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... accommodate a high-end graphics card with a peak dissipation above 75 watts. A second Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. • Two CrossFire™ bridge interconnects. • A specialized PCI Express® 550 watt or greater power supply recommended. External Connections • Dual-link DVI-I output • Dual-link DVI-I output • S-video Consult your ATI Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. System Requirements Hardware Operating...
... accommodate a high-end graphics card with a peak dissipation above 75 watts. A second Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. • Two CrossFire™ bridge interconnects. • A specialized PCI Express® 550 watt or greater power supply recommended. External Connections • Dual-link DVI-I output • Dual-link DVI-I output • S-video Consult your ATI Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. System Requirements Hardware Operating...
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... display device is supported when CrossFire™ is not enabled. Your Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card provides hardware support for more information see the SurroundView™ manual) or an additional PCI graphics card. cathode ray tube analog display. High Definition Television The following table ... on both graphics cards are required when CrossFire™ is active, please use either SurroundView™ (for two DVI-I monitors and a VGA monitor using the supplied DVI-I connector S-video out Single HDTV display S-video out to -VGA adapter. The S-video out can also ...
... display device is supported when CrossFire™ is not enabled. Your Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card provides hardware support for more information see the SurroundView™ manual) or an additional PCI graphics card. cathode ray tube analog display. High Definition Television The following table ... on both graphics cards are required when CrossFire™ is active, please use either SurroundView™ (for two DVI-I monitors and a VGA monitor using the supplied DVI-I connector S-video out Single HDTV display S-video out to -VGA adapter. The S-video out can also ...
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Note: Both DVI-I Connection. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary graphics card. Display Configurations 5 Connecting Your Monitors Connections and Adapters for the Radeon® X1950 Pro Card 1 Standard VGA Monitor Connector. Note: If you use multiple graphics cards, the Radeon® X1950 Pro card must be the primary. To connect a VGA monitor to the DVI-I connection...
Note: Both DVI-I Connection. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary graphics card. Display Configurations 5 Connecting Your Monitors Connections and Adapters for the Radeon® X1950 Pro Card 1 Standard VGA Monitor Connector. Note: If you use multiple graphics cards, the Radeon® X1950 Pro card must be the primary. To connect a VGA monitor to the DVI-I connection...
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...the New Hardware Found Wizard appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to your Windows® online help and documentation for further information on your monitors first, and then restart your Radeon® X1950 Pro card. Click Apply or OK to apply these new values. • Refer... to load the drivers for the second monitor. To set up a multi-monitor display 1 From the Start button click Control Panel, then Display. Note: ATI provides Catalyst® ...
...the New Hardware Found Wizard appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to your Windows® online help and documentation for further information on your monitors first, and then restart your Radeon® X1950 Pro card. Click Apply or OK to apply these new values. • Refer... to load the drivers for the second monitor. To set up a multi-monitor display 1 From the Start button click Control Panel, then Display. Note: ATI provides Catalyst® ...
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... TV Out capability. Viewing Your PC Display on your PC when using your Radeon® X1950 Pro to a TV and a monitor at the same time. If your TV has cable input only, you are not sure), turn off your monitor before turning ... display in which case you get the most electronics stores. Connecting to a TV or VCR To connect your Radeon® X1950 Pro card to a TV or VCR, use the TV display and video capture features of your Radeon® X1950 Pro card. L IMPORTANT INFORMATION for giving presentations and watching movies, or playing games on a screen larger than a typical monitor...
... TV Out capability. Viewing Your PC Display on your PC when using your Radeon® X1950 Pro to a TV and a monitor at the same time. If your TV has cable input only, you are not sure), turn off your monitor before turning ... display in which case you get the most electronics stores. Connecting to a TV or VCR To connect your Radeon® X1950 Pro card to a TV or VCR, use the TV display and video capture features of your Radeon® X1950 Pro card. L IMPORTANT INFORMATION for giving presentations and watching movies, or playing games on a screen larger than a typical monitor...
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... show moving images. Connecting to HDTV View computer output directly on your monitor's display. Connecting to HDTV 9 Some single-frequency monitors may program your Radeon® X1950 Pro directly to run under a specific display mode. Using Games and Applications Some older games and applications may not work with TV display enabled. YPbPr stands...
... show moving images. Connecting to HDTV View computer output directly on your monitor's display. Connecting to HDTV 9 Some single-frequency monitors may program your Radeon® X1950 Pro directly to run under a specific display mode. Using Games and Applications Some older games and applications may not work with TV display enabled. YPbPr stands...
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... Video The Radeon® X1950 Pro can capture video from your video on your TV, camcorder, or VCR will provide better results. S-video out will be similar to add effects, make changes, or stream your camcorder, VCR, or TV. Use your favorite video editing application to those depicted in the illustration. Recommended connector for best picture quality. X ATI graphics card...
... Video The Radeon® X1950 Pro can capture video from your video on your TV, camcorder, or VCR will provide better results. S-video out will be similar to add effects, make changes, or stream your camcorder, VCR, or TV. Use your favorite video editing application to those depicted in the illustration. Recommended connector for best picture quality. X ATI graphics card...
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... ATI graphics adapter. 2 Connect the video in of the ATI video in\video out cable to the line in /video out cable. Note: To capture sound, you must be active. For more information see the documentation that came with your video capture software. 4 Power on your TV or hit Play on your Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card to connect the S-video...
... ATI graphics adapter. 2 Connect the video in of the ATI video in\video out cable to the line in /video out cable. Note: To capture sound, you must be active. For more information see the documentation that came with your video capture software. 4 Power on your TV or hit Play on your Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card to connect the S-video...
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...-aliasing mode in Advanced View. 2 Click Enable CrossFire™. For the latest information, see the CrossFire™ Web page at least two PCI Express® x16 slots. • Two Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ graphics cards, one used . to appear as an option within Catalyst® Control Center: • A CrossFire™-ready motherboard with at...
...-aliasing mode in Advanced View. 2 Click Enable CrossFire™. For the latest information, see the CrossFire™ Web page at least two PCI Express® x16 slots. • Two Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ graphics cards, one used . to appear as an option within Catalyst® Control Center: • A CrossFire™-ready motherboard with at...
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...of these components can be certified as CrossFire™ready when they become available. The following are required: • Two Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics cards. • Two CrossFire™ bridge interconnects. • A CrossFire™-ready motherboard with two PCIe™ x16 ... asked questions about CrossFire™. Radeon® X1950 Pro using CrossFire™ bridge interconnects What motherboards support CrossFire™? For a comprehensive list of qualified motherboards, please consult the CrossFire™ Web site at : ati.com/crossfire What combination of products...
...of these components can be certified as CrossFire™ready when they become available. The following are required: • Two Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics cards. • Two CrossFire™ bridge interconnects. • A CrossFire™-ready motherboard with two PCIe™ x16 ... asked questions about CrossFire™. Radeon® X1950 Pro using CrossFire™ bridge interconnects What motherboards support CrossFire™? For a comprehensive list of qualified motherboards, please consult the CrossFire™ Web site at : ati.com/crossfire What combination of products...
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...™ is enabled reappear after CrossFire™ is successfully enabled, all of the Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ implementation. Otherwise, you restart your Radeon® X1950 Pro cards in Catalyst® Control Center, do the following: • In Advanced View,...Radeon® X1950 Pro cards are connected by CrossFire™ will automatically be connected together using two CrossFire™ bridge interconnects. Note: In order to work? To see the picture of the hardware and software has been properly set by default to support only a single PCI Express...
...™ is enabled reappear after CrossFire™ is successfully enabled, all of the Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ implementation. Otherwise, you restart your Radeon® X1950 Pro cards in Catalyst® Control Center, do the following: • In Advanced View,...Radeon® X1950 Pro cards are connected by CrossFire™ will automatically be connected together using two CrossFire™ bridge interconnects. Note: In order to work? To see the picture of the hardware and software has been properly set by default to support only a single PCI Express...
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... alternate frames of the 3D objects each card can instead enable Super Anti-aliasing, which is automatically selected. 25 CrossFire™ bridge interconnect To install the CrossFire™ bridge interconnects, see the Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ Getting Started Guide. This... configuration increases the detail of the display. No. This configuration increases image-rendering quality, as each graphics card renders up to it. • Scissor Mode - CrossFire™ is enabled by ATI's Catalyst...
... alternate frames of the 3D objects each card can instead enable Super Anti-aliasing, which is automatically selected. 25 CrossFire™ bridge interconnect To install the CrossFire™ bridge interconnects, see the Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ Getting Started Guide. This... configuration increases the detail of the display. No. This configuration increases image-rendering quality, as each graphics card renders up to it. • Scissor Mode - CrossFire™ is enabled by ATI's Catalyst...
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...pair two CrossFire™ graphics cards with 16-pipeline graphics processors will generally see over 80% performance improvement at high resolutions and image-quality modes. The default rendering mode is designed for CrossFire™ to 100% have one of performance improvement... full-screen anti-aliasing across two graphics cards in the Reference chapter. How many independent displays can be paired with another Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. 26 • Super Anti-aliasing - If the motherboard contains an integrated video connection and SurroundView™ is expected?...
...pair two CrossFire™ graphics cards with 16-pipeline graphics processors will generally see over 80% performance improvement at high resolutions and image-quality modes. The default rendering mode is designed for CrossFire™ to 100% have one of performance improvement... full-screen anti-aliasing across two graphics cards in the Reference chapter. How many independent displays can be paired with another Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. 26 • Super Anti-aliasing - If the motherboard contains an integrated video connection and SurroundView™ is expected?...
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...multi-GPU performance gaming platform, using ATI CrossFire™ ready motherboards and ATI graphics cards. CrossFire™ Overview 27 Welcome to CrossFire™ ATI CrossFire™ is a quality-oriented mode. Allowable Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ System Components The basic ...Scissor Mode • Alternate Frame Rendering • Super Anti-aliasing The first three display modes are : • Two Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ graphics cards • Two internal CrossFire™ bridge interconnects • A CrossFire™ -ready motherboard • A 550-watt ...
...multi-GPU performance gaming platform, using ATI CrossFire™ ready motherboards and ATI graphics cards. CrossFire™ Overview 27 Welcome to CrossFire™ ATI CrossFire™ is a quality-oriented mode. Allowable Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ System Components The basic ...Scissor Mode • Alternate Frame Rendering • Super Anti-aliasing The first three display modes are : • Two Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ graphics cards • Two internal CrossFire™ bridge interconnects • A CrossFire™ -ready motherboard • A 550-watt ...
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... GPU regardless of what is started, without any software overhead. 1 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 4 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 5 Final Rendered Frame on Display SuperTiling has the advantage of being...be used. However, there are assigned to each of the two GPUs. 28 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes The ATI Catalyst® display driver automatically selects the best of the three performance modes when a 3D application is being ...
... GPU regardless of what is started, without any software overhead. 1 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 4 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 5 Final Rendered Frame on Display SuperTiling has the advantage of being...be used. However, there are assigned to each of the two GPUs. 28 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes The ATI Catalyst® display driver automatically selects the best of the three performance modes when a 3D application is being ...
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... Mode In this mode, each frame is split into two horizontal or vertical sections,with each application. 1 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 4 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 5 Final Rendered Frame on Display Although Scissor Mode is generally a less efficient means of splitting the workload...
... Mode In this mode, each frame is split into two horizontal or vertical sections,with each application. 1 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 4 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 5 Final Rendered Frame on Display Although Scissor Mode is generally a less efficient means of splitting the workload...
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... CrossFire™ Rendering Modes Alternate Frame Rendering (AFR) Mode In this mode is that it cannot be combined. 1 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 3 Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 4 Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 5 Final Rendered Frame on Display The main limitation of this mode, all even frames are rendered on different...
... CrossFire™ Rendering Modes Alternate Frame Rendering (AFR) Mode In this mode is that it cannot be combined. 1 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 3 Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 4 Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 5 Final Rendered Frame on Display The main limitation of this mode, all even frames are rendered on different...
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32 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 1 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 4 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 5 Final Rendered Frame on performance, and that it results in an image. Although it affects every pixel in an ordered grid sample pattern, which is ...
32 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 1 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 4 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 5 Final Rendered Frame on performance, and that it results in an image. Although it affects every pixel in an ordered grid sample pattern, which is ...
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...all software is securely fastened to your operating system and applications. • Remove and re-install the ATI drivers for your Display Properties dialog. Ensure that Video Card Isn't Properly Configured Caution! Incompatible resolution/refresh rate selection may result in monitor damage. 36 Troubleshooting ... 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 Radeon® X1950 Pro card.
...all software is securely fastened to your operating system and applications. • Remove and re-install the ATI drivers for your Display Properties dialog. Ensure that Video Card Isn't Properly Configured Caution! Incompatible resolution/refresh rate selection may result in monitor damage. 36 Troubleshooting ... 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 Radeon® X1950 Pro card.
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...; bridge interconnects have been correctly installed and connected together. The CrossFire™ aspect is only available when the two Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics cards have been correctly attached. For information on installing the software see the Getting Started Guide that is running. Connect one...is Not Functioning "Before CrossFire™ can be enabled, you need to close the 3D application or video playback that came with the software. • Check the graphics cards are installed correctly. • Check the interconnects are installed correctly. • Close all open 3D...
...; bridge interconnects have been correctly installed and connected together. The CrossFire™ aspect is only available when the two Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics cards have been correctly attached. For information on installing the software see the Getting Started Guide that is running. Connect one...is Not Functioning "Before CrossFire™ can be enabled, you need to close the 3D application or video playback that came with the software. • Check the graphics cards are installed correctly. • Check the interconnects are installed correctly. • Close all open 3D...