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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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...Radeon® X1900 Series Features System Requirements Hardware Operating System Monitor CrossFire™ Compatibility • Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon®. • 512MB of VGA monitor. • Digital flat-panel (DFP) displays or digital CRT display. Consult your computer system manual to accommodate a high-end graphics card... with a peak dissipation above 75 watts. • Windows® XP with two (2) PCI Express® X16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. (See ati.com/crossfire for a list of these ...
...Radeon® X1900 Series Features System Requirements Hardware Operating System Monitor CrossFire™ Compatibility • Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon®. • 512MB of VGA monitor. • Digital flat-panel (DFP) displays or digital CRT display. Consult your computer system manual to accommodate a high-end graphics card... with a peak dissipation above 75 watts. • Windows® XP with two (2) PCI Express® X16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. (See ati.com/crossfire for a list of these ...
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... Wizard appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for your card, one monitor will always be Primary. Any additional monitors will be the primary. Click the Settings tab to your Windows® online help and documentation for the second ...Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1900 Series card must be the primary graphics card. Click Apply or OK to apply these new values. • Refer to access the basic multi-monitor configuration settings. Note: When you use multiple monitors with your Radeon® X1900 Series card.
... Wizard appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for your card, one monitor will always be Primary. Any additional monitors will be the primary. Click the Settings tab to your Windows® online help and documentation for the second ...Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1900 Series card must be the primary graphics card. Click Apply or OK to apply these new values. • Refer to access the basic multi-monitor configuration settings. Note: When you use multiple monitors with your Radeon® X1900 Series card.
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...procedure applies to CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. 1 Start your computer, click No. To install ATI drivers and software Note: Optical drive refers to Windows® XP. Note: The installation dialog will need to restart your system. Your operating system must... Pack 2 for Windows® XP. Software Installation Prerequisites To install or remove the drivers, you can install the Radeon® X1900 Series drivers. Make sure your Radeon® X1900 Series graphics card. When the System Settings Change window asks you to install the Radeon® X1900 Series drivers and software in ...
...procedure applies to CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. 1 Start your computer, click No. To install ATI drivers and software Note: Optical drive refers to Windows® XP. Note: The installation dialog will need to restart your system. Your operating system must... Pack 2 for Windows® XP. Software Installation Prerequisites To install or remove the drivers, you can install the Radeon® X1900 Series drivers. Make sure your Radeon® X1900 Series graphics card. When the System Settings Change window asks you to install the Radeon® X1900 Series drivers and software in ...
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... choose Display, or right-click on the ATI Installation CD-ROM. Note: You can install new drivers or reinstall existing drivers if there was a Windows® conflict. Note: When you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your Radeon® X1900 Series card, one monitor will be Primary. Reinstall the drivers at any time using the Settings tab. Reinstalling...
... choose Display, or right-click on the ATI Installation CD-ROM. Note: You can install new drivers or reinstall existing drivers if there was a Windows® conflict. Note: When you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your Radeon® X1900 Series card, one monitor will be Primary. Reinstall the drivers at any time using the Settings tab. Reinstalling...
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... distinct software elements, including: • Driver • Catalyst™ Control Center •...license agreement. 7 Click ATI Easy Install to enjoy all the features of your optical drive. Installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite ATI's Catalyst™ Software ...Wizard. 8 Follow the Wizard's on the root directory of the ATI Installation CD-ROM. 4 Click OK. If Windows® runs the CD-ROM automatically, proceed to step 5. ... the ATISETUP utility does not start automatically, follow these steps. 1 In the Windows® task bar, click Start. 2 From the Start menu, select Run. 3 Browse ...
... distinct software elements, including: • Driver • Catalyst™ Control Center •...license agreement. 7 Click ATI Easy Install to enjoy all the features of your optical drive. Installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite ATI's Catalyst™ Software ...Wizard. 8 Follow the Wizard's on the root directory of the ATI Installation CD-ROM. 4 Click OK. If Windows® runs the CD-ROM automatically, proceed to step 5. ... the ATISETUP utility does not start automatically, follow these steps. 1 In the Windows® task bar, click Start. 2 From the Start menu, select Run. 3 Browse ...
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Information Center 37 • 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. Graphics Software (...either Graphic Software or Graphic Hardware. Catalyst™ Control Center: Information Center - To access system information • Click the System Information button to open the Windows® System Information.
Information Center 37 • 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. Graphics Software (...either Graphic Software or Graphic Hardware. Catalyst™ Control Center: Information Center - To access system information • Click the System Information button to open the Windows® System Information.
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makes use 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 Disable Catalyst... to optimize performance in the check box. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of ATI's new texture analyzer technology to achieve even better results with minimal impact on performance. Note: Clicking Defaults will be saved ...as Doom 3, the Half Life 2 engine, Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004, Splinter Cell, Race Driver, Prince of Persia, and Crazy Taxi 3.
makes use 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 Disable Catalyst... to optimize performance in the check box. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of ATI's new texture analyzer technology to achieve even better results with minimal impact on performance. Note: Clicking Defaults will be saved ...as Doom 3, the Half Life 2 engine, Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004, Splinter Cell, Race Driver, Prince of Persia, and Crazy Taxi 3.
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...mouse to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will be saved once you click OK. Discard your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control .... Deinterlacing 81 • 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 to...
...mouse to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will be saved once you click OK. Discard your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control .... Deinterlacing 81 • 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 to...
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VPU Recover VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics processor stops responding to reset the graphics hardware. When this happens, the display driver attempts to display-driver instructions. Clicking Discard applies to all features of the window. 2 Click Defaults. In most cases, VPU Recover will switch the computer to software rendering...
VPU Recover VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics processor stops responding to reset the graphics hardware. When this happens, the display driver attempts to display-driver instructions. Clicking Discard applies to all features of the window. 2 Click Defaults. In most cases, VPU Recover will switch the computer to software rendering...
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... memory size of the CrossFire™ Master graphics card and then install the drivers for both graphics cards. Cannot Use ATI Overdrive ATI Overdrive is not an available feature on a Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition system. If the graphics card is moved into the primary PCI Express® ... is Unavailable Screen rotation is not supported in CrossFire™ mode. VIVO on Slave Card Does Not Work If a VIVO (Video In, Video Out) connection is available on the Slave card, its functionality is not an available feature on installing the software see the Getting Started...
... memory size of the CrossFire™ Master graphics card and then install the drivers for both graphics cards. Cannot Use ATI Overdrive ATI Overdrive is not an available feature on a Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition system. If the graphics card is moved into the primary PCI Express® ... is Unavailable Screen rotation is not supported in CrossFire™ mode. VIVO on Slave Card Does Not Work If a VIVO (Video In, Video Out) connection is available on the Slave card, its functionality is not an available feature on installing the software see the Getting Started...