7 Advanced Installation AGP 9 1 3 Advanced Installation PCle 1 Connecting Devices 1 Using Multiple Displays 15 Connecting Your Monitors 15 Display Configurations 17 Installing Software and Drivers 19 Installing Drivers and Software in Windows amp 19 Software Installation Prerequisites 19 Monitor Configuration 20 Reinstalling Drivers 21 Installing the Catalyst Software Suite 22 Catalyst Control Center 25 Launching Catalyst Control Center 25 Launching Catalyst Control Center Using the Start Menu 25 Other Quick Launch Access Points 26 Catalyst Control Center Dashboard 28 Catalyst Control Center Views 29 Basic View 29 Advanced View 29 ATI Technologies Custom View 29 Hotkeys Manager 30 Profiles Manager 32 Preferences 34 Help 36 Information Center 37 Displays Manager 38 Displays Manager 39 Display Options 44 Monitor Properties 47 Monitor Attributes 48 Digital Panel Properties 49 Attributes 50 Avivo Color 52 HDTV Support 53 3D 55 Standard Settings 56 Anti a
50. ccess only the features they adjust most often or that their 3D applications support 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 ATI Technologies 30 Hotkeys Manager Create a Custom View 1 In Advanced View click View and select Define Custom View 2 Inthe Define a Custom View dialog click the plus sign beside the graphics card name to expand the tree view 3 Select the check box next to each aspect you wish to add to your custom view 4 Click OK to save the changes Hotkeys Manager The Hotkeys Manager allows you 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 Note Hotkeys Manager is only available in Advanced View To access Hotkeys Manager Click Hotkeys in Advanced View of the Catalyst Control Center Display Hotkeys Manager 1 Click Hotkeys in the Dashboard 2 Select 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
51. cess to functions on graphics cards providing the type of performance necessary for intensive 3D applications such as games DirectX A Microsoft technology DirectX is an API that provides programmers with direct access to low level hardware functions for games and other high performance 3D applications Dithering A computer graphics technique that takes advantage of the human eye s tendency to mix two colors that are adjacent to each other to produce smooth boundary transitions Dithering adds intermediate color values between two or more boundaries producing smoother more natural look to 2D images or 3D objects Dot pitch Dot pitch specifies the sharpness of a monitor s display It is measured in millimeters mm and is the distance between the individual phosphor sub pixels in a CRT display or cells of the same color within an LCD display The smaller the number the sharper the image The most common dot pitches for monitors range from 24 mm to 31 mm Also if a monitor with a 24 mm dot pitch is set to its highest possible resolution the pixel size will equal the dot pitch If the monitor is set to lower resolutions the pixels will be comprised of multiple dots ATI Technologies 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 anal
52. ch this document relates ATI disclaims all express or implied warranties regarding such products including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability fitness for a particular purpose and non infringement Macrovision Apparatus Claims of U S Patent Nos 4 631 603 4 577 216 4 819 098 and 4 907 093 licensed for limited viewing uses only This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U S patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners Use ofthis copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited ATI Technologies 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 Compatibility This option card is for use only with IBM AT or compatible UL Listed personal computers that have Installation Instructions detailing user installation of card cage accessories Grounding For continued protection against risk of electr
53. ck 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 ATI Technologies 64 Mipmap Detail Level Mipmap Detail Level Mipmapping is a texturing technique that preserves the detail on a 3D object s surface as it moves into the background A series of high and low resolution texture maps are stored in memory and selectively used to create the object s surface depending on what level of detail is needed Mipmap detail level 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 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 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
54. consideration Setting for quality is best used when having highly detailed and realistic 3D objects is the primary concern e f you are unsure of how to configure anti aliasing use the Let the Application Decide option Your display will automatically adjust to the application s requirements Set the Anti Aliasing preference manually 1 From the Tree View pane expand 3D 2 Click Anti aliasing 3 Ensure the application override is disabled To do so make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is cleared The slider control will become available 4 Click the Control slider and move the selector to your preferred setting To increase processing performance move the slider to the left To increase image quality move the slider to the right Set Temporal anti aliasing using SmoothVision HD Increases image quality without impacting performance by taking fewer image samples but at a faster rate From the Tree View pane expand 3D Click Anti Aliasing Uncheck Let the application decide A a Check Temporal anti aliasing Set the Transparent Anti Aliasing 1 Expand 3D in Advanced View ATI Technologies Anti aliasing 59 2 Click Transparent Anti Aliasing 3 Ensure the application override is enabled To do so make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is not selected 4 Click and drag the slider to the desired setting Note The slider control becomes unavailable when Let the Application D
55. control becomes unavailable Set the Anisotropic Filtering preference manually 1 From the Tree View pane expand 3D 2 Click AII Settings 3 Ensure the application override is disabled To do so make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is cleared The slider control will become available 4 Click the Control slider and move the selector to your preferred setting To increase processing performance move the slider to the left To increase image quality move the slider to the right Set the Anisotropic Filtering to automated preference 1 From the Tree View pane expand 3D ATI Technologies 68 Set the Anti Aliasing preference manually 2 Click AII 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 l setting 1 From the Tree View pane expand 3D 2 Click All Settings 3 Scroll to Catalyst M A T 4 Click the Control slider and move the selector to the left to increase processing performance or to the right to increase image quality Set the Mipmap detail level 1 From the Tree View pane expand 3D 2 Click All Settings 3 Scroll to Mipmap Detail Level 4 Click the Control slider and move the selector to the left to increase processing performance or to the right to increase image quality Set Wait for vertical refresh setting 1 From the Tree View pane e
56. correct PCle slot For more information see your motherboard s manual 108 Troubleshooting ATI Technologies CrossFire Specific Troubleshooting Problem CrossFire Is Currently Unavailable Possible Solution 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 Checkthe interconnect cable is installed correctly Close all running 3D applications Re install the Catalyst Control Center For information on installing the software see the Getting Started Guide that came with your graphics card The hardware capabilities such as memory size of the CrossFire Edition and regular card are mismatched Graphics card with different amounts of memory can by used with CrossFire However restarting your computer is required prior to using your system in CrossFire mode This will cause CrossFire to reduce the amount of memory being used on the larger card to match the memory size of the smaller card Clicking OK to the memory mismatch error message will restart your computer When disabling CrossFire you will be given the option to restart your computer to restore the original graphics memory size or continue with the reduced memory size Cannot Use ATI Overdrive ATI Overdrive is not an available feature on CrossFire systems
57. ct Disable Catalyst A I to place a check mark in the check box Set Catalyst A l settings 1 From the Tree View pane expand 3D ATI Technologies Catalyst A I 63 2 Click Catalyst M A T 3 If necessary clear the check mark from Disable Catalyst A I 4 Click and drag to slider to the desired setting Note Change to Catalyst A T settings is not shown in the 3D Preview 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 Il button in the Preview pane Clicking the pause button again causes the preview to resume 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 M 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 Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right hand corner of the window 2 Cli
58. ctor DFP digital flat panel display display Single CRT DVI I connector CRT cathode ray tube analog display with DVI I to VGA display adapter CRT display DVI I to VGA HDTV adapter Componet Adapter to HDTV YPbPr cable DFP display DVI I connector HDTV YPrPb adpater available from HDTV HDTV cable shopati com YPbPr CRT display DVI I to VGA DFP display adapter DVI I connector CRT display DVI I to VGA The DVI I connector can support a CRT display adapter DVI I to CRT display using the DVI I to VGA VGA adapter adapter ATI Technologies 18 Display Configurations ATI Technologies 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 X1600 Series graphics card Installing Drivers and Software in Windows You will need to install the Radeon X1600 Series drivers and software in the following cases After you have installed the card in your system After you have reinstalled or upgraded your operating system This procedure applies to Windows XP Software Installation Prerequisites To install or remove the drivers you must have administrator rights or be logged on as a user with administrator rights Your operating system must be installed and running before you can install the Radeon X1600 Series drivers Als
59. d setting To increase the Gamma move the slider to the right To decrease the Gamma move the slider to the left Optionally click the up and down arrow buttons of the adjustment box Click the Reset button to restore the previous settings Note The preview image automatically displays the adjustments 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 Click the Reset button to restore the previous settings Note The preview image automatically displays the adjustment you have made ATI Technologies 76 Avivo Video for Radeon Series starting from 9500 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 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 open
60. e Open the Profiles Manager Enter a name for your Profile in Create or Edit Profile Enter a description of the profile Q A ND Select the composition activation and applications options that you wish to apply to the profile 6 Click Save ATI Technologies 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 X1600 Series card Using TV Out Your Radeon X1600 Series has TV Out capability Viewing Your PC s Display on a TV You can attach your Radeon X1600 Series to a TV and a monitor at the same time IMPORTANT INFORMATION for European Customers Some PC monitors in Europe cannot be used simultaneously with TV display When you enable TV display in Europe the refresh rate for the monitor and TV is set to 50 Hz Some monitors may not support this refresh rate and could be damaged Please check the documentation supplied with your monitor to see if your monitor supports a refresh rate of 50 Hz If your monitor does not support 50 Hz or if you are not sure turn off your monitor before turning on your PC when using your TV as a display TV display is ideal for giving presentations and watching movies or playing games on a screen larger than a typical monitor The following tips will help you get the most out of your TV Out feature Connecting to a TV To connect your Radeon X1600 Seri
61. e Express installation Custom installation allows you to select individual software components for installation When the Setup Complete message appears select Yes I want to restart my computer now and click Finish G8 After the system reboots the Found New Hardware message displays Digital Signature Not Found Click Yes or Continue to complete the driver installation Monitor Configuration Once the drivers and software have been installed you can configure your monitor Warning Choosing a refresh rate unsupported by your monitor may damage your monitor Consult your monitor s documentation if necessary ATI Technologies 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 5 Click OK to return to the desktop To set up a multi monitor display 1 From the Start menu click Control Panel then Display Click the Settings tab to access the basic multi monitor configuration settings 2 Select the Monitor icon identified by the number 2 Q Click Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor 4 Set the Screen Resolution and Color Quality as appropriate for the second monito
62. e from ATI Online Store 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 350 watt or greater power supply recommended Consult your computer system manual to ensure the power supply is designed to accommodate a high end graphics card with a peak dissipation above 75 watts Operating Windows XP with Service Pack 2 SP2 System Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Windows XP Media Center Edition Windows Vista Ready Monitor High resolution MultiSync or multi frequency monitors or any other type of VGA monitor Digital flat panel DFP displays or digital CRT display CrossFire If you are planning on using this graphics card as part of a Compatibility CrossFire system the following is required ACrossFire certified motherboard with two 2 PCI Express X16 slots and correct PCle chipset driver See ati com crossfire for a list of CrossFire certified motherboards Another standand Radeon X1600 Series graphics card The Radeon X1600 Series does not require a CrossFire Edition card for CrossFire support More information on the requirements for each of these components can be found within the CrossFire FAQ External Connections e 15 pin D shell female VGA output DVI I output e S Video
63. e power and performance of two or more Visual Processing Units to drive a single display Harness the power of a dual PCI Express based computer to deliver up to twice the VPU performance when using 3D graphics applications The CrossFire aspect requires the following to be present amotherboard with two PCI Express X16 slots e aCrossFire Edition Series graphics card Note CrossFire is supported in Catalyst version 5 13 ATI Technologies CrossFire 89 When CrossFire is enabled any one of the four following display modes are available SuperTiling A graphical load balancing scheme where CrossFire M renders alternate small 32x32 pixel squares in a fine grained checkerboard pattern This configuration increases image rendering quality as each card processes half of the complex 3D objects in the pixel squares Scissor Mode A graphical load balancing scheme where two graphical cards are used to render two halves of an image display One graphics card renders the top half of the screen while the second graphics card renders the bottom half Alternate Frame Rendering A graphical load balancing scheme where two graphics cards are used to render alternate frames of the display This configuration increases the detail of the 3D objects each card can render as each card handles half of the total number of frames Super Anti aliasing A feature that improves image quality by combining the results of
64. eTM slot For more information see the CrossFire Web page at ati com 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 CrossFireTM For more information see the CrossFire Web page at ati com crossfire 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 Re install the CATALYST Control Center For information on installing the software see the Getting Started Guide that came with your graphics card For more information see the CrossFire Web page at ati com crossfire Disabling CrossFire When CrossFire is disabled you will need to restore your graphics settings It is recommended that you create a Profile that contains all your settings For more information see the CrossFire Web page at ati com crossfire Create a profile A profile can be created from any aspect of Catalyst Control Center s ATI Technologies 94 CrossFire 1 Make customized changes by adjusting the various sliders and buttons for the aspects to be included in your profil
65. echnologi 62 Catalyst A l echnologies 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 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 ALI Catalyst A I makes use of ATT s new 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 Use the Standard slider setting to achieve optimal results without impacting performance Use the Advanced slider setting to achieve even better results with minimal impact on performance Catalyst A I includes application specific detection for various games and games engines such as Doom 3 the Half Life 2 engine Unreal Tournament 2003 Unreal Tournament 2004 Splinter Cell Race Driver Prince of Persia and Crazy Taxi 3 Disable Catalyst A l 1 From the Tree View pane expand 3D 2 Select Catalyst M A I 3 Sele
66. ecide is enabled 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 Il button in the Preview pane Clicking the pause button again causes the preview to resume 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 M 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 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 ATI Technologies 60 Adaptive Anti aliasing Adaptive Anti aliasing Adaptive anti aliasing is a technique that applies a combination of multi sampling MSAA and super sampling SSAA on 3D objects to improve ed
67. ed 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 Avivo Video for Radeon Series starting from 9500 Use the Avivo Video aspect to apply standard video settings with a Wizard or selecting a video preset Use Adjustments to configure gamma brightness and hue Use Theater Mode to set aspect ratio and overlay display mode Preview your changes before applying them ATI Technologies Standard Settings 77 ATI CATALYST Control Center Sa Ju 1 Graphics Settings amp Welcome amp Information Center 2 Displays Manager ka Display Options Graphics Adapter 1 R482 7109 SyncMaster i B Digital Panel Properties ao 2D Color z ci Avivo Video x sb Standard Settings Adjustments Theater Mode Deinterlacing All Settings YPU Recover Video Standard Settings To quickly adjust your video setting choose one of the video presets or you can run the Video Wizard Video Presets C Custom F m a anm Eeu 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 St
68. educes the blockiness caused when zooming into a 3D surface that is at a right angle to the viewer A newspaper photo examined closely enough will show that the picture is made up of tiny dots If the photo was enlarged it would start to look blocky and less distinct This is also a problem for computer generated images especially for surface details Bit Depth Refers to the number of data bits required to store color information about a pixel Larger bit depth means a greater range of color information is capable of being encoded into each pixel For example 1 binary bit of memory can only encode to either 0 or 1 So a graphical bit depth of 1 means that the display can only show two colors the black and white of a monochrome display Four bit color depth is capable of displaying 16 colors because there are only 16 different combinations of 4 bits 0000 0001 0010 to 1111 Sixteen bit color is capable of reproducing 65 536 colors 24 bit color can display up to 16 777 216 individual colors and 30 bit color can display up to one billion individual colors Bitmap A bitmap is a graphic or character representation composed of individual pixels arranged horizontally in rows A monochrome bitmap uses one bit per pixel bpp Color bitmaps may use up to 32bpp depending on the color depth selected ATI Technologies Brightness The amount of white or black that is applied to all colors onscreen By
69. erica 001800 514 3276 Mexico 7 00AM to English other 7 00PM EST 1 905 882 3277 International and or local toll charges to Canada will apply ATI Customer Care will work to resolve your issue and help you to get your ATI product up and running If your issue is not resolved our technicians will determine whether the difficulty you are experiencing is the result of the ATI product whether your product contains a defect and whether your product is under warranty ATI Technologies Getting Additional Accessories 111 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 e ATT is not responsible for any expense incurred accessing Customer Care It is expected that customers will review the expense associated with the available support options and will choose the method that best meets their needs and budget ATI Customer Care reserves the right to limit support options for products that are not registered or are at End of Life Getting Additional Accessories Additional and replacement cables installation CD ROMs manuals and other accessories for ATI products can be purchased from the online ATI store at ati com online accessories
70. es card to a TV use an S Video cable To connect S Video Out 1 Power off your computer and your TV 2 Determine if your TV supports either a S Video or Composite video connection ATI Technol 96 Using TV Out echnologies 3 Looking at the back of your PC locate your S Video Out Using an S Video 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 Using TV Display Using your TV for your computer s display can be useful however the display on your monitor may change or looked squashed This distortion occurs because the display adjusts to fit the dimensions of your TV To correct the monitor s display use the monitor s control buttons to adjust its display size and position ATI Technologies 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 The small text sizes commonly used for PC desktops can appear blurred or unclear on a TV You can compensate for this degradation by usi
71. ettings 79 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