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... or omission of ATI Technologies Inc. assumes no liability with the furnishing, performance, or use of merchantability, fitness for limited viewing uses only. Features, performance and specifications are subject to , the implied warranties of ATI hardware, software or other products and documentation provided herein. All rights reserved. Macrovision Apparatus Claims of ATI Technologies Inc. reserves the right to make changes without the express written permission...
... or omission of ATI Technologies Inc. assumes no liability with the furnishing, performance, or use of merchantability, fitness for limited viewing uses only. Features, performance and specifications are subject to , the implied warranties of ATI hardware, software or other products and documentation provided herein. All rights reserved. Macrovision Apparatus Claims of ATI Technologies Inc. reserves the right to make changes without the express written permission...
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... 79 Using SCART Connectors for European TVs 80 How TV Display Cannot Be Used 82 Using a Monitor vs. vi Other Quick Launch Access Points 10 Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard 12 Create a Custom View 13 Hotkeys Manager 13 Profiles Manager 15 Preferences 17 Help 19 Information Center 20 Displays Manager 22 Displays Manager Advanced View 23 Monitor Properties 30 Monitor Attributes 31 Digital Panel Properties 32 Attributes 33 Avivo™ Color 35 HDTV Support...
... 79 Using SCART Connectors for European TVs 80 How TV Display Cannot Be Used 82 Using a Monitor vs. vi Other Quick Launch Access Points 10 Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard 12 Create a Custom View 13 Hotkeys Manager 13 Profiles Manager 15 Preferences 17 Help 19 Information Center 20 Displays Manager 22 Displays Manager Advanced View 23 Monitor Properties 30 Monitor Attributes 31 Digital Panel Properties 32 Attributes 33 Avivo™ Color 35 HDTV Support...
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... efficiency. • High resolution texture support (up to 1,536 instructions per rendering pass. • 3Dc+ texture compression • High quality 4:1 compression for normal maps and luminance maps. • Works with video in OpenGL® 2.0 De-interlacing and Frame Rate Conversion. 512-bit Ring Bus Memory Controller • Programmable intelligent arbitration logic. • New fully associative texture, color, and Z/stencil cache designs...
... efficiency. • High resolution texture support (up to 1,536 instructions per rendering pass. • 3Dc+ texture compression • High quality 4:1 compression for normal maps and luminance maps. • Works with video in OpenGL® 2.0 De-interlacing and Frame Rate Conversion. 512-bit Ring Bus Memory Controller • Programmable intelligent arbitration logic. • New fully associative texture, color, and Z/stencil cache designs...
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... Connectors • Dual DVI-I output. • S-Video output or Video In/Video Out (VIVO) connection. Consult your computer system manual to ensure the power supply is designed 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 CrossFire™ certified motherboards.) • a CrossFire™ Edition graphics card from the same product series...
... Connectors • Dual DVI-I output. • S-Video output or Video In/Video Out (VIVO) connection. Consult your computer system manual to ensure the power supply is designed 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 CrossFire™ certified motherboards.) • a CrossFire™ Edition graphics card from the same product series...
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...TV output via an S-Video Out connector. Connections and Adapters for two DVI-I monitors and a VGA monitor using the supplied DVI-I Connection. To connect a VGA monitor to the DVI-I connector, plug the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter into the DVI-I connector, then plug your monitor cable into the adapter. 2 DVI-I-to-VGA Adapter. 3 DVI-I -to-VGA adapter. 5 CHAPTER 2: Using Multiple Displays Connecting Your Monitors Your Radeon® X1900 GT graphics card provides hardware support for the Radeon® X1900 GT Card 1 Standard VGA Monitor Connector. To connect a digital display...
...TV output via an S-Video Out connector. Connections and Adapters for two DVI-I monitors and a VGA monitor using the supplied DVI-I Connection. To connect a VGA monitor to the DVI-I connector, plug the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter into the DVI-I connector, then plug your monitor cable into the adapter. 2 DVI-I-to-VGA Adapter. 3 DVI-I -to-VGA adapter. 5 CHAPTER 2: Using Multiple Displays Connecting Your Monitors Your Radeon® X1900 GT graphics card provides hardware support for the Radeon® X1900 GT Card 1 Standard VGA Monitor Connector. To connect a digital display...
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... monitors 1 Power off your card, one monitor will always be Primary. Note: ATI provides Catalyst™ Control Center software that Windows® can be accessed by clicking the Advanced button from the Display Properties > Settings tab. 2 Select the Monitor icon identified by the number 2. 3 Click Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor. 4 Set the Screen Resolution and Color Quality as Secondary. To set up a multi-monitor display 1 From the Start button click Control Panel, then Display. Note: When you use multiple monitors...
... monitors 1 Power off your card, one monitor will always be Primary. Note: ATI provides Catalyst™ Control Center software that Windows® can be accessed by clicking the Advanced button from the Display Properties > Settings tab. 2 Select the Monitor icon identified by the number 2. 3 Click Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor. 4 Set the Screen Resolution and Color Quality as Secondary. To set up a multi-monitor display 1 From the Start button click Control Panel, then Display. Note: When you use multiple monitors...
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... the DVI-I connector with single-link DVI flat panel displays as well as ultra-high resolution dual-link DVI flat panel displays. cathode ray tube analog display. Display Connector(s) Configuration Used Comments Single DFP display DFP Display* + DFP Display DFP Display + HDTV Single CRT display CRT display + HDTV DFP display + HDTV CRT display + DFP display CRT display + CRT display DVI-I connector DVI-I connectors DVI-I connector + S-Video-toComponent adapter DVI-I -to Component adapter. Display Configurations 7 Display Configurations Your Radeon® X1900 GT graphics card...
... the DVI-I connector with single-link DVI flat panel displays as well as ultra-high resolution dual-link DVI flat panel displays. cathode ray tube analog display. Display Connector(s) Configuration Used Comments Single DFP display DFP Display* + DFP Display DFP Display + HDTV Single CRT display CRT display + HDTV DFP display + HDTV CRT display + DFP display CRT display + CRT display DVI-I connector DVI-I connectors DVI-I connector + S-Video-toComponent adapter DVI-I -to Component adapter. Display Configurations 7 Display Configurations Your Radeon® X1900 GT graphics card...
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... two views of the software: • Basic View is a graphical user application providing access to the display features contained within the installed ATI hardware and software. Many of the features show you a preview of your graphics settings, enable or disable connected display devices, and change the orientation of the changes before they are applied. Use the Catalyst™ Control Center to access a comprehensive online help system, or connect to fine-tune your desktop. Use the Catalyst™ Control Center...
... two views of the software: • Basic View is a graphical user application providing access to the display features contained within the installed ATI hardware and software. Many of the features show you a preview of your graphics settings, enable or disable connected display devices, and change the orientation of the changes before they are applied. Use the Catalyst™ Control Center to access a comprehensive online help system, or connect to fine-tune your desktop. Use the Catalyst™ Control Center...
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... get the installed Catalyst™ Control Center version information. Restore Catalyst™ Control Center to access the comprehensive online help system, generate a Problem Report, and get specific help on the feature or aspect you are using. Help Use the Catalyst™ Control Center Help feature to the factory default settings 1 Click Preferences in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. 2 Select Restore factory defaults in the Windows® System Tray. Change Catalyst™ Control Center language...
... get the installed Catalyst™ Control Center version information. Restore Catalyst™ Control Center to access the comprehensive online help system, generate a Problem Report, and get specific help on the feature or aspect you are using. Help Use the Catalyst™ Control Center Help feature to the factory default settings 1 Click Preferences in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. 2 Select Restore factory defaults in the Windows® System Tray. Change Catalyst™ Control Center language...
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... users can easily change your display setup, arrange your desktop. Use the Displays Manager aspect to quickly change to the Basic View the very first time it is the central location for configuring your display devices and arranging your desktop in a multi-monitor environment, and enable TV Out. 22 Displays Manager Displays Manager The Displays Manager aspect is accessed. Those new to the Catalyst™ Control Center may use the Basic View wizard to manually configure their desktop setting...
... users can easily change your display setup, arrange your desktop. Use the Displays Manager aspect to quickly change to the Basic View the very first time it is the central location for configuring your display devices and arranging your desktop in a multi-monitor environment, and enable TV Out. 22 Displays Manager Displays Manager The Displays Manager aspect is accessed. Those new to the Catalyst™ Control Center may use the Basic View wizard to manually configure their desktop setting...
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... extended desktop, will not be supported. 1 From the Tree View pane, click Display Options. 2 Click Force TV detection enables this feature to determine how the Catalyst™ Control Center detects display devices connected to detect your TV has non-standard inputs. Force TV detection Use Force TV detection if your computer. or • Use manual detection only (I must click Detect Displays button). Set resolution modes for devices with limited resolution capabilities...
... extended desktop, will not be supported. 1 From the Tree View pane, click Display Options. 2 Click Force TV detection enables this feature to determine how the Catalyst™ Control Center detects display devices connected to detect your TV has non-standard inputs. Force TV detection Use Force TV detection if your computer. or • Use manual detection only (I must click Detect Displays button). Set resolution modes for devices with limited resolution capabilities...
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... a standard monitor or flat panel display (such as an HDTV screen) Digital Panel Properties will restore the defaults for the current view only. 30 Monitor Properties Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to ignore any unsaved changes and restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. Discard...
... a standard monitor or flat panel display (such as an HDTV screen) Digital Panel Properties will restore the defaults for the current view only. 30 Monitor Properties Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to ignore any unsaved changes and restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. Discard...
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... Panel Properties Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Note: Catalyst™ Control Center loads aspects dynamically based on what device is designed for the current view only. The latter is attached to the graphics card. Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for use with such devices as a CRT monitor or flat panel display Monitor Properties...
... Panel Properties Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Note: Catalyst™ Control Center loads aspects dynamically based on what device is designed for the current view only. The latter is attached to the graphics card. Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for use with such devices as a CRT monitor or flat panel display Monitor Properties...
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... the Digital Panel is set to all features of problems. Note: Alternate DVI operational mode, when enabled, may result in the current view. Note: Reducing DVI frequency on high-resolution displays can resolve either display corruption or the complete absence of any unsaved changes and restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. Note: Clicking...
... the Digital Panel is set to all features of problems. Note: Alternate DVI operational mode, when enabled, may result in the current view. Note: Reducing DVI frequency on high-resolution displays can resolve either display corruption or the complete absence of any unsaved changes and restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. Note: Clicking...
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... limits may result in permanent damage to your settings • Click Discard to the Force button located in the corresponding HDTV Support pages. The following formats and refresh rates are fully supported supported: • NTSC • PAL • SECAM L WARNING!: Forcing a display mode that are not altered and will restore the defaults for the current view only. Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. Discard your...
... limits may result in permanent damage to your settings • Click Discard to the Force button located in the corresponding HDTV Support pages. The following formats and refresh rates are fully supported supported: • NTSC • PAL • SECAM L WARNING!: Forcing a display mode that are not altered and will restore the defaults for the current view only. Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. Discard your...
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... view. Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to save your settings • Click Discard to ATI Technologies. Note: Clicking Defaults will be saved once you click OK. Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. The CrossFire™ aspect requires: • A motherboard with two PCI Express® X16 slots • A CrossFire™ Edition Series graphics card • A standard Radeon...
... view. Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to save your settings • Click Discard to ATI Technologies. Note: Clicking Defaults will be saved once you click OK. Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. The CrossFire™ aspect requires: • A motherboard with two PCI Express® X16 slots • A CrossFire™ Edition Series graphics card • A standard Radeon...
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... : ati.com/crossfire Graphics cards with different amounts of memory Graphics card with different amounts of memory on the Slave card supports Transition Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS) required by used with two DVI-I connectors, only one DVI-I connector on the Slave card. 76 VPU Recover CrossFire™ graphics card connections In order for CrossFire™ to function the interconnect cable must be given the option to restart your monitor. Note: On graphics cards with CrossFire™. If CrossFire...
... : ati.com/crossfire Graphics cards with different amounts of memory Graphics card with different amounts of memory on the Slave card supports Transition Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS) required by used with two DVI-I connectors, only one DVI-I connector on the Slave card. 76 VPU Recover CrossFire™ graphics card connections In order for CrossFire™ to function the interconnect cable must be given the option to restart your monitor. Note: On graphics cards with CrossFire™. If CrossFire...
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... : ati.com/crossfire Disabling CrossFire™ When CrossFire™ is disabled you create a Profile that came with the software. • Check the graphics cards are installed correctly. • Check the interconnect cable is active You will need to start CrossFire™ if a 3D application, game, or video playback, such as a DVD movie, is a problem with your graphics hardware or their is running 3D applications. • Re-install the CATALYST™ Control Center. For...
... : ati.com/crossfire Disabling CrossFire™ When CrossFire™ is disabled you create a Profile that came with the software. • Check the graphics cards are installed correctly. • Check the interconnect cable is active You will need to start CrossFire™ if a 3D application, game, or video playback, such as a DVD movie, is a problem with your graphics hardware or their is running 3D applications. • Re-install the CATALYST™ Control Center. For...
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... Audio Connectors The SCART connector supports only the Composite video format, which means you experience problems when TV display is enabled, disable TV display to restore your monitor's display. The Radeon® X1900 GT that only has the Composite out connector DOES NOT support connection to TVs with TV display enabled. Viewing Text on a TV. The small text sizes commonly used for this degradation by using larger fonts. If you will have to use the monitor's control...
... Audio Connectors The SCART connector supports only the Composite video format, which means you experience problems when TV display is enabled, disable TV display to restore your monitor's display. The Radeon® X1900 GT that only has the Composite out connector DOES NOT support connection to TVs with TV display enabled. Viewing Text on a TV. The small text sizes commonly used for this degradation by using larger fonts. If you will have to use the monitor's control...
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... taskbar. Windows® Volume Control For correct audio performance, your Radeon® X1900 GT directly to cancel muting. Choosing a resolution higher than this will cause the TV display to disappear if it to run under a specific display mode. To display the Line Input setting in the Windows® Volume Control panel: 1 Right-click the speaker icon in the Taskbar (usually in your screen). 2 Click Open Volume Controls. 3 If...
... taskbar. Windows® Volume Control For correct audio performance, your Radeon® X1900 GT directly to cancel muting. Choosing a resolution higher than this will cause the TV display to disappear if it to run under a specific display mode. To display the Line Input setting in the Windows® Volume Control panel: 1 Right-click the speaker icon in the Taskbar (usually in your screen). 2 Click Open Volume Controls. 3 If...