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... or use of the ATI hardware, software, or other company and/or product names 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. Product may not be exactly as shown in diagrams. Reproduction of this manual, or parts thereof, in the preparation of ATI Technologies Inc...
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...Introduction 1 System Requirements 1 External Connections 1 Related Documentation 2 Multimedia Features 2 Viewing 3D Graphics 2 TV Out Support 3 ATI Displays Control Panel 4 Introduction 4 Open the ATI Displays control panel using Mac OS® X 4 ATI Displays Control Panel 5 ATI Displays Preferences 6 Advanced Display Options 6 VERSAVISION™ Tab 7 Display Control Tab 8 Advanced DFP Tab 9 ATI HELP 9 Using DVD and QuickTime® Playback 10 Using Digital Flat Panel (DVI) 10 Specifications 12 Video Mode Table 12 Digital Flat Panel 13 Compliance...
...Introduction 1 System Requirements 1 External Connections 1 Related Documentation 2 Multimedia Features 2 Viewing 3D Graphics 2 TV Out Support 3 ATI Displays Control Panel 4 Introduction 4 Open the ATI Displays control panel using Mac OS® X 4 ATI Displays Control Panel 5 ATI Displays Preferences 6 Advanced Display Options 6 VERSAVISION™ Tab 7 Display Control Tab 8 Advanced DFP Tab 9 ATI HELP 9 Using DVD and QuickTime® Playback 10 Using Digital Flat Panel (DVI) 10 Specifications 12 Video Mode Table 12 Digital Flat Panel 13 Compliance...
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... new graphics accelerator provides: • Flexible dual-display support enabling many combinations utilizing DVI and ADC connectors, with an AGP 8X (AGP PRO) expansion slot. • QuickTime® 6 or higher. • Minimum 512MB of system memory. • Mac OS® X version 10.3.5 or higher. • Compatible display devices: DVI or ADC style digital flat panal or VGA display (using the supplied DVI-toVGA adapter). System Requirements Hardware Operating System Monitor • A Power Macintosh® G5 computer with or without VGA adapters, for analog...
... new graphics accelerator provides: • Flexible dual-display support enabling many combinations utilizing DVI and ADC connectors, with an AGP 8X (AGP PRO) expansion slot. • QuickTime® 6 or higher. • Minimum 512MB of system memory. • Mac OS® X version 10.3.5 or higher. • Compatible display devices: DVI or ADC style digital flat panal or VGA display (using the supplied DVI-toVGA adapter). System Requirements Hardware Operating System Monitor • A Power Macintosh® G5 computer with or without VGA adapters, for analog...
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...; Watch full screen, full motion, DVD quality video using the Apple® DVD Player or QuickTime® playback acceleration. • Output your Mac computer into a 3D and 2D graphics powerhouse. Multimedia Features Your RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION turns your Mac's display to digital flat panels and digital projectors. • Output to get the most out of your new card. Click the README icon on the installation disk to the...
...; Watch full screen, full motion, DVD quality video using the Apple® DVD Player or QuickTime® playback acceleration. • Output your Mac computer into a 3D and 2D graphics powerhouse. Multimedia Features Your RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION turns your Mac's display to digital flat panels and digital projectors. • Output to get the most out of your new card. Click the README icon on the installation disk to the...
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...® acceleration. When you set your local Apple® reseller. 3 SMOOTHVISION™ HD is a new technology allows specialized high precision graphics programs to be run on the RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION VPU rather than ever before they are displayed. For more efficient by using programmable multi-sampling methods to the frame buffer at higher resolutions than the system processor. RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION only displays 3D graphics in...
...® acceleration. When you set your local Apple® reseller. 3 SMOOTHVISION™ HD is a new technology allows specialized high precision graphics programs to be run on the RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION VPU rather than ever before they are displayed. For more efficient by using programmable multi-sampling methods to the frame buffer at higher resolutions than the system processor. RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION only displays 3D graphics in...
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4 CHAPTER 2: ATI Displays Control Panel Introduction The ATI Displays control panel provides access to the advanced features that the RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION has to ATI Help, which can be accessed through the ATI Displays control panel. For detailed instructions on how to set up and use these features, please refer to offer. or 1 Click the Hard Disk icon. 2 Click Applications folder. 3 Click Utilities folder. 4 Click ATI Utilities folder. 5 Double-click ATI Displays. Open the ATI Displays control panel using Mac OS...
4 CHAPTER 2: ATI Displays Control Panel Introduction The ATI Displays control panel provides access to the advanced features that the RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION has to ATI Help, which can be accessed through the ATI Displays control panel. For detailed instructions on how to set up and use these features, please refer to offer. or 1 Click the Hard Disk icon. 2 Click Applications folder. 3 Click Utilities folder. 4 Click ATI Utilities folder. 5 Double-click ATI Displays. Open the ATI Displays control panel using Mac OS...
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... your graphics adapter. Detect Displays button detects all connected devices are being detected. The Profile dialog presents information on . A warning dialog will display if no ATI product is running on the specific RADEON® graphics card and video driver installed in your computer. Note: Your display will still provide display configuration, driver version and other related information. 5 ATI Displays Control Panel Display Info dialog shows the current display settings of the computer's installed hardware and software. This feature is useful when a second VGA monitor...
... your graphics adapter. Detect Displays button detects all connected devices are being detected. The Profile dialog presents information on . A warning dialog will display if no ATI product is running on the specific RADEON® graphics card and video driver installed in your computer. Note: Your display will still provide display configuration, driver version and other related information. 5 ATI Displays Control Panel Display Info dialog shows the current display settings of the computer's installed hardware and software. This feature is useful when a second VGA monitor...
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... rotation button will show you a preview of the change. Default button disables Relative Rotation. 7 VERSAVISION™ Tab VERSAVISION™ allows you to rotate your display. Revert button undoes all changes and sets everything to a full 180 degree rotation. Relative Rotation allows you to refresh and rotate. ATI's hardware accelerated display rotation and scaling technology allows for rotation left or right by 90...
... rotation button will show you a preview of the change. Default button disables Relative Rotation. 7 VERSAVISION™ Tab VERSAVISION™ allows you to rotate your display. Revert button undoes all changes and sets everything to a full 180 degree rotation. Relative Rotation allows you to refresh and rotate. ATI's hardware accelerated display rotation and scaling technology allows for rotation left or right by 90...
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... feature is Disabled. The default setting is enabled by default. 8 Display Control Tab Force Single Display Operation, when using a dual display video card, causes all available modes for your monitor based on when this feature is enabled. This removes the need to appear as a single list of all display modes to restart the computer after attaching a secondary display. Enable GTF Modes for CRT provides a list of supported resolutions in mode list, when enabled, allows the video card to the computer...
... feature is Disabled. The default setting is enabled by default. 8 Display Control Tab Force Single Display Operation, when using a dual display video card, causes all available modes for your monitor based on when this feature is enabled. This removes the need to appear as a single list of all display modes to restart the computer after attaching a secondary display. Enable GTF Modes for CRT provides a list of supported resolutions in mode list, when enabled, allows the video card to the computer...
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... be used with flat panels with fixed resolutions. Apply button enables all changes and sets everything back to the original factory settings. ATI HELP ATI HELP is an additional source of information when you to change video modes using the ATI Displays control panel. 9 Advanced DFP Tab Note: The features on this feature allows you are intended to support Digital Flat Panels (DFP) only. Enable ATI Hardware Scaler on high resolution displays may correct problems...
... be used with flat panels with fixed resolutions. Apply button enables all changes and sets everything back to the original factory settings. ATI HELP ATI HELP is an additional source of information when you to change video modes using the ATI Displays control panel. 9 Advanced DFP Tab Note: The features on this feature allows you are intended to support Digital Flat Panels (DFP) only. Enable ATI Hardware Scaler on high resolution displays may correct problems...
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... Panel (DVI) RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION's DVI support feature allows you to output your computer's display to scale and accelerate playback. To output your computer's display to a DVI digital flat panel 1 Looking at the back of your Mac, locate your ATI Graphics Accelerator. 2 Attach one end of colors, the ATI card utilizes the 3D engine's capabilities to your DVI flat panel. even full screen. 10 Using DVD and QuickTime® Playback The RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION's QuickTime® playback acceleration...
... Panel (DVI) RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION's DVI support feature allows you to output your computer's display to scale and accelerate playback. To output your computer's display to a DVI digital flat panel 1 Looking at the back of your Mac, locate your ATI Graphics Accelerator. 2 Attach one end of colors, the ATI card utilizes the 3D engine's capabilities to your DVI flat panel. even full screen. 10 Using DVD and QuickTime® Playback The RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION's QuickTime® playback acceleration...
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You no longer need to shut down your Mac. 11 B A C D A DVI Monitor Port B DVI Connector C ADC monitor port D ADC Connector 3 Turn on your DVI flat panel and your computer before attaching a digital flat panel. Note: The DVI connector is hot swappable.
You no longer need to shut down your Mac. 11 B A C D A DVI Monitor Port B DVI Connector C ADC monitor port D ADC Connector 3 Turn on your DVI flat panel and your computer before attaching a digital flat panel. Note: The DVI connector is hot swappable.
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12 CHAPTER 3: Specifications Video Mode Table The video mode table below lists the color depth capabilities for the supported resolutions on your display. Please consult your monitor's specifications to determine which resolutions are available with your RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION. Supported Modes Display Resolution 640 x 480 720 x 480 800 x 600 832 x 624 1024 x 768 1152 x 864 1152 x 870 1280 X 960 1280 x 1024 1600 x 900 1600 X 1024 1600 X 1200 1792 X 1344 1856 X 1392 1920 X 1080 Maximum Refresh 200 200 200 75 200 200 75 200 150 150 150 120 75 75 120
12 CHAPTER 3: Specifications Video Mode Table The video mode table below lists the color depth capabilities for the supported resolutions on your display. Please consult your monitor's specifications to determine which resolutions are available with your RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION. Supported Modes Display Resolution 640 x 480 720 x 480 800 x 600 832 x 624 1024 x 768 1152 x 864 1152 x 870 1280 X 960 1280 x 1024 1600 x 900 1600 X 1024 1600 X 1200 1792 X 1344 1856 X 1392 1920 X 1080 Maximum Refresh 200 200 200 75 200 200 75 200 150 150 150 120 75 75 120
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...) Dual-Link (one DVI) Single-Link (one DVI low refresh rate) Resolution 1920 X1200* 2560 X 1600 3840 X 2400 Example Product Apple 23" Cinema HD Apple 30" Cinema HD IBM T221 *Using a reduced blanking interval compatible with VESA's 1920 x 1200 resolution when attached to an ADC connector. 13 Supported Modes Display Resolution 1920 X 1200 1920 X 1440 2048 X 1152 2048 X 1280 2048 X 1536 Maximum Refresh 100 90 100 100 85 The minimum refresh rate for...
...) Dual-Link (one DVI) Single-Link (one DVI low refresh rate) Resolution 1920 X1200* 2560 X 1600 3840 X 2400 Example Product Apple 23" Cinema HD Apple 30" Cinema HD IBM T221 *Using a reduced blanking interval compatible with VESA's 1920 x 1200 resolution when attached to an ADC connector. 13 Supported Modes Display Resolution 1920 X 1200 1920 X 1440 2048 X 1152 2048 X 1280 2048 X 1536 Maximum Refresh 100 90 100 100 85 The minimum refresh rate for...
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.... FCC Compliance Information This RADEON® product complies with Canadian ICES-003. The use of shielded cables for connection of the following two conditions • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that to which the receiver is required to the graphics card is connected. • Consult the...
.... FCC Compliance Information This RADEON® product complies with Canadian ICES-003. The use of shielded cables for connection of the following two conditions • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that to which the receiver is required to the graphics card is connected. • Consult the...
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Once a new frame is ready in the back buffer it is copied to render smoother, crisper images. Anisotropic Filtering This filtering technique uses a rectangular filtering pattern to the front buffer - the display screen. Common ratios include 4:3 for TV and CRTs, 5:4 for LCDs and 16:9 for back buffers are on your ATI graphics accelerator card. Back Buffer A type of offscreen memory used to provide...
Once a new frame is ready in the back buffer it is copied to render smoother, crisper images. Anisotropic Filtering This filtering technique uses a rectangular filtering pattern to the front buffer - the display screen. Common ratios include 4:3 for TV and CRTs, 5:4 for LCDs and 16:9 for back buffers are on your ATI graphics accelerator card. Back Buffer A type of offscreen memory used to provide...
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... blended color is a graphics or character representation composed of individual pixels, arranged horizontally in a number of your card. Bilinear filtering samples four texture pixels, takes the weighted average of these pixels and applies the average of colors modes. Frame Buffer Memory buffer used to provide a smoother looking texture. Color bitmaps may use up . Note: The ATI 3D Accelerator only functions in bits per...
... blended color is a graphics or character representation composed of individual pixels, arranged horizontally in a number of your card. Bilinear filtering samples four texture pixels, takes the weighted average of these pixels and applies the average of colors modes. Frame Buffer Memory buffer used to provide a smoother looking texture. Color bitmaps may use up . Note: The ATI 3D Accelerator only functions in bits per...
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... HYPER Z™ HD includes a number of different technologies aimed at which a monitor or television can be drawn in front of other part of the 3D rendering process, making it is used to all the memory on your ATI accelerator card that you see. Offscreen Memory An area of memory used to bottom. At a refresh rate of 70 Hz and lower, screen flicker is a method of...
... HYPER Z™ HD includes a number of different technologies aimed at which a monitor or television can be drawn in front of other part of the 3D rendering process, making it is used to all the memory on your ATI accelerator card that you see. Offscreen Memory An area of memory used to bottom. At a refresh rate of 70 Hz and lower, screen flicker is a method of...
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... with single or multiple displays. Specular Highlight The bright, usually small, intense light reflected from their quality and realism. Trilinear filtering averages one of the RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION. Vertex shaders manipulate the individual polygons that make up 3D objects, and pixel shaders operate on the individual pixels that runs on 3D models to create an infinite...
... with single or multiple displays. Specular Highlight The bright, usually small, intense light reflected from their quality and realism. Trilinear filtering averages one of the RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION. Vertex shaders manipulate the individual polygons that make up 3D objects, and pixel shaders operate on the individual pixels that runs on 3D models to create an infinite...
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... M MIP Map 17 Monitor Resolution 2D video mode table 12 Multimedia Features 2 O Offscreen Memory 17 Open the ATI Displays 4 P Pixel, Pel 17 Profile dialog 5 R Refresh Rate 17 Related Documentation 2 Relative Rotation 7 S SMARTSHADER™ 3 SMOOTHVISION™ 3, 18 Software ATI Guide 9 Specular Highlight 18 Support dialog 5 Supported Modes 12 System Requirements 1 T Texture Mapping 18 Trilinear Filtering 18 U Using DVD and QuickTime® Playback 10 V VERSAVISION™ 7, 18 Video Card features 2 Viewing 3D Graphics 2 Z Z-buffer 19
... M MIP Map 17 Monitor Resolution 2D video mode table 12 Multimedia Features 2 O Offscreen Memory 17 Open the ATI Displays 4 P Pixel, Pel 17 Profile dialog 5 R Refresh Rate 17 Related Documentation 2 Relative Rotation 7 S SMARTSHADER™ 3 SMOOTHVISION™ 3, 18 Software ATI Guide 9 Specular Highlight 18 Support dialog 5 Supported Modes 12 System Requirements 1 T Texture Mapping 18 Trilinear Filtering 18 U Using DVD and QuickTime® Playback 10 V VERSAVISION™ 7, 18 Video Card features 2 Viewing 3D Graphics 2 Z Z-buffer 19