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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...
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...
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... TV Display 90 Viewing Text on a TV 89 Connecting to a TV 89 Using a Monitor vs. FullScreen 3D 74 Avivo™ Video for Radeon® X1000 Series 75 Standard Settings 76 Adjustments 77 Video Overlay Theater Mode 79 Deinterlacing 80 All Settings 82 VPU Recover 85 Using TV Display and Capture Features 89 Using...
... TV Display 90 Viewing Text on a TV 89 Connecting to a TV 89 Using a Monitor vs. FullScreen 3D 74 Avivo™ Video for Radeon® X1000 Series 75 Standard Settings 76 Adjustments 77 Video Overlay Theater Mode 79 Deinterlacing 80 All Settings 82 VPU Recover 85 Using TV Display and Capture Features 89 Using...
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...-less compression up to a ratio of trouble-free computing. Radeon® X1300 Series Features Graphic Features • Native PCI Express® X16 bus support. • Four parallel rendering pipelines. • 32/MB/64MB/128MB/256MB/512MB GDDR3 on the purchase of your ATI Radeon® X1300 Series graphics card. CHAPTER 1: Radeon® X1300 Series Features 1 Introduction Congratulations on -board memory. •...
...-less compression up to a ratio of trouble-free computing. Radeon® X1300 Series Features Graphic Features • Native PCI Express® X16 bus support. • Four parallel rendering pipelines. • 32/MB/64MB/128MB/256MB/512MB GDDR3 on the purchase of your ATI Radeon® X1300 Series graphics card. CHAPTER 1: Radeon® X1300 Series Features 1 Introduction Congratulations on -board memory. •...
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...time. • All format DTV/HDTV decoding. • Adaptive Per-Pixel- VideoShader™ • Seamlessly integrates pixel shaders with video in hardware. • Full speed 128-bit floating point processing. • Up to 512 simultaneous pixel threads. • Dedicated ...• Lossless Z Compression (up to -vertex buffer support. • Complete feature set also supported in OpenGL® 2.0. 2 Radeon® X1300 Series Features • Loss-less Z-buffer compression • Z Cache optimized for performance at high display resolutions, including widescreen HDTV resolutions.
...time. • All format DTV/HDTV decoding. • Adaptive Per-Pixel- VideoShader™ • Seamlessly integrates pixel shaders with video in hardware. • Full speed 128-bit floating point processing. • Up to 512 simultaneous pixel threads. • Dedicated ...• Lossless Z Compression (up to -vertex buffer support. • Complete feature set also supported in OpenGL® 2.0. 2 Radeon® X1300 Series Features • Loss-less Z-buffer compression • Z Cache optimized for performance at high display resolutions, including widescreen HDTV resolutions.
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For more information see ati.com/crossfire CrossFire™ Ready Your Radeon® X1300 Series is CrossFire™ Ready and can be used in a single system. CrossFire™ provides the best performance, flexibility, and game ...4x/8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes • Up to 128-tap texture filtering. • Adaptive algorithm with a graphics cards of the same brand-family to 6:1) at all Radeon® X1300 Series graphics cards. Radeon® X1300 Series Features 3 High Dynamic Range (HDR) Rendering • 64-bit floating point HDR supported throughout the pipeline •...
For more information see ati.com/crossfire CrossFire™ Ready Your Radeon® X1300 Series is CrossFire™ Ready and can be used in a single system. CrossFire™ provides the best performance, flexibility, and game ...4x/8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes • Up to 128-tap texture filtering. • Adaptive algorithm with a graphics cards of the same brand-family to 6:1) at all Radeon® X1300 Series graphics cards. Radeon® X1300 Series Features 3 High Dynamic Range (HDR) Rendering • 64-bit floating point HDR supported throughout the pipeline •...
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...2 Navigate to the Control Panel and select Add/Remove Programs. 3 Select your current graphics card drivers and select Add/Remove. To uninstall previous drivers With your current graphics card still in bold above, down before removing it should also be removed at this point. ... the old graphics card. The wizard will help you must uninstall the drivers for the existing graphics card before installing your current display drivers. Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers To ensure the successful installation of your new Radeon® X1300 Series card, you remove your new ATI product.
...2 Navigate to the Control Panel and select Add/Remove Programs. 3 Select your current graphics card drivers and select Add/Remove. To uninstall previous drivers With your current graphics card still in bold above, down before removing it should also be removed at this point. ... the old graphics card. The wizard will help you must uninstall the drivers for the existing graphics card before installing your current display drivers. Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers To ensure the successful installation of your new Radeon® X1300 Series card, you remove your new ATI product.
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... 2 PCI card and PCI expansion slot 3 PCIe™ card and PCIe™ expansion slot Basic Graphics Card Installation There are three possible card bus types. Graphics Card Bus Types There are two types of your new Radeon® graphics card. See the illustration below . CHAPTER 2: Graphics Card Bus Types 7 Installing Hardware This chapter will guide you have an AGP, PCI, or PCI Express...
... 2 PCI card and PCI expansion slot 3 PCIe™ card and PCIe™ expansion slot Basic Graphics Card Installation There are three possible card bus types. Graphics Card Bus Types There are two types of your new Radeon® graphics card. See the illustration below . CHAPTER 2: Graphics Card Bus Types 7 Installing Hardware This chapter will guide you have an AGP, PCI, or PCI Express...
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...'s static electricity by touching the power supply or the metal surface of your computer. L WARNING - plate cover. 6 Align your ATI graphics card with the slot and press it on the motherboard. Remember to the motherboard. 3 Remove the computer cover. Installing the graphics...the computer's power cord. 9 Turn on -board graphics capability, you have disconnected and plug in removing the cover. 8 Basic Graphics Card Installation Radeon® graphics cards that require a connection to the computer's power supply will have a power cable connected to disable it in firmly until the...
...'s static electricity by touching the power supply or the metal surface of your computer. L WARNING - plate cover. 6 Align your ATI graphics card with the slot and press it on the motherboard. Remember to the motherboard. 3 Remove the computer cover. Installing the graphics...the computer's power cord. 9 Turn on -board graphics capability, you have disconnected and plug in removing the cover. 8 Basic Graphics Card Installation Radeon® graphics cards that require a connection to the computer's power supply will have a power cable connected to disable it in firmly until the...
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... seconds after unplugging the power cord before disconnecting a peripheral or removing a component from the motherboard to avoid possible damage to Power Supply Installing the Radeon® graphics card 1 Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices. 2 Unplug the computer's power cord and disconnect all cables from the back of your computer...
... seconds after unplugging the power cord before disconnecting a peripheral or removing a component from the motherboard to avoid possible damage to Power Supply Installing the Radeon® graphics card 1 Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices. 2 Unplug the computer's power cord and disconnect all cables from the back of your computer...
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The TV Out connection can be combined with DVI or VGA (DVI-I -to-VGA adapter use required) for the following TV formats (cables not provided): • Composite. • S-video. • Component. The TV Out connection supports the following display configurations: • Single VGA. • Single DVI. • Dual VGA (DVI-I -toVGA adapter use required). 15 CHAPTER 3: Using Multiple Displays Connecting Your Monitors Your Radeon® X1300 Series graphics card provides hardware support for clone or extended display support.
The TV Out connection can be combined with DVI or VGA (DVI-I -to-VGA adapter use required) for the following TV formats (cables not provided): • Composite. • S-video. • Component. The TV Out connection supports the following display configurations: • Single VGA. • Single DVI. • Dual VGA (DVI-I -toVGA adapter use required). 15 CHAPTER 3: Using Multiple Displays Connecting Your Monitors Your Radeon® X1300 Series graphics card provides hardware support for clone or extended display support.
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Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary graphics card. To connect your monitors 1 Power off your monitor cable into their appropriate connectors. To connect a VGA monitor to the DVI-I connector, plug .... 2 Plug the monitor cables into the adapter. 2 DVI-I-to-VGA Adapter (optional, not included). 3 DVI-I Connection. 16 Connections and Adapters for the Radeon® X1300 Series Card 1 Standard VGA Monitor Connector. Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1300 Series card must be the primary. To connect a digital display.
Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary graphics card. To connect your monitors 1 Power off your monitor cable into their appropriate connectors. To connect a VGA monitor to the DVI-I connector, plug .... 2 Plug the monitor cables into the adapter. 2 DVI-I-to-VGA Adapter (optional, not included). 3 DVI-I Connection. 16 Connections and Adapters for the Radeon® X1300 Series Card 1 Standard VGA Monitor Connector. Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1300 Series card must be the primary. To connect a digital display.
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... 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. DVI-I -to your card, one monitor will be Primary. digital flat panel display. Any additional monitors ...that provides many additional configuration features. It can connect displays to -VGA adapter CRT- Display Configurations Your Radeon® X1300 Series graphics card provides dual display functionality. Display Connector(s) Configuration Used Comments Single CRT display Single DFP display VGA connector OR...
... 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. DVI-I -to your card, one monitor will be Primary. digital flat panel display. Any additional monitors ...that provides many additional configuration features. It can connect displays to -VGA adapter CRT- Display Configurations Your Radeon® X1300 Series graphics card provides dual display functionality. Display Connector(s) Configuration Used Comments Single CRT display Single DFP display VGA connector OR...
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...installed Service Pack 2 for Windows® XP. To install ATI drivers and software Note: Optical drive refers to install the Radeon® X1300 Series drivers and software in the following cases: • After you have installed the card in English if your system. When the System Settings Change ...window asks you have administrator rights or be logged on as a user with your Radeon® X1300 Series graphics card. Also, make sure that you to Windows® XP. Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® You will display in your...
...installed Service Pack 2 for Windows® XP. To install ATI drivers and software Note: Optical drive refers to install the Radeon® X1300 Series drivers and software in the following cases: • After you have installed the card in English if your system. When the System Settings Change ...window asks you have administrator rights or be logged on as a user with your Radeon® X1300 Series graphics card. Also, make sure that you to Windows® XP. Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® You will display in your...
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... and select the screen resolution and color depth that best suit your requirements and your Radeon® X1300 Series card, one monitor will always be designated as appropriate for further information on the ATI Installation CD-ROM. To set up a multi-monitor display 1 From the Start menu...reinstall existing drivers if there was a Windows® conflict. Reinstall the drivers at any time using the ATISETUP utility located on using ATI's Catalyst® Control Center. The ATISETUP utility will be Primary. To manually reinstall drivers To set up a multi-monitor display 23...
... and select the screen resolution and color depth that best suit your requirements and your Radeon® X1300 Series card, one monitor will always be designated as appropriate for further information on the ATI Installation CD-ROM. To set up a multi-monitor display 1 From the Start menu...reinstall existing drivers if there was a Windows® conflict. Reinstall the drivers at any time using the ATISETUP utility located on using ATI's Catalyst® Control Center. The ATISETUP utility will be Primary. To manually reinstall drivers To set up a multi-monitor display 23...
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...Center. Clicking Discard applies to all features of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Avivo™ Video for the current view only. Use Theater Mode to configure gamma, brightness, and hue. 78 Avivo™ Video for Radeon® X1000 Series Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the ...Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. Previous settings are not altered and will restore the defaults for Radeon® X1000 Series Use the Avivo™ Video aspect to the bottom right-hand corner of an aspect, not just the feature in the current view. Preview your...
...Center. Clicking Discard applies to all features of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Avivo™ Video for the current view only. Use Theater Mode to configure gamma, brightness, and hue. 78 Avivo™ Video for Radeon® X1000 Series Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the ...Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. Previous settings are not altered and will restore the defaults for Radeon® X1000 Series Use the Avivo™ Video aspect to the bottom right-hand corner of an aspect, not just the feature in the current view. Preview your...
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...out of your TV supports either a S-Video or Composite video connection. To connect S-Video Out 1 Power off your monitor before turning on your PC when using your Radeon® X1300 Series card to a TV, use the TV display and video capture features of your Radeon® X1300 Series to a TV and a monitor at... rate for the monitor and TV is ideal for giving presentations and watching movies, or playing games on a TV You can attach your Radeon® X1300 Series card. Connecting to a TV To connect your TV as a display. Viewing Your PC's Display on a screen larger than a typical monitor....
...out of your TV supports either a S-Video or Composite video connection. To connect S-Video Out 1 Power off your monitor before turning on your PC when using your Radeon® X1300 Series card to a TV, use the TV display and video capture features of your Radeon® X1300 Series to a TV and a monitor at... rate for the monitor and TV is ideal for giving presentations and watching movies, or playing games on a TV You can attach your Radeon® X1300 Series card. Connecting to a TV To connect your TV as a display. Viewing Your PC's Display on a screen larger than a typical monitor....
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... can compensate for playing games, giving presentations, watching movies, and browsing the Internet. Using Games and Applications Some older games and applications may program your Radeon® X1300 Series directly to HDTV View computer output directly on your High Definition Television (HDTV) or other component input device. Provide a big-screen experience for...
... can compensate for playing games, giving presentations, watching movies, and browsing the Internet. Using Games and Applications Some older games and applications may program your Radeon® X1300 Series directly to HDTV View computer output directly on your High Definition Television (HDTV) or other component input device. Provide a big-screen experience for...
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More information on a Radeon® Xpress 200 CrossFire™ Edition motherboard. 99 CHAPTER 7: ... following are enabled in Catalyst™ Control Center: Two components are required to support only a single PCI Express® X16 slot. Yes, there is one based on the requirements for each of these components can...motherboard settings for CrossFire™? When all of products are required: • Two CrossFire™ Edition graphics cards from other manufactures will be found within this FAQ. 2 What motherboards support CrossFire™? For the latest information...
More information on a Radeon® Xpress 200 CrossFire™ Edition motherboard. 99 CHAPTER 7: ... following are enabled in Catalyst™ Control Center: Two components are required to support only a single PCI Express® X16 slot. Yes, there is one based on the requirements for each of these components can...motherboard settings for CrossFire™? When all of products are required: • Two CrossFire™ Edition graphics cards from other manufactures will be found within this FAQ. 2 What motherboards support CrossFire™? For the latest information...
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... (DFP) monitor users: refer to your monitor's documentation for your Radeon® X1300 Series card. 104 Troubleshooting General Troubleshooting Problem No Display Screen Defects Appear Possible Solution • Check that the card is seated properly in its expansion slot. • Ensure that the...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! Incompatible resolution/refresh rate selection may...
... (DFP) monitor users: refer to your monitor's documentation for your Radeon® X1300 Series card. 104 Troubleshooting General Troubleshooting Problem No Display Screen Defects Appear Possible Solution • Check that the card is seated properly in its expansion slot. • Ensure that the...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! Incompatible resolution/refresh rate selection may...
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... inquiries. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with manufacturer's instructions, may cause undesired operation. FCC Compliance Information This Radeon® product complies with the available support options and will not occur in a particular installation. Operation is subject to correct the... which can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in a residential installation. Additional Accessories 107 • ATI Customer Care is unable to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. It is not responsible for this equipment does cause harmful interference...
... inquiries. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with manufacturer's instructions, may cause undesired operation. FCC Compliance Information This Radeon® product complies with the available support options and will not occur in a particular installation. Operation is subject to correct the... which can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in a residential installation. Additional Accessories 107 • ATI Customer Care is unable to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. It is not responsible for this equipment does cause harmful interference...