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... DVD-ROM drive). • Windows® XP with two (2) PCI Express® x16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. Consult your ATI Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. 1 Getting Started Congratulations on...card with a peak dissipation above 75 watts. For a list of trouble-free computing. A second Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. • Two CrossFire™ bridge interconnects. • A specialized PCI Express® 550 watt or greater power supply recommended. External Connections • Dual-link DVI-I output • Dual-link DVI-I output • S-video...
... DVD-ROM drive). • Windows® XP with two (2) PCI Express® x16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. Consult your ATI Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. 1 Getting Started Congratulations on...card with a peak dissipation above 75 watts. For a list of trouble-free computing. A second Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. • Two CrossFire™ bridge interconnects. • A specialized PCI Express® 550 watt or greater power supply recommended. External Connections • Dual-link DVI-I output • Dual-link DVI-I output • S-video...
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... you use multiple monitors with your Radeon® X1950 Pro card. It can detect the new hardware settings. 4 When the New Hardware Found Wizard appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to access the basic multi-monitor configuration settings. Note: ATI provides Catalyst® Control Center software that Windows® can be Primary. To...
... you use multiple monitors with your Radeon® X1950 Pro card. It can detect the new hardware settings. 4 When the New Hardware Found Wizard appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to access the basic multi-monitor configuration settings. Note: ATI provides Catalyst® Control Center software that Windows® can be Primary. To...
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... should find the mode and screen resolution that provide the best result on your computer. Note: Your TV will not display anything until Windows starts. L Copy-protected DVDs restrict playback to composite adapter, in most consumer electronic stores) rather than the SCART connector. Note: See...device manual for European TVs The SCART connector supports only the composite video format, which means you can take several minutes. Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable Use the HDTV Video Cable to watch DVD movies or play video games on your component input device, and set it to your device...
... should find the mode and screen resolution that provide the best result on your computer. Note: Your TV will not display anything until Windows starts. L Copy-protected DVDs restrict playback to composite adapter, in most consumer electronic stores) rather than the SCART connector. Note: See...device manual for European TVs The SCART connector supports only the composite video format, which means you can take several minutes. Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable Use the HDTV Video Cable to watch DVD movies or play video games on your component input device, and set it to your device...
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... TV or hit Play on your Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card to the video out of your video capture software in the lower-right corner of your TV or VCR. Audio cables are available from consumer electronics dealers. Setting the Windows® Volume Control For correct audio performance, your sound card's line input must connect the line...
... TV or hit Play on your Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card to the video out of your video capture software in the lower-right corner of your TV or VCR. Audio cables are available from consumer electronics dealers. Setting the Windows® Volume Control For correct audio performance, your sound card's line input must connect the line...
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... to the display features contained within the installed ATI hardware and software. Launching Catalyst® Control Center Launch Catalyst® Control Center from one of the following access points: • Windows® Start Menu • Windows® System Tray • Desktop shortcuts •...; Predefined hot keys Launching Catalyst® Control Center Using the Start Menu From the Windows® task bar, click Start: • Choose Programs > Catalyst® Control Center > ATI Catalyst® Control Center. Launching Catalyst® Control Center 19 Catalyst® Control Center...
... to the display features contained within the installed ATI hardware and software. Launching Catalyst® Control Center Launch Catalyst® Control Center from one of the following access points: • Windows® Start Menu • Windows® System Tray • Desktop shortcuts •...; Predefined hot keys Launching Catalyst® Control Center Using the Start Menu From the Windows® task bar, click Start: • Choose Programs > Catalyst® Control Center > ATI Catalyst® Control Center. Launching Catalyst® Control Center 19 Catalyst® Control Center...
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...'s Hotkey Manager. 20 Launching Catalyst® Control Center Other Quick Launch Access Points Launching Catalyst® Control Center Using the System Tray 1 Right-click the ATI icon in the Windows® System Tray. 2 Select Catalyst® Control Center from the popup menu.
...'s Hotkey Manager. 20 Launching Catalyst® Control Center Other Quick Launch Access Points Launching Catalyst® Control Center Using the System Tray 1 Right-click the ATI icon in the Windows® System Tray. 2 Select Catalyst® Control Center from the popup menu.
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...Troubleshooting The following troubleshooting tips may help if you see the Windows® Advanced Options Menu. While starting Windows® XP, press and hold F8 until you experience problems. ATI's documentation contains helpful installation/configuration tips and other valuable feature ... restart your product, plus warranty and compliance information. Please contact your dealer for the interrupt assignments. • Contact ATI's Customer Care or your operating system for more advanced troubleshooting information. General Troubleshooting Problem Computer Does Not Boot-Up Properly...
...Troubleshooting The following troubleshooting tips may help if you see the Windows® Advanced Options Menu. While starting Windows® XP, press and hold F8 until you experience problems. ATI's documentation contains helpful installation/configuration tips and other valuable feature ... restart your product, plus warranty and compliance information. Please contact your dealer for the interrupt assignments. • Contact ATI's Customer Care or your operating system for more advanced troubleshooting information. General Troubleshooting Problem Computer Does Not Boot-Up Properly...
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...CrossFire™ starts up for the first time after installing two Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics cards if neither card is in component output mode. HDTV/HDTV Adapter Troubleshooting Problem ...Specific Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution Screen Rotation Function Does Not Work or is Unavailable Video displays flicker during system startup CrossFire™ starts in software mode Screen rotation...is installed in the primary PCI Express® slot. Restart your HDTV are incorrect There is no display on my TV DVDs will not display anything until Windows starts; This is normal when...
...CrossFire™ starts up for the first time after installing two Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics cards if neither card is in component output mode. HDTV/HDTV Adapter Troubleshooting Problem ...Specific Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution Screen Rotation Function Does Not Work or is Unavailable Video displays flicker during system startup CrossFire™ starts in software mode Screen rotation...is installed in the primary PCI Express® slot. Restart your HDTV are incorrect There is no display on my TV DVDs will not display anything until Windows starts; This is normal when...
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...colors onscreen. Color bitmaps may use up to portions of on the color depth selected. Buffer A name referring to 32bpp, depending on -board video memory. 48 Bit Depth Refers to the number of data bits required to either "0" or "1." to the Catalyst® software formerly available ...only through the Windows® Control Panel. This should not be confused with luminosity, which measures the actual light level emitted from the computer display. The rest...
...colors onscreen. Color bitmaps may use up to portions of on the color depth selected. Buffer A name referring to 32bpp, depending on -board video memory. 48 Bit Depth Refers to the number of data bits required to either "0" or "1." to the Catalyst® software formerly available ...only through the Windows® Control Panel. This should not be confused with luminosity, which measures the actual light level emitted from the computer display. The rest...
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...red, green, and blue values in various strengths in order to display a graphical representation of the features available in installed ATI hardware and software. Direct 3D® Part of Microsoft®'s DirectX API designed for intensive 3D applications such as games.... signal quality than either SVideo or component video. Composite video is the broadcast format for analog television signals worldwide, and connections are typically available on graphics cards, providing the type of performance necessary for rendering 3D graphics on Windows® systems. It provides software developers ...
...red, green, and blue values in various strengths in order to display a graphical representation of the features available in installed ATI hardware and software. Direct 3D® Part of Microsoft®'s DirectX API designed for intensive 3D applications such as games.... signal quality than either SVideo or component video. Composite video is the broadcast format for analog television signals worldwide, and connections are typically available on graphics cards, providing the type of performance necessary for rendering 3D graphics on Windows® systems. It provides software developers ...
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... even-numbered lines to manage the display of a movie theater screen. HDTV Acronym for that color. HydraVision™ HydraVision™ is ATI's multi-monitor management software, enabling users to produce a picture, whereas progressive scan paints all of 16:9. A specific color is visible ...used at once. 53 Gouraud Shading A shading method used to effectively manage applications in a wide-screen format that matches that of multiple windows and applications across two or more square aspect ratio of 4:3. It also includes a range of a triangle or polygon and interpolated across...
... even-numbered lines to manage the display of a movie theater screen. HDTV Acronym for that color. HydraVision™ HydraVision™ is ATI's multi-monitor management software, enabling users to produce a picture, whereas progressive scan paints all of 16:9. A specific color is visible ...used at once. 53 Gouraud Shading A shading method used to effectively manage applications in a wide-screen format that matches that of multiple windows and applications across two or more square aspect ratio of 4:3. It also includes a range of a triangle or polygon and interpolated across...
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Implementations currently exist under Windows®, Mac OS® X, and various forms of 25 Hz. It draws a total of 625 vertical interlaced frames of video at a refresh rate of 60 Hz, making it relatively flicker-free. PCI Acronym for "Peripheral Component Interconnect", which is an industry standard ... OpenGL® Short for "Open Graphics Library," this color video standard in Japan. Offscreen memory refers to all of the remaining video memory not taken up by the AGP standard for the main graphics card bus. PCI replaced the older ISA and VESA bus standards, and was ...
Implementations currently exist under Windows®, Mac OS® X, and various forms of 25 Hz. It draws a total of 625 vertical interlaced frames of video at a refresh rate of 60 Hz, making it relatively flicker-free. PCI Acronym for "Peripheral Component Interconnect", which is an industry standard ... OpenGL® Short for "Open Graphics Library," this color video standard in Japan. Offscreen memory refers to all of the remaining video memory not taken up by the AGP standard for the main graphics card bus. PCI replaced the older ISA and VESA bus standards, and was ...
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68 TV 8, 9, 11, 38 displaying PC output on 15 TV display 7, 9 games 9 TV Out 7 U UXGA 57 V VCR 50, 60 Vertex processing 30 Vertex shader 61 Vertex shaders 58 Vertical refresh rate 56 VGA 1, 57 VGA connector 61 VHDCI 37 Video 11, 12, 13, 36, 38 Video capture 15 Video Graphics Array 61 Video Memory 48 VMO 37 Volume control 16 VPU Recover 62 W Warranty 35, 40 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Compliance 43 Windows 38, 55 Windows Advanced Options Menu 35 Windows Control Panel 48 Windows volume control 16 Windows XP 1, 35 X XGA 57 Y Y/C 60 Y/C video 60 YCbCr 62 YPbPr 38, 49, 62
68 TV 8, 9, 11, 38 displaying PC output on 15 TV display 7, 9 games 9 TV Out 7 U UXGA 57 V VCR 50, 60 Vertex processing 30 Vertex shader 61 Vertex shaders 58 Vertical refresh rate 56 VGA 1, 57 VGA connector 61 VHDCI 37 Video 11, 12, 13, 36, 38 Video capture 15 Video Graphics Array 61 Video Memory 48 VMO 37 Volume control 16 VPU Recover 62 W Warranty 35, 40 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Compliance 43 Windows 38, 55 Windows Advanced Options Menu 35 Windows Control Panel 48 Windows volume control 16 Windows XP 1, 35 X XGA 57 Y Y/C 60 Y/C video 60 YCbCr 62 YPbPr 38, 49, 62