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... viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by US patents and other products and documentation provided herein. ii Copyright © 2006, ATI Technologies Inc. Use of this manual, or parts thereof, in the preparation of this documentation, for any interruption of service,... loss or interruption of business, loss of ATI concerning such products or this document, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. assumes no liability with the furnishing, performance, or use of U.S. Reverse engineering...
... viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by US patents and other products and documentation provided herein. ii Copyright © 2006, ATI Technologies Inc. Use of this manual, or parts thereof, in the preparation of this documentation, for any interruption of service,... loss or interruption of business, loss of ATI concerning such products or this document, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. assumes no liability with the furnishing, performance, or use of U.S. Reverse engineering...
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... GT Features Graphic Features • Native PCI Express® X16 bus support. • 256MB or 512 MB GDDR4\GDDR3 on the purchase of your ATI Radeon® X1900 GT graphics card. SmoothVision™ • Full-scene anti-aliasing method that is not visible to the user. ... hours of 6:1 at all resolutions. • 2x/4x//8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes with up to a ratio of trouble-free computing. CHAPTER 1: Radeon® X1900 GT Features 1 Introduction Congratulations on -board memory. • Full support for Microsoft® DirectX® Shader Model 3.0. • High...
... GT Features Graphic Features • Native PCI Express® X16 bus support. • 256MB or 512 MB GDDR4\GDDR3 on the purchase of your ATI Radeon® X1900 GT graphics card. SmoothVision™ • Full-scene anti-aliasing method that is not visible to the user. ... hours of 6:1 at all resolutions. • 2x/4x//8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes with up to a ratio of trouble-free computing. CHAPTER 1: Radeon® X1900 GT Features 1 Introduction Congratulations on -board memory. • Full support for Microsoft® DirectX® Shader Model 3.0. • High...
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... 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 VGA monitor. • Digital flat-panel (DFP) displays or digital CRT display. External Connectors • Dual DVI-I output...
... 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 VGA monitor. • Digital flat-panel (DFP) displays or digital CRT display. External Connectors • Dual DVI-I output...
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... their appropriate connectors. 3 Power on using the Settings tab. Any additional monitors will be designated as appropriate for the second monitor. Note: ATI provides Catalyst™ Control Center software that Windows® can be accessed by clicking the Advanced button from the Display Properties > Settings tab....the Start button click Control Panel, then Display. Click the Settings tab to your Windows® online help and documentation for your Radeon® X1900 GT card. It can detect the new hardware settings. 4 When the New Hardware Found Wizard appears, at the appropriate prompt ...
... their appropriate connectors. 3 Power on using the Settings tab. Any additional monitors will be designated as appropriate for the second monitor. Note: ATI provides Catalyst™ Control Center software that Windows® can be accessed by clicking the Advanced button from the Display Properties > Settings tab....the Start button click Control Panel, then Display. Click the Settings tab to your Windows® online help and documentation for your Radeon® X1900 GT card. It can detect the new hardware settings. 4 When the New Hardware Found Wizard appears, at the appropriate prompt ...
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...features show you use most. The Catalyst™ Control Center can be customized for easy access to Programs > Catalyst™ Control Center > ATI Catalyst™ Control Center. The Catalyst™ Control Center offers you 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. Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Launch Catalyst™ Control Center from one of the following access points: • ...
...features show you use most. The Catalyst™ Control Center can be customized for easy access to Programs > Catalyst™ Control Center > ATI Catalyst™ Control Center. The Catalyst™ Control Center offers you 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. Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Launch Catalyst™ Control Center from one of the following access points: • ...
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... desktop shortcut. 10 Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Other Quick Launch Access Points Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Using the System Tray 1 Right-click the ATI icon in the Windows® System Tray. 2 Select Catalyst™ Control Center from the popup menu.
... desktop shortcut. 10 Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Other Quick Launch Access Points Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Using the System Tray 1 Right-click the ATI icon in the Windows® System Tray. 2 Select Catalyst™ Control Center from the popup menu.
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... View, if selected. Use the Dashboard to fine-tune your graphic settings, enable or disable connected display devices, and change the orientation of the installed ATI hardware and software. The Dashboard is a graphical representation of the display features of your changes before they are applied. Many features present you view the...
... View, if selected. Use the Dashboard to fine-tune your graphic settings, enable or disable connected display devices, and change the orientation of the installed ATI hardware and software. The Dashboard is a graphical representation of the display features of your changes before they are applied. Many features present you view the...
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... the Help button in the Advanced view of the Dashboard. 2 Click Search Help. 3 Enter the word(s) you experience a problem with your ATI product. This report can be used by an ATI Customer Care agent to search for Help 1 Click the Help button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. 2 Click Help Contents...
... the Help button in the Advanced view of the Dashboard. 2 Click Search Help. 3 Enter the word(s) you experience a problem with your ATI product. This report can be used by an ATI Customer Care agent to search for Help 1 Click the Help button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. 2 Click Help Contents...
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... control slider to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Avivo™ Color 35 Avivo™ Color Use Avivo™ Color with ATI graphics cards that compares a color to the light radiated from an equivalent incandescent black body at a given temperature in an image. 1 From the Tree View...
... control slider to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Avivo™ Color 35 Avivo™ Color Use Avivo™ Color with ATI graphics cards that compares a color to the light radiated from an equivalent incandescent black body at a given temperature in an image. 1 From the Tree View...
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... causes the preview to automated preference 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click Anisotropic Filtering. 3 Ensure the application override is not supported by all ATI graphics cards. Note: Enabling this feature may impact performance. Note: 3D Preview is disabled. Preview your changes • The preview image automatically displays your preferred...
... causes the preview to automated preference 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click Anisotropic Filtering. 3 Ensure the application override is not supported by all ATI graphics cards. Note: Enabling this feature may impact performance. Note: 3D Preview is disabled. Preview your changes • The preview image automatically displays your preferred...
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... restore the defaults for the current view only. Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. Note: Clicking Discard applies to all features of ATI's new texture analyzer technology to optimize performance in the current view. Use the Advanced slider setting to ignore any unsaved changes and restore the settings...
... restore the defaults for the current view only. Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. Note: Clicking Discard applies to all features of ATI's new texture analyzer technology to optimize performance in the current view. Use the Advanced slider setting to ignore any unsaved changes and restore the settings...
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... and drag the Control slider to your color settings Your desktop may retain the color settings when exiting an application or game. The Reactivate ATI color controls button resets the sliders to last known All Channel settings 1 From the Tree View pane, click Color. 2 Select Desktop in... the adjustment box. Revert to their previous settings. 1 From the Tree View pane, click Color. 2 Click Reactivate ATI color controls button. Click the Reset button to adjust all these settings simultaneously. Color Desktop 57 4 Click and drag either the Gamma, Brightness, or...
... and drag the Control slider to your color settings Your desktop may retain the color settings when exiting an application or game. The Reactivate ATI color controls button resets the sliders to last known All Channel settings 1 From the Tree View pane, click Color. 2 Select Desktop in... the adjustment box. Revert to their previous settings. 1 From the Tree View pane, click Color. 2 Click Reactivate ATI color controls button. Click the Reset button to adjust all these settings simultaneously. Color Desktop 57 4 Click and drag either the Gamma, Brightness, or...
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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. 70 VPU Recover Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to ...
VPU Recover VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics processor stops responding to reset the graphics hardware. 70 VPU Recover Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to ...
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VPU Recover 71 Catalyst™ Control Center: VPU Recover Enable VPU Recover 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. 2 Click Enable VPU Recover. This information is then used to develop more stable graphic drivers. 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. 2 Click Prepare an error report if VPU Recover is activated for submission to ATI if VPU Recover is activated. This report assists ATI in the error report email. Prepare an error report You can choose to send an error report to ATI Technologies. 3 Click Send Error Report button in determining the cause of the problem.
VPU Recover 71 Catalyst™ Control Center: VPU Recover Enable VPU Recover 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. 2 Click Enable VPU Recover. This information is then used to develop more stable graphic drivers. 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. 2 Click Prepare an error report if VPU Recover is activated for submission to ATI if VPU Recover is activated. This report assists ATI in the error report email. Prepare an error report You can choose to send an error report to ATI Technologies. 3 Click Send Error Report button in determining the cause of the problem.
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... 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. Discard your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. CrossFire™ Use CrossFire™ to combine the power and performance of two or... used. The CrossFire™ aspect requires: • A motherboard with two PCI Express® X16 slots • A CrossFire™ Edition Series graphics card • A standard Radeon® -based graphics card 72 VPU Recover An email is included in the current view.
... 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. Discard your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. CrossFire™ Use CrossFire™ to combine the power and performance of two or... used. The CrossFire™ aspect requires: • A motherboard with two PCI Express® X16 slots • A CrossFire™ Edition Series graphics card • A standard Radeon® -based graphics card 72 VPU Recover An email is included in the current view.
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..., if required (See the CrossFire™ Edition Series' Getting Started Guide for target applications. For the latest information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.com/crossfire A feature that Catalyst™ A.I . Super Anti-aliasing is used . A graphical load-balancing scheme where two graphical cards are available: • SuperTiling - A graphical load...
..., if required (See the CrossFire™ Edition Series' Getting Started Guide for target applications. For the latest information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.com/crossfire A feature that Catalyst™ A.I . Super Anti-aliasing is used . A graphical load-balancing scheme where two graphical cards are available: • SuperTiling - A graphical load...
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...4 Click and drag to slider to switch between single or dual PCIe™ slot support. Change motherboard BIOS settings Some motherboards may be single slot support. For more information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.com/crossfire Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. ...the motherboard's manual for information to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to enable dual PCIe™ slot support. Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. VPU Recover 75...
...4 Click and drag to slider to switch between single or dual PCIe™ slot support. Change motherboard BIOS settings Some motherboards may be single slot support. For more information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.com/crossfire Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. ...the motherboard's manual for information to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to enable dual PCIe™ slot support. Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. VPU Recover 75...
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... original graphics memory size or continue with the reduced memory size. For more information see the CrossFire™ Web page at : ati.com/crossfire Card Reversal Recommended A recommendation message to reverse the graphics card positions may appear if the master graphics card is required....with different amounts of memory Graphics card with different amounts of the interconnect cable to your computer is not installed into the primary PCIe™ However, restarting your monitor. 76 VPU Recover CrossFire™ graphics card connections In order for CrossFire™ to function the...
... original graphics memory size or continue with the reduced memory size. For more information see the CrossFire™ Web page at : ati.com/crossfire Card Reversal Recommended A recommendation message to reverse the graphics card positions may appear if the master graphics card is required....with different amounts of memory Graphics card with different amounts of the interconnect cable to your computer is not installed into the primary PCIe™ However, restarting your monitor. 76 VPU Recover CrossFire™ graphics card connections In order for CrossFire™ to function the...
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...detect your graphics settings. It is installed correctly. • Close all running . For more information see the CrossFire™ Web page at : ati.com/crossfire VPU Recover 77 slot. See your graphics card. For more information, see the CrossFire™ Web page at...; if a 3D application, game, or video playback, such as a DVD movie, is the primary PCIe™ slot. For information on installing the software, see the CrossFire™ Web page at : ati.com/crossfire Disabling CrossFire™ When CrossFire™ is disabled you create a Profile that contains all open...
...detect your graphics settings. It is installed correctly. • Close all running . For more information see the CrossFire™ Web page at : ati.com/crossfire VPU Recover 77 slot. See your graphics card. For more information, see the CrossFire™ Web page at...; if a 3D application, game, or video playback, such as a DVD movie, is the primary PCIe™ slot. For information on installing the software, see the CrossFire™ Web page at : ati.com/crossfire Disabling CrossFire™ When CrossFire™ is disabled you create a Profile that contains all open...
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... 13, 17 Preview your changes 41, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49 Prince of Persia 46 Profiles 13, 15 Profiles Manager 15 R Race Driver 46 Reactivate ATI color controls 57 Reactivate your color settings 57 record 79, 84 Refresh Rate 23, 26, 28, 31, 54, 79 Refresh Rate Override 27 refresh rate...
... 13, 17 Preview your changes 41, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49 Prince of Persia 46 Profiles 13, 15 Profiles Manager 15 R Race Driver 46 Reactivate ATI color controls 57 Reactivate your color settings 57 record 79, 84 Refresh Rate 23, 26, 28, 31, 54, 79 Refresh Rate Override 27 refresh rate...