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v Table of Contents Introduction 1 Radeon® X1300 Series Features 1 Graphic Features 1 CrossFire™ Ready 3 System Requirements 4 External Connections 4 Before You Begin 4 Record Your Serial and Part Numbers 4 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 14 Using Multiple Displays 15...
v Table of Contents Introduction 1 Radeon® X1300 Series Features 1 Graphic Features 1 CrossFire™ Ready 3 System Requirements 4 External Connections 4 Before You Begin 4 Record Your Serial and Part Numbers 4 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 14 Using Multiple Displays 15...
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... must uninstall the drivers for the existing graphics card before installing your new ATI product. Note: If the previously installed graphics card has any additional software installed, it from your computer. To uninstall previous drivers With your current graphics card still in bold ...at this point. 4 Turn off your system and remove the old graphics card. Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers To ensure the successful installation of your new Radeon® X1300 Series card, you remove your current display drivers. Y 102 part number (P/N) Before You Begin 5 Write the numbers,...
... must uninstall the drivers for the existing graphics card before installing your new ATI product. Note: If the previously installed graphics card has any additional software installed, it from your computer. To uninstall previous drivers With your current graphics card still in bold ...at this point. 4 Turn off your system and remove the old graphics card. Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers To ensure the successful installation of your new Radeon® X1300 Series card, you remove your current display drivers. Y 102 part number (P/N) Before You Begin 5 Write the numbers,...
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...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® X1300 Series card. Display Connector(s) Configuration Used Comments Single CRT display Single DFP display VGA connector OR DVI-I ...connector with your card, one monitor will be designated as appropriate for further information on your ...
...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® X1300 Series card. Display Connector(s) Configuration Used Comments Single CRT display Single DFP display VGA connector OR DVI-I ...connector with your card, one monitor will be designated as appropriate for further information on your ...
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.... Make sure your Radeon® X1300 Series graphics card. When the System Settings Change window asks you begin. CHAPTER 4: Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® 21 Installing Software and Drivers This chapter will guide you must be logged on as a user with your monitor cable is not supported. To install ATI drivers and software Note: Optical...
.... Make sure your Radeon® X1300 Series graphics card. When the System Settings Change window asks you begin. CHAPTER 4: Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® 21 Installing Software and Drivers This chapter will guide you must be logged on as a user with your monitor cable is not supported. To install ATI drivers and software Note: Optical...
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The ATISETUP utility will automatically be installed, along with the ATI driver. L The Express installation option is not enabled or the ATISETUP utility does not start automatically: a) Click the Start button in the task bar. Click Yes... - b) Click Run. c) Select ATISETUP.EXE from the root directory of the ATI Installation CD-ROM. ATI Easy Install will start automatically when you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your CDROM auto-run is recommended. Monitor Configuration Once the drivers and software have been installed, you to select individual software components for...
The ATISETUP utility will automatically be installed, along with the ATI driver. L The Express installation option is not enabled or the ATISETUP utility does not start automatically: a) Click the Start button in the task bar. Click Yes... - b) Click Run. c) Select ATISETUP.EXE from the root directory of the ATI Installation CD-ROM. ATI Easy Install will start automatically when you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your CDROM auto-run is recommended. Monitor Configuration Once the drivers and software have been installed, you to select individual software components for...
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...return to the desktop. Note: You can install new drivers or reinstall existing drivers if there was a Windows® conflict. Click Apply or OK to apply these new values. • Refer to your Radeon® X1300 Series card, one monitor will always be designated as appropriate for ...further information on using the ATISETUP utility located on the ATI Installation CD-ROM. To manually reinstall drivers Any additional monitors will start automatically if you...
...return to the desktop. Note: You can install new drivers or reinstall existing drivers if there was a Windows® conflict. Click Apply or OK to apply these new values. • Refer to your Radeon® X1300 Series card, one monitor will always be designated as appropriate for ...further information on using the ATISETUP utility located on the ATI Installation CD-ROM. To manually reinstall drivers Any additional monitors will start automatically if you...
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... distinct software elements, including: • Driver • Catalyst® Control Center • HydraVision™ (not included in the Express Install) • Remote Wonder™ Software • SurroundView™ To install the Catalyst® software suite Note: Optical drive refers to any drive capable of your ATI graphics card. 24 Installing the Catalyst® Software...
... distinct software elements, including: • Driver • Catalyst® Control Center • HydraVision™ (not included in the Express Install) • Remote Wonder™ Software • SurroundView™ To install the Catalyst® software suite Note: Optical drive refers to any drive capable of your ATI graphics card. 24 Installing the Catalyst® Software...
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.... • 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. This report can be used by an ATI Customer Care agent to help diagnose and resolve the problem. ...
.... • 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. This report can be used by an ATI Customer Care agent to help diagnose and resolve the problem. ...
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... monitor. 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. 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.
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Catalyst® A.I . It analyzes individual textures as Doom 3, the Half Life 2 engine, Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004, Splinter Cell, Race Driver, Prince of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Disable Catalyst® A.I. 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Select Catalyst® A.I. 3 Select... achieve even better results with minimal impact on performance. includes application-specific detection for the current view only. makes use of ATI's new texture analyzer technology to all features of an aspect, not just the feature in 3D applications while maintaining or even ...
Catalyst® A.I . It analyzes individual textures as Doom 3, the Half Life 2 engine, Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004, Splinter Cell, Race Driver, Prince of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Disable Catalyst® A.I. 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Select Catalyst® A.I. 3 Select... achieve even better results with minimal impact on performance. includes application-specific detection for the current view only. makes use of ATI's new texture analyzer technology to all features of an aspect, not just the feature in 3D applications while maintaining or even ...
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...Settings • 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...Control Center. Discard does not close the Catalyst® Control Center. Select a deinterlacing mode 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Video. 2 Click Deinterlacing. 3 Select a deinterlacing mode for the current view only. Clicking Discard applies to all features of an aspect, ...
...Settings • 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...Control Center. Discard does not close the Catalyst® Control Center. Select a deinterlacing mode 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Video. 2 Click Deinterlacing. 3 Select a deinterlacing mode for the current view only. Clicking Discard applies to all features of an aspect, ...
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...Discard to recover from a crash, VPU Recover will restore the defaults for the current view only. VPU Recover VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics processor stops responding to reset the graphics hardware. Discard does not close the Catalyst® Control Center. In...in the current view. Clicking Discard applies to software rendering mode, allowing you click OK. When this happens, the display driver attempts to display-driver instructions. Note: Clicking Defaults will switch the computer to all features of the window. 2 Click Defaults.
...Discard to recover from a crash, VPU Recover will restore the defaults for the current view only. VPU Recover VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics processor stops responding to reset the graphics hardware. Discard does not close the Catalyst® Control Center. In...in the current view. Clicking Discard applies to software rendering mode, allowing you click OK. When this happens, the display driver attempts to display-driver instructions. Note: Clicking Defaults will switch the computer to all features of the window. 2 Click Defaults.
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89 Catalyst® Control Center: VPU Recover Enable VPU Recover 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. 2 Click Enable VPU Recover. 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. 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 report assists ATI in the error report email.
89 Catalyst® Control Center: VPU Recover Enable VPU Recover 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. 2 Click Enable VPU Recover. 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. 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 report assists ATI in the error report email.
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...ATI Graphics Card 3 Male RCA Patch Cables - For proper operation of your ATI Component Video Adapter, ATI display drivers must have a monitor attached to your computer before installing the ATI HDTV. Note: See your device. 96 Connecting to HDTV The HDTV Component Video Adapter can be correctly installed. Installing your ATI HDTV video...input. available from consumer electronics dealer 4 Typical HDTV Video Input Connections Note: Input and output cables lengths should not exceed 50 feet (15m). ATI HDTV Cable 1 ATI HDTV Video Output Cable 2 Backplate of the standard A/V Output ...
...ATI Graphics Card 3 Male RCA Patch Cables - For proper operation of your ATI Component Video Adapter, ATI display drivers must have a monitor attached to your computer before installing the ATI HDTV. Note: See your device. 96 Connecting to HDTV The HDTV Component Video Adapter can be correctly installed. Installing your ATI HDTV video...input. available from consumer electronics dealer 4 Typical HDTV Video Input Connections Note: Input and output cables lengths should not exceed 50 feet (15m). ATI HDTV Cable 1 ATI HDTV Video Output Cable 2 Backplate of the standard A/V Output ...
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...Center, do the following: • In Advanced View, click CrossFire™ and check the Enable CrossFire™ box. The two cards are connection through the motherboard which is disabled. 5 How are disabled when CrossFire™ is enabled reappear after CrossFire™ is... used by default for the application is automatically selected. 7 Is a driver profile required to a display device. CrossFire™ works with a CrossFire™ Ready 12-pipeline graphics card? CrossFire™ is required. 6 Which games/applications work ? Multiple monitors/ displays that ...
...Center, do the following: • In Advanced View, click CrossFire™ and check the Enable CrossFire™ box. The two cards are connection through the motherboard which is disabled. 5 How are disabled when CrossFire™ is enabled reappear after CrossFire™ is... used by default for the application is automatically selected. 7 Is a driver profile required to a display device. CrossFire™ works with a CrossFire™ Ready 12-pipeline graphics card? CrossFire™ is required. 6 Which games/applications work ? Multiple monitors/ displays that ...
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...or to your operating system and applications. • Re-install the ATI drivers for the appropriate cable and connector to plug into the DVI-I connector on your mother board. Ensure that Video Card Isn't Properly Configured Warning! Refer to your monitor's documentation for ...: refer to your monitor's documentation for your Radeon® X1300 Series card. Off-Center Screen Image, Odd Colors or No Picture Operating System Warns that both video card and monitor support resolution and refresh rates you installed your enhanced driver. • Check if your monitor supports the...
...or to your operating system and applications. • Re-install the ATI drivers for the appropriate cable and connector to plug into the DVI-I connector on your mother board. Ensure that Video Card Isn't Properly Configured Warning! Refer to your monitor's documentation for ...: refer to your monitor's documentation for your Radeon® X1300 Series card. Off-Center Screen Image, Odd Colors or No Picture Operating System Warns that both video card and monitor support resolution and refresh rates you installed your enhanced driver. • Check if your monitor supports the...
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... A feature designed to significantly reduce the number of a television signal into separate luminance and color values. If the display driver detects that splits and compresses the standard Red/Green/Blue (RGB) colors of system crashes caused by virtually all video cards. 129 within the graphical processor, the more complex polygons that integrates digital...
... A feature designed to significantly reduce the number of a television signal into separate luminance and color values. If the display driver detects that splits and compresses the standard Red/Green/Blue (RGB) colors of system crashes caused by virtually all video cards. 129 within the graphical processor, the more complex polygons that integrates digital...
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... 36 Displays Manager 37, 38 Displays Manager Advanced View 38 Dithering 111 Doom 3 62 Dot pitch 91, 111, 112, 117, 119 dot pitch 91 driver installation 19 drivers installing 19 uninstalling 5 DVD 4, 19, 110, 113, 118, 121 DVI 48, 49, 50, 96, 97, 112, 113, 121 DVI Settings 50 DVI-A 112 DVI...
... 36 Displays Manager 37, 38 Displays Manager Advanced View 38 Dithering 111 Doom 3 62 Dot pitch 91, 111, 112, 117, 119 dot pitch 91 driver installation 19 drivers installing 19 uninstalling 5 DVD 4, 19, 110, 113, 118, 121 DVI 48, 49, 50, 96, 97, 112, 113, 121 DVI Settings 50 DVI-A 112 DVI...
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..., 62, 64 primary slot 96 Prince of Persia 62 Product Registration 101 Profile Manager 33 Profiles 29 profiles 31 Profiles Manager 31, 32, 33 R Race Driver 62 Radeon 118, 120 RCA connection 110 Reactivate your color settings 72 Red Green Blue (RGB) 100, 110, 114, 118, 121, 123 Refresh Rate 20, 21...
..., 62, 64 primary slot 96 Prince of Persia 62 Product Registration 101 Profile Manager 33 Profiles 29 profiles 31 Profiles Manager 31, 32, 33 R Race Driver 62 Radeon 118, 120 RCA connection 110 Reactivate your color settings 72 Red Green Blue (RGB) 100, 110, 114, 118, 121, 123 Refresh Rate 20, 21...