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  • Page 1 Radeon® X1600 Series User’s Guide P/N 137-40890-20...
  • Page 2 ATI hardware, software, or other products and documentation provided herein. ATI Technologies Inc. reserves the right to make changes without further notice to a product or system described herein to improve reliability, function or design. With respect to ATI products which this...
  • Page 3 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. • Retain Instructions - The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. • Heed Warnings - All warnings on the product and the operating instructions should be adhered to.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction ....... 1 Radeon® X1600 Series Features Features System Requirements External Connections...
  • Page 6 Custom View Hotkeys Manager Profiles Manager Preferences Help Information Center Displays Manager Displays Manager Display Options Monitor Properties Monitor Attributes Digital Panel Properties Attributes Avivo™ Color HDTV Support Standard Settings Anti-aliasing Adaptive Anti-aliasing Anisotropic Filtering Catalyst™ A.I. Mipmap Detail Level SmartShader™...
  • Page 7 Using a TV as the Only Display Using Games and Applications Connecting to HDTV Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable CrossFire™ FAQ ......101 Reference .
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  • Page 9: Introduction

    CHAPTER 1: Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your ATI Radeon® X1600 Series graphics card. We hope that you will enjoy countless hours of trouble-free computing. Radeon® X1600 Series Features Features • 157 million transistors on 90nm fabrication process. • Dual-link DVI. •...
  • Page 10 2 Radeon® X1600 Series Features • Dedicated branch execution units for high performance dynamic branching and flow control. • Dedicated texture address units for improved efficiency. • 3Dc+ texture compression • High quality 4:1 compression for normal maps and two-channel data formats.
  • Page 11 • Motion compensation, IDCT, DCT and color space conversion. • Vector adaptive per-pixel de-interlacing. • 3:2 pulldown (frame rate conversion). • Seamless integration of pixel shaders with video in real time. • HDR tone mapping acceleration. • Maps any input format to 10 bit per channel output. •...

  • Page 12: System Requirements

    4 System Requirements *with optional HDTV adapter available from ATI Online Store System Requirements Hardware • Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon®. • 512MB of system memory; 1GB or more for best • Optical drive for installation software (CD-ROM or •...

  • Page 13: Before You Begin

    Before You Begin Before you begin installing your new graphics card, please do the following. Record Your Serial and Part Numbers The serial number and 102 part number printed on the graphics card are required for registration. They are located on a sticker on the back of the card.
  • Page 14 6 Before You Begin Turn off your system and remove the old graphics card.

  • Page 15: Installing Your Ati Graphics Card

    CHAPTER 2: Installing Your ATI Graphics Card Installing Hardware This chapter will guide you through the physical installation of your new Radeon® graphics card. Graphics Card Bus Types There are three possible card bus types. See the illustration below to determine if you have an AGP, PCI, or PCI Express®...
  • Page 16 8 Basic Graphics Card Installation connection to the computer’s power supply, follow the Advanced Install instructions for either AGP or PCIe, as appropriate. Radeon® graphics cards that require a connection to the computer’s power supply will have a power cable connected to them. Installing the Radeon®...

  • Page 17: Advanced Installation: Agp

    Advanced Installation: AGP There are two types of installation. If your graphics card does not require a separate connection to the computer’s power supply, follow the Basic Install instructions. If your graphics card require a separate connection to the computer’s power supply, follow the Advanced Install instructions for either AGP or PCIe™, as appropriate.
  • Page 18 10 Advanced Installation: AGP Power Cable Connector 4-Pin Power Connection Power Extension Cable: Power Connector to Graphics Card Power Extension Cable: Power Connector to Hard Drive Power Extension Cable: Power Connector to Power Supply Hard Drive Power Connector to Hard Drive Installing the Radeon®...

  • Page 19: Advanced Installation: Pcie

    Align your ATI graphics card with the slot and press it in firmly until the card is fully seated. Remove the power cable from the hard drive power connector. Connect the power extension cable to the 4-pin power connection on the graphics card.
  • Page 20 12 Advanced Installation: PCIe™ Graphics Card Installation Radeon® Graphics Card Power Supply 6-pin Power Cable Connector 6-pin Power Connection Power connector to Graphics Card Power connector to Power Supply Installing the Radeon® graphics card Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices. Unplug the computer’s power cord and disconnect all cables from the back of your computer.

  • Page 21: Connecting Devices

    Remove the computer cover. If necessary, consult your computer’s manual for help in removing the cover. WARNING - Remember to discharge your body’s static electricity by touching the power supply or the metal surface of the computer chassis. Unscrew or unfasten and remove any existing graphics card from your computer.
  • Page 22 14 Connecting Devices Connector Types DVI-I VGA-DVI-I Adapter S-Video In/Out CATV Composite For more information about connecting to your All-in-Wonder® graphics card, see the AIW All-in-Wonder® Quick-Start Guide and the All-in-Wonder® User’s Guide located on the CD that came with your new All-in-Wonder®...

  • Page 23: Using Multiple Displays

    CHAPTER 3: Using Multiple Displays Connecting Your Monitors Your Radeon® X1600 Series graphics card provides hardware support for two DVI-I monitors a DVI-I monitor and a VGA monitor using the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter. It also provides TV output via an S-Video Out connector.
  • Page 24 Note: If you use multiple monitors, the must be the primary graphics card. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary. Note: The top DVI-I connector is single-link and the bottom connector is dual-link. Note: Some Radeon® X1600 Series graphic cards have one DVI-I connector and one VGA connector.

  • Page 25: Display Configurations

    Display Configurations Your Radeon® X1600 Series graphics card provides dual display functionality. The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your card. Display Connector(s) Configuration Used Single DFP DVI-I connector display Single CRT DVI-I connector display with DVI-I-to-VGA adapter CRT display +...
  • Page 26 18 Display Configurations...

  • Page 27: Installing Software And Drivers

    CHAPTER 4: Installing Software and Drivers This chapter will guide you through the installation of the drivers and software associated with your Radeon® X1600 Series graphics card. Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® You will need to install the Radeon® X1600 Series drivers and software in the following cases: •...

  • Page 28: Monitor Configuration

    20 Monitor Configuration Run the ATISETUP utility. The ATISETUP utility will start automatically when you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your optical drive after the operating system has started. If your CD- ROM auto-run is not enabled or the ATISETUP utility does not start automatically: a) Click the Start button in the task bar.

  • Page 29: Reinstalling Drivers

    To configure your primary display Navigate to the Control Panel and choose Display, or right-click on the desktop and choose Properties. Choose the Settings tab and select the screen resolution and color depth that best suit your requirements and your monitor’s performance.

  • Page 30: Installing The Catalyst™ Software Suite

    22 Installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite If your CD-ROM auto-run is not enabled and the ATISETUP utility does not start automatically, follow these steps. In the Windows® task bar, click Start. From the Start menu, select Run. Browse to ATISETUP.EXE on the root directory of the ATI Installation CD-ROM.
  • Page 31 Installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite 23 Not all software components are installed using the Express installation. Custom installation allows you to select individual software components for installation.
  • Page 32 24 Installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite...

  • Page 33: Catalyst™ Control Center

    CHAPTER 5: Catalyst™ Control Center The Catalyst™ Control Center is a graphical user application providing access to the display features contained within the installed ATI hardware and software. Use the Catalyst™ Control Center to fine-tune your graphics settings, enable or disable connected display devices, and change the orientation of your desktop.

  • Page 34: Other Quick Launch Access Points

    26 Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Other Quick Launch Access Points Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Using the System Tray Right-click the ATI icon in the Windows® System Tray. Select Catalyst™ Control Center from the popup menu. Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Using the Desktop Shortcut When you first installed Catalyst™...
  • Page 35 Launching Catalyst™ Control Center 27 Catalyst™ Control Center Dialog...

  • Page 36: Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard

    28 Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard Catalyst™ Control Center: Advanced View Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard The Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard is a graphical representation of the display features of the installed ATI hardware and software. Use the Dashboard to fine-tune your graphic settings, enable or disable connected display devices, and change the orientation of your desktop.

  • Page 37: Catalyst™ Control Center Views

    • Profiles • Preferences • Help Catalyst™ Control Center Views The Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard supports three types of views: • Basic • Advanced • Custom Basic View Basic View is the default view when Catalyst™ Control Center is launched for the very first time.

  • Page 38: Hotkeys Manager

    30 Hotkeys Manager Create a Custom View In Advanced View, click View and select Define Custom View. In the Define a Custom View dialog, click the plus sign beside the graphics card name to expand the tree view. Select the check box next to each aspect you wish to add to your custom view.
  • Page 39 Choose a modifier. Enter any letter of the alphabet. Click the OK button to save your changes. Note: A hot key character is restricted to letters of the alphabet. Create a list of active hot keys Open Hotkeys Manager. Select an option from the List Hotkeys for drop-down menu. •...

  • Page 40: Profiles Manager

    32 Profiles Manager Profiles Manager Use profiles to create customized environments for your desktop, video, and 3D applications. Define and save into a profile your own personal video settings that can be quickly activated manually, through a hot key, or by file association.
  • Page 41 • the following settings applies only the settings selected in the treeview. Activate a profile Open the Profiles Manager. Select a profile from Create or Edit a Profile drop-down menu. Click the Activation tab. Set a profile to activate manually: •...

  • Page 42: Preferences

    34 Preferences Delete a profile Open the Profile Manager. Select a profile from the Create or Edit a Profile drop-down menu. Click Delete. Click OK to confirm. Preferences Use the Preferences page to restore factory defaults, change skins, or enable/disable the System Tray icon. The Catalyst™...
  • Page 43 Note: When a check mark appears next to Hide Tooltips, all Tooltips are disabled. Show or hide text that appears on the toolbar buttons Click Preferences button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. Click Hide Toolbar Text in the drop-down menu. Note: When a check mark appears next to Hide Toolbar Text the toolbar buttons have button icons only.

  • Page 44: Help

    36 Help Choose a skin from the Skin drop-down menu. Click OK. Restore Catalyst™ Control Center to the factory default settings Click Preferences in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. Select Restore factory defaults in the drop-down menu. Click Yes. Help Use the Catalyst™...

  • Page 45: Information Center

    Click Go. Create a Problem Report Create a problem report should you experience a problem with your ATI product. This report can be used by an ATI Customer Care agent to help diagnose and resolve the problem. Click the Help button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. Click Problem Report Wizard.

  • Page 46: Displays Manager

    38 Displays Manager Catalyst™ Control Center: Information Center - Graphics Software (Sample) To access the Information Center • Expand Information Center in the treeview of Advanced View and select either Graphic Software or Graphic Hardware. To access system information • Click the System Information button to open the Windows® System Information.

  • Page 47: Displays Manager

    Those new to the Catalyst™ Control Center may use the Basic View wizard to help you configure your display preferences. Experienced users who prefer to manually configure their desktop setting should use the Advanced View. Note: The Catalyst™ Control Center will open to the Basic View the very first time it is accessed.
  • Page 48 40 Displays Manager Access Displays Manager • From the Tree Menu, click Displays Manager. Enable a secondary display device From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. Click the number 2 display icon in the right-hand box. Click Yes to the Enable this display dialog. •...
  • Page 49 Click and drag the display device icon in Attached displays currently disabled to the empty box to the right of the Main box. Click Clone Main with [display device] in the pop-up menu. If the secondary display is enabled: Right click the display device icon in Desktop 2 when in Extended mode, Rightmost when in Stretch Horizontal mode, or Lower in Stretch Vertical mode.
  • Page 50 42 Displays Manager If the secondary display is enabled: Right click the display device icon in Desktop 2 when in Extended mode, or Lower in Stretch Vertical mode, or Clone in Clone Mode. Click Stretch horizontally onto [display device] in the pop-up menu.
  • Page 51 Select the desired color setting from the Color Quality drop-down menu. Change display refresh rate From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. Choose a refresh rate from the Refresh Rate drop-down menu. Note: See your monitor manual for supported refresh rates. Setting a refresh rate higher than recommended by the monitor manufacturer could damage the monitor.

  • Page 52: Display Options

    44 Display Options Click OK to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Discard your settings • Click Discard 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 does not close the Catalyst™...
  • Page 53 Catalyst™ Control Center: Display Options Select a refresh rate override Some applications may have a default refresh rate lower than the optimal setting for your monitor. 3D Refresh Rate Override enables you to set the refresh rate for full-screen applications or games utilizing Microsoft® DirectX®...
  • Page 54 46 Display Options Determine how display devices are detected Use this feature to determine how the Catalyst™ Control Center detects display devices connected to your computer. You can set the Catalyst™ Control Center to automatically detect all connected display devices when it is opened or you can manually detect connected devices when they are required.

  • Page 55: Monitor Properties

    Apply your settings Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. Click OK to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Discard your settings • Click Discard to ignore any unsaved changes and restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst™...

  • Page 56: Monitor Attributes

    48 Monitor Attributes Catalyst™ Control Center: Monitor Properties (Sample) Monitor Attributes Monitor Attributes provides information about the attached monitor. You can also enable Extended Display Identification Data. Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) uses the information provided by the attached monitor to determine the limits for the resolution and refresh rate.

  • Page 57: Digital Panel Properties

    Apply your settings Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. Click OK to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Restore default settings Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. Click Defaults.

  • Page 58: Attributes

    50 Attributes Catalyst™ Control Center: Digital Panel Properties (Sample) Attributes Digital Panel Attributes provides information about the connected digital display. Use DVI Settings and Image Scaling to configure your digital display. Set Image Scaling From the Tree View pane, expand Digital Panel Properties. Click Attributes.
  • Page 59 Note: Use centered timings optimizes the display timing standards used on a high-end digital panel. Enable this feature to stop display flicker. Adjust the DVI Settings From the Tree View pane, expand Digital Panel Properties. Click Attributes. Under DVI Settings, click to enable the desired setting. Note: Reducing DVI frequency on high-resolution displays can resolve either display corruption or the complete absence of any image when a display is set to a high resolution.

  • Page 60: Avivo™ Color

    52 Avivo™ Color Avivo™ Color Use Avivo™ Color with ATI graphics cards that supports per-display color settings. Independently set the hue, saturation, and color temperature for each attached and enabled display. Set Hue Refers to a specific color within the visible spectrum of light, defined by its dominant wavelength.

  • Page 61: Hdtv Support

    Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for the current view only. Previous settings are not altered and will be saved once you click OK. Discard your settings • Click Discard 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.
  • Page 62 54 HDTV Support WARNING!: This option is only intended for displays that report incomplete or incorrect EDID information. Adding this setting could damage your digital flat panel display. USE WITH CAUTION! Add an HDTV format The Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box should list any standard and optimized HDTV formats supported by the digital panel’s EDID.
  • Page 63 Apply an HDTV Format From the Tree View pane, expand Digital Panel Properties. Click HDTV Support. Click to highlight the desired an HDTV format in the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box. Click Apply Format. Apply your settings Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open.

  • Page 64: Standard Settings

    56 Standard Settings • Anisotropic Filtering • Catalyst™ A.I. • Mipmap Detail Level • API-Specific Catalyst™ Control Center: Standard Settings Standard Settings The Standard settings page provides access to a universal slider control where you can simultaneously adjust all of the standard 3D settings for any type of 3D application.
  • Page 65 Adjust your Standard settings The default selection is Balanced. From the Tree View, click 3D. Click Standard Settings. If necessary, remove the check mark from Use custom settings. Click and drag the Control slider to the left to select High or Optimal Performance, or to the right to select High or Optimal Quality.

  • Page 66: Anti-Aliasing

    58 Anti-aliasing Anti-aliasing Anti-aliasing is a technique used to smooth out the jagged edges of three- dimensional curved objects or objects with diagonal edges. Anti-aliasing can be set to favor either an increase in system processing performance or improved image quality: •...
  • Page 67 Click Transparent Anti-Aliasing. Ensure the application override is enabled. To do so, make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is not selected. Click and drag the slider to the desired setting. Note: The slider control becomes unavailable when Let the Application Decide is enabled.

  • Page 68: Adaptive Anti-Aliasing

    60 Adaptive Anti-aliasing Adaptive Anti-aliasing Adaptive anti-aliasing is a technique that applies a combination of multi- sampling (MSAA) and super-sampling (SSAA) on 3D objects to improve edge smoothness and fine detail. This feature renders 3D objects containing transparencies more realistic, providing exceptional levels of image quality while maintaining performance.
  • Page 69 Click the Control slider and move the selector to your preferred setting: • To increase processing performance, move the slider to the left. • To increase image quality, move the slider to the right. Set the Anisotropic Filtering to automated preference From the Tree View pane, expand 3D.

  • Page 70: Catalyst™ A

    62 Catalyst™ A.I. Discard your settings • Click Discard 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 does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. Clicking Discard applies to all features of an aspect, not just the feature in the current view.
  • Page 71 Click Catalyst™ A.I. If necessary, clear the check mark from Disable Catalyst™ A.I. Click and drag to slider to the desired setting. Note: Change to Catalyst™ A.I. settings is not shown in the 3D Preview. Preview your changes • The preview image automatically displays your adjustments. Optionally, double-click 3D Preview for a full-screen view of the adjustments you have made.

  • Page 72: Mipmap Detail Level

    64 Mipmap Detail Level Mipmap Detail Level Mipmapping is a texturing technique that preserves the detail on a 3D object’s surface as it moves into the background. A series of high- and low- resolution texture maps are stored in memory and selectively used to create the object’s surface, depending on what level of detail is needed.

  • Page 73: Smartshader

    Discard your settings • Click Discard 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 does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. Clicking Discard applies to all features of an aspect, not just the feature in the current view.

  • Page 74: All Settings

    66 All Settings The Preview can be disabled by clicking the “X” button in the Preview pane. It can also be paused by clicking the “||” button in the Preview pane. Clicking the pause button again causes the preview to resume. Apply your settings Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™...

  • Page 75: Set The Anti-Aliasing Preference Manually

    This page is useful when it is not necessary to preview the adjusted settings because the effect is already known or understood. Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. Click All Settings. Ensure the application override is disabled. To do so, make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is cleared.
  • Page 76 68 Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually Click All Settings. Ensure the application override is enabled. To do so, make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is selected. Note: The slider control becomes unavailable. Set the Catalyst™ A.I. setting From the Tree View pane, expand 3D.

  • Page 77: Api Specific

    Apply your settings Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. Click OK to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Discard your settings • Click Discard to ignore any unsaved changes and restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst™...
  • Page 78 70 API Specific From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. Click API Specific. Select Enable geometry instancing to place a check mark in the check box. Set Support DXT texture formats for Direct 3D® This option enables support for DirectX® compressed texture formats. DXT requires half the amount of memory to draw the same amount of textures.

  • Page 79: Color

    Set Force 24-bit Z-buffer depth for OpenGL® Enables you to explicitly set the Z-buffer depth. Most applications will work best with the Disabled setting. From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. Click API Specific. Select Force 24-bit Z-buffer depth to place a check mark in the check box.

  • Page 80: Color Desktop

    72 Color Desktop Catalyst™ Control Center: Color Color Desktop Adjust the overall richness of color by using the Gamma control. To adjust the overall brightness use the Brightness control, and the overall contrast use the Contrast control. Display Color page to configure Desktop From the Tree View pane, click Color.
  • Page 81 Click and drag either the Gamma, Brightness, or Contrast to adjust all these settings simultaneously. Revert to last known All Channel settings From the Tree View pane, click Color. Select Desktop in Set color correction for. Select All Channels. Reactivate your color settings Your desktop may retain the color settings when exiting an application or game.
  • Page 82 74 Color Desktop Note: The preview image automatically displays the adjustment you have made. Set Color Contrast From the Tree View pane, click Color. Click and drag the Control slider to your preferred setting: • To increase the Contrast, move the slider to the right. •...

  • Page 83: Color - Fullscreen 3D

    Color - FullScreen 3D Adjusting the Gamma control alters the overall richness of color. Adjusting the Brightness control alters the overall brightness. Adjusting the Contrast control alters the overall contrast. • Adjusting the Gamma can be useful for CAD applications that rely heavily on color coding or applications that require realistic color.

  • Page 84: Avivo™ Video For Radeon® Series Starting From 9500

    76 Avivo™ Video for Radeon® Series starting from 9500 Apply your settings Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. Click OK to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Restore default settings Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window.

  • Page 85: Standard Settings

    Catalyst™ Control Center: Avivo Video Standard Settings To quickly adjust your video settings choose one of the video presets or use the Video Wizard to configure your display devices. Start the Video Wizard From the Tree View pane, expand Video. Click Standard Settings.

  • Page 86: Adjustments

    78 Standard Settings Select a preset from the Video Presets menu. Apply your settings Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. Click OK to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Restore default settings Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window.
  • Page 87 Click and drag the Gamma control slider to the desired position. Set Contrast Contrast is the difference between the brightest and darkest parts of an image. From the Tree View pane, expand Video. Click Adjustments. Click and drag the Contrast control slider to the desired position. Set Brightness Brightness is the overall intensity, or luminosity of an image.

  • Page 88: Video Overlay Theater Mode

    80 Standard Settings Restore default settings Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for the current view only. Previous settings are not altered and will be saved once you click OK.

  • Page 89: Deinterlacing

    • Optionally, select in Theater Mode (full-screen) if you want the video content to be displayed on both displays. The Secondary display displays the same content as the primary. Set video aspect ratio From the Tree View pane, expand Video. Click Theater Mode.
  • Page 90 82 Deinterlacing • 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. •...

  • Page 91: All Settings

    All Settings The All Settings page combines all of the principal Video features onto a single page, without any preview window, allowing quick access and adjustment. This page is useful when it is not necessary to preview the adjusted settings because the effect is already known or understood.
  • Page 92 84 All Settings Click All Settings. Scroll to Video Adjustments. Adjust the Contrast control slider to the desired position. Adjust Saturation Saturation is the measure of amount of color in an image. From the Tree View pane, expand Video. Click All Settings. Scroll to Video Adjustments.
  • Page 93 Scroll to Overlay Display Mode. Under Extended desktop shows overlay: select in Standard Mode if you want the video content to be displayed on the primary display only. • Optionally, select in Theater Mode (full-screen) if you want the video content to be displayed on both displays. The Secondary display displays the same content as the primary.

  • Page 94: Vpu Recover

    86 VPU Recover Restore default settings Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for the current view only. Previous settings are not altered and will be saved once you click OK.
  • Page 95 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. Click Prepare an error report if VPU Recover is activated for submission to ATI Technologies. Click Send Error Report button in the error report email. VPU Recover 87...

  • Page 96: Crossfire

    88 CrossFire™ An email is created containing the error report for submission to ATI Technologies. Note: No personal information is included in the error report. Apply your settings Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. Click OK to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™...
  • Page 97 When CrossFire™ is enabled, any one of the four following display modes are available: • SuperTiling - A graphical load-balancing scheme where CrossFire™ renders alternate small 32x32 pixel squares in a fine- grained checkerboard pattern. This configuration increases image rendering quality, as each card processes half of the complex 3D objects in the pixel squares.
  • Page 98 90 CrossFire™ Catalyst™ Control Center: CrossFire™ Enable CrossFire™ From the Tree View pane, click CrossFire™ in Advanced View. Click Enable CrossFire™. When CrossFire™ is successfully enabled all display devices, except the one used by CrossFire™, will be disabled. Note: CrossFire™ Higher Quality anti-aliasing can be adjusted in the Catalyst™...
  • Page 99 Ensure the application override is enabled. To do so, make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is not selected. Click and drag the slider to the desired setting. Note: The slider control becomes unavailable when Let the Application Decide is enabled. Set Catalyst™...
  • Page 100 92 CrossFire™ CrossFire™ graphics card connections In order for CrossFire™ to function the interconnect cable must be correctly connected to both the Master and Slave graphics cards. Connect the DMS-59™/VHDCI connector of the interconnect cable to the DMS-59™ connection on the Master card. Connect the DVI-I connector of the interconnect cable to the DVI-I connection on the Slave card.
  • Page 101 slot. Although CrossFire™ can be enabled, performance may be improved by reversing the graphics card in the computer. See you motherboard’s manual to determine which is the primary PCIe™ slot. For more information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.com/crossfire 3D client is active You will not be able to start CrossFire™...
  • Page 102 94 CrossFire™ Make customized changes by adjusting the various sliders and buttons for the aspects to be included in your profile. Open the Profiles Manager. Enter a name for your Profile in Create or Edit Profile. Enter a description of the profile. Select the composition, activation, and applications options that you wish to apply to the profile.

  • Page 103: Using Tv Display And Capture Features

    CHAPTER 6: Using TV Display and Capture Features This chapter describes how to use the TV display and video capture features of your Radeon® X1600 Series card. Using TV Out Your Radeon® X1600 Series has TV Out capability. Viewing Your PC’s Display on a TV You can attach your Radeon®...

  • Page 104: Using A Monitor Vs. Using Tv Display

    96 Using TV Out Looking at the back of your PC, locate your S-Video Out. Using an S- Video cable, attach one end of the cable to your graphics card and the other to your TV. Refer to the illustration. Power on your TV first, then your computer.

  • Page 105: Viewing Text On A Tv

    Some single-frequency monitors may not work with TV display enabled. If you experience problems when TV display is enabled, disable TV display to restore your monitor’s display. Viewing Text on a TV A TV is designed primarily to show moving images. The large dot pitch of a TV will yield poor quality static images.
  • Page 106 98 Connecting to HDTV The HDTV Component Video Adapter can be used in place of the standard A/V Output cable to connect to an HDTV or other component input device, using component video cables. You must have a monitor attached to your computer before installing the ATI HDTV.

  • Page 107: Using Your Ati Hdtv Video Cable

    Turn on your computer. Note: Your TV will not display anything until Windows starts. This can take several minutes. Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable Use the HDTV Video Cable to watch DVD movies and play video games on your High Definition Television. Copy-protected DVDs restrict playback to 480i and 480p modes.
  • Page 108 100 Connecting to HDTV...

  • Page 109: Crossfire™ Faq

    CHAPTER 7: CrossFire™ FAQ The following are frequently-asked questions about CrossFire™. For the latest information, please consult the CrossFire™ Web site at: ati.com/crossfire What combination of products are required to build a working CrossFire™ system? Two components are required: • two CrossFire™ Edition graphics card from the same brand- family.
  • Page 110 To access and enable CrossFire™ in Catalyst™ Control Center, do the following: • Click CrossFire™ in Advanced View. Then, select Enable CrossFire™. When CrossFire™ is successfully enabled, all display devices except the one used by CrossFire™ will be disabled. Multiple monitors/ displays that are disabled when CrossFire™...
  • Page 111 In this scenario both graphics cards will operate as 12-pipeline graphics cards while in CrossFire™ mode. What happens if two CrossFire™ graphics card have different clock speeds? Both cards will continue to operate at their individual clock speeds; neither card is “stepped down.” The compositing engine on the CrossFire™...
  • Page 112 What type of performance improvement is expected? Performance enhancements experienced on a CrossFire™ system depend on the application or game being used. Performance improvements can be increased up to 100%, and the latest graphics- intensive programs will generally see over 80% performance improvement at high resolutions and image-quality modes.

  • Page 113: Reference

    CHAPTER 8: Reference This chapter provides information on troubleshooting, where to get additional accessories, how to register your product, plus warranty and compliance information. Troubleshooting The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. ATI’s documentation contains helpful installation/configuration tips and other valuable feature information.
  • Page 114 106 Troubleshooting General Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution No Display • Check that the card is seated properly in its expansion • Ensure that the monitor cable is securely fastened to • Make sure that the monitor and computer are plugged •...
  • Page 115 CrossFire™-Specific Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution CrossFire™ is In order for CrossFire™ to function the interconnect cable Not Functioning must be correctly connected to both the Master and Slave graphics cards. 1. Connect the DMS-59™ connector of the interconnect cable to the DMS-59™ connection on the Master card. 2.
  • Page 116 108 Troubleshooting CrossFire™-Specific Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution “CrossFire™ Is This error is occurred because CrossFire™ did not Currently correctly detect your graphics hardware or their is a Unavailable.” problem with the software. • Check the graphics card are installed correctly. •...

  • Page 117: Product Registration

    HDTV/HDTV Adapter Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution The colors on my • Ensure that the connections between the Component TV display are Video Adapter and your HDTV are correct (Y=Green, incorrect Pb=Blue, Pr=Red). There is no • Your TV will not display anything until Windows starts; display on my TV this may take several minutes.
  • Page 118 ATI product, whether your product contains a defect, and whether your product is under warranty. Language Access English, ati.com French, Spanish, ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. Portuguese, Attention: Customer Care German 1 Commerce Valley Drive East Markham, Ontario Canada L3T 7X6 English...

  • Page 119: Getting Additional Accessories

    • ATI Customer Care is unable to assist with refunds, returns, or exchange specific inquiries. If resolving the problem being experienced is critical to your decision to keep the product, it is your responsibility to ensure that you know and are within the period of time your reseller will allow for refunds, returns or exchange.

  • Page 120: Industry Canada Compliance Statement

    112 Compliance Information • Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to ensure compliance with FCC regulations.

  • Page 121: Waste Electrical And Electronic Equipment (Weee) Directive Compliance

    Compliance Information 113 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive Compliance This product was manufactured by ATI Technologies Inc.
  • Page 122 114 Compliance Information...

  • Page 123: Glossary

    CHAPTER 9: RADEON® X1600 SERIES Glossary Acronym for “two dimensional,” a term applied to computer graphics that are “flat.” Typical desktop applications such as word processors, spreadsheet programs, or other programs that manipulate print or simple graphics (such as pictures or line art) are generally considered to be operating within a 2D environment, even when they include simple three dimensional elements, such as buttons.
  • Page 124 surfaces, allowing game programmers to include more texture and lighting details without affecting performance. Adaptive Anti-aliasing Adaptive anti-aliasing is a technique that applies a combination of multi- sampling (MSAA) and super-sampling (SSAA) on 3D objects to improve edge smoothness and fine detail. Multi-sampling works best on smoothing the edges of solid polygons, but cannot effectively smooth edges within polygons which are partially transparent.
  • Page 125 a scene, delivering a noticeable increase in 3D detail. This type of graphical operation is only available in Radeon® CrossFire™ graphics cards running Microsoft® Direct 3D® and OpenGL® games or applications. Anisotropic Filtering A technique that preserves the surface details of an object as it recedes into the distance by utilizing and blending together the object’s texture maps.
  • Page 126 single display within its existing ambient lighting environment, or to better color match two or more adjacent monitors. Back Buffer A type of offscreen memory used to provide smooth video and 2D graphics acceleration. This technique uses two frame buffers, so the process is often referred to as “double-buffering.”...
  • Page 127 Brightness The amount of white or black that is applied to all colors onscreen. By making the screen “brighter” you are adding more white to it. This should not be confused with luminosity, which measures the actual light level emitted from the computer display. Buffer A name referring to portions of on-board video memory.
  • Page 128 Component Video Typically used on DVD players and HDTV systems, component video is a standard Red/Green/Blue (RGB) color signal for televisions. The signal is split and compressed into separate luminance and color values—luminance (“Y”), red minus luminance (R-Y), and blue minus luminance (B-Y). The value for green is not transmitted.
  • Page 129 beams activate separate red, green, and blue values in various strengths in order to produce a colored image. Dashboard The dashboard is the part of the Catalyst™ Control Center used to display a graphical representation of the features available in installed ATI hardware and software.
  • Page 130 Acronym for “Digital Video Interface,” a standard video connection used on many current computer displays. There are three types of DVI connections: DVI-A (analog), DVI-D (digital), and DVI-I (integrated, capable of either analog or digital). It supports high-bandwidth video signals over 160 Hz, so it is most often used for high-resolution displays. EDTV Acronym for “Enhanced Definition Television”, which produces better television image quality than Standard Definition Television (SDTV).
  • Page 131 Frames Per Second In terms of 3D graphics, refers to the rate at which the graphic processor can render new screens per second. Higher rates equals better, more naturalistic performance for such things as games set in a 3D environment. Sometimes abbreviated to “fps.”...
  • Page 132 HDTV Acronym for “High Definition Television,” a format that produces much greater picture quality than a standard television, and in a wide-screen format that matches that of a movie theater screen. The two most popular formats are 1080i and 720p, where the number represents how many horizontal scan lines they have, and the following letter represents whether the picture is interlaced, or the product of progressive scanning technology.
  • Page 133 Keyframe Interpolation This feature is also known as “morphing.” In an animation, a start and end point are picked as the key frames. In a 3D rendering, the start point could have a character with a neutral expression, and the end point could have that same character smiling.
  • Page 134 flicker-free. The acronym refers to the National Television Systems Committee, which devised this color video standard in 1953. Offscreen Memory An area of memory used to preload images so that they can be quickly drawn to the screen. Offscreen memory refers to all of the remaining video memory not taken up by the front buffer, which holds the contents of the display screen currently visible.
  • Page 135 card. PCI replaced the older ISA and VESA bus standards, and was itself superseded by the AGP standard for the main graphics card bus. PCI Express® (PCIe™) The successor standard to the PCI and AGP bus standards, with a significantly faster serial communications system, further opening up bandwidth for more communications between such peripherals as graphics cards and the computer’s CPU.
  • Page 136 the display may look three dimensional, but it is really just a 2D grid of pixels designed to appear that way. Resolution The resolution of any display is the number of pixels that can be depicted on screen as specified by the number of horizontal rows against the number of vertical columns.
  • Page 137 SDTV SDTV is an acronym for “Standard Definition Television” that identifies lower resolution systems when compared to High Definition Television (HDTV) systems. SDTV systems use the same 4:3 aspect ratio and 480 scan lines to produce a picture as regular analog television sets, but digital decoding enhanced of the signal, displaying a sharper and crisper picture.
  • Page 138 image quality. Anti-aliasing performance is improved, providing better overall detail and image quality. The enhanced anisotropic filtering ensures sharper and clearer pictures at higher frame rates, and the new 3Dc™ compression technology makes it possible to display higher polygon counts for 3D rendered objects.
  • Page 139 contain 4-pins within a single connection housing and are commonly found on consumer DVD players, VCRs, game consoles, and related devices. Texel Short for “texture element,” the 3D equivalent of a pixel, describing the base unit of the surface of a 3D object, such as a sphere; for a 2D object, such as a circle, the base unit is a pixel.
  • Page 140 Trilinear Filtering A sampling method used to produce realistic-looking 3D objects. Trilinear filtering averages one of the bilinear filter mipmap levels along with the standard mipmap samples. Vector Adaptive Deinterlacing A technique that provides smoother, less jagged edges for interlaced video playback.
  • Page 141 within the graphical processor, the more complex polygons that can be generated per clock cycle, and hence finer, more naturalistic detail and movement is possible. VGA Connector A type of graphics connector, sometimes also called an analog connector. It is the most common type of video connector available, consisting 15-pins set in three rows.
  • Page 142 while “Pb” and “Pr” represent the blue and red channels respectively, both of which have the luminance value subtracted from them. It is an equivalent color space to the chrominance-based YCbCr, which is used for digital video. Z-buffer The portion of video memory that keeps track of which onscreen elements can be viewed and which are hidden behind other objects.
  • Page 143 Index Symbols “CrossFire Is Currently Unavailable” Numerics 102 part number 53, 124, 133 1080i 117, 124 16:9 (aspect ratio) 3:2 pulldown 55, 56, 57, 58, 67, 71, 75, 90, 102, 103, 107, 108, 115, 124, 129, 130 3D client is active 57, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65 3D Preview 3D Settings...
  • Page 144 56, 60, 66, 117 Anisotropic Filtering 117, 129 Anisotropic filtering Anisotropic Filtering preference 55, 58, 60, 66, 103, 116, 117, 129, 130 Anti-aliasing Anti-Aliasing preference API-Specific appearance of the Catalyst Control Center Application Programmable Interface (API) Apply a Hotkey Aspect 54, 76, 81, 85, 117, 124 Aspect Ratio 108, 126...
  • Page 145 Color Brightness Color component 74, 75 Color Contrast Color correction Color Depth 73, 75 Color Gamma Color quality color temperature Compliance Information compliance information Composite Engine 120, 130, 133 Composite Video 103, 130 Compositing Engine composition of the profile configuration multiple monitors primary monitor configuration tips...
  • Page 146 81, 82, 85, 133 de-interlacing adaptive motion adaptive Delete a Profile Depth Buffer Desktop Area desktop size Detect a newly connected display device Detect Displays Determine how display devices are detected device ID Digital Digital Flat Panel (DFP) Digital flat-panel (DFP) display Digital Panel properties Digital Video Interface 44, 65, 68, 69, 70, 103, 117, 121, 128, 130...
  • Page 147 DXT texture formats Edit an existing Hotkey Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Enable CrossFire ™ Enable High Quality AF Enable Hotkeys feature Enable VPU Recover Enhanced Definition Television (EDTV) error report Euroconnector Extended Desktop Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) 40, 41, 42, 80, 84 Extended Mode external connectors FCC Compliance...
  • Page 148 Hardware installing 97, 99 HDTV HDTV Adapter Troubleshooting HDTV Component Video Adapter HDTV Support 5, 21, 25, 29, 36, 110 Help Hide Splash Screen Hide Toolbar Text High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) High Definition Television High Definition Television (HDTV) 123, 124, 129, 133 High-Bandwidth Digital Copy Protection (HDCP) Hotkeys 30, 31...
  • Page 149 64, 66, 68 Mipmap detail level 60, 64, 125 Mipmapping Monitor Attributes 4, 107, 116 motherboard motherboard BIOS settings MPEG-2 82, 127 multimedia 38, 124 multi-monitor Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing (MSAA) 115, 122, 125, 127 NTSC Offscreen Memory 37, 44, 45, 65, 68, 69, 125, 126 OpenGL 76, 80, 84 Overlay Display...
  • Page 150 Refresh Rate Override refresh rate override registration Remote Wonder Remove an HDTV Format Rendering 86, 103 rendering modes 4, 21, 39, 46, 48, 51, 97, 106, 128 Resolution resolution modes Restore factory defaults Rotate the desktop 43, 108, 132 rotation Safe Mode safety instructions Same on all displays...
  • Page 151 SmartShader HD SmoothVision HD Software installing Sort Hotkeys Specular highlight Splash Screen Splinter Cell Standard Definition Television (SDTV) 80, 84, 85 Standard Mode Standard Settings Standard settings Stretch Main Horizontally Stretch Main Vertically Super Anti-aliasing Super-Anti-Aliasing Super-Sample Anti-Aliasing (SSAA) 103, 130 SuperTiling 22, 104 SurroundView...
  • Page 152 105, 109 Troubleshooting CrossFire-specific HDTV adapter troubleshooting 38, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 96, 97, 109 95, 97 TV display games TV Out Unreal Tournament 2003 Unreal Tournament 2004 UXGA 120, 123, 131 Vector Adaptive Deinterlacing VersaVision Vertex shader Vertex shader units vertex shaders vertical refresh rate 4, 17, 128, 133...
  • Page 153 Windows System Information Windows System Tray 4, 19, 105 Windows XP Windows XP Professional x64 Edition 37, 76, 77 Wizard Y/C video YCbCr 17, 109, 120, 133 YPbPr YPbPr connector 71, 124, 134 Z-buffer z-buffer...

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