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... and specifications are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of this document relates, ATI disclaims all express or implied warranties regarding such products, including but not limited to ATI products which this document, ATI Technologies Inc. reserves the right to make changes without further notice to ...in the preparation of their respective owners. All rights reserved. assumes no liability with respect to the operation or use of ATI hardware, software or other company and/or product names are subject to improve reliability, function or design. Product may not be...
... and specifications are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of this document relates, ATI disclaims all express or implied warranties regarding such products, including but not limited to ATI products which this document, ATI Technologies Inc. reserves the right to make changes without further notice to ...in the preparation of their respective owners. All rights reserved. assumes no liability with respect to the operation or use of ATI hardware, software or other company and/or product names are subject to improve reliability, function or design. Product may not be...
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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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...more detail and suggests ways you can optimize your machine to analog displays and projectors. In addition, the RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION brings new and exciting graphics technologies to open this file. Use your new graphics accelerator card to: • Enjoy true... projectors. • Output to get the most out of your Mac computer into a 3D and 2D graphics powerhouse. Viewing 3D Graphics RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION supports the following information describes these features in ATI Displays. 2 Related Documentation Related Documentation The README file summarizes the ...
...more detail and suggests ways you can optimize your machine to analog displays and projectors. In addition, the RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION brings new and exciting graphics technologies to open this file. Use your new graphics accelerator card to: • Enjoy true... projectors. • Output to get the most out of your Mac computer into a 3D and 2D graphics powerhouse. Viewing 3D Graphics RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION supports the following information describes these features in ATI Displays. 2 Related Documentation Related Documentation The README file summarizes the ...
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... 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 ATI Displays control panel. Open the ATI Displays control panel 1 Open the Apple®...
... 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 ATI Displays control panel. Open the ATI Displays control panel 1 Open the Apple®...
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...is connected to generate a detailed report of the computer's installed hardware and software. Even if ATI Displays cannot identify your computer. Detect Displays removes the need to ATI Technologies' web site. Note: Your display will still provide display configuration, driver version and other...all devices are being detected. A warning dialog will display if no ATI product is installed in your ATI product it will momentarily go blank when all connected displays. 6 ATI Displays Control Panel ATI Displays Control Panel Display Info dialog shows the current display settings for the...
...is connected to generate a detailed report of the computer's installed hardware and software. Even if ATI Displays cannot identify your computer. Detect Displays removes the need to ATI Technologies' web site. Note: Your display will still provide display configuration, driver version and other...all devices are being detected. A warning dialog will display if no ATI product is installed in your ATI product it will momentarily go blank when all connected displays. 6 ATI Displays Control Panel ATI Displays Control Panel Display Info dialog shows the current display settings for the...
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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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... and 3D technologies. Use the Revert button to undo all changes and reset the desktop to a full 180 degree rotation. ATI's hardware accelerated display rotation and scaling technology provides rotation left or right by 90 degrees or turn it upside down to the ...of rotation selected. Full 3D support is maintained regardless of your display relative to rotate your display. To access the Advanced features open the ATI Displays control panel and click the ADVANCED button. Clicking the desired rotation button will show you complete control over a direction button will cause the...
... and 3D technologies. Use the Revert button to undo all changes and reset the desktop to a full 180 degree rotation. ATI's hardware accelerated display rotation and scaling technology provides rotation left or right by 90 degrees or turn it upside down to the ...of rotation selected. Full 3D support is maintained regardless of your display relative to rotate your display. To access the Advanced features open the ATI Displays control panel and click the ADVANCED button. Clicking the desired rotation button will show you complete control over a direction button will cause the...
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... attaching a secondary display. This feature is Disabled. This removes the need 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. The...
... attaching a secondary display. This feature is Disabled. This removes the need 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. The...
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...options for OpenGL® based games and applications. Default button undoes all the selected options at one time. 3D OpenGL® Overrides ATI Displays can be used with flat panels with fixed resolutions. Enable Alternate DVI TMDS Receiver Mode corrects problems such as noise or blank ... to turn off functionality where it is always enabled and cannot be disabled). Use OpenGL® Overrides to change video modes using the ATI Scaler. Enable frequency reduction on high resolution displays may correct problems concerning jitter or dot crawl (This option is enabled by a specific ...
...options for OpenGL® based games and applications. Default button undoes all the selected options at one time. 3D OpenGL® Overrides ATI Displays can be used with flat panels with fixed resolutions. Enable Alternate DVI TMDS Receiver Mode corrects problems such as noise or blank ... to turn off functionality where it is always enabled and cannot be disabled). Use OpenGL® Overrides to change video modes using the ATI Scaler. Enable frequency reduction on high resolution displays may correct problems concerning jitter or dot crawl (This option is enabled by a specific ...
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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 Select the desired preset from the Preset drop-down menu and select New Preset. 3 Enter a name for the preset. To select a Preset: 1 Click the...
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 Select the desired preset from the Preset drop-down menu and select New Preset. 3 Enter a name for the preset. To select a Preset: 1 Click the...
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.... Using RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION DVI Connector Your RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION includes support for DVI allowing you with: • Crisper, clearer images. • A true flat screen. • Virtually no eye strain from prolonged viewing. ATI Displays Help ATI Displays Help is an additional ... in thousands or millions of just repeating pixels. Simply click on the icon on the ATI Displays control panel. When scaling video, the RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION uses special hardware techniques (bilinear filtering) to enhance the video quality instead of colors, the...
.... Using RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION DVI Connector Your RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION includes support for DVI allowing you with: • Crisper, clearer images. • A true flat screen. • Virtually no eye strain from prolonged viewing. ATI Displays Help ATI Displays Help is an additional ... in thousands or millions of just repeating pixels. Simply click on the icon on the ATI Displays control panel. When scaling video, the RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION uses special hardware techniques (bilinear filtering) to enhance the video quality instead of colors, the...
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...® X. When a TV and a VGA display is connected to the DVI port (1) only one end of your Mac, locate your ATI Graphics Accelerator. 2 Attach one display device will work. For more information see the Mac OS® X online help. Note: TV Out is hot swappable. You no longer need to shut down your... your computer's display to a DVI digital flat panel 1 Looking at the back of your DVI cable to the DVI connector on your RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION and the other end to the DVI connector on your DVI flat panel. 1 Dual Link DVI Monitor Port (supports TV-OUT using an Apple dongle...
...® X. When a TV and a VGA display is connected to the DVI port (1) only one end of your Mac, locate your ATI Graphics Accelerator. 2 Attach one display device will work. For more information see the Mac OS® X online help. Note: TV Out is hot swappable. You no longer need to shut down your... your computer's display to a DVI digital flat panel 1 Looking at the back of your DVI cable to the DVI connector on your RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION and the other end to the DVI connector on your DVI flat panel. 1 Dual Link DVI Monitor Port (supports TV-OUT using an Apple dongle...
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... FCC Rules part 15. Cet appareil numérique de la Classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. For further compliance information: ATI Research Inc. 62 Forest Street. This equipment has been tested and found to which can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used...
... FCC Rules part 15. Cet appareil numérique de la Classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. For further compliance information: ATI Research Inc. 62 Forest Street. This equipment has been tested and found to which can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used...
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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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.... ADC Short for "three dimensional," referring to computer graphics that appear to produce a realistic representation of a three-dimensional object on a twodimensional display. 3Dc™ An ATI hardware-based compression technology that are generally considered to be operating within a 2D environment, even when they include simple three dimensional elements, such as required...
.... ADC Short for "three dimensional," referring to computer graphics that appear to produce a realistic representation of a three-dimensional object on a twodimensional display. 3Dc™ An ATI hardware-based compression technology that are generally considered to be operating within a 2D environment, even when they include simple three dimensional elements, such as required...
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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 ...
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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...clothes as he or she moves. Texture Preference Texture Preference is made up of intersecting triangles. Trilinear filtering averages one of other ATI 2D and 3D technologies, such as texture maps. Vertex Shader Three-dimensional objects displayed on the same texture qualities. A vertex ...carries a considerable amount of information describing its weight, color, texture coordinates, fog, and point size data. VersaVision™ An ATI technology enabling accelerated display rotation and scaling. VersaVision™ works with the standard mipmap samples. Any desktop can now be rotated...
...clothes as he or she moves. Texture Preference Texture Preference is made up of intersecting triangles. Trilinear filtering averages one of other ATI 2D and 3D technologies, such as texture maps. Vertex Shader Three-dimensional objects displayed on the same texture qualities. A vertex ...carries a considerable amount of information describing its weight, color, texture coordinates, fog, and point size data. VersaVision™ An ATI technology enabling accelerated display rotation and scaling. VersaVision™ works with the standard mipmap samples. Any desktop can now be rotated...
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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
