Radeon® X1600 Series User’s Guide P/N 137-40890-20
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v Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Radeon® X1600 Series Features Features System Requirements External Connections Before You Begin Record Your Serial and Part Numbers Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers 1 1 4 4 5 5 5 Installing Your ATI Graphics Card . . . . . . . . . . . . .
vi Custom View Hotkeys Manager Profiles Manager Preferences Help Information Center Displays Manager Displays Manager Display Options Monitor Properties Monitor Attributes Digital Panel Properties Attributes Avivo™ Color HDTV Support 3D Standard Settings Anti-aliasing Adaptive Anti-aliasing Anisotropic Filtering Catalyst™ A.I.
vii Using a TV as the Only Display Using Games and Applications Connecting to HDTV Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable 97 97 97 99 CrossFire™ FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Radeon® X1600 Series Features 1 CHAPTER 1: Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your ATI Radeon® X1600 Series graphics card. We hope that you will enjoy countless hours of trouble-free computing. Radeon® X1600 Series Features Features • 157 million transistors on 90nm fabrication process. • Dual-link DVI. • Twelve pixel shader processors. • Five vertex shader processors. • 128-bit 4-channel DDR/DDR2/GDDR3 memory interface. • Native PCI Express x16 bus interface.
2 Radeon® X1600 Series Features • Dedicated branch execution units for high performance dynamic branching and flow control. • Dedicated texture address units for improved efficiency. • 3Dc+ texture compression • High quality 4:1 compression for normal maps and two-channel data formats. • High quality 2:1 compression for luminance maps and singlechannel data formats. • Multiple Render Target (MRT) support. • Render-to-vertex buffer support. • Complete feature set also supported in OpenGL® 2.
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 acceleration. • 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.
4 System Requirements *with optional HDTV adapter available 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.
Before You Begin 5 Before You Begin Before you begin installing your new graphics card, please do the following. Record Your Serial and Part Numbers The serial number and 102 part number printed on the graphics card are required for registration. They are located on a sticker on the back of the card. X Serial number (S/N) Y 102 part number (P/N) Write the numbers, shown in bold above, down before installing your new ATI product.
6 Before You Begin 4 Turn off your system and remove the old graphics card.
Installing Hardware 7 CHAPTER 2: Installing Your ATI Graphics Card Installing Hardware This chapter will guide you through the physical installation of your new Radeon® graphics card. Graphics Card Bus Types There are three possible card bus types. See the illustration below to determine if you have an AGP, PCI, or PCI Express® (PCIe™) graphics card.
8 Basic Graphics Card Installation connection to the computer’s power supply, follow the Advanced Install instructions for either AGP or PCIe, as appropriate. Radeon® graphics cards that require a connection to the computer’s power supply will have a power cable connected to them. Installing the Radeon® graphics card 1 Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices. 2 Unplug the computer’s power cord and disconnect all cables from the back of your computer.
Advanced Installation: AGP 9 Advanced Installation: AGP There are two types of installation. If your graphics card does not require a separate connection to the computer’s power supply, follow the Basic Install instructions. If your graphics card require a separate connection to the computer’s power supply, follow the Advanced Install instructions for either AGP or PCIe™, as appropriate.
10 Advanced Installation: AGP 4 Power Cable Connector 5 4-Pin Power Connection 6 Power Extension Cable: Power Connector to Graphics Card 7 Power Extension Cable: Power Connector to Hard Drive 8 Power Extension Cable: Power Connector to Power Supply 9 Hard Drive 10 Power Connector to Hard Drive Installing the Radeon® graphics card 1 Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices. 2 Unplug the computer’s power cord and disconnect all cables from the back of your computer.
Advanced Installation: PCIe™ 11 6 Align your ATI graphics card with the slot and press it in firmly until the card is fully seated. 7 Remove the power cable from the hard drive power connector. 8 Connect the power extension cable to the 4-pin power connection on the graphics card. 9 Connect the power extension cable to the power supply. 10 Connect the power extension cable to the hard drive. 11 Screw in or fasten the graphics card securely.
12 Advanced Installation: PCIe™ Graphics Card Installation 1 Radeon® Graphics Card 2 Power Supply 3 6-pin Power Cable Connector 4 6-pin Power Connection 5 Power connector to Graphics Card 6 Power connector to Power Supply Installing the Radeon® graphics card 1 Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices. 2 Unplug the computer’s power cord and disconnect all cables from the back of your computer.
Connecting Devices 13 3 Remove the computer cover. If necessary, consult your computer’s manual for help in removing the cover. L 4 WARNING - Remember to discharge your body’s static electricity by touching the power supply or the metal surface of the computer chassis. Unscrew or unfasten and remove any existing graphics card from your computer. Note: If your computer has an on-board graphics capability, you may need to disable it on the motherboard.
14 Connecting Devices Connector Types VGA Supports an analog CRT monitor. DVI-I Supports a digital monitor. VGA-DVI-I Adapter Supports an analog monitor on a DVI-I connection. S-Video In/Out Supports a TV, VCR, or Camcorder. CATV Supports a TV antenna or cable service. Composite Supports a TV, VCR, or Camcorder.
15 CHAPTER 3: Using Multiple Displays Connecting Your Monitors Your Radeon® X1600 Series graphics card provides hardware support for two DVI-I monitors a DVI-I monitor and a VGA monitor using the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter. It also provides TV output via an S-Video Out connector. Connections and Adapters for the Radeon® X1600 Series Card 1 Standard VGA Monitor Connector.
16 Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1600 Series card must be the primary graphics card. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary. Note: The top DVI-I connector is single-link and the bottom connector is dual-link. Note: Some Radeon® X1600 Series graphic cards have one DVI-I connector and one VGA connector. To connect your monitors 1 Power off your computer and monitors. 2 Plug the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors.
Display Configurations 17 Display Configurations Your Radeon® X1600 Series graphics card provides dual display functionality. The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your card. Display Configuration Connector(s) Used Comments Single DFP display DVI-I connector DFP - digital flat panel display. Single CRT display DVI-I connector with DVI-I-to-VGA adapter CRT - cathode ray tube analog display.
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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.
20 Monitor Configuration 2 Run the ATISETUP utility. The ATISETUP utility will start automatically when you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your optical drive after the operating system has started. If your CDROM auto-run is not enabled or the ATISETUP utility does not start automatically: a) Click the Start button in the task bar. b) Click Run. c) Select ATISETUP.EXE from the root directory of the ATI Installation CD-ROM. d) Click OK. 3 Click Install under Software Install. 4 Click Next.
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.
22 Installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite If your CD-ROM auto-run is not enabled and the ATISETUP utility does not start automatically, follow these steps. 1 In the Windows® task bar, click Start. 2 From the Start menu, select Run. 3 Browse to ATISETUP.EXE on the root directory of the ATI Installation CD-ROM. 4 Click OK. Installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite ATI’s Catalyst™ Software Suite provides software required to enjoy all the features of your ATI graphics card.
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.
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Launching Catalyst™ 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™ Control Center to fine-tune your graphics settings, enable or disable connected display devices, and change the orientation of your desktop. Many of the features show you a preview of the changes before they are applied.
26 Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Other Quick Launch Access Points Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Using the System Tray 1 Right-click the ATI icon in the Windows® System Tray. 2 Select Catalyst™ Control Center from the popup menu. Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Using the Desktop Shortcut When you first installed Catalyst™ Control Center the setup wizard provided you with the option of placing a shortcut on the desktop. • Double-click the Catalyst™ Control Center desktop shortcut.
Launching Catalyst™ Control Center 27 Catalyst™ Control Center Dialog
28 Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard Catalyst™ Control Center: Advanced View Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard The Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard is a graphical representation of the display features of the installed ATI hardware and software. Use the Dashboard to fine-tune your graphic settings, enable or disable connected display devices, and change the orientation of your desktop. Many features present you with a preview of your changes before they are applied.
Catalyst™ Control Center Views 29 • Profiles • Preferences • Help Catalyst™ Control Center Views The Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard supports three types of views: • Basic • Advanced • Custom Basic View Basic View is the default view when Catalyst™ Control Center is launched for the very first time. It includes a wizard that guides you through the process of configuring your display devices. Basic View is recommended for novice users.
30 Hotkeys Manager Create a Custom View 1 In Advanced View, click View and select Define Custom View. 2 In the 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.
Hotkeys Manager 31 5 Choose a modifier. 6 Enter any letter of the alphabet. 7 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.
32 Profiles Manager Profiles Manager Use profiles to create customized environments for your desktop, video, and 3D applications. Define and save into a profile your own personal video settings that can be quickly activated manually, through a hot key, or by file association. Note: A profile applies to a specific graphics card. If there is more than one graphics card installed in your computer, you need to select the appropriate card before creating, loading, or activating a profile.
Profiles Manager 33 • the following settings applies only the settings selected in the treeview. Activate a profile 1 Open the Profiles Manager. 2 Select a profile from Create or Edit a Profile drop-down menu. 3 Click the Activation tab. 4 Set a profile to activate manually: • Click Manually by then select your preferred method for activating a profile. For example, a shortcut on your desktop. • If you choose Hotkeys assignment, select a Hot key modifier and a keyboard key.
34 Preferences Delete a profile 1 Open the Profile Manager. 2 Select a profile from the Create or Edit a Profile drop-down menu. 3 Click Delete. 4 Click OK to confirm. Preferences Use the Preferences page to restore factory defaults, change skins, or enable/disable the System Tray icon.
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.
36 Help 3 Choose a skin from the Skin drop-down menu. 4 Click OK. Restore Catalyst™ Control Center to the factory default settings 1 Click Preferences in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. 2 Select Restore factory defaults in the drop-down menu. 3 Click Yes. Help Use the Catalyst™ Control Center Help feature to access the comprehensive online help system, generate a Problem Report, and get the installed Catalyst™ Control Center version information.
Information Center 37 4 Click Go. Create a Problem Report Create a problem report should you experience a problem with your ATI product. This report can be used by an ATI Customer Care agent to help diagnose and resolve the problem. 1 Click the Help button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. 2 Click Problem Report Wizard. 3 Follow the Wizard’s instructions. Display the version of the installed Catalyst™ Control Center 1 Click the Help button in the Dashboard.
38 Displays Manager 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® System Information. Displays Manager The Displays Manager aspect is the central location for configuring your display devices and arranging your desktop.
Displays Manager 39 Those new to the Catalyst™ Control Center may use the Basic View wizard to help you configure your display preferences. Experienced users who prefer to manually configure their desktop setting should use the Advanced View. Note: The Catalyst™ Control Center will open to the Basic View the very first time it is accessed. Experienced users can easily change to Advanced View by selecting Advanced and clicking on the Next button.
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.
Displays Manager 41 2 Click and drag the display device icon in Attached displays currently disabled to the empty box to the right of the Main box. 3 Click Clone Main with [display device] in the pop-up menu. If the secondary display is enabled: 1 Right click the display device icon in Desktop 2 when in Extended mode, Rightmost when in Stretch Horizontal mode, or Lower in Stretch Vertical mode. 2 Click Clone Main with [display device]. 3 Click Yes to the Displays Manager Notification dialog.
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.
Displays Manager 43 2 Select the desired color setting from the Color Quality drop-down menu. Change display refresh rate 1 From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. 2 Choose a refresh rate from the Refresh Rate drop-down menu. Note: See your monitor manual for supported refresh rates. Setting a refresh rate higher than recommended by the monitor manufacturer could damage the monitor. Rotate the desktop 1 From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager.
44 Display Options 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™ 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.
Display Options 45 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®. 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.
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.
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™ 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.
48 Monitor Attributes Catalyst™ Control Center: Monitor Properties (Sample) Monitor Attributes Monitor Attributes provides information about the attached monitor. You can also enable Extended Display Identification Data. Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) uses the information provided by the attached monitor to determine the limits for the resolution and refresh rate. Enable Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Monitor Properties. 2 Click Attributes.
Digital Panel Properties 49 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.
50 Attributes 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.
Attributes 51 Note: Use centered timings optimizes the display timing standards used on a high-end digital panel. Enable this feature to stop display flicker. Adjust the DVI Settings 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Digital Panel Properties. 2 Click Attributes. 3 Under DVI Settings, click to enable the desired setting. Note: Reducing DVI frequency on high-resolution displays can resolve either display corruption or the complete absence of any image when a display is set to a high resolution.
52 Avivo™ Color Avivo™ Color Use Avivo™ Color with ATI graphics cards that supports per-display color settings. Independently set the hue, saturation, and color temperature for each attached and enabled display. Set Hue Refers to a specific color within the visible spectrum of light, defined by its dominant wavelength. 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Digital Panel Properties. 2 Click Avivo™ Color. 3 Adjust the Hue control slider to the desired position.
HDTV Support 53 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.
54 HDTV Support L WARNING!: This option is only intended for displays that report incomplete or incorrect EDID information. Adding this setting could damage your digital flat panel display. USE WITH CAUTION! Add an HDTV format 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.
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 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™ Control Center. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window.
56 Standard Settings • Anisotropic Filtering • Catalyst™ A.I. • Mipmap Detail Level • API-Specific 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.
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.
58 Anti-aliasing Anti-aliasing Anti-aliasing is a technique used to smooth out the jagged edges of threedimensional 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 consideration.
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 Decide 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.
60 Adaptive Anti-aliasing Adaptive Anti-aliasing Adaptive anti-aliasing is a technique that applies a combination of multisampling (MSAA) and super-sampling (SSAA) on 3D objects to improve edge smoothness and fine detail. This feature renders 3D objects containing transparencies more realistic, providing exceptional levels of image quality while maintaining performance. Set the level of adaptive anti-aliasing 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click Adaptive Anti-Aliasing.
Anisotropic Filtering 61 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. 2 Click Anisotropic Filtering. 3 Ensure the application override is enabled. To do so, make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is selected.
62 Catalyst™ A.I. 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.
Catalyst™ A.I. 63 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. 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.
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 lowresolution texture maps are stored in memory and selectively used to create the object’s surface, depending on what level of detail is needed.
SmartShader™ 65 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.
66 All Settings The Preview can be disabled by clicking the “X” button in the Preview pane. It can also be paused by clicking the “||” 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.
Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually 67 This page is useful when it is not necessary to preview the adjusted settings because the effect is already known or understood. Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click All 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.
68 Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually 2 Click All 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.I. setting 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click All Settings. 3 Scroll to Catalyst™ A.I. 4 Click the Control slider and move the selector to the left to increase processing performance, or to the right to increase image quality.
API Specific 69 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™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center.
70 API Specific 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® 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.
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™ Control Center.
72 Color Desktop 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.
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.
74 Color Desktop 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.
Color - FullScreen 3D 75 Color - FullScreen 3D Adjusting the Gamma control alters the overall richness of color. Adjusting the Brightness control alters the overall brightness. Adjusting the Contrast control alters the overall contrast. • Adjusting the Gamma can be useful for CAD applications that rely heavily on color coding or applications that require realistic color. • Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast can be useful for 3D games that display dimly lit scenes.
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.
Standard Settings 77 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 Standard Settings. 3 Click the Wizard button. Select a Video Preset 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Video. 2 Click Standard Settings.
78 Standard Settings 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™ 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.
Standard Settings 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 pane, expand Video. 2 Click Adjustments. 3 Click and drag the Contrast control slider to the desired position. Set Brightness Brightness is the overall intensity, or luminosity of an image. 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Video. 2 Click Adjustments.
80 Standard Settings 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.
Deinterlacing 81 • Optionally, select in Theater Mode (full-screen) if you want the video content to be displayed on both displays. The Secondary display displays the same content as the primary. Set video aspect ratio 1 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.
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 motion video. • Adaptive deinterlacing, when selected, reacts to the amount of motion in the video and apply a media filter on a motion block and apply weave on the remaining blocks.
All Settings 83 All Settings The All Settings page combines all of the principal Video features onto a single page, without any preview window, allowing quick access and 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.
84 All Settings 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 Saturation control slider to the desired position. Adjust Hue Hue defines the tint of the red, green, and blue components of an image. 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Video.
All Settings 85 3 Scroll to Overlay Display Mode. 4 Under Extended desktop shows overlay: select in Standard Mode if you want the video content to be displayed on the primary display only. • Optionally, select in Theater Mode (full-screen) if you want the video content to be displayed on both displays. The Secondary display displays the same content as the primary. Set video aspect ratio 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Video. 2 Click All Settings. 3 Scroll to Theater Mode Settings.
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.
VPU Recover 87 Catalyst™ Control Center: VPU Recover Enable VPU Recover 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. 2 Click Enable VPU Recover. Prepare an error report You can chose to send an error report to ATI if VPU Recover is activated. This report assists ATI in determining the cause of the problem. This information is then used to develop more stable graphic drivers. 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover.
88 CrossFire™ An email is created containing the error report for submission to ATI Technologies. Note: No personal information is included in the error report. 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.
CrossFire™ 89 When CrossFire™ is enabled, any one of the four following display modes are available: • SuperTiling - A graphical load-balancing scheme where CrossFire™ renders alternate small 32x32 pixel squares in a finegrained 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.
90 CrossFire™ 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.
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.
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.
CrossFire™ 93 slot. Although CrossFire™ can be enabled, performance may be improved by reversing the graphics card in the computer. See you motherboard’s manual to determine which is the primary PCIe™ 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 CrossFire™.
94 CrossFire™ 1 Make customized changes by adjusting the various sliders and buttons for the aspects to be included in your profile. 2 Open the Profiles Manager. 3 Enter a name for your Profile in Create or Edit Profile. 4 Enter a description of the profile. 5 Select the composition, activation, and applications options that you wish to apply to the profile. 6 Click Save.
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. L IMPORTANT INFORMATION for European Customers Some PC monitors in Europe cannot be used simultaneously with TV display.
96 Using TV Out 3 Looking at the back of your PC, locate your S-Video Out. Using an SVideo 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.
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 using larger fonts.
98 Connecting to HDTV 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.
Connecting to HDTV 99 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.
100 Connecting to HDTV
101 CHAPTER 7: CrossFire™ FAQ The following are frequently-asked questions about CrossFire™. For the latest information, please consult the CrossFire™ Web site at: ati.com/crossfire 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 brandfamily. • a CrossFire™ Ready motherboard (which contains two PCIe™ X16 slots).
102 To access and enable CrossFire™ in Catalyst™ Control Center, do the following: • Click CrossFire™ in Advanced View. Then, select Enable CrossFire™. When CrossFire™ is successfully enabled, all display devices except the one used by CrossFire™ will be disabled. Multiple monitors/ displays that are disabled when CrossFire™ is enabled reappear after CrossFire™ is disabled.
103 In this scenario both graphics cards will operate as 12-pipeline graphics cards while in CrossFire™ mode. 9 What happens if two CrossFire™ graphics card have different clock speeds? Both cards will continue to operate at their individual clock speeds; neither card is “stepped down.” The compositing engine on the CrossFire™ card merges the resulting images independent of the clock speed on either graphics card.
104 12 What type of performance improvement is expected? Performance enhancements experienced on a CrossFire™ system depend on the application or game being used. Performance improvements can be increased up to 100%, and the latest graphicsintensive programs will generally see over 80% performance improvement at high resolutions and image-quality modes.
Troubleshooting 105 CHAPTER 8: Reference This chapter provides information on troubleshooting, where to get additional accessories, how to register your product, plus warranty and compliance information. 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.
106 Troubleshooting General Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution No Display • • • • • Screen Defects Appear • • Check that the card is seated properly in its expansion slot. Ensure that the monitor cable is securely fastened to the card. Make sure that the monitor and computer are plugged in and receiving power. If necessary, disable any built-in graphics capabilities on your mother board. For more information, consult your computer’s manual or manufacturer.
Troubleshooting 107 CrossFire™-Specific Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution CrossFire™ is Not Functioning 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™ 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.
108 Troubleshooting CrossFire™-Specific Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution “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.
Product Registration 109 HDTV/HDTV Adapter Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution The colors on my TV display are incorrect • Ensure that the connections between the Component Video Adapter and your HDTV are correct (Y=Green, Pb=Blue, Pr=Red). 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.
110 Customer Care If you require further assistance with your product, the following Customer Care options are available: Service Availability Language Access Online 24/7 English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German ati.com English 1-877-284-1566 (toll-free) or Mail Telephone US & Canada 9:00AM 7:00PM EST. Monday to Friday. or ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC.
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. • ATI is not responsible for any expense incurred accessing Customer Care.
112 Compliance Information • Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. • Consult the 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.
Compliance Information 113 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive Compliance This product was manufactured by ATI Technologies Inc.
114 Compliance Information
115 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.
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 combination of multisampling (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.
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® 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.
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.
119 Brightness The amount of white or black that is applied to all colors onscreen. By 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.
120 Component Video Typically used on DVD players and HDTV systems, component video is a standard Red/Green/Blue (RGB) color signal for televisions. The signal is split and compressed into separate luminance and color values—luminance (“Y”), red minus luminance (R-Y), and blue minus luminance (B-Y). The value for green is not transmitted. The display device automatically “fills in” the color values that are not red or blue.
121 beams activate separate red, green, and blue values in various strengths in order to produce a colored image. Dashboard The dashboard is the part of the Catalyst™ Control Center used to display a graphical representation of the features available in installed ATI hardware and software. The dashboard can be used to access all of the aspects (sets of related graphical features) available on a graphics card.
122 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 analog or digital). It supports high-bandwidth video signals over 160 Hz, so it is most often used for high-resolution displays. EDTV Acronym for “Enhanced Definition Television”, which produces better television image quality than Standard Definition Television (SDTV).
123 Frames Per Second In terms of 3D graphics, refers to the rate at which the graphic processor can render new screens per second. Higher rates equals better, more naturalistic performance for such things as games set in a 3D environment. Sometimes abbreviated to “fps.” Gamma Sometimes confused with brightness, gamma actually refers to the correction that is applied to any display device in order to produce more gradual increases or decreases in the perceived brightness for that device.
124 HDTV Acronym for “High Definition Television,” a format that produces much greater picture quality than a standard television, and in a wide-screen format that matches that of a movie theater screen. The two most popular formats are 1080i and 720p, where the number represents how many horizontal scan lines they have, and the following letter represents whether the picture is interlaced, or the product of progressive scanning technology.
125 Keyframe Interpolation This feature is also known as “morphing.” In an animation, a start and end point are picked as the key frames. In a 3D rendering, the start point could have a character with a neutral expression, and the end point could have that same character smiling. Additional frames are interpolated (inserted) between the two keyframes in order that “morphs” (transforms) the image so that there is a smooth transition between the key frames.
126 flicker-free. The acronym refers to the National Television Systems Committee, which devised this color video standard in 1953. Offscreen Memory An area of memory used to preload images so that they can be quickly drawn to the screen. Offscreen memory refers to all of the remaining video memory not taken up by the front buffer, which holds the contents of the display screen currently visible.
127 card. PCI replaced the older ISA and VESA bus standards, and was itself superseded by the AGP standard for the main graphics card bus. PCI Express® (PCIe™) The successor standard to the PCI and AGP bus standards, with a significantly faster serial communications system, further opening up bandwidth for more communications between such peripherals as graphics cards and the computer’s CPU.
128 the display may look three dimensional, but it is really just a 2D grid of pixels designed to appear that way. Resolution The resolution of any display is the number of pixels that can be depicted on screen as specified by the number of horizontal rows against the number of vertical columns. The default VGA resolution of many video cards is capable of displaying 640 rows of pixels by 480 columns.
129 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 (480i) or use progressive scan (480p), the latter method providing the best overall image quality.
130 image quality. Anti-aliasing performance is improved, providing better overall detail and image quality. The enhanced anisotropic filtering ensures sharper and clearer pictures at higher frame rates, and the new 3Dc™ compression technology makes it possible to display higher polygon counts for 3D rendered objects. Specular Highlight The bright, usually small, intense light reflected from a 3D surface with a high refraction value.
131 contain 4-pins within a single connection housing and are commonly found on consumer DVD players, VCRs, game consoles, and related devices. Texel Short for “texture element,” the 3D equivalent of a pixel, describing the base unit of the surface of a 3D object, such as a sphere; for a 2D object, such as a circle, the base unit is a pixel. Texture Mapping In computer graphics, two-dimensional textured surfaces are referred to as texture maps.
132 Trilinear Filtering A sampling method used to produce realistic-looking 3D objects. Trilinear filtering averages one of the bilinear filter mipmap levels along with the standard mipmap samples. Vector Adaptive Deinterlacing A technique that provides smoother, less jagged edges for interlaced video playback. Interlaced video consists of alternating odd and even numbered scan lines, which are then mapped to an equivalent pixel-by-pixel display on a CRT or Flat Panel Display.
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.
134 while “Pb” and “Pr” represent the blue and red channels respectively, both of which have the luminance value subtracted from them. It is an equivalent color space to the chrominance-based YCbCr, which is used for digital video. Z-buffer The portion of video memory that keeps track of which onscreen elements can be viewed and which are hidden behind other objects.
1 Index Symbols “CrossFire Is Currently Unavailable” 108 Numerics 102 part number 5 1080i 53, 124, 133 16:9 (aspect ratio) 117, 124 2D 115 3:2 pulldown 132 3D 55, 56, 57, 58, 67, 71, 75, 90, 102, 103, 107, 108, 115, 124, 129, 130 3D client is active 93 3D Preview 57, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65 3D Settings 55 3Dc 115, 129 4:3 (aspect ratio) 117, 124, 129 480i 109, 124, 129, 133 480p 109, 129, 133 5:4 (aspect ratio) 117 720p 53, 54, 109, 124, 133 720p mode 53 A Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) 116, 127 access syst
2 Anisotropic Filtering 56, 60, 66, 117 Anisotropic filtering 117, 129 Anisotropic Filtering preference 67 Anti-aliasing 55, 58, 60, 66, 103, 116, 117, 129, 130 Anti-Aliasing preference 67 API-Specific 69 appearance of the Catalyst Control Center 35 Application Programmable Interface (API) 56, 69 Apply a Hotkey 31 Aspect 117 Aspect Ratio 54, 76, 81, 85, 117, 124 ATI Overdrive 108, 126 ATISETUP utility 20, 21, 22 Avivo ™ Color 117 Avivo Color 52 B Back Buffer 118 back buffer 119 Basic 29 Basic View 29 Bilin
3 Color Brightness 73 Color component 119 Color Contrast 74, 75 Color correction 119 Color Depth 119 Color Gamma 73, 75 Color quality 42 color temperature 52 Compliance Information 111 compliance information 105 Composite Engine 120 Composite Video 120, 130, 133 Compositing Engine 103, 130 composition of the profile 32 configuration multiple monitors 21 primary monitor 21 configuration tips 105 Connecting Devices 13 Contrast 72, 79 contrast 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, Control Panel 5, 21, 119 Control point 120 Co
4 de-interlacing 81, 82, 85, 133 adaptive 82 bob 82 motion adaptive 82 Delete a Profile 34 Depth Buffer 124 Desktop Area 42 desktop size 42 Detect a newly connected display device 43 Detect Displays 43 Determine how display devices are detected 46 device ID 37 Digital 106 Digital Flat Panel (DFP) 17, 41, 42, 43, 53, 54, 106 Digital flat-panel (DFP) display 4 Digital Panel properties 49 Digital Video Interface 122 Direct 3D 44, 65, 68, 69, 70, 103, 117, 121, 128, 130 DirectX 121 Disable Catalyst ® A.I.
5 DXT 70 DXT texture formats 70 E Edit an existing Hotkey 30 Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) 131 Enable CrossFire ™ 90 Enable High Quality AF 61 Enable Hotkeys feature 30 Enable VPU Recover 87 Enhanced Definition Television (EDTV) 122, 133 error report 87 Euroconnector 128 Extended Desktop 46 Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) 48, 49, Extended Mode 40, 41, 42, 80, 84 external connectors 4 F FCC Compliance 111 Flat Shading 122 Fog 122 Force 24-bit Z-buffer depth 71 Force button 43 Force changes
6 Hardware installing 7 HDTV 97, 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
7 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, 127 PCI Express 4, 101, 107, 108 PCI Express (PCIe) 116, 127 Pentium 4 Péritel 128 Pipeline 102, 103, 127 Pixel 65, 70, 10
8 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 rotatio
9 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 Informatio
10 Troubleshooting 105, 109 CrossFire-specific 107 HDTV adapter 109 troubleshooting 105 TV 38, 41, 42, 43, 44, TV display 95, 97 games 46, 96, 97, 109 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 v
11 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
