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v Table of Contents Introduction 1 Radeon® X1900 Series Features 1 Graphic Features 1 System Requirements 4 External Connectors 4 Before You Begin 5 Record Your Serial and Part Numbers 5 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 13 Using Multiple Displays 15 Connecting Your Monitors 15...
v Table of Contents Introduction 1 Radeon® X1900 Series Features 1 Graphic Features 1 System Requirements 4 External Connectors 4 Before You Begin 5 Record Your Serial and Part Numbers 5 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 13 Using Multiple Displays 15 Connecting Your Monitors 15...
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... • Dual DVI-I output. • S-Video output or Video In/Video Out (VIVO) connection. If you are planning... PCI Express® X16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. (See ati.com/crossfire for a list of CrossFire™ certified motherboards.) • a CrossFire™ Edition graphics card from the same product series that works as...monitors or any other type of these components can be found within the CrossFire™ FAQ. 4 Radeon® X1900 Series Features System Requirements Hardware Operating System Monitor CrossFire™ Compatibility • Intel® Pentium...
... • Dual DVI-I output. • S-Video output or Video In/Video Out (VIVO) connection. If you are planning... PCI Express® X16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. (See ati.com/crossfire for a list of CrossFire™ certified motherboards.) • a CrossFire™ Edition graphics card from the same product series that works as...monitors or any other type of these components can be found within the CrossFire™ FAQ. 4 Radeon® X1900 Series Features System Requirements Hardware Operating System Monitor CrossFire™ Compatibility • Intel® Pentium...
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...drivers. To uninstall previous drivers With your current graphics card still in bold above, down before removing it should also be removed at this point. Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers To ensure the successful installation of the card. Note: If the previously installed graphics card...Write the numbers, shown in your new Radeon® X1900 Series card, you must uninstall the drivers for registration. Record Your Serial and Part...graphics card before installing your current graphics card drivers and select Add/Remove. They are located on a sticker on the graphics card are...
...drivers. To uninstall previous drivers With your current graphics card still in bold above, down before removing it should also be removed at this point. Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers To ensure the successful installation of the card. Note: If the previously installed graphics card...Write the numbers, shown in your new Radeon® X1900 Series card, you must uninstall the drivers for registration. Record Your Serial and Part...graphics card before installing your current graphics card drivers and select Add/Remove. They are located on a sticker on the graphics card are...
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...appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to access the basic multi-monitor configuration settings. Click the Settings tab to load the drivers for further information on your monitors first, and then restart your card, one monitor will always be accessed .... Any additional monitors will be the primary graphics card. To connect your monitors 1 Power off your Radeon® X1900 Series card. To set up a multi-monitor display 1 From the Start button click Control Panel, then Display. Note: ATI provides Catalyst™ Control Center software that Windows...
...appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to access the basic multi-monitor configuration settings. Click the Settings tab to load the drivers for further information on your monitors first, and then restart your card, one monitor will always be accessed .... Any additional monitors will be the primary graphics card. To connect your monitors 1 Power off your Radeon® X1900 Series card. To set up a multi-monitor display 1 From the Start button click Control Panel, then Display. Note: ATI provides Catalyst™ Control Center software that Windows...
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... Software Installation Prerequisites To install or remove the drivers, you must be logged on as a user with your Radeon® X1900 Series graphics card. Note: The installation dialog will display in Windows® 19 Installing Software and Drivers This chapter will need to restart your computer, ...procedure applies to CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. 1 Start your system. To install ATI drivers and software Note: Optical drive refers to Windows® XP. CHAPTER 4: Installing Drivers and Software in English if your operating system's language is properly attached before you have ...
... Software Installation Prerequisites To install or remove the drivers, you must be logged on as a user with your Radeon® X1900 Series graphics card. Note: The installation dialog will display in Windows® 19 Installing Software and Drivers This chapter will need to restart your computer, ...procedure applies to CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. 1 Start your system. To install ATI drivers and software Note: Optical drive refers to Windows® XP. CHAPTER 4: Installing Drivers and Software in English if your operating system's language is properly attached before you have ...
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Note: When you use multiple monitors with your Radeon® X1900 Series card, one monitor will start automatically if you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your optical drive after the operating system has started. To manually reinstall drivers Click Apply or OK to apply these new values. ...my Windows desktop onto this monitor. 4 Set the Screen Resolution and Color Quality as Secondary. Any additional monitors will be Primary. Reinstall the drivers at any time using the Settings tab. To set up a multi-monitor display 1 From the Start menu click Control Panel, then Display....
Note: When you use multiple monitors with your Radeon® X1900 Series card, one monitor will start automatically if you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your optical drive after the operating system has started. To manually reinstall drivers Click Apply or OK to apply these new values. ...my Windows desktop onto this monitor. 4 Set the Screen Resolution and Color Quality as Secondary. Any additional monitors will be Primary. Reinstall the drivers at any time using the Settings tab. To set up a multi-monitor display 1 From the Start menu click Control Panel, then Display....
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... this method does a good job of what is being rendered on the display, doing so without requiring user intervention. The ATI Catalyst™ display driver will automatically select the best of the two GPUs. Each tile is kept to a relatively small 32x32 pixel square, so... a number of tiles in operation at any software overhead. 1 PCI Express® Slave Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1900 Series Master Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on PCI Express® Slave Graphics Card Each mode uses a different method for dividing the workload required to render a 3D image across...
... this method does a good job of what is being rendered on the display, doing so without requiring user intervention. The ATI Catalyst™ display driver will automatically select the best of the two GPUs. Each tile is kept to a relatively small 32x32 pixel square, so... a number of tiles in operation at any software overhead. 1 PCI Express® Slave Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1900 Series Master Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on PCI Express® Slave Graphics Card Each mode uses a different method for dividing the workload required to render a 3D image across...
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...ATI drivers for your mother board. Off-Center Screen Image, Odd Colors or No Picture Operating System Warns that Video Card Isn't Properly Configured Warning! Ensure that both video card... and monitor support resolution and refresh rates you installed your enhanced driver...card is seated properly in its expansion slot. • Ensure that the monitor cable is securely fastened to the card...any built-in graphics capabilities on the graphics card. • Check the driver installation and make sure that all software is...
...ATI drivers for your mother board. Off-Center Screen Image, Odd Colors or No Picture Operating System Warns that Video Card Isn't Properly Configured Warning! Ensure that both video card... and monitor support resolution and refresh rates you installed your enhanced driver...card is seated properly in its expansion slot. • Ensure that the monitor cable is securely fastened to the card...any built-in graphics capabilities on the graphics card. • Check the driver installation and make sure that all software is...
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... 75, 79, 83 Overlay Display Mode 83 P PAL 132, 135 PCI 132, 133 PCI Express 4, 101, 102, 106, 107, 108, 110, 115, 116 PCI Express (PCIe) 122, 133 Pentium 4 Péritel 134 Pipeline 133 Pixel 69, 106, 109, 110, 111, 122, 133 pixel-by-pixel 137 power supply 4 Predefined and Custom... changes 57, 59, 61, 62, 64, 65 primary slot 102 Prince of Persia 62 Product Registration 117 Profiles 29 profiles 31 Profiles Manager 31 R Race Driver 62 Radeon 105 RCA connection 126 Reactivate ATI color controls 72
... 75, 79, 83 Overlay Display Mode 83 P PAL 132, 135 PCI 132, 133 PCI Express 4, 101, 102, 106, 107, 108, 110, 115, 116 PCI Express (PCIe) 122, 133 Pentium 4 Péritel 134 Pipeline 133 Pixel 69, 106, 109, 110, 111, 122, 133 pixel-by-pixel 137 power supply 4 Predefined and Custom... changes 57, 59, 61, 62, 64, 65 primary slot 102 Prince of Persia 62 Product Registration 117 Profiles 29 profiles 31 Profiles Manager 31 R Race Driver 62 Radeon 105 RCA connection 126 Reactivate ATI color controls 72