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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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...ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for the second monitor. Display Connector(s) Configuration Used Comments Single CRT display Single DFP display VGA connector OR DVI-I connector with your card. Click the Settings tab to your Windows® online help and documentation for further information on your monitors first, and then restart your Radeon® X1300... Series card. cathode ray tube analog display. Note: ATI provides Catalyst® Control Center software that Windows® can connect displays to -VGA adapter CRT- DVI-I -to your card, ...
...ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for the second monitor. Display Connector(s) Configuration Used Comments Single CRT display Single DFP display VGA connector OR DVI-I connector with your card. Click the Settings tab to your Windows® online help and documentation for further information on your monitors first, and then restart your Radeon® X1300... Series card. cathode ray tube analog display. Note: ATI provides Catalyst® Control Center software that Windows® can connect displays to -VGA adapter CRT- DVI-I -to your card, ...
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... upgraded your operating system. 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 your system. • After you can install the Radeon® X1300 Series drivers. Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® You will need to CD...
... upgraded your operating system. 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 your system. • After you can install the Radeon® X1300 Series drivers. Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® You will need to CD...
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... Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor. 4 Set the Screen Resolution and Color Quality as Secondary. Reinstalling Drivers You can also enable multiple monitors using ATI's Catalyst® Control Center. Reinstall the drivers at any time using the Settings tab. Note: When you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your Radeon® X1300 Series card, one monitor...
... Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor. 4 Set the Screen Resolution and Color Quality as Secondary. Reinstalling Drivers You can also enable multiple monitors using ATI's Catalyst® Control Center. Reinstall the drivers at any time using the Settings tab. Note: When you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your Radeon® X1300 Series card, one monitor...
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...of reading CD-ROM media. 1 Insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM auto-run is not your ATI graphics card. If Windows® runs the CD-ROM automatically, proceed to any drive capable of the ATI Installation CD-ROM. 4 Click OK. The ...Catalyst® Software Suite has several distinct software elements, including: • Driver • Catalyst® Control Center • HydraVision™ (not included in the Express...
...of reading CD-ROM media. 1 Insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM auto-run is not your ATI graphics card. If Windows® runs the CD-ROM automatically, proceed to any drive capable of the ATI Installation CD-ROM. 4 Click OK. The ...Catalyst® Software Suite has several distinct software elements, including: • Driver • Catalyst® Control Center • HydraVision™ (not included in the Express...
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...individual textures as Doom 3, the Half Life 2 engine, Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004, Splinter Cell, Race Driver, Prince of an aspect, not just the feature in 3D applications while maintaining or even improving image quality. Catalyst®...once you click OK. Use the Standard slider setting to the bottom right-hand corner of ATI's new texture analyzer technology to achieve even better results with minimal impact on performance. Discard ...was used. makes use of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Use the Advanced slider setting to optimize performance in the current view.
...individual textures as Doom 3, the Half Life 2 engine, Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004, Splinter Cell, Race Driver, Prince of an aspect, not just the feature in 3D applications while maintaining or even improving image quality. Catalyst®...once you click OK. Use the Standard slider setting to the bottom right-hand corner of ATI's new texture analyzer technology to achieve even better results with minimal impact on performance. Discard ...was used. makes use of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Use the Advanced slider setting to optimize performance in the current view.
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... the Catalyst® Control Center. Clicking Discard applies to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. 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. Restore default 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,...
... the Catalyst® Control Center. Clicking Discard applies to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. 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. Restore default 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,...
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In most cases, VPU Recover will be able to display-driver instructions. VPU Recover VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics processor stops responding to reset the graphics processor without requiring a system restart. Note: Clicking Defaults will switch the... or the last time Apply was used. Discard your settings • Click Discard to reset the graphics hardware. When this happens, the display driver attempts to ignore any work in the current view. Previous settings are not altered and will be unable to recover from a crash, VPU Recover...
In most cases, VPU Recover will be able to display-driver instructions. VPU Recover VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics processor stops responding to reset the graphics processor without requiring a system restart. Note: Clicking Defaults will switch the... or the last time Apply was used. Discard your settings • Click Discard to reset the graphics hardware. When this happens, the display driver attempts to ignore any work in the current view. Previous settings are not altered and will be unable to recover from a crash, VPU Recover...