ABIT RADEON Series (R9800XT, R9600XT-VIO, R9600, R9600SE) 3D Graphics Card User’s Manual 4200-0401-03 Rev. 1.
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Table Of Contents CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ....................................... 1-1 1-1. 1-2. 1-3. R9800XT...................................................................................... 1-1 R9600XT-VIO ............................................................................. 1-4 R9600/R9600SE........................................................................... 1-6 CHAPTER 2. HARDWARE SETUP ................................. 2-1 2-1. CARD INSTALLATION ....................................
-11. 3D CONTROL PANEL................................................................... 4-12 Custom settings for Direct3D/OpenGL: ..........................................4-13 SMARTSHADER[tm] Effects:........................................................4-14 4-12. SMARTGART[tm] .................................................................... 4-15 4-13. VPU RECOVER ........................................................................... 4-16 4-14. OVERDRIVE[tm]...................................
Introduction Chapter 1. 1-1 Introduction 1-1.
1-2 Chapter 1 All-format DTV/HDTV decoding YPrPb component output Adaptive de-interlacing and frame rate conversion Dual integrated display controllers Dual integrated 10-bit per channel 400 MHz DACs Integrated 165 MHz TMDS transmitter (DVI 1.0 compliant and HDCP ready) Integrated TV Output support up to 1024x768 resolution SMARTSHADER™ 2.1 Full support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware 2.
Introduction 1-3 VIDEOSHADER™ Seamless integration of pixel shaders with video FULLSTREAM™ video de-blocking technology Noise removal filtering for captured video Operating Systems Support: Windows® XP/2000/Me System Requirements Recommends a 300-Watt power supply Intel® Pentium® 4, AMD® Athlon® or higher with AGP 8X (0.8v), 4X (1.
1-4 Chapter 1 1-2. R9600XT-VIO Card Layout Package List R9600XT-VIO Graphics Card User’s Manual VIVO Adapter Multi-language QIG S-Video Cable Installation CD: Driver/PowerDVD Composite (RCA) Cable DVI-I to D-Sub Adapter TM Power Director 2.
Introduction 1-5 Dual integrated 10-bit per channel 400 MHz DACs Integrated 165 MHz TMDS transmitter (DVI 1.0 compliant and HDCP ready) Integrated TV Output support up to 1024x768 resolution Video Input supports up to 800x600 resolution Optimized for Pentium® 4 SSE2 and AMD Athlon™ 3Dnow! SMARTSHADER™ 2.
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Introduction 1-7 All-format DTV/HDTV decoding YPrPb component output Adaptive de-interlacing and frame rate conversion Dual integrated display controllers Dual integrated 10-bit per channel 400 MHz DACs Integrated 165 MHz TMDS transmitter (DVI 1.0 compliant and HDCP ready) Integrated TV Output support up to 1024x768 resolution Optimized for Pentium® 4 SSE2 and AMD Athlon™ 3Dnow! SMARTSHADER™ 2.
1-8 Chapter 1 Operating Systems Support: Windows® XP/2000/Me System Requirements Intel® Pentium® 4, AMD® Athlon® or higher with AGP 8X (0.8v), 4X (1.
Hardware Setup Chapter 2. 2-1 Hardware Setup 2-1. Card Installation This graphics card can only be installed in a motherboard with AGP slot. Please handle this card with care and make sure to unplug the power supply of your system before installation. New Systems: 1. Unplug all power cords of your computer. 2. Remove computer chassis cover. 3. Locate the AGP slot on your motherboard. 4. Remove the metal bracket corresponding to the AGP slot. Keep the screw. 5. Align this card to the AGP slot.
2-2 Chapter 2 2-2. Devices Connection The following illustration shows all possible connector combinations. Your specific Graphics Card may not have all the shown connectors. 4pin/7pin TV-out and 9pin TV-out/Video-in ports are both shown here to illustrate the connections. Your Graphics Card will have one or the other, not both. NOTE: The 9pin TV-out/Video-in port allows you to output/input the image to/from a TV or video device.
Hardware Setup 2-3 2-3. Connecting to computer’s power supply The R9800XT requires connection to your PC’s internal power supply for operation. Consult your system builder or OEM to ensure your system has an adequate power supply. Otherwise we recommend a 300-Watt power supply or greater to ensure normal system operation. Please note that the system will not boot, if the R9800XT is not connected to the power supply. Find a hard disk drive power cable, and connect it to your graphics card.
2-4 Chapter 2 2-4. Changing NTSC/PAL Setting The RADEON Series Graphics Card provides both NTSC and PAL support. The default setting is NTSC. To change the setting to PAL, please refer to the following illustration and description.
Driver Installation Chapter 3. 3-1 Driver Installation The screen displays in this manual may not exactly reflect the screenshots on your screen. The contents of the Installation CD that came with this card are subject to change at any time without notice. The latest driver for this board is also downloadable from our Web site at http://www.abit.com.tw. The installation procedures and screenshots in this section are based on Windows XP operating system.
3-2 5. Click “Continue Anyway”. 6. Click “Continue Anyway”. 7. Choose “Yes, I want to restart my computer now”, and click “Finish” to complete setup.
Display Properties Chapter 4. 4-1 Display Properties This section provides an explanation of each Display Properties tab. To use the Display Properties, access the Windows® Control Panel and then ® double-click Display to enter, or you may right-click the Windows desktop, click “Properties” “Settings” “Advanced” to enter. NOTE: The screenshots in this section are based on the Windows XP operating system.
4-2 Chapter 4 Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor: Select this option to specify that your desktop will be extended onto the monitor corresponding to the icon you selected above. This check box is unavailable for your primary monitor because additional monitors are all extensions of the primary monitor. Identify: Click this button to display a number on the monitors that correspond with the icons shown above. Troubleshoot: Click this button to start the Display Troubleshooter.
Display Properties 4-3 4-3. Adapter This tab shows what type of display adapter you are currently using. Properties: Click this button to display device and driver properties for this video adapter. List All Modes: Click this button to view all of the video modes available for this adapter. 4-4. Monitor Properties: Click this button to display device and driver properties for this video adapter.
4-4 Chapter 4 4-5. Troubleshoot Hardware acceleration: Adjusts the levels of hardware acceleration controlled by device drivers. Dragging the slider from Full to None gradually disables portions of hardware acceleration and enables you to detect which areas might be causing you to have problems with your graphics hardware. Enable write combining: Specifies whether "write combining" is turned on or off.
Display Properties 4-5 4-7. Displays The Displays tab provides multiple monitor features. Here you can enable/disable display devices and swap the assignment of Primary and Secondary displays. Scheme: Lists all the displays schemes you have saved, as well as several preset schemes. Hotkey: Displays the hotkey for the current selection in the Scheme list. : Click this button to enable/disable the display device.
4-6 Chapter 4 Adjustments: Screen Position: This control panel allows you to position your monitor display. The four arrows under Screen Position shift your display left, right, up, or down. Screen Size: This option allows you to adjust the size of your monitor display. The (+) and (–) buttons under Vertical Screen Size increase/decrease the vertical size of your display. The (+) and (–) buttons under Horizontal Screen Size increase/decrease the horizontal size of your display.
Display Properties 4-7 4-8. Color The Color Properties page allows you to configure Gamma, Brightness, and Contrast color settings for both your desktop and full screen 3D environments. You can also save settings to a color Profile for easy recall later. In addition, you can assign unique hotkey combinations that allow you to adjust Gamma, Brightness, and Contrast color settings within your full screen 3D applications. Desktop radio button: Select Desktop to configure your desktop color settings.
4-8 Chapter 4 Gamma slider: Increases or decreases the gamma correction of your Desktop or full screen 3D application. Changing the gamma alters the curvature of the color curve. Brightness slider: Increases or decreases the color brightness of your Desktop or full screen 3D application. Changing the brightness adjusts the vertical position of the color curve. Contrast slider: Increases or decreases the color contrast of your Desktop or full screen 3D application.
Display Properties 4-9 4-9. Options The Options tab provides detailed driver information and access to the card’s specifications. You can also enable or disable the ATI taskbar icon. Version Information: Provides the driver version number, 2D version number and the driver build information. Details: Clicking this button provides the graphics card’s hardware details and driver information. Reactivate all warning messages: Allows you to reactivate any disabled graphics warning messages.
4-10 Chapter 4 4-10. Overlay The Overlay tab allows you to configure the brightness, contrast, saturation, hue and gamma properties of your video overlay. NOTE: Video overlay allows for the viewing of streaming video on your PC. However, there is only one video overlay, which is only available on the Primary display. The video overlay controls are automatically activated during playback of any video file type that supports overlay adjustments.
Display Properties 4-11 Clone Mode Options: Standard: Video content is displayed on your Primary display only. Theater Mode: Video content is displayed on your Primary and Secondary displays. Video content is displayed on your Secondary display(s) is always in full screen mode. NOTE: Your computer must be set for 16-bit color depth or higher to use this mode. Same on all: Video content is displayed on your Primary and Secondary display is exactly the same manner.
4-12 Chapter 4 4-11. 3D Control Panel Using this control panel, you can fine-tune the settings for Direct3D and OpenGL applications. 3D Settings For: Click the check box to specify which 3D application settings you want to adjust. Main slider: Allows you to select the kind of application experience you’d like to have. Moving the slider to the left will maximize application performance, while moving the slider to the right will optimize 3D image quality.
Display Properties 4-13 Custom settings for Direct3D/OpenGL: Anti-Aliasing: This option improves image quality by removing jagged edges from 3D images, resulting in smoother, more natural-looking lines and contours. Anti-Aliasing slider: Anti-Aliasing can be applied using different number of samples (2X, 4X, 6X). More samples provide more realistic 3D images. Anisotropic Filtering checkbox: Anisotropic filtering uses a texture filtering technique that blends multiple texture samples together.
4-14 Chapter 4 The base mipmap is the highest quality texture, and all subsequent mipmaps are smaller sized textures of the same image. Moving the slider to the right improves image quality, and moving the slider to the left degrades image quality. Wait for Vertical Sync: Wait for vertical sync will lower the frame rate of full screen games but reduce the image tearing that can occur with the higher frame rate.
Display Properties 4-15 4-12. SMARTGART[tm] SMARTGART is a suite of testing and diagnostics tools that perform a variety of bus tests to determine the optimal settings for your graphics accelerator installed in your computer. SMARTGART automatically configures your graphics device to the optimal settings. SMARTGART does not actually disable any AGP functionality in your computer’s hardware.
4-16 Chapter 4 4-13. VPU Recover Enable VPU Recover: Place a check here to enable VPU Recover. When the option is not checked, other controls in the VPU Recover control panel are grayed out. Prepare an error report if VPU Recover is activated, for submission to ATI Technologies: Place a check here to allow VPU Recover, once it is activated, to generate an error report that you can send to ATI via email. 4-14.
HYDRAVISIONTM Chapter 5. 5-1 HYDRAVISIONTM HYDRAVISIONTM enables you to quickly and easily tailor your computer desktop to the way you work, so you can manage increased amounts of information and improve your productivity. Accessing HYDRAVISION: After installation of display drivers, you will find the ATI icon on the Windows taskbar’s status area. 1. Right-click the ATI icon. 2. Select HYDRAVISION. 3. Click HYDRAVISION Properties.
5-2 Chapter 5 Cancel: Click this button to discard all changes made to any section of the HYDRAVISION Dialog and close the Desktop Manager. Apply: Click this button to implement your changes without closing the Desktop Manager. Help: Click this button to open HYDRAVISION’s online help. You can also get context-sensitive on-screen help by moving your mouse over the relevant text for each control. For using each HYDRAVISION function, please refer to this online help.
Install PowerDVD A-1 Appendix A. Install PowerDVD The PowerDVD is a simple-to-use DVD player combining all the features you would expect to find in a standard consumer DVD player, in addition to some very advanced functionality, such as full VCD 2.0 support, full precision video decoding, a choice of user interfaces, and video display options. You can play DVD titles or Video CDs PowerDVD automatically determines the type of disc in the DVD drive and uses the correct playback method.
A-2 Appendix A one from the existing folders list. Click “Next>” to continue. 5. Enter your name, the name of the company for whom you work, and the product serial number. Click “Next>” to continue. 6. Setup will install PowerDVD in the following folder. To install to this folder, click “Next>”. To install to a different folder, click “Browse…” and select another folder. 7. Type a new folder name, or select ABIT RADEON Series 8. Select your default PowerDVD skin, and click “Next>” to continue. 9.
Install DirectX B-1 Appendix B. Install DirectX For the best gaming capability, we suggest that you install the latest DirectX driver. Some newer games will also ask you to install the DirectX driver before you start them. The installation procedures and screen shots in this section are based on Windows XP operating system. For those of other OS, please follow its on-screen instruction. Insert the Installation CD into CD-ROM drive, it should execute the installation program automatically.
B-2 4. Click “Finish” installation. Appendix B to end the NOTE: Some games written for older DirectX versions may not work properly under DirectX 9. Please make sure your application support DirectX 9 before installation. Also note that the DirectX 9 cannot be uninstalled in the normal way.
BIOS Flashing Utility C-1 Appendix C. BIOS Flashing Utility You may update the newest drivers or BIOS files from your dealer or directly download from our WEB site at http://www.abit.com.tw. NOTE: When you use the flash utility to flash the BIOS, the screen will be blank for about 10 seconds. This is a normal situation, not a malfunction. Do not reboot your computer during this period, or you may cause the flash to fail. You may flash the BIOS under Windows® or DOS environment. Windows® Environment: 1.
C-2 Appendix C DOS Environment: 1. Reboot your computer into DOS environment. Insert the Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. Copy all files to a new directory from path D:\Utility\Flash\DOS. (D: refers to the CD-ROM drive letter) 3. Copy the new BIOS binary file to the new directory. 4. Change to the new directory and type the following command: atiflash -p [Num] [File].rom ([Num] refers to adapter number; [File] refers to the name of BIOS binary file.) Then press the “Enter” key.
How to Get Technical Support D-1 Appendix D. How to Get Technical Support (From our website) http://www.abit.com.tw (In North America) http://www.abit-usa.com (In Europe) http://www.abit.nl Thank you for choosing ABIT products. ABIT sells all our products through distributors, resellers and system integrators; we have no direct sales to end-users.
D-2 Appendix D 4. Internet Newsgroups. They are a great source of information and many people there can offer help. ABIT's Internet News group, alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit, is an ideal forum for the public to exchange information and discuss experiences they have had with ABIT products. Many times you will see that your question has already been asked before. This is a public Internet news group and it is reserved for free discussions. Here is a list of some of the more popular ones: alt.comp.periphs.
How to Get Technical Support D-3 North America and South America: ABIT Computer (U.S.A.) Corporation 45531 Northport Loop West, Fremont, California 94538, U.S.A. Tel: 1-510-623-0500 Fax: 1-510-623-1092 sales@abit-usa.com technical@abit-usa.com http://www.abit-usa.com U.K. and Ireland: ABIT Computer (U.K.) Corporation Ltd. Unit 3, 24-26 Boulton Road, Stevenage, Herts SG1 4QX, U.K. Tel: 44-1438-228888 Fax: 44-1438-226333 sales@abitcomputer.co.uk technical@abitcomputer.co.
D-4 Appendix D Japan: ABIT Computer (Japan) Co. Ltd. Fax: 81-3-5396-5110 http://www.abit4u.jp Shanghai: ABIT Computer (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. Tel: 86-21-6235-1829 Fax: 86-21-6235-1832 http://www.abit.com.cn Russia: ABIT Computer (Russia) Co. Ltd. Fax: 7-095-937-2837 techrussia@abit.com.tw http://www.abit.ru France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece: ABIT Computer France SARL Tel: 33-1-5858-0043 Fax: 33-1-5858-0047 http://www.abit.
How to Get Technical Support D-5 7. RMA Service. If your system has been working but it just stopped, but you have not installed any new software or hardware recently, it is likely that you have a defective component. Please contact the reseller from whom you bought the product. You should be able to get RMA service there. 8. Reporting Compatibility Problems to ABIT.
D-6 Appendix D Technical Support Form Company Name: Phone Number: Contact Person: Fax Number: E-mail Address: VGA Card Product Name GPU Memory * * * * O/S □TV-Out □DVI □VIO M/B maker/model * BIOS * Driver * CPU Type Intel: □PII □PIII □P4 AMD: □Socket A Other: _________________________ Chipset □Intel □VIA □SiS □ALi Chipset code name description: _________________________ Hardware name IDE1 HDD IDE2 CD-ROM IDE1 Drive IDE2 System Memory Size (SDRAM) Monitor maker/model Problem
