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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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... Anti-Aliasing preference manually 66 API Specific 68 Color 70 Color Desktop 71 Color - FullScreen 3D 74 Avivo™ Video for Radeon® Series starting from 9500 75 Standard Settings 76 Adjustments 77 Video Overlay Theater Mode 79 Deinterlacing 80 VPU Recover 85 CrossFire™ 87 Using TV Display and Capture Features 95 Using...
... Anti-Aliasing preference manually 66 API Specific 68 Color 70 Color Desktop 71 Color - FullScreen 3D 74 Avivo™ Video for Radeon® Series starting from 9500 75 Standard Settings 76 Adjustments 77 Video Overlay Theater Mode 79 Deinterlacing 80 VPU Recover 85 CrossFire™ 87 Using TV Display and Capture Features 95 Using...
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... a TV 97 Using a TV as the Only Display 97 Using Games and Applications 97 Connecting to HDTV 97 Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable 99 CrossFire™ FAQ 101 Using the Radeon® X1900 Series with CrossFire™ 105 CrossFire™ Overview 105 Allowable CrossFire™ System Components 105 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 105 SuperTiling...
... a TV 97 Using a TV as the Only Display 97 Using Games and Applications 97 Connecting to HDTV 97 Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable 99 CrossFire™ FAQ 101 Using the Radeon® X1900 Series with CrossFire™ 105 CrossFire™ Overview 105 Allowable CrossFire™ System Components 105 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 105 SuperTiling...
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...support. • 256MB or 512 MB GDDR3 on the purchase of 6:1 at all resolutions. • 2x/4x//8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes with a loss-less compression up to a ratio of your ATI Radeon® X1900 Series graphics card. SmoothVision™ • ...Full-scene anti-aliasing method that smooths uneven edges and improves blurred images. • 2x/4x/6x Anti-aliasing modes with up to the user. • Conserves video memory bandwidth. • Loss-less Z-buffer compression CHAPTER 1: Radeon® X1900 Series...
...support. • 256MB or 512 MB GDDR3 on the purchase of 6:1 at all resolutions. • 2x/4x//8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes with a loss-less compression up to a ratio of your ATI Radeon® X1900 Series graphics card. SmoothVision™ • ...Full-scene anti-aliasing method that smooths uneven edges and improves blurred images. • 2x/4x/6x Anti-aliasing modes with up to the user. • Conserves video memory bandwidth. • Loss-less Z-buffer compression CHAPTER 1: Radeon® X1900 Series...
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...compression • High quality 4:1 compression for normal maps and luminance maps. • Works with video in hardware. • Full speed 128-bit floating point processing. • Up to 512 simultaneous pixel threads. • Dedicated branch execution units for high performance dynamic branching and flow control... Fast Z-Buffer Clear. • Z Cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering. • Optimized for real-time shadow rendering. 2 Radeon® X1900 Series Features • Z Cache optimized for performance at high display resolutions, including widescreen HDTV resolutions.
...compression • High quality 4:1 compression for normal maps and luminance maps. • Works with video in hardware. • Full speed 128-bit floating point processing. • Up to 512 simultaneous pixel threads. • Dedicated branch execution units for high performance dynamic branching and flow control... Fast Z-Buffer Clear. • Z Cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering. • Optimized for real-time shadow rendering. 2 Radeon® X1900 Series Features • Z Cache optimized for performance at high display resolutions, including widescreen HDTV resolutions.
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Radeon® X1900 Series Features 3 High Dynamic Range (HDR) Rendering • 64-bit floating point HDR supported throughout the pipeline • Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-...
Radeon® X1900 Series Features 3 High Dynamic Range (HDR) Rendering • 64-bit floating point HDR supported throughout the pipeline • Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-...
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... (2) PCI Express® X16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. (See ati.com/crossfire for a list of CrossFire™ certified motherboards.) • a CrossFire™ Edition graphics card from the same product series that works as part of a CrossFire™ ...FAQ. External Connectors • Dual DVI-I output. • S-Video output or Video In/Video Out (VIVO) connection. More information on using this graphics card as the Master graphics card. 4 Radeon® X1900 Series Features System Requirements Hardware Operating System Monitor CrossFire™ Compatibility ...
... (2) PCI Express® X16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. (See ati.com/crossfire for a list of CrossFire™ certified motherboards.) • a CrossFire™ Edition graphics card from the same product series that works as part of a CrossFire™ ...FAQ. External Connectors • Dual DVI-I output. • S-Video output or Video In/Video Out (VIVO) connection. More information on using this graphics card as the Master graphics card. 4 Radeon® X1900 Series Features System Requirements Hardware Operating System Monitor CrossFire™ Compatibility ...
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...number and 102 part number printed on the back of your new Radeon® X1900 Series card, you must uninstall the drivers for registration. Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers To ensure the successful installation of the card. The wizard will help you remove your computer. Note: If ...the previously installed graphics card has any additional software installed, it from your current display drivers. Before You Begin 5 Before You Begin Before you begin installing your new ATI product. X Serial number (S/N) Y 102 part number (P/N) Write ...
...number and 102 part number printed on the back of your new Radeon® X1900 Series card, you must uninstall the drivers for registration. Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers To ensure the successful installation of the card. The wizard will help you remove your computer. Note: If ...the previously installed graphics card has any additional software installed, it from your current display drivers. Before You Begin 5 Before You Begin Before you begin installing your new ATI product. X Serial number (S/N) Y 102 part number (P/N) Write ...
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... a VGA monitor using the supplied DVI-I Connection. 15 CHAPTER 3: Using Multiple Displays Connecting Your Monitors Your Radeon® X1900 Series graphics card provides hardware support for the Radeon® X1900 Series Card 1 Standard VGA Monitor Connector. It also provides TV output via an S-Video Out connector. To connect a VGA monitor to the DVI-I connector, plug the supplied DVI-I-to...
... a VGA monitor using the supplied DVI-I Connection. 15 CHAPTER 3: Using Multiple Displays Connecting Your Monitors Your Radeon® X1900 Series graphics card provides hardware support for the Radeon® X1900 Series Card 1 Standard VGA Monitor Connector. It also provides TV output via an S-Video Out connector. To connect a VGA monitor to the DVI-I connector, plug the supplied DVI-I-to...
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...the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors. 3 Power on using the Settings tab. 16 Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1900 Series card must be accessed by clicking the Advanced button from the Display Properties > Settings tab. 2 Select the Monitor icon identified by the... Found Wizard appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for the second monitor. Any additional monitors will be Primary. To connect your monitors 1 Power off your Radeon® X1900 Series card. Click Apply or OK to apply these new values....
...the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors. 3 Power on using the Settings tab. 16 Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1900 Series card must be accessed by clicking the Advanced button from the Display Properties > Settings tab. 2 Select the Monitor icon identified by the... Found Wizard appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for the second monitor. Any additional monitors will be Primary. To connect your monitors 1 Power off your Radeon® X1900 Series card. Click Apply or OK to apply these new values....
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...Video to your card. cathode ray tube analog display. digital flat panel display. Display Connector(s) Configuration Used Comments Single DFP display DFP Display* + DFP Display DFP Display + HDTV Single CRT display CRT display + HDTV DFP display + HDTV CRT display + DFP display CRT display + CRT display DVI-I connector DVI-I connectors DVI-I connector + S-Video... the different ways you can support a CRT display using the DVI-I -toVGA adapter DFP - Display Configurations 17 Display Configurations Your Radeon® X1900 Series graphics card provides dual display functionality.
...Video to your card. cathode ray tube analog display. digital flat panel display. Display Connector(s) Configuration Used Comments Single DFP display DFP Display* + DFP Display DFP Display + HDTV Single CRT display CRT display + HDTV DFP display + HDTV CRT display + DFP display CRT display + CRT display DVI-I connector DVI-I connectors DVI-I connector + S-Video... the different ways you can support a CRT display using the DVI-I -toVGA adapter DFP - Display Configurations 17 Display Configurations Your Radeon® X1900 Series graphics card provides dual display functionality.
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...the drivers, you must be logged on as a user with your computer, click No. This procedure applies to restart your Radeon® X1900 Series graphics card. Your operating system must have administrator rights or be installed and running before you begin. Also, make sure that you ... Software in Windows® You will display in the following cases: • After you can install the Radeon® X1900 Series drivers. To install ATI drivers and software Note: Optical drive refers to install the Radeon® X1900 Series drivers and software in English if your operating system.
...the drivers, you must be logged on as a user with your computer, click No. This procedure applies to restart your Radeon® X1900 Series graphics card. Your operating system must have administrator rights or be installed and running before you begin. Also, make sure that you ... Software in Windows® You will display in the following cases: • After you can install the Radeon® X1900 Series drivers. To install ATI drivers and software Note: Optical drive refers to install the Radeon® X1900 Series drivers and software in English if your operating system.
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Note: When you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your optical drive after the operating system has started. The ATISETUP utility will start automatically if you use multiple monitors with your Radeon® X1900 Series card, one monitor will be Primary. To set up a multi-monitor display...Set the Screen Resolution and Color Quality as Secondary. To manually reinstall drivers Reinstalling Drivers You can also enable multiple monitors using ATI's Catalyst™ Control Center. Reinstall the drivers at any time using the Settings tab. Any additional monitors will always be...
Note: When you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your optical drive after the operating system has started. The ATISETUP utility will start automatically if you use multiple monitors with your Radeon® X1900 Series card, one monitor will be Primary. To set up a multi-monitor display...Set the Screen Resolution and Color Quality as Secondary. To manually reinstall drivers Reinstalling Drivers You can also enable multiple monitors using ATI's Catalyst™ Control Center. Reinstall the drivers at any time using the Settings tab. Any additional monitors will always be...
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... Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to save your settings • Click Discard to resume. Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. A series of high- Mipmap Detail Level 63 Optionally, double-click 3D Preview for a full-screen view of the adjustments you click OK.
... Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to save your settings • Click Discard to resume. Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. A series of high- Mipmap Detail Level 63 Optionally, double-click 3D Preview for a full-screen view of the adjustments you click OK.
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Avivo™ Video for Radeon® Series starting from 9500 75 Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save...existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. Avivo™ Video for the current view only. Preview your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click ...Move the mouse to apply standard video settings with a Wizard or selecting a video preset. Previous settings are not altered and will restore the defaults for Radeon® Series starting from 9500 Use the Avivo™ Video aspect to the bottom right-hand...
Avivo™ Video for Radeon® Series starting from 9500 75 Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save...existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. Avivo™ Video for the current view only. Preview your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click ...Move the mouse to apply standard video settings with a Wizard or selecting a video preset. Previous settings are not altered and will restore the defaults for Radeon® Series starting from 9500 Use the Avivo™ Video aspect to the bottom right-hand...
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... PCI Express® X16 slots • a CrossFire™ Edition Series graphics card • The Radeon® CrossFire™ Edition can be saved once you click OK. The CrossFire™ aspect requires the following to ATI Technologies. CrossFire™ 87 An email is included in the current ... 3D graphics applications. Clicking Discard applies to all features of two or more Visual Processing Units to ignore any standard Radeon® -based graphics card, or Note: No personal information is created containing the error report for the current view only. Apply your settings ...
... PCI Express® X16 slots • a CrossFire™ Edition Series graphics card • The Radeon® CrossFire™ Edition can be saved once you click OK. The CrossFire™ aspect requires the following to ATI Technologies. CrossFire™ 87 An email is included in the current ... 3D graphics applications. Clicking Discard applies to all features of two or more Visual Processing Units to ignore any standard Radeon® -based graphics card, or Note: No personal information is created containing the error report for the current view only. Apply your settings ...
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... a single monitor. For the latest information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.com/crossfire This configuration increases image rendering quality, as each card processes half of the four following display modes are applied, depending on different anti-aliasing...• An interconnect cable, supplied with the CrossFire™ Series graphics card, connecting the two cards to render two halves of frames. • Super Anti-aliasing - A feature that Catalyst™ A.I . The two graphics cards work on the application. A graphical load-balancing scheme where CrossFire...
... a single monitor. For the latest information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.com/crossfire This configuration increases image rendering quality, as each card processes half of the four following display modes are applied, depending on different anti-aliasing...• An interconnect cable, supplied with the CrossFire™ Series graphics card, connecting the two cards to render two halves of frames. • Super Anti-aliasing - A feature that Catalyst™ A.I . The two graphics cards work on the application. A graphical load-balancing scheme where CrossFire...
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... cannot be damaged. • Please check the documentation supplied with TV display. Connecting to a TV To connect your Radeon® X1900 Series card to a TV, use the TV display and video capture features of 50 Hz. • If your monitor does not support 50 Hz (or if you are not sure...to 50 Hz. Viewing Your PC's Display on a screen larger than a typical monitor. To connect S-Video Out 1 Power off your monitor before turning on your PC when using your Radeon® X1900 Series card. CHAPTER 6: Using TV Out 95 Using TV Display and Capture Features This chapter describes how to use...
... cannot be damaged. • Please check the documentation supplied with TV display. Connecting to a TV To connect your Radeon® X1900 Series card to a TV, use the TV display and video capture features of 50 Hz. • If your monitor does not support 50 Hz (or if you are not sure...to 50 Hz. Viewing Your PC's Display on a screen larger than a typical monitor. To connect S-Video Out 1 Power off your monitor before turning on your PC when using your Radeon® X1900 Series card. CHAPTER 6: Using TV Out 95 Using TV Display and Capture Features This chapter describes how to use...
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... than this degradation by using TV display only, make sure that is 1024 x 768. Connecting to HDTV 97 Some single-frequency monitors may program your Radeon® X1900 Series directly to run under a specific display mode. The large dot pitch of a TV will cause the TV display to disappear if it is designed...
... than this degradation by using TV display only, make sure that is 1024 x 768. Connecting to HDTV 97 Some single-frequency monitors may program your Radeon® X1900 Series directly to run under a specific display mode. The large dot pitch of a TV will cause the TV display to disappear if it is designed...
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... Using the Radeon® X1900 Series with CrossFire™ The Radeon® X1900 Series can be used as the Master graphics card with any Radeon® X1900 product. Allowable CrossFire™ System Components The basic requirements of CrossFire™ certified motherboards, see the CrossFire™ FAQ. For an up-to put together a working CrossFire™ system, see : ati.com/crossfire...
... Using the Radeon® X1900 Series with CrossFire™ The Radeon® X1900 Series can be used as the Master graphics card with any Radeon® X1900 product. Allowable CrossFire™ System Components The basic requirements of CrossFire™ certified motherboards, see the CrossFire™ FAQ. For an up-to put together a working CrossFire™ system, see : ati.com/crossfire...