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...All rights reserved. Product may not be authorized by Macrovision. ATI Technologies Inc. Reverse engineering or disassembly is strictly prohibited. Features, performance and specifications are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of your ATI product, you should ensure that is protected by US patents ...to make changes without further notice to a product or system described herein to change without the express written permission of ATI Technologies Inc. With respect to ATI products which this document, ATI Technologies Inc. Patent Nos. 4,631,603; 4,819,098; 4,907,093; 5,315,448;...
...All rights reserved. Product may not be authorized by Macrovision. ATI Technologies Inc. Reverse engineering or disassembly is strictly prohibited. Features, performance and specifications are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of your ATI product, you should ensure that is protected by US patents ...to make changes without further notice to a product or system described herein to change without the express written permission of ATI Technologies Inc. With respect to ATI products which this document, ATI Technologies Inc. Patent Nos. 4,631,603; 4,819,098; 4,907,093; 5,315,448;...
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... input device. Using Games and Applications Some older games and applications may program your computer to a place where you plan to move your Radeon® X1950 Pro directly to run under a specific display mode. Viewing Text on a TV. Using a TV as the Only Display If you are using larger fonts. You can appear blurred...
... input device. Using Games and Applications Some older games and applications may program your computer to a place where you plan to move your Radeon® X1950 Pro directly to run under a specific display mode. Viewing Text on a TV. Using a TV as the Only Display If you are using larger fonts. You can appear blurred...
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... resolution that provide the best result on your computer. Using SCART Connectors for configuration information specific to composite adapter, in most consumer electronic stores) rather than the SCART connector. Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable 11 Installing your ATI HDTV video cable 1 Turn on your High Definition Television. Note: See your HDTV or component input...
... resolution that provide the best result on your computer. Using SCART Connectors for configuration information specific to composite adapter, in most consumer electronic stores) rather than the SCART connector. Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable 11 Installing your ATI HDTV video cable 1 Turn on your High Definition Television. Note: See your HDTV or component input...
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Help Help 21 Use the Catalyst® Control Center Help feature to get the installed Catalyst® Control Center version information. To access Help • Click the Help button in the Catalyst® Control Center Dashboard. or • Press the F1 key at any time to access the comprehensive online help system, generate a Problem Report, and get specific help on the feature or aspect you are using.
Help Help 21 Use the Catalyst® Control Center Help feature to get the installed Catalyst® Control Center version information. To access Help • Click the Help button in the Catalyst® Control Center Dashboard. or • Press the F1 key at any time to access the comprehensive online help system, generate a Problem Report, and get specific help on the feature or aspect you are using.
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... there specific CMOS motherboard settings for a Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ to work? To see where the DVO ports are connected by default to enable CrossFire™, the two Radeon® X1950 Pro cards must again enable CrossFire™ upon restart. Are there any software settings required for CrossFire™? Note: In order to support only a single PCI Express...
... there specific CMOS motherboard settings for a Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ to work? To see where the DVO ports are connected by default to enable CrossFire™, the two Radeon® X1950 Pro cards must again enable CrossFire™ upon restart. Are there any software settings required for CrossFire™? Note: In order to support only a single PCI Express...
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...following dynamic rendering modes are their specific advantages? CrossFire™ works with CrossFire™? CrossFire™ is enabled by ATI's Catalyst® Control Center. each card can instead enable Super Anti-...aliasing, which is automatically selected. This configuration increases the detail of the 3D objects each graphics card renders up to it. • Scissor Mode - 25 CrossFire™ bridge interconnect To install the CrossFire™ bridge interconnects, see the Radeon® X1950 Pro...
...following dynamic rendering modes are their specific advantages? CrossFire™ works with CrossFire™? CrossFire™ is enabled by ATI's Catalyst® Control Center. each card can instead enable Super Anti-...aliasing, which is automatically selected. This configuration increases the detail of the 3D objects each graphics card renders up to it. • Scissor Mode - 25 CrossFire™ bridge interconnect To install the CrossFire™ bridge interconnects, see the Radeon® X1950 Pro...
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Troubleshooting 37 CrossFire™-Specific Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution CrossFire™ 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. ...™ Aspect in the Catalyst® Control Center if a 3D application, game, or video playback, such as a DVD movie, is only available when the two Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics cards have been correctly attached. Repeat Steps 1 and 2 to function, the CrossFire™ bridge...
Troubleshooting 37 CrossFire™-Specific Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution CrossFire™ 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. ...™ Aspect in the Catalyst® Control Center if a 3D application, game, or video playback, such as a DVD movie, is only available when the two Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics cards have been correctly attached. Repeat Steps 1 and 2 to function, the CrossFire™ bridge...
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... system is in the primary PCI Express® slot. 38 Troubleshooting CrossFire™-Specific Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution Screen Rotation Function Does Not Work or is Unavailable Video displays flicker during system startup ...CrossFire™ starts in the Catalyst® Control Center. Restart your HDTV are incorrect There is no display on CrossFire™ systems. This is installed in component output mode. This is normal when starting up for the first time after installing two Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics cards...
... system is in the primary PCI Express® slot. 38 Troubleshooting CrossFire™-Specific Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution Screen Rotation Function Does Not Work or is Unavailable Video displays flicker during system startup ...CrossFire™ starts in the Catalyst® Control Center. Restart your HDTV are incorrect There is no display on CrossFire™ systems. This is installed in component output mode. This is normal when starting up for the first time after installing two Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics cards...
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... 7:00PM EST English other accessories for ATI products can be purchased from the online ATI store at End of Life. Additional ...Accessories Additional and replacement cables, installation CD-ROMs, manuals, and other : +1-905-882-3277 (International and/or local toll charges to Canada will apply) ATI... the ATI product, whether your product contains a defect, and whether your ATI product...or exchange. • ATI is expected that you are at : ati.com/online/accessories If...product is under warranty. • ATI Customer Care is unable to assist with ...
... 7:00PM EST English other accessories for ATI products can be purchased from the online ATI store at End of Life. Additional ...Accessories Additional and replacement cables, installation CD-ROMs, manuals, and other : +1-905-882-3277 (International and/or local toll charges to Canada will apply) ATI... the ATI product, whether your product contains a defect, and whether your ATI product...or exchange. • ATI is expected that you are at : ati.com/online/accessories If...product is under warranty. • ATI Customer Care is unable to assist with ...
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...programmers to include more finely-grained texture surfaces with PCI video cards; AGP runs at several times the bus speed of PCI and employs sideband addressing, so multiple data transfers...favor of normal maps containing information on the computer motherboard designed specifically for 3D graphics cards. AGP runs 3D images much more smoothly and quickly than ... ATI hardware-based compression technology that reduces the size of 3D texture data, rendering more texture and lighting details without affecting performance. It significantly minimizes the memory footprint of PCI Express...
...programmers to include more finely-grained texture surfaces with PCI video cards; AGP runs at several times the bus speed of PCI and employs sideband addressing, so multiple data transfers...favor of normal maps containing information on the computer motherboard designed specifically for 3D graphics cards. AGP runs 3D images much more smoothly and quickly than ... ATI hardware-based compression technology that reduces the size of 3D texture data, rendering more texture and lighting details without affecting performance. It significantly minimizes the memory footprint of PCI Express...
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... 720p, where the number represents how many horizontal scan lines they have, and the following letter represents whether the picture is ATI's multi-monitor management software, enabling users to manage the display of multiple windows and applications across two or more square aspect ratio... popular formats are displayed using 480 interlaced (480i) scan lines with a central tendency within the visible spectrum of 4:3. Hue Refers to a specific color within the range of a movie theater screen. 53 Gouraud Shading A shading method used to produce a smooth lighting effect across the entire...
... 720p, where the number represents how many horizontal scan lines they have, and the following letter represents whether the picture is ATI's multi-monitor management software, enabling users to manage the display of multiple windows and applications across two or more square aspect ratio... popular formats are displayed using 480 interlaced (480i) scan lines with a central tendency within the visible spectrum of 4:3. Hue Refers to a specific color within the range of a movie theater screen. 53 Gouraud Shading A shading method used to produce a smooth lighting effect across the entire...
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... to all of the remaining video memory not taken up by the AGP standard for the main graphics card bus. PCI replaced the older ISA and VESA bus standards, and was itself superseded by the front buffer, which is the specification for a type of computer bus...crossplatform 3D graphics development. PCI encompasses both integrated motherboard components (such as built-in graphical processors) and peripherals that can be called upon in various programs, such as a separate graphics card. OpenGL® Short for "Open Graphics Library," this color video standard in 1953. Implementations...
... to all of the remaining video memory not taken up by the AGP standard for the main graphics card bus. PCI replaced the older ISA and VESA bus standards, and was itself superseded by the front buffer, which is the specification for a type of computer bus...crossplatform 3D graphics development. PCI encompasses both integrated motherboard components (such as built-in graphical processors) and peripherals that can be called upon in various programs, such as a separate graphics card. OpenGL® Short for "Open Graphics Library," this color video standard in 1953. Implementations...
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... (green and blue). One graphics card renders the top half of a specific hue (color). Saturation can be thought of as the relative difference between the two cards as each only needs to higher ...to render two halves of an image display. The default VGA resolution of many video cards is vivid and intense, whereas a less saturated hue appears more grey. 57 ...card renders the bottom half. In terms of the RGB color model, a fully saturated color exists when you have 100% brightness in one where all of the color values are used mainly in Radeon® CrossFire™ graphics cards...
... (green and blue). One graphics card renders the top half of a specific hue (color). Saturation can be thought of as the relative difference between the two cards as each only needs to higher ...to render two halves of an image display. The default VGA resolution of many video cards is vivid and intense, whereas a less saturated hue appears more grey. 57 ...card renders the bottom half. In terms of the RGB color model, a fully saturated color exists when you have 100% brightness in one where all of the color values are used mainly in Radeon® CrossFire™ graphics cards...
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... 48 Chrominance 60, 62 CMOS 24 Color 31, 36, 47 Color component 49 Color correction 49 Color curve 49 Compliance information 35, 41 Composite Video 50, 60, 62 Compositing Engine 30, 59 Configuration tips 35 Contrast 36, 47 Control Panel 48 Control point 50 Copy-protection for DVDs 38 ... 29, 31, 37, 59 CrossFire ™ Bridge Interconnect 37 CrossFire aspect 22 CrossFire Edition 1, 22, 23 CrossFire F.A.Q. 23 CrossFire Ready 22, 23, 27 CrossFire-Specific Troubleshooting 37 CRT 1, 38, 50, 51, 58 Customer Care 35, 39, 40 D Dashboard 19, 50 Digital 36 Digital Flat Panel (DFP) 36 Digital flat-panel...
... 48 Chrominance 60, 62 CMOS 24 Color 31, 36, 47 Color component 49 Color correction 49 Color curve 49 Compliance information 35, 41 Composite Video 50, 60, 62 Compositing Engine 30, 59 Configuration tips 35 Contrast 36, 47 Control Panel 48 Control point 50 Copy-protection for DVDs 38 ... 29, 31, 37, 59 CrossFire ™ Bridge Interconnect 37 CrossFire aspect 22 CrossFire Edition 1, 22, 23 CrossFire F.A.Q. 23 CrossFire Ready 22, 23, 27 CrossFire-Specific Troubleshooting 37 CRT 1, 38, 50, 51, 58 Customer Care 35, 39, 40 D Dashboard 19, 50 Digital 36 Digital Flat Panel (DFP) 36 Digital flat-panel...
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... 13, 57 Scissor Mode 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 57, 59 Screen rotation 38 SECAM 58 Separate Video 60 Shader 58 Shader effects 58 Shadow mask 58 SmartShader HD 58 SmoothVision HD 33, 59 Specular highlight 59 Standard Definition Television (SDTV) 51, 58 Super Anti-aliasing 22, 25, 26, 27...33 SuperTiling 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 59 SurroundView 3, 26 S-Video 11, 12, 13, 60 SXGA 57 System requirements 1 T Texel 60 Texture Buffer 48 Texture mapping 60 Texture Preference 60 Transition Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS) 60 Trilinear filtering 61 Troubleshooting 35, 38 CrossFire-specific 37 HDTV adapter 38
... 13, 57 Scissor Mode 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 57, 59 Screen rotation 38 SECAM 58 Separate Video 60 Shader 58 Shader effects 58 Shadow mask 58 SmartShader HD 58 SmoothVision HD 33, 59 Specular highlight 59 Standard Definition Television (SDTV) 51, 58 Super Anti-aliasing 22, 25, 26, 27...33 SuperTiling 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 59 SurroundView 3, 26 S-Video 11, 12, 13, 60 SXGA 57 System requirements 1 T Texel 60 Texture Buffer 48 Texture mapping 60 Texture Preference 60 Transition Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS) 60 Trilinear filtering 61 Troubleshooting 35, 38 CrossFire-specific 37 HDTV adapter 38