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v Table of Contents Introduction 1 Radeon® X1900 Series Features 1 Graphic Features 1 System Requirements 4 External Connectors 4 Before You Begin 5 Record Your Serial and Part Numbers 5 Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers 5 Installing Hardware 7 Graphics Card Bus Types 7 Basic Graphics Card Installation 7 Advanced Installation: AGP 9 Advanced Installation: PCIe™ 11 Connecting Devices 13 Using Multiple Displays 15 Connecting Your Monitors 15...
v Table of Contents Introduction 1 Radeon® X1900 Series Features 1 Graphic Features 1 System Requirements 4 External Connectors 4 Before You Begin 5 Record Your Serial and Part Numbers 5 Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers 5 Installing Hardware 7 Graphics Card Bus Types 7 Basic Graphics Card Installation 7 Advanced Installation: AGP 9 Advanced Installation: PCIe™ 11 Connecting Devices 13 Using Multiple Displays 15 Connecting Your Monitors 15...
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...can be found within the CrossFire™ FAQ. 4 Radeon® X1900 Series Features System Requirements Hardware Operating System Monitor CrossFire™... card with a peak dissipation above 75 watts. • Windows® XP with two (2) PCI Express® X16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. (See ati....com/crossfire for installation software (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive). • Specialized PCI Express® 450 watt or greater power supply recommended. External Connectors • Dual DVI-I output. • S-Video output or Video In/Video...
...can be found within the CrossFire™ FAQ. 4 Radeon® X1900 Series Features System Requirements Hardware Operating System Monitor CrossFire™... card with a peak dissipation above 75 watts. • Windows® XP with two (2) PCI Express® X16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. (See ati....com/crossfire for installation software (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive). • Specialized PCI Express® 450 watt or greater power supply recommended. External Connectors • Dual DVI-I output. • S-Video output or Video In/Video...
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...your new ATI product. X Serial number (S/N) Y 102 part number (P/N) Write the numbers, shown in your computer: 1 Close all applications that are required for the existing graphics card before installing your new Radeon® X1900 Series card, you must uninstall the drivers for registration.... They are located on a sticker on the graphics card are currently running. 2 Navigate to the Control Panel and...
...your new ATI product. X Serial number (S/N) Y 102 part number (P/N) Write the numbers, shown in your computer: 1 Close all applications that are required for the existing graphics card before installing your new Radeon® X1900 Series card, you must uninstall the drivers for registration.... They are located on a sticker on the graphics card are currently running. 2 Navigate to the Control Panel and...
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...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 your Radeon® X1900 Series card. Note: ATI provides Catalyst™ Control Center software that Windows® can be accessed by clicking the Advanced button from the...first, and then restart your computer so that provides many additional configuration features. 16 Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1900 Series card must be the primary graphics card. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics...
...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 your Radeon® X1900 Series card. Note: ATI provides Catalyst™ Control Center software that Windows® can be accessed by clicking the Advanced button from the...first, and then restart your computer so that provides many additional configuration features. 16 Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1900 Series card must be the primary graphics card. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics...
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... window asks you must be logged on as a user with your Radeon® X1900 Series graphics card. To install ATI drivers and software Note: Optical drive refers to restart your computer, click No. CHAPTER 4: Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® 19 Installing Software and Drivers This chapter will display in English if your operating system's language...
... window asks you must be logged on as a user with your Radeon® X1900 Series graphics card. To install ATI drivers and software Note: Optical drive refers to restart your computer, click No. CHAPTER 4: Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® 19 Installing Software and Drivers This chapter will display in English if your operating system's language...
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...using the Express installation. c) Select ATISETUP.EXE from the root directory of the ATI Installation CD-ROM. Monitor Configuration Once the drivers and software have been installed, you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your optical drive after the operating system has started. ...The ATISETUP utility will automatically be installed, along with the ATI driver. Custom installation allows you to select individual software components for installation. 7 When the Setup Complete message appears, select Yes, I ...
...using the Express installation. c) Select ATISETUP.EXE from the root directory of the ATI Installation CD-ROM. Monitor Configuration Once the drivers and software have been installed, you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your optical drive after the operating system has started. ...The ATISETUP utility will automatically be installed, along with the ATI driver. Custom installation allows you to select individual software components for installation. 7 When the Setup Complete message appears, select Yes, I ...
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... using the ATISETUP utility located on using the Settings tab. Note: When you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your Radeon® X1900 Series card, one monitor will be Primary. Note: You can install new drivers or reinstall existing drivers if there was a Windows® conflict. Any additional monitors will always be designated as appropriate...
... using the ATISETUP utility located on using the Settings tab. Note: When you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your Radeon® X1900 Series card, one monitor will be Primary. Note: You can install new drivers or reinstall existing drivers if there was a Windows® conflict. Any additional monitors will always be designated as appropriate...
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... the Installation Wizard. 8 Follow the Wizard's on the root directory of the ATI Installation CD-ROM. 4 Click OK. The Catalyst™ Software Suite has several distinct software elements, including: • Driver • Catalyst™ Control Center • HydraVision™ (not included in...Optical drive refers to enjoy all the features of reading CD-ROM media. 1 Insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your ATI graphics card. Installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite ATI's Catalyst™ Software Suite provides software required to any drive capable of your optical drive...
... the Installation Wizard. 8 Follow the Wizard's on the root directory of the ATI Installation CD-ROM. 4 Click OK. The Catalyst™ Software Suite has several distinct software elements, including: • Driver • Catalyst™ Control Center • HydraVision™ (not included in...Optical drive refers to enjoy all the features of reading CD-ROM media. 1 Insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your ATI graphics card. Installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite ATI's Catalyst™ Software Suite provides software required to any drive capable of your optical drive...
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... Graphic Hardware. Information Center 37 • Graphics Software includes information such as installed 2D and 3D driver versions, OpenGL® version, and Catalyst™ Control Center version. • Graphics Hardware includes information about each installed graphics card, such as the installed graphics chipset, device ID, bus type, memory size, and BIOS version...
... Graphic Hardware. Information Center 37 • Graphics Software includes information such as installed 2D and 3D driver versions, OpenGL® version, and Catalyst™ Control Center version. • Graphics Hardware includes information about each installed graphics card, such as the installed graphics chipset, device ID, bus type, memory size, and BIOS version...
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... box. Enable Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Monitor Properties. 2 Click Attributes. 3 Select Use Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) or driver defaults to determine the limits for the resolution and refresh rate. Monitor Attributes 47 Catalyst™ Control Center: Monitor Properties (Sample) Monitor Attributes Monitor Attributes...
... box. Enable Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Monitor Properties. 2 Click Attributes. 3 Select Use Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) or driver defaults to determine the limits for the resolution and refresh rate. Monitor Attributes 47 Catalyst™ Control Center: Monitor Properties (Sample) Monitor Attributes Monitor Attributes...
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... or even improving image quality. It analyzes individual textures as Doom 3, the Half Life 2 engine, Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004, Splinter Cell, Race Driver, Prince of ATI's new texture analyzer technology to achieve optimal results without impacting performance. makes use of Persia, and Crazy Taxi 3. to display them. 62 Catalyst™ A.I.
... or even improving image quality. It analyzes individual textures as Doom 3, the Half Life 2 engine, Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004, Splinter Cell, Race Driver, Prince of ATI's new texture analyzer technology to achieve optimal results without impacting performance. makes use of Persia, and Crazy Taxi 3. to display them. 62 Catalyst™ A.I.
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...™ Control Center. Deinterlacing 81 • Auto Detect lets the multimedia driver to select the best deinterlacing scheme for different video sources and sizes. • Bob deinterlacing, when selected, removes every other line of the video image and is recommended for motion video. • Adaptive deinterlacing, when selected, reacts to the amount of motion...
...™ Control Center. Deinterlacing 81 • Auto Detect lets the multimedia driver to select the best deinterlacing scheme for different video sources and sizes. • Bob deinterlacing, when selected, removes every other line of the video image and is recommended for motion video. • Adaptive deinterlacing, when selected, reacts to the amount of motion...
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Previous settings are not altered and will switch the computer to software rendering mode, allowing you click OK. VPU Recover VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics processor stops responding to reset the graphics hardware. Should the computer be unable to recover from a crash, VPU... that existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. When this happens, the display driver attempts to display-driver instructions. Note: Clicking Defaults will be saved once you to all features of the window. 2 Click Defaults.
Previous settings are not altered and will switch the computer to software rendering mode, allowing you click OK. VPU Recover VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics processor stops responding to reset the graphics hardware. Should the computer be unable to recover from a crash, VPU... that existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. When this happens, the display driver attempts to display-driver instructions. Note: Clicking Defaults will be saved once you to all features of the window. 2 Click Defaults.
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This report assists ATI in the error report email. 86 VPU Recover Catalyst™ Control Center: VPU Recover Enable VPU Recover 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. 2 Click Enable VPU Recover. Prepare an error report You can chose to send an error report to ATI Technologies. 3 Click Send Error Report button in determining the cause of the problem. This information is then used to develop more stable graphic drivers. 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. 2 Click Prepare an error report if VPU Recover is activated for submission to ATI if VPU Recover is activated.
This report assists ATI in the error report email. 86 VPU Recover Catalyst™ Control Center: VPU Recover Enable VPU Recover 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. 2 Click Enable VPU Recover. Prepare an error report You can chose to send an error report to ATI Technologies. 3 Click Send Error Report button in determining the cause of the problem. This information is then used to develop more stable graphic drivers. 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. 2 Click Prepare an error report if VPU Recover is activated for submission to ATI if VPU Recover is activated.
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For proper operation of the ATI Graphics Card 3 Male RCA Patch Cables - Installing your ATI HDTV video cable 1 Turn on your component input device, and set it to your device. available from consumer electronics dealer 4 Typical HDTV Video Input Connections Note: Input and output cables... for configuration information specific to YPbPr input. ATI HDTV Cable 1 ATI HDTV Video Output Cable 2 Backplate of your ATI Component Video Adapter, ATI display drivers must have a monitor attached to an HDTV or other component input device, using component video cables. L You must be used in ...
For proper operation of the ATI Graphics Card 3 Male RCA Patch Cables - Installing your ATI HDTV video cable 1 Turn on your component input device, and set it to your device. available from consumer electronics dealer 4 Typical HDTV Video Input Connections Note: Input and output cables... for configuration information specific to YPbPr input. ATI HDTV Cable 1 ATI HDTV Video Output Cable 2 Backplate of your ATI Component Video Adapter, ATI display drivers must have a monitor attached to an HDTV or other component input device, using component video cables. L You must be used in ...
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... the partially rendered image from the same family? This automatically selects the optimal rendering mode for the application. 10 Is a driver profile required to twice the performance of the slower graphics cards while in Advanced View. CrossFire™ is successfully enabled, all display devices except the one used to convey information from...
... the partially rendered image from the same family? This automatically selects the optimal rendering mode for the application. 10 Is a driver profile required to twice the performance of the slower graphics cards while in Advanced View. CrossFire™ is successfully enabled, all display devices except the one used to convey information from...
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...new Super Anti-aliasing modes in operation at any software overhead. 1 PCI Express® Slave Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1900 Series Master Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on PCI Express® Slave Graphics Card Only one mode can also choose to render a 3D image across each of the two GPUs. Each... tile is kept to a relatively small 32x32 pixel square, so this mode, each frame to be in the Catalyst™ Control Center. The ATI Catalyst™ display driver will ...
...new Super Anti-aliasing modes in operation at any software overhead. 1 PCI Express® Slave Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1900 Series Master Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on PCI Express® Slave Graphics Card Only one mode can also choose to render a 3D image across each of the two GPUs. Each... tile is kept to a relatively small 32x32 pixel square, so this mode, each frame to be in the Catalyst™ Control Center. The ATI Catalyst™ display driver will ...
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... on the graphics card. • Check the driver installation and make sure that all software is securely fastened to the card. • Make sure that both video card and monitor support resolution and refresh rates you installed your enhanced driver. • Check...ATI drivers for your computer's manual or manufacturer. (Note: some manufacturers do not allow the built-in monitor damage. Off-Center Screen Image, Odd Colors or No Picture Operating System Warns that you selected the appropriate monitor when you select. For more information, consult your Radeon® X1900 Series card...
... on the graphics card. • Check the driver installation and make sure that all software is securely fastened to the card. • Make sure that both video card and monitor support resolution and refresh rates you installed your enhanced driver. • Check...ATI drivers for your computer's manual or manufacturer. (Note: some manufacturers do not allow the built-in monitor damage. Off-Center Screen Image, Odd Colors or No Picture Operating System Warns that you selected the appropriate monitor when you select. For more information, consult your Radeon® X1900 Series card...
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...memory size of the CrossFire™ Master graphics card and then install the drivers for both graphics cards. When disabling CrossFire™ you will cause CrossFire™ to the DVI connection of the smaller card. Cannot Use ATI Overdrive ATI Overdrive is not an available feature on CrossFire...will restart your computer to the memory mismatch error message will return. VIVO on Slave Card Does Not Work If a VIVO (Video In, Video Out) connection is available on the Slave card, its functionality is not an available feature on CrossFire™ systems. Screen Rotation ...
...memory size of the CrossFire™ Master graphics card and then install the drivers for both graphics cards. When disabling CrossFire™ you will cause CrossFire™ to the DVI connection of the smaller card. Cannot Use ATI Overdrive ATI Overdrive is not an available feature on CrossFire...will restart your computer to the memory mismatch error message will return. VIVO on Slave Card Does Not Work If a VIVO (Video In, Video Out) connection is available on the Slave card, its functionality is not an available feature on CrossFire™ systems. Screen Rotation ...