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... performance. • Optical drive for installation software (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive). • Windows® XP with two (2) PCI Express® x16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. A second Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. • Two CrossFire™ bridge interconnects. • A specialized PCI Express® 550 watt or greater power supply recommended. Consult your ATI Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card.
... performance. • Optical drive for installation software (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive). • Windows® XP with two (2) PCI Express® x16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. A second Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. • Two CrossFire™ bridge interconnects. • A specialized PCI Express® 550 watt or greater power supply recommended. Consult your ATI Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card.
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... the ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for your Windows® online help and documentation for the second monitor. To connect your monitors 1 Power off your computer and monitors. 2 Plug the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors. 3 Power on using the Settings tab. Click the Settings tab to your Radeon® X1950 Pro card. Click...
... the ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for your Windows® online help and documentation for the second monitor. To connect your monitors 1 Power off your computer and monitors. 2 Plug the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors. 3 Power on using the Settings tab. Click the Settings tab to your Radeon® X1950 Pro card. Click...
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... Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable 11 Installing your ATI HDTV video cable 1 Turn on your component input device, and set it to -composite video adapter cable if your European TV does not support S-video. Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable Use the HDTV Video Cable to using a separate S-video to composite ...TV, and use an S-video cable (available in , you should find the mode and screen resolution that provide the best result on your High Definition Television. This can use those settings exclusively. Note: Your TV will not display anything until Windows starts. L Copy-protected DVDs...
... Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable 11 Installing your ATI HDTV video cable 1 Turn on your component input device, and set it to -composite video adapter cable if your European TV does not support S-video. Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable Use the HDTV Video Cable to using a separate S-video to composite ...TV, and use an S-video cable (available in , you should find the mode and screen resolution that provide the best result on your High Definition Television. This can use those settings exclusively. Note: Your TV will not display anything until Windows starts. L Copy-protected DVDs...
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... dealers. To capture video to your computer 1 Connect the ATI video in/video out cable to the video out of your media device to the S-video connection a TV, VCR, or camcorder. Setting the Windows® Volume Control For correct audio performance, your video capture software in of...for video capture Use a video in/video out cable to connect the S-video connection on your Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card to the line in port of the ATI video in\video out cable to the video in of TV, VCR, or camcorder connections. [ Typical video out of your sound card. Note: S-video and...
... dealers. To capture video to your computer 1 Connect the ATI video in/video out cable to the video out of your media device to the S-video connection a TV, VCR, or camcorder. Setting the Windows® Volume Control For correct audio performance, your video capture software in of...for video capture Use a video in/video out cable to connect the S-video connection on your Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card to the line in port of the ATI video in\video out cable to the video in of TV, VCR, or camcorder connections. [ Typical video out of your sound card. Note: S-video and...
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...user application providing access to the display features contained within the installed ATI hardware and software. Many of the features show you a preview of the following access points: • Windows® Start Menu • Windows® System Tray • Desktop shortcuts • Predefined hot ...keys Launching Catalyst® Control Center Using the Start Menu From the Windows® task bar, click Start: • Choose Programs > Catalyst® Control Center > ATI Catalyst® Control Center. The Catalyst® Control Center offers you use most. Use ...
...user application providing access to the display features contained within the installed ATI hardware and software. Many of the features show you a preview of the following access points: • Windows® Start Menu • Windows® System Tray • Desktop shortcuts • Predefined hot ...keys Launching Catalyst® Control Center Using the Start Menu From the Windows® task bar, click Start: • Choose Programs > Catalyst® Control Center > ATI Catalyst® Control Center. The Catalyst® Control Center offers you use most. Use ...
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... shortcut. 20 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. If you chose this option, you can define your own hot...
... shortcut. 20 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. If you chose this option, you can define your own hot...
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...see the Windows® Advanced Options Menu. While starting Windows® XP, press and hold F8 until you experience problems. ATI's documentation contains helpful installation/configuration tips and other valuable feature information. Please contact your dealer for the interrupt assignments. • Contact ATI's Customer ...Does Not Boot-Up Properly Possible Solution • Verify that the installation instructions were properly followed. • Check that the card is properly installed in your system and connected to your monitor. • If you have problems during start-up, restart your...
...see the Windows® Advanced Options Menu. While starting Windows® XP, press and hold F8 until you experience problems. ATI's documentation contains helpful installation/configuration tips and other valuable feature information. Please contact your dealer for the interrupt assignments. • Contact ATI's Customer ...Does Not Boot-Up Properly Possible Solution • Verify that the installation instructions were properly followed. • Check that the card is properly installed in your system and connected to your monitor. • If you have problems during start-up, restart your...
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...the first time after installing two Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics cards if neither card is installed in component output mode. 38 Troubleshooting CrossFire™-Specific Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution Screen Rotation Function Does Not Work or is Unavailable Video displays flicker during system startup ...the Component Video Adapter and your HDTV are correct (Y=Green, Pb=Blue, Pr=Red). • Your TV will not display anything until Windows starts; Restart your HDTV user's manual. • Your system is normal when starting up . This is in the primary PCI Express®...
...the first time after installing two Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics cards if neither card is installed in component output mode. 38 Troubleshooting CrossFire™-Specific Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution Screen Rotation Function Does Not Work or is Unavailable Video displays flicker during system startup ...the Component Video Adapter and your HDTV are correct (Y=Green, Pb=Blue, Pr=Red). • Your TV will not display anything until Windows starts; Restart your HDTV user's manual. • Your system is normal when starting up . This is in the primary PCI Express®...
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.... to portions of on the color depth selected. Color bitmaps may use up to the Catalyst® software formerly available only through the Windows® Control Panel. This should not be confused with luminosity, which measures the actual light level emitted from the computer display. 48 Bit... Depth Refers to the number of data bits required to 32bpp, depending on -board video memory. Larger bit depth means a greater range of color information is capable of individual pixels, arranged horizontally in rows. The rest of ...
.... to portions of on the color depth selected. Color bitmaps may use up to the Catalyst® software formerly available only through the Windows® Control Panel. This should not be confused with luminosity, which measures the actual light level emitted from the computer display. 48 Bit... Depth Refers to the number of data bits required to 32bpp, depending on -board video memory. Larger bit depth means a greater range of color information is capable of individual pixels, arranged horizontally in rows. The rest of ...
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... used to functions on graphics cards, providing the type of performance necessary for rendering 3D graphics on a graphics card. The dashboard can change the...than either SVideo or component video. The dashboard is only available in installed ATI hardware and software. The quality of the video signal is reduced by ...Video Composite video is a type of analog video signal that combines both brightness and color information into a single channel. Color CRTs use three separate electron beams fired through a shadow mask and onto the back of related graphical features) available on Windows...
... used to functions on graphics cards, providing the type of performance necessary for rendering 3D graphics on a graphics card. The dashboard can change the...than either SVideo or component video. The dashboard is only available in installed ATI hardware and software. The quality of the video signal is reduced by ...Video Composite video is a type of analog video signal that combines both brightness and color information into a single channel. Color CRTs use three separate electron beams fired through a shadow mask and onto the back of related graphical features) available on Windows...
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... Television," a format that color. HDTV Acronym for that produces much greater picture quality than a standard television, and in this environment. HydraVision™ HydraVision™ is ATI's multi-monitor management software, enabling users to a coordinate of multiple windows and applications across a 3D object.
... Television," a format that color. HDTV Acronym for that produces much greater picture quality than a standard television, and in this environment. HydraVision™ HydraVision™ is ATI's multi-monitor management software, enabling users to a coordinate of multiple windows and applications across a 3D object.
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... 60 Hz, making it relatively flicker-free. Implementations currently exist under Windows®, Mac OS® X, and various forms of 25 Hz. OpenGL® Short for "Open Graphics Library," this color video standard in graphical processors) and peripherals that can be called upon in... Japan. It draws a total of 625 vertical interlaced frames of video at a refresh rate of memory used throughout the Americas (except Brazil) and in various programs, such as a separate graphics card. PCI Acronym for "Peripheral Component Interconnect", which devised this is the specification for...
... 60 Hz, making it relatively flicker-free. Implementations currently exist under Windows®, Mac OS® X, and various forms of 25 Hz. OpenGL® Short for "Open Graphics Library," this color video standard in graphical processors) and peripherals that can be called upon in... Japan. It draws a total of 625 vertical interlaced frames of video at a refresh rate of memory used throughout the Americas (except Brazil) and in various programs, such as a separate graphics card. PCI Acronym for "Peripheral Component Interconnect", which devised this is the specification for...
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68 TV 8, 9, 11, 38 displaying PC output on 15 TV display 7, 9 games 9 TV Out 7 U UXGA 57 V VCR 50, 60 Vertex processing 30 Vertex shader 61 Vertex shaders 58 Vertical refresh rate 56 VGA 1, 57 VGA connector 61 VHDCI 37 Video 11, 12, 13, 36, 38 Video capture 15 Video Graphics Array 61 Video Memory 48 VMO 37 Volume control 16 VPU Recover 62 W Warranty 35, 40 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Compliance 43 Windows 38, 55 Windows Advanced Options Menu 35 Windows Control Panel 48 Windows volume control 16 Windows XP 1, 35 X XGA 57 Y Y/C 60 Y/C video 60 YCbCr 62 YPbPr 38, 49, 62
68 TV 8, 9, 11, 38 displaying PC output on 15 TV display 7, 9 games 9 TV Out 7 U UXGA 57 V VCR 50, 60 Vertex processing 30 Vertex shader 61 Vertex shaders 58 Vertical refresh rate 56 VGA 1, 57 VGA connector 61 VHDCI 37 Video 11, 12, 13, 36, 38 Video capture 15 Video Graphics Array 61 Video Memory 48 VMO 37 Volume control 16 VPU Recover 62 W Warranty 35, 40 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Compliance 43 Windows 38, 55 Windows Advanced Options Menu 35 Windows Control Panel 48 Windows volume control 16 Windows XP 1, 35 X XGA 57 Y Y/C 60 Y/C video 60 YCbCr 62 YPbPr 38, 49, 62