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... 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 To implement... a CrossFire™ system that you will enjoy countless hours of your computer system manual to ensure the power supply is designed to ati.com/crossfire. Consult your ATI Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. We hope that includes the Radeon® X1950 Pro, the...
... 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 To implement... a CrossFire™ system that you will enjoy countless hours of your computer system manual to ensure the power supply is designed to ati.com/crossfire. Consult your ATI Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. We hope that includes the Radeon® X1950 Pro, the...
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... the power supply is recommended. L Consult your system builder or OEM to ensure that the Radeon®X1900 family CrossFire™-ready graphics card has already been successfully installed. For a list of compatible power supplies and the latest information,...ati.com/crossfire A 550 watt or greater power supply is designed to verify that came with a peak dissipation above 75 watts. Consult your computer system manual to accommodate a high-end graphics card with the graphics card for installation instructions. 2 Installing Your Graphics Cards Installing Your Graphics Cards...
... the power supply is recommended. L Consult your system builder or OEM to ensure that the Radeon®X1900 family CrossFire™-ready graphics card has already been successfully installed. For a list of compatible power supplies and the latest information,...ati.com/crossfire A 550 watt or greater power supply is designed to verify that came with a peak dissipation above 75 watts. Consult your computer system manual to accommodate a high-end graphics card with the graphics card for installation instructions. 2 Installing Your Graphics Cards Installing Your Graphics Cards...
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... High Definition Television If additional displays are rendered inactive. Your Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card provides hardware support for more information see the SurroundView™ manual) or an additional PCI graphics card. The following table shows display configurations available when CrossFire™ ...with DVI-I-to-VGA adapter DVI-I -to HDTV (YPrPb) cable Comments CRT- The S-video out can also support a composite connection via the S-video connection in composite, S-video, and component TV formats. DFP - When CrossFire™ is active. Display Configurations 3 ...
... High Definition Television If additional displays are rendered inactive. Your Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card provides hardware support for more information see the SurroundView™ manual) or an additional PCI graphics card. The following table shows display configurations available when CrossFire™ ...with DVI-I-to-VGA adapter DVI-I -to HDTV (YPrPb) cable Comments CRT- The S-video out can also support a composite connection via the S-video connection in composite, S-video, and component TV formats. DFP - When CrossFire™ is active. Display Configurations 3 ...
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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 plug the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter into the DVI-I ... into the adapter. 2 DVI-I-to-VGA Adapter. 3 DVI-I connections are dual-link. 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. To connect a digital display. Note: Both DVI-I Connection.
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 plug the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter into the DVI-I ... into the adapter. 2 DVI-I-to-VGA Adapter. 3 DVI-I connections are dual-link. 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. To connect a digital display. Note: Both DVI-I Connection.
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... connectors. 3 Power on using the Settings tab. To connect your monitors 1 Power off your Radeon® X1950 Pro card. It can detect the new hardware settings. 4 When the New Hardware Found Wizard appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for further information on your monitors first, and then...
... connectors. 3 Power on using the Settings tab. To connect your monitors 1 Power off your Radeon® X1950 Pro card. It can detect the new hardware settings. 4 When the New Hardware Found Wizard appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for further information on your monitors first, and then...
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...turning on a TV You can also connect it to your VCR and record your Radeon® X1950 Pro card to a TV or VCR, use an S-video cable. The following tips will help you can connect your graphics card to your TV through your monitor does not support 50 Hz (or if you... TV or VCR To connect your monitor's display. Many TVs (and VCRs) have a composite video input, in Europe, the refresh rate for the monitor and TV is available from most out of your Radeon® X1950 Pro card. L IMPORTANT INFORMATION for giving presentations and watching movies, or playing games on a screen larger ...
...turning on a TV You can also connect it to your VCR and record your Radeon® X1950 Pro card to a TV or VCR, use an S-video cable. The following tips will help you can connect your graphics card to your TV through your monitor does not support 50 Hz (or if you... TV or VCR To connect your monitor's display. Many TVs (and VCRs) have a composite video input, in Europe, the refresh rate for the monitor and TV is available from most out of your Radeon® X1950 Pro card. L IMPORTANT INFORMATION for giving presentations and watching movies, or playing games on a screen larger ...
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... the following: • Y = Green • Pb = Blue • Pr = Red This may cause your TV display to turn off automatically or become scrambled (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. Provide a big...
... the following: • Y = Green • Pb = Blue • Pr = Red This may cause your TV display to turn off automatically or become scrambled (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. Provide a big...
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... on your video on the Internet. B S-video in and out connectors. X ATI graphics card. Use your favorite video editing application to add effects, make changes, or stream your TV, camcorder, or VCR will provide better results. S-video out will be similar to Your Radeon® X1950 Pro Card A Composite in and out connectors. 15 Capturing Video The Radeon® X1950 Pro can capture video from...
... on your video on the Internet. B S-video in and out connectors. X ATI graphics card. Use your favorite video editing application to add effects, make changes, or stream your TV, camcorder, or VCR will provide better results. S-video out will be similar to Your Radeon® X1950 Pro Card A Composite in and out connectors. 15 Capturing Video The Radeon® X1950 Pro can capture video from...
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...connections. [ Typical video out of your TV or VCR. To capture video to your computer 1 Connect the ATI video in/video out cable to the video in/video out connection on the ATI graphics adapter. 2 Connect the video in of the ATI video in\video out cable to the video out of your...: To capture sound, you must be active. Z Typical video in /video out cable. Note: S-video and composite extension cables are available from a consumer electronics dealer 3 Start your Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card to the line in /video out cable to connect the S-video connection on your sound...
...connections. [ Typical video out of your TV or VCR. To capture video to your computer 1 Connect the ATI video in/video out cable to the video in/video out connection on the ATI graphics adapter. 2 Connect the video in of the ATI video in\video out cable to the video out of your...: To capture sound, you must be active. Z Typical video in /video out cable. Note: S-video and composite extension cables are available from a consumer electronics dealer 3 Start your Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card to the line in /video out cable to connect the S-video connection on your sound...
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...mode for target applications. to appear as an option within Catalyst® Control Center: • A CrossFire™-ready motherboard with at : ati.com/crossfire To access CrossFire™ • Select CrossFire™ in the primary PCIe™ or BIOS boot slot. • Two ...Control Center 3D settings aspect. 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 . is successfully enabled, all display devices, except the one of which must be disabled....
...mode for target applications. to appear as an option within Catalyst® Control Center: • A CrossFire™-ready motherboard with at : ati.com/crossfire To access CrossFire™ • Select CrossFire™ in the primary PCIe™ or BIOS boot slot. • Two ...Control Center 3D settings aspect. 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 . is successfully enabled, all display devices, except the one of which must be disabled....
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... supplies, and the latest CrossFire™ configurations, please consult the CrossFire™ Web site at : ati.com/crossfire Motherboards from other manufactures will be found within this FAQ. The following are required: • Two Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics cards. • Two CrossFire™ bridge interconnects. • A CrossFire™-ready motherboard with two PCIe™...
... supplies, and the latest CrossFire™ configurations, please consult the CrossFire™ Web site at : ati.com/crossfire Motherboards from other manufactures will be found within this FAQ. The following are required: • Two Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics cards. • Two CrossFire™ bridge interconnects. • A CrossFire™-ready motherboard with two PCIe™...
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... located on a CrossFire™ system? To see where the DVO ports are the graphics cards connected on the Radeon® X1950 Pro cards, see the picture of the hardware and software has been properly set by default to support only a single PCI Express® x16 slot. When all display devices except the one used by two CrossFire...
... located on a CrossFire™ system? To see where the DVO ports are the graphics cards connected on the Radeon® X1950 Pro cards, see the picture of the hardware and software has been properly set by default to support only a single PCI Express® x16 slot. When all display devices except the one used by two CrossFire...
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...Catalyst® Control Center. What are the rendering modes, and what are used to half of the 3D objects each card processes the complex 3D objects in a fine-grained checkerboard pattern. Which games/applications work ? is automatically selected. This ...CrossFire™ bridge interconnects, see the Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ Getting Started Guide. This configuration increases image-rendering quality, as each graphics card renders up to render alternate frames of frames. CrossFire™ is enabled by ATI's Catalyst® Control Center. CrossFire...
...Catalyst® Control Center. What are the rendering modes, and what are used to half of the 3D objects each card processes the complex 3D objects in a fine-grained checkerboard pattern. Which games/applications work ? is automatically selected. This ...CrossFire™ bridge interconnects, see the Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ Getting Started Guide. This configuration increases image-rendering quality, as each graphics card renders up to render alternate frames of frames. CrossFire™ is enabled by ATI's Catalyst® Control Center. CrossFire...
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... . Performance improvement of up to a CrossFire™ system? While CrossFire™ is not enabled. If the motherboard contains an integrated video connection and SurroundView™ is dependant on the application or game being used . The default rendering mode is enabled, more displays can be... displays can be connected to 100% have one of full-screen anti-aliasing across two graphics cards in Catalyst® Control Center, it is expected? What happens if you pair two CrossFire™ graphics cards with another Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. 26 • Super Anti...
... . Performance improvement of up to a CrossFire™ system? While CrossFire™ is not enabled. If the motherboard contains an integrated video connection and SurroundView™ is dependant on the application or game being used . The default rendering mode is enabled, more displays can be... displays can be connected to 100% have one of full-screen anti-aliasing across two graphics cards in Catalyst® Control Center, it is expected? What happens if you pair two CrossFire™ graphics cards with another Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. 26 • Super Anti...
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... Super Anti-aliasing is the ultimate multi-GPU performance gaming platform, using ATI CrossFire™ ready motherboards and ATI graphics cards. Only one mode can be in other chapters of this manual. These topics are : • Two Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ graphics cards • Two internal CrossFire™ bridge interconnects • A CrossFire™ -ready motherboard...
... Super Anti-aliasing is the ultimate multi-GPU performance gaming platform, using ATI CrossFire™ ready motherboards and ATI graphics cards. Only one mode can be in other chapters of this manual. These topics are : • Two Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ graphics cards • Two internal CrossFire™ bridge interconnects • A CrossFire™ -ready motherboard...
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...also choose to work with practically 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... applications where the SuperTiling workload distribution does not provide optimal performance. 28 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes The ATI Catalyst® display driver automatically selects the best of the three performance modes when a 3D application is...
...also choose to work with practically 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... applications where the SuperTiling workload distribution does not provide optimal performance. 28 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes The ATI Catalyst® display driver automatically selects the best of the three performance modes when a 3D application is...
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... mode, each frame is supported by one GPU. The ideal configuration is determined automatically for 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, each frame is supported by one GPU. The ideal configuration is determined automatically for 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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... processing performance of both GPUs to remove jagged edges, shimmering, and pixelation problems 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 one...
... processing performance of both GPUs to remove jagged edges, shimmering, and pixelation problems 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 one...
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... by sampling a single location at the pixel's center, anti-aliasing works by having each GPU render the same frame with SmoothVision™ HD technology uses a method known as Multi-sample Anti-aliasing (MSAA). When both versions of polygon edges. This method takes samples from 2,...or 6 programmable locations within each . CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 31 3D images. The resulting image has effectively twice the number of ATI's Radeon® GPUs with anti-aliasing enabled, but uses different sample locations for high-quality smoothing of the frame are completed, they are ...
... by sampling a single location at the pixel's center, anti-aliasing works by having each GPU render the same frame with SmoothVision™ HD technology uses a method known as Multi-sample Anti-aliasing (MSAA). When both versions of polygon edges. This method takes samples from 2,...or 6 programmable locations within each . CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 31 3D images. The resulting image has effectively twice the number of ATI's Radeon® GPUs with anti-aliasing enabled, but uses different sample locations for high-quality smoothing of the frame are completed, they are ...
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... power of a more slowly than that is little or no performance impact. 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 normally operates more...
... power of a more slowly than that is little or no performance impact. 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 normally operates more...