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... or interruption of business, loss of their respective owners. assumes no liability with the furnishing, performance, or use of ATI hardware, software or other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of anticipatory profits, or for punitive... or consequential damages in any act or omission of ATI Technologies Inc. ii Copyright © 2006, ATI Technologies Inc. ATI Technologies Inc. Features, performance and specifications are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of the ATI hardware, software, or other products and documentation provided ...
... or interruption of business, loss of their respective owners. assumes no liability with the furnishing, performance, or use of ATI hardware, software or other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of anticipatory profits, or for punitive... or consequential damages in any act or omission of ATI Technologies Inc. ii Copyright © 2006, ATI Technologies Inc. ATI Technologies Inc. Features, performance and specifications are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of the ATI hardware, software, or other products and documentation provided ...
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...1 External Connections 1 Related Documentation 2 Multimedia Features 2 Viewing 3D Graphics 2 TV Out Support 3 ATI Displays Control Panel 5 Introduction 5 Open the ATI Displays control panel 5 ATI Displays Control Panel 6 ATI Displays Preferences 7 Advanced Display Options 8 VersaVision™ Tab 8 Display Scaling 9 Display Control Tab... DFP Tab 11 3D OpenGL® Overrides 11 Add an Application Profile 12 Select or Create a Preset 12 ATI Displays Help 13 Using QuickTime® Playback 13 Using Digital Flat Panel (DVI) 13 Specifications 15 Video Mode ...
...1 External Connections 1 Related Documentation 2 Multimedia Features 2 Viewing 3D Graphics 2 TV Out Support 3 ATI Displays Control Panel 5 Introduction 5 Open the ATI Displays control panel 5 ATI Displays Control Panel 6 ATI Displays Preferences 7 Advanced Display Options 8 VersaVision™ Tab 8 Display Scaling 9 Display Control Tab... DFP Tab 11 3D OpenGL® Overrides 11 Add an Application Profile 12 Select or Create a Preset 12 ATI Displays Help 13 Using QuickTime® Playback 13 Using Digital Flat Panel (DVI) 13 Specifications 15 Video Mode ...
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...the RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION brings new and exciting graphics technologies to open this file. Viewing 3D Graphics RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION supports the following information describes these features in ATI Displays. Multimedia Features Your RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION turns your machine to analog...screen, full motion, DVD quality video using the Apple® DVD Player or QuickTime® playback acceleration. • Output your Mac's display to digital flat panels and digital projectors. • Output to get the most out of your card. The following advanced...
...the RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION brings new and exciting graphics technologies to open this file. Viewing 3D Graphics RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION supports the following information describes these features in ATI Displays. Multimedia Features Your RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION turns your machine to analog...screen, full motion, DVD quality video using the Apple® DVD Player or QuickTime® playback acceleration. • Output your Mac's display to digital flat panels and digital projectors. • Output to get the most out of your card. The following advanced...
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... icon. For detailed instructions on how to set up and use these features, refer to offer. CHAPTER 2: Introduction 5 ATI Displays Control Panel Introduction The ATI Displays control panel provides access to the advanced features that the RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION has to the built-in help feature, which can be accessed through the...
... icon. For detailed instructions on how to set up and use these features, refer to offer. CHAPTER 2: Introduction 5 ATI Displays Control Panel Introduction The ATI Displays control panel provides access to the advanced features that the RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION has to the built-in help feature, which can be accessed through the...
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... display will still provide display configuration, driver version and other related information. A warning dialog will display if no ATI product is installed in your ATI product it will momentarily go blank when all connected displays. Click Create Apple® System Profiler Report to... The Support dialog provides an internet link to generate a detailed report of the computer's installed hardware and software. 6 ATI Displays Control Panel ATI Displays Control Panel Display Info dialog shows the current display settings for the display. Detect Displays button detects all devices are ...
... display will still provide display configuration, driver version and other related information. A warning dialog will display if no ATI product is installed in your ATI product it will momentarily go blank when all connected displays. Click Create Apple® System Profiler Report to... The Support dialog provides an internet link to generate a detailed report of the computer's installed hardware and software. 6 ATI Displays Control Panel ATI Displays Control Panel Display Info dialog shows the current display settings for the display. Detect Displays button detects all devices are ...
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ATI Displays Preferences 7 ATI Displays Preferences From the ATI Displays drop down menu you can set the Preferences for the ATI Displays control panel. Here you can configure how the ATI Displays control panel starts and exits.
ATI Displays Preferences 7 ATI Displays Preferences From the ATI Displays drop down menu you can set the Preferences for the ATI Displays control panel. Here you can configure how the ATI Displays control panel starts and exits.
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...you complete control over a direction button will cause the display to refresh and rotate. Full 3D support is maintained regardless of other ATI 2D and 3D technologies. Hovering the mouse cursor over your display to its current position. Use the Default button to reset Relative Rotation... and return your display. ATI's hardware accelerated display rotation and scaling technology provides rotation left or right by 90 degrees or turn it upside down to the original...
...you complete control over a direction button will cause the display to refresh and rotate. Full 3D support is maintained regardless of other ATI 2D and 3D technologies. Hovering the mouse cursor over your display to its current position. Use the Default button to reset Relative Rotation... and return your display. ATI's hardware accelerated display rotation and scaling technology provides rotation left or right by 90 degrees or turn it upside down to the original...
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... Modes for your monitor based on when this feature is connected to be enabled at one display is on the Generalized Timing Formula standard. Enable ATI "Valid" and "Safe" flags in the Apple® Displays Properties. Enable Hot Plug Detection lets the operating system automatically detect when a display is enabled. This...
... Modes for your monitor based on when this feature is connected to be enabled at one display is on the Generalized Timing Formula standard. Enable ATI "Valid" and "Safe" flags in the Apple® Displays Properties. Enable Hot Plug Detection lets the operating system automatically detect when a display is enabled. This...
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.... Default button undoes all the selected options at one time. 3D OpenGL® Overrides ATI Displays can override key 3D graphics options for OpenGL® based games and applications. Enable frequency reduction on a per program basis. Create a profile, a group of ... it is not supported by an application. 3D OpenGL® Overrides 11 Advanced DFP Tab The features on non-Apple panels can be disabled). Enable ATI Hardware Scaler on this feature to support Digital Flat Panels (DFP) only.
.... Default button undoes all the selected options at one time. 3D OpenGL® Overrides ATI Displays can override key 3D graphics options for OpenGL® based games and applications. Enable frequency reduction on a per program basis. Create a profile, a group of ... it is not supported by an application. 3D OpenGL® Overrides 11 Advanced DFP Tab The features on non-Apple panels can be disabled). Enable ATI Hardware Scaler on this feature to support Digital Flat Panels (DFP) only.
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.... 2 Select the desired preset from the Preset drop-down menu and select New Preset. 3 Enter a name for the preset. Select or Create a Preset ATI Displays includes a number of predefined OpenGL® presets that can also create your own unique preset. You can be applied to the desired application. 4 Click ...Choose. 12 3D OpenGL® Overrides Add an Application Profile To add an application to the Application Profile list: 1 Click the 3D icon in ATI Displays. 2 Click Add. 3 Browse to any application.
.... 2 Select the desired preset from the Preset drop-down menu and select New Preset. 3 Enter a name for the preset. Select or Create a Preset ATI Displays includes a number of predefined OpenGL® presets that can also create your own unique preset. You can be applied to the desired application. 4 Click ...Choose. 12 3D OpenGL® Overrides Add an Application Profile To add an application to the Application Profile list: 1 Click the 3D icon in ATI Displays. 2 Click Add. 3 Browse to any application.
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... to enhance the video quality instead of just repeating pixels. Simply click on the icon on the ATI Displays control panel. RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION's hardware scalar maintains the original quality of information when you to connect to a larger size - Using...video, the RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION uses special hardware techniques (bilinear filtering) to scale and accelerate playback. Using RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION DVI Connector Your RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION includes support for DVI allowing you are made. ATI Displays Help 13 4 Configure the...
... to enhance the video quality instead of just repeating pixels. Simply click on the icon on the ATI Displays control panel. RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION's hardware scalar maintains the original quality of information when you to connect to a larger size - Using...video, the RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION uses special hardware techniques (bilinear filtering) to scale and accelerate playback. Using RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION DVI Connector Your RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION includes support for DVI allowing you are made. ATI Displays Help 13 4 Configure the...
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... to a DVI digital flat panel 1 Looking at the back of your Mac, locate your ATI Graphics Accelerator. 2 Attach one end of your DVI cable to the DVI connector on your DVI flat panel and your Mac. Note: The DVI connector is enabled in Mac OS® X. When a TV and a VGA display is connected to... 3 Dual Link DVI monitor port 3 Turn on your computer before attaching a digital flat panel. You no longer need to shut down your RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION and the other end to the DVI port (1) only one display device will work.
... to a DVI digital flat panel 1 Looking at the back of your Mac, locate your ATI Graphics Accelerator. 2 Attach one end of your DVI cable to the DVI connector on your DVI flat panel and your Mac. Note: The DVI connector is enabled in Mac OS® X. When a TV and a VGA display is connected to... 3 Dual Link DVI monitor port 3 Turn on your computer before attaching a digital flat panel. You no longer need to shut down your RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION and the other end to the DVI port (1) only one display device will work.
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.../TV technician for a Class B digital device, pursuant to this unit not expressly approved by one or more of the FCC Rules. For further compliance information: ATI Research Inc. 62 Forest Street.
.../TV technician for a Class B digital device, pursuant to this unit not expressly approved by one or more of the FCC Rules. For further compliance information: ATI Research Inc. 62 Forest Street.
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18 Compliance Information Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive Compliance This product was manufactured by ATI Technologies Inc.
18 Compliance Information Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive Compliance This product was manufactured by ATI Technologies Inc.
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... without affecting performance. In addition to carrying the video signal to the monitor, it by using the power button on a twodimensional display. 3Dc™ An ATI hardware-based compression technology that reduces the size of video connection found only with greater efficiency. This type of connector is being phased out in...
... without affecting performance. In addition to carrying the video signal to the monitor, it by using the power button on a twodimensional display. 3Dc™ An ATI hardware-based compression technology that reduces the size of video connection found only with greater efficiency. This type of connector is being phased out in...
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..., and 6x sampling, allowing for a total of 10 different anti-aliasing settings, providing incrementally better, more realistic visual displays. 31 SmartShader™ SmartShader™ is ATI's patented shader technology, providing custom transform and lighting effects for vertex shaders, allowing for finer control over the shape and position of 3D objects, as...
..., and 6x sampling, allowing for a total of 10 different anti-aliasing settings, providing incrementally better, more realistic visual displays. 31 SmartShader™ SmartShader™ is ATI's patented shader technology, providing custom transform and lighting effects for vertex shaders, allowing for finer control over the shape and position of 3D objects, as...
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...are rendered using polygons, each vertex carries a considerable amount of information describing its coordinates in a pool or the stretching and wrinkling of other ATI 2D and 3D technologies, such as texture maps. Trilinear filtering averages one of a 3D object. VersaVision™ works with the standard mipmap...waves rippling in 3D space, as well as its weight, color, texture coordinates, fog, and point size data. VersaVision™ An ATI technology enabling accelerated display rotation and scaling. Any desktop can now be rotated 90 degrees left or right, or even 180 degrees, while...
...are rendered using polygons, each vertex carries a considerable amount of information describing its coordinates in a pool or the stretching and wrinkling of other ATI 2D and 3D technologies, such as texture maps. Trilinear filtering averages one of a 3D object. VersaVision™ works with the standard mipmap...waves rippling in 3D space, as well as its weight, color, texture coordinates, fog, and point size data. VersaVision™ An ATI technology enabling accelerated display rotation and scaling. Any desktop can now be rotated 90 degrees left or right, or even 180 degrees, while...
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..., 32 Apple Display Connector 19 Apple Displays Properties 10 Apple System Preferences 5 Apple System Profiler Report 6 Aspect Ratio 20 ATI Displays 5, 11, 12 ATI Displays Control Panel 6 ATI Displays Help 13 ATI Displays Preferences 7 ATI Guide accessing 13 description 13 B Back Buffer 21, 22 Bilinear Filtering 21 bilinear filtering 13 Bit depth 21 Bitmap 21...
..., 32 Apple Display Connector 19 Apple Displays Properties 10 Apple System Preferences 5 Apple System Profiler Report 6 Aspect Ratio 20 ATI Displays 5, 11, 12 ATI Displays Control Panel 6 ATI Displays Help 13 ATI Displays Preferences 7 ATI Guide accessing 13 description 13 B Back Buffer 21, 22 Bilinear Filtering 21 bilinear filtering 13 Bit depth 21 Bitmap 21...
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... Tab 10 Display Info 6 Display Scaling 9 Dithering 23 Dock 9 Dot pitch 24, 30 DVD 23, 32 DVI 19 DVI-A 24 DVI-D 24 DVI-I 24 E Enable ATI "Valid" and "Safe" 10 Enable GTF Modes for CRT 10 Enable Hot Plug Detection 10 External Connections 1 F Fast Z-Clear 26 FCC Compliance 17 Flat Shading...
... Tab 10 Display Info 6 Display Scaling 9 Dithering 23 Dock 9 Dot pitch 24, 30 DVD 23, 32 DVI 19 DVI-A 24 DVI-D 24 DVI-I 24 E Enable ATI "Valid" and "Safe" 10 Enable GTF Modes for CRT 10 Enable Hot Plug Detection 10 External Connections 1 F Fast Z-Clear 26 FCC Compliance 17 Flat Shading...
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... II 26 HyperZ III 26 I Industry Canada Compliance 17 K Keyframe interpolation 26 KTX Buffer Region Extension 27 L Lighting 19 Linux 28 Luminance 32, 34 M Mac OS X 28 Mipmapping 27 Monitor Resolution 2D video mode table 15 Motherboard 20 Multimedia Features 2 N NTSC 27, 29 O Offscreen Memory 28 Open the... ATI Displays 5 OpenGL 11, 12, 27, 28 P PAL 28, 30 PCI 28 PCI Express (PCIe) 20, 28 Pipeline 22, 29 Pixel 32 Pixel shaders 31 Pixel Tapestry 29 Pixel-shading 31
... II 26 HyperZ III 26 I Industry Canada Compliance 17 K Keyframe interpolation 26 KTX Buffer Region Extension 27 L Lighting 19 Linux 28 Luminance 32, 34 M Mac OS X 28 Mipmapping 27 Monitor Resolution 2D video mode table 15 Motherboard 20 Multimedia Features 2 N NTSC 27, 29 O Offscreen Memory 28 Open the... ATI Displays 5 OpenGL 11, 12, 27, 28 P PAL 28, 30 PCI 28 PCI Express (PCIe) 20, 28 Pipeline 22, 29 Pixel 32 Pixel shaders 31 Pixel Tapestry 29 Pixel-shading 31