RADEON ™ X800 AGP Series User’s Guide P/N 137-40621-20 Rev.
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iii L IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. • Retain Instructions - The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. • Heed Warnings - All warnings on the product and the operating instructions should be adhered to.
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v Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 System Requirements External Connections 1 1 Using Multiple Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Connecting Your Monitors Display Configurations 3 5 ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suite . . . . . . . . . . . .
vi Using TV Display Alone Using Games and Applications NTSC/PAL Support for the RADEON™ X800 Introduction Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable Capturing Video Connecting your media device for video capture Setting the Windows® Volume Control 37 37 37 38 38 40 41 42 42 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Uninstalling Old Graphics Card Software Windows® New Hardware Found Installing the CATALYST™ Software Suite Solution Selector 45 45 46 47 Compliance Information . . . . . .
1 CHAPTER 1: Introduction System Requirements Hardware • Intel® Pentium® 4/III; Celeron II™, AMD Athlon® 64/ K7/AMD Athlon®/AMD Athlon® XP. • 128 MB of system memory; 256 MB or more for best performance. • Motherboard with free AGP 4x/8x slot and correct AGP chipset-driver. • CD-ROM drive (for installation software). • 300 watt or greater power supply recommended for RADEON™ X800 Pro and 350 watt for RADEON™ X800 XT Platinum. Operating System • Windows® XP (Home or Pro). • Windows® 2000.
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3 CHAPTER 2: Using Multiple Displays Connecting Your Monitors Your RADEON™ X800 provides hardware support for one DVI-I monitor or two VGA monitors using the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter. A TV can also be used to expand your desktop by using the S-Video out. Connections and Adapters for the RADEON™ X800 Card X Standard VGA Monitor Connector. To connect a VGA monitor to the DVI-I connector, plug the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter into the DVI-I connector, then plug your monitor cable into the adapter.
4 Note: If you use multiple monitors, the RADEON™ X800 card must be the primary graphics card. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary. To connect your monitors 1 Turn off your computer and monitors. 2 Plug the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors. 3 Turn on your monitors first, and then restart your computer so that Windows® can detect the new hardware settings.
Display Configurations 5 Display Configurations Your RADEON™ X800 graphics card provides dual display functionality and TV Out. The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your card. Display Configuration Connector(s) Used Comments Single CRT display VGA connector OR DVI-I connector with DVI-I-to-VGA adapter CRT- cathode ray tube analog display. Single DFP display DVI-I connector DFP - digital flat panel display.
6 Display Configurations Display Configuration Connector(s) Used Comments CRT display + DFP display + TV VGA connector + DVI-I connector + S-Video Out The TV display will “clone” the image of one of the other two displays CRT display + DFP display + HDTV VGA connector + DVI-I connector + S-Video Out to HDTV (YPrPb) cable CRT display + CRT display + TV VGA connector + DVI-I connector with DVI-I-to-VGA adapter + S-Video Out UNSUPPORTED CONFIGURATION CRT display + CRT display + HDTV VGA connector
Introduction 7 CHAPTER 3: ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suite Introduction This chapter describes using the advanced multiple-monitor and 3D graphics features in ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suite. Features Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suite provides multiple-display functionality, and its advanced graphic features, such as SMARTSHADER™ HD, provide the ultimate 3D gaming experience. The CATALYST™ Software Suite also supports the latest versions of Direct 3D® and OpenGL®.
8 ATI Displays Tab Windows® Display Properties Settings Tab ATI Displays Tab The ATI Displays tab provides control over multiple-monitor features. Here you can enable/disable display devices and swap the assignment of Primary and Secondary displays.
ATI Displays Tab 9 ATI Displays Tab Scheme Displays the drop-down list of available display-device configurations that have previously been created. New configurations can be entered here and then saved using the Save button. Hotkey Associates a hotkey with a scheme. To input the hotkey, highlight the field and press the appropriate key combination on your keyboard. Save button Saves display-device configuration schemes. Delete button Deletes display-device configuration schemes.
10 ATI Displays Tab To enable or disable a display If the enable/disable button is green, it indicates the device is enabled. If it is red, it indicates the device is disabled. If the button is greyed out, the device is not an option. For example, if there is only one monitor connected, all buttons will be grey. 1 Click the enable/disable button want to enable/disable. 2 Click OK or Apply to save the changes.
ATI Color Tab 11 • The ATI Displays tab shows you the display(s) that are active. The Primary display has the button depressed. To change the display assignment, click the Primary display’s the button or click button of the other display device. For Windows 2000 • In Windows® 2000 clicking the button will reassign the Primary and Secondary monitors. Clicking the button creates a clone or mirror image of the Primary display onto the Secondary display.
12 ATI Color Tab ATI Color Tab: Desktop Settings ATI Color Tab: Desktop Settings
ATI Color Tab 13 ATI Color Tab Desktop radio button Select Desktop to configure your desktop color settings. Full Screen 3D radio button Select Full Screen 3D to configure the color settings for your 3D application. Note that the configured settings will only be apparent within a full screen 3D application environment. Profiles for Indicates whether the profiles in the drop-down list are for your Desktop or a Full Screen 3D environment.
14 ATI Color Tab ATI Color Tab Color preview box The color image indicates visually how the Gamma, Brightness and Contrast sliders affect the final color settings of your display device. In Desktop mode, clicking on this with your mouse pointer will change the image. Hotkeys button Opens the Color Hotkeys Settings dialog. There you can assign hotkeys for adjusting your color settings within a full screen 3D application environment.
ATI Color Tab 15 To access the Color Hotkeys Settings dialog 1 Select the Full Screen 3D radio button. 2 Click the Hotkeys button to access the Color Hotkeys Settings dialog. Note: For the steps used to assign hot keys, refer to the Color Hotkeys Settings section.
16 ATI Color Tab Color Hotkeys Settings Dialog Color Hotkey Settings Modifier key In combination with the Hotkey, specifies the hotkey combination that triggers an action. The Modifier key can be any combination of Alt, Ctrl, or Shift. Note that the Shift key is never used alone. Hotkey In combination with the Modifier key, specifies the hotkey combination that triggers an action. Hotkey can be any key listed.
ATI Color Tab 17 Color Hotkey Settings Disable hotkeys checkbox Disables all hotkeys. To disable a single hotkey combination, remove it from the assigned list. To assign color settings hotkeys for full screen 3D applications 1 Select a modifier key from the Modifier Key list. 2 Select a hotkey from the Hotkey list. 3 Select the action you want from the Hotkey Action list. 4 Click Add to create the hotkey combination. This combination will appear in the Assigned Hotkeys text box.
18 ATI Options Tab ATI Options Tab The ATI Options tab provides detailed driver information and access to your graphics card’s versioning and specifications. You can also enable or disable the ATI taskbar icon from this dialog. ATI Options Tab ATI Options Tab Version Information Shows the Catalyst version number, 2D version number, and the driver build information. Details button Gives access to the Details tab, which lists the card’s hardware details and driver information.
ATI Rotation Tab 19 ATI Options Tab Show ATI icon on taskbar Removes/replaces the ATI icon from the system tray without disabling the ATI icon applications. Disable quick resolution feature The quick resolution feature is accessible by left-clicking the ATI icon in the system tray. Checking this option disables this feature. Reduce DVI frequency on high-resolution Resolves display corruption or no image at high resolutions (for example 1280x1024 @75Hz) using a digital DVI display.
20 ATI Rotation Tab ATI Rotation Tab ATI Rotation Tab Rotation buttons Rotates the display by the preset amount. Configure Hotkeys dropdown list Lists the rotation actions with which you can associate a hotkey. Hotkey field Associates a hotkey with a rotation. To input the hotkey, click on the field and press the appropriate key combination on your keyboard. Save button Saves a hotkey setting. Defaults Restores the default hotkey settings.
ATI Rotation Tab 21 To rotate a single display 1 Select one of the four rotation settings by clicking the appropriate button. 2 Optionally, check the Mouse Track Rotation checkbox to have the mouse pointer match the display image. 3 Click OK or Apply. To rotate multiple displays 1 Select the Settings tab in the Windows® Display Properties dialog. 2 Select the display to which you want to apply the rotation. 3 Click the Advanced button and select the Rotation tab.
22 ATI Overlay Tab ATI Overlay Tab The ATI Overlay tab allows you to configure the brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, and gamma properties of your video overlay. Video Overlay 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.
ATI Overlay Tab 23 ATI Overlay Tab Brightness Adjusts the brightness of the video image. Contrast Adjusts the contrast in the video image. Saturation Adjusts the vividness of the color. Sliding it all the way to the left removes all color and produces a black and white picture. Hue Adjusts the pureness or tint of the red, green, and blue components of the color. Gamma Adjusts the overall intensity of the video image. Clone mode options Accesses Clone Mode overlay settings.
24 ATI Overlay Tab Clone Mode Options tab 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 in exactly the same manner.
ATI SMARTGART™ Tab 25 Clone Mode Options Full Screen Video The source video is scaled so that your display is showing full screen. Note: if the source video contains horizontal black bars, as do some DVD movies, the full screen video will also contain black bars. 4:3 (Standard TV) Select this option if the aspect ratio of the display device showing full screen video has the standard 4:3 aspect ratio (standard TVs and monitors).
26 ATI SMARTGART™ Tab SMARTGART™ Tab SMARTGART™ Tab Set AGP Speed slider Sets the AGP bus speed. Your computer must be rebooted for changes to take effect. The speed available on the slider are dependent on your motherboard’s chipset and design. Current AGP Speed Indicates the current AGP speed. Because changes will not take effect until after a reboot, this may not match the setting on the Set AGP Speed slider. Fast Write radio buttons Toggles Fast Write on and off.
ATI 3D Tab 27 SMARTGART™ Tab Retest All button L Retests all graphics bus capabilities. All tests and diagnostics are initiated immediately following a system restart. Any settings that have previously been set to Off will be turned on, providing the test passes. When using the Retest All button, problems can arise if the user enables a secondary graphics card (in a multiple monitor environment) after the operating system has loaded.
28 ATI 3D Tab ATI 3D Tab 3D Settings for radio buttons Selects either Direct 3D® or OpenGL® as the format to be altered in the workspace. Performance/Quality slider Controls the overall performance/image quality of your graphic application. Moving the slider to the left will maximize application performance, while moving the slider to the right will maximize image quality.
ATI 3D Tab 29 Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings Dialog Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings Support DXT texture formats There are a few applications that can only support a limited number of texture formats. By selecting Disabled, the driver will not support DXT texture formats, thus reducing the number of texture formats supported.
30 ATI 3D Tab OpenGL® Compatibility Settings OpenGL® Compatibility Settings Dialog OpenGL® Compatibility Settings Force Z-buffer depth Explicitly set the Z-Buffer depth. Most applications will work best when Disabled is selected Triple Buffering Improves the frame rate of games when Wait for Vertical Sync is enabled in Custom Settings. Enabling Triple Buffering may decrease application performance as there will be less frame-buffer memory available.
31 ATI VPU Recover Tab Hardware crashes may occur when a hardware device and the corresponding software device driver are no longer able to communicate with each other. VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics card is no longer able to respond to display driver commands. When this situation arises, the display driver will reset the graphics card.
32 ATI VPU Recover Tab ATI VPU Recover Tab Enable VPU Recover checkbox Enables VPU Recover. Prepare an Error Report checkbox When VPU Recover is activated a dialog will prompt you to submit an automatically generated error report to ATI. This error report will help ATI to determine the cause of the problem and help create more stable drivers. To disable this feature, deselect the Prepare an Error Report checkbox.
Using TV Out 33 CHAPTER 4: Using TV Display and Capture Features Using TV Out Your RADEON™ X800 has TV Out capability. Viewing Your PC’s Display on a TV You can attach your graphics card to a TV and monitor at the same time. L 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.
34 Using TV Out Connecting Your S-Video Out to a TV or VCR X S-Video Connection on graphics card Y TV Z S-Video Cable [ Computer Starting Windows® with TV Display Enabled The TV screen may become scrambled during the initial Windows® logo display. This distortion is only a temporary effect, and your screen will be restored within a few seconds. During start up, your RADEON™ X800 will go through a sequence of mode settings, during which your TV display will remain blank.
Using TV Out 35 To enable or disable the TV display 1 Access the Windows® Control Panel. Double-click Display. 2 Click the Settings tab and then the Advanced button. 3 Click the ATI Displays tab. Click the TV button. 4 Click the enable button 5 Click OK or Apply to save the changes. or disable button accordingly. Using and Adjusting TV Display Features For information about how to adjust TV display features, right-click the ATI taskbar icon, point to Help, then point to ATI Television Display.
36 Using TV Out Use the controls available on the Adjustments tab on the Monitor Properties page (accessible by clicking on the Monitor button on the ATI Displays tab) to adjust the display on your monitor only. Click the TV button to adjust the TV display only. 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.
NTSC/PAL Support for the RADEON™ 7 Click OK or Apply to save the changes you have made. You can also reduce edge distortion by increasing the TV’s contrast. Increasing the contrast of a TV display 1 Access the Display Properties dialog by right-clicking on the desktop or navigating through Windows® Control Panel. 2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced button. 3 Click on the ATI Displays tab. 4 Click on the TV button. 5 Drag the Contrast slider to the right to increase the contrast.
38 Introduction The NTSC/PAL DIP switch X TV Standard DIP switch (A dual-slider DIP switch; may not be alongside other components as depicted here). Y NTSC setting (default). Z PAL setting. To change the setting to PAL 1 Remove the RADEON™ X800 card from your computer. 2 Locate a DIP switch with two sliders on the card. 3 Use a sharp pencil to move the slider switch labelled “1” as depicted in the illustration. 4 Reinstall the graphics card into your computer.
Introduction 39 The HDTV Component Video Adapter can be used in place of the standard A/V Output cable to connect to an HDTV or other component input device, using component video cables. L You must have a monitor attached to your computer before installing the ATI HDTV. For proper operation of your ATI Component Video Adapter, ATI display drivers must be correctly installed.
40 Introduction configuration information specific to your device. 2 Turn on your computer. Note: Your TV will not display anything until Windows starts. This can take several minutes. Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable Use the HDTV Video Cable to watch DVD movies and play video games on your High Definition Television. L Copy-protected DVDs restrict playback to 480i and 480p modes.
Capturing Video 41 Note: YPbPr is only available with the 30Hz or 60HZ settings. Capturing Video The RADEON™ X800 XT Platinum has the ability to capture video from your camcorder, VCR, or TV. Use your favorite video editing application to add effects, make changes, or stream your video on the Internet. The audio and video output connectors on your TV, camcorder, or VCR will be similar those depicted in the illustration. Use Composite Video Out or S-Video Out. S-Video Out will provide better results.
42 Capturing Video [ Typical Video Out of TV, VCR, or Camcorder connections Connecting your media device for video capture Use the Video In/Video Out Cable to connect to a TV, VCR, or Camcorder. Use the S-Video connectors. To capture video to your computer 1 Connect the ATI Video In/Video Out cable to the Video In/Video Out connector on the ATI Graphics Adapter. 2 Connect the Video In of the ATI Video In\Video Out cable to the Video Out of your media device.
Capturing Video 43 4 Click the Line-In volume control checkbox, then click OK. If the Mute checkbox is checked, click it to cancel muting.
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Uninstalling Old Graphics Card Software 45 CHAPTER 5: Troubleshooting The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. ATI’s documentation contains helpful installation/configuration tips and other valuable feature information. Please contact your dealer for more advanced troubleshooting information. More troubleshooting information can be found on the ATI Website at ati.com/support/.
46 Installing the CATALYST™ Software Suite To install and detect your new hardware 1 Click Next to allow Windows® to search for the Standard VGA or Standard PCI Graphics Adapter. If prompted for the Windows® CD-ROM, insert it into your CD-ROM drive. 2 Type the following: D:\ for example D:\WinXP. If D is not your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter. 3 Click OK. 4 Click Finish to close the Wizard and then restart your system.
Solution Selector 47 software for that component will automatically be installed, along with the ATI graphics driver. Not all software components are installed using the Express installation. Custom installation allows you to select individual software components for installation. Solution Selector General Problems Problem Possible Solution Computer Does Not Boot-Up Properly • Verify that the installation instructions were properly followed.
48 Solution Selector General Problems Problem Screen Defects Appear Possible Solution • Check if your monitor supports the resolution, horizontal (kHz) and vertical (Hz) refresh rates as required by the graphics card. • Check your current resolution, refresh rate, and color depth settings in the Settings and Monitor tabs in your Display Properties dialog. Warning! Ensure that both video card and monitor support resolution and refresh rates you select.
Solution Selector 49 HDTV/HDTV Adapter Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution There is no display on my TV • Your TV will not display anything until Windows starts; this may take several minutes. • Set your TV to YPbPr input. • Ensure that the HDTV Component Video Adapter is properly connected, then restart your computer. DVDs will not play in 720p or 1080i modes • Copy-protected DVDs restrict playback to 480i and 480p modes.
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51 Compliance Information 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, and • 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 of the FCC Rules.
52 CE Compliance Information EMC Directive 89/336/EEC and Amendments 92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC, for Class B Digital Device. EN 55022:1998/CISPR 22:1997, - Class B - Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Disturbance Characteristics of Information Technology Equipment. EN55024:1998/CISPR 22:1997, - Information Technology Equipment - Immunity Characteristics - Limits and Methods of Measurement. Low Voltage Directive for TV-Tuner-Equipped products 73/23/EEC - The Low Voltage Directive.
53 Index Numerics 3D custom settings 28 full-screen 11 performance 28 profiles 28 quality 28 3D applications settings 15 A adjusting overlays 22 AGP 25 AGP bus speed setting 26 application profiles creating 27 ATI Overlay tab 22 ATI taskbar applications disabling 18 enabling 18 B brightness 13, 14 color settings 11 video overlay 22 C capture video 41, 42 card specification information 18 Catalyst version number 18 CATALYST Software installing 46 Clone Mode overlay settings 23 settings 23 clone mo
54 color 13 color preview color settings 14 color settings brightness 11 color preview 14 contrast 11 desktop 13 gamma 11 Hotkeys 14 profiles 13 Color Tab 11 Compliance information Low Voltage Directive for TV-tuner-equipped products 52 contrast 13, 14 color settings 11 TV display 36 video overlay 22 Copy-protection DVDs, DVDs Copy-protection 49 custom settings 3D 28 D desktop color settings 13 display corruption DVI 19 high resolution 19 Displaying PC output on TV 41 displays Hotkey 9 primary 8 sc
55 TV display 37 gaming performance, performance gaming 7 gamma 13, 14 color settings 11 video overlay 22 gamma correction 13 graphics card resetting through VPU Recover 31 H HDTV 38, 40 troubleshooting 48 HDTV adapter troubleshooting 48 HDTV Component Video Adapter 39 High Definition Television 38 horizontal size TV display 36 Hotkeys color settings 14 hue video overlay 22 I Input and output adapters displaying PC output on TV and recording on videotape 41 installing CATALYST Software 46 M multi
56 profiles 3D 28 color 13 color settings 13 Q quality 3D 28 R Recording PC output on videotape 41 resetting graphics card 31 rotate multiple displays 21 single display 21 Rotation HotKeys 21 S safety instructions iii saturation video overlay 22 secondary display 8 secondary displays clone mode 23 settings 3D applications 15 Clone Mode 23 single display rotate 21 SMARTGART Fast Write 26 system requirements 1 T tab Overlay 22 Theater Mode 23 Triple Buffering 30 troubleshooting general problems 47 H
57 U uninstall old graphics drivers 45 Uninstalling old graphics card software 45 V VGA 23 video capture 41 Video overlay definition 22 video overlay 22 brightness 22 contrast 22 gamma 22 hue 22 saturation 22 Volume control 42 VPU Recover 31 W Windows volume control 42 Y YPbPr 41, 49 YPbPr connector 38 Z Z-Buffer depth explicitly setting 30
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