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Rosewill RADEON G03-ATI9000 User Manual

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RADEON™ SERIES
User's Manual
G03-ATI9000
Rev: 2.0
Copyright © 2002, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved.
ATI and all ATI product and product feature names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks
of ATI Technologies Inc. All other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or
registered trademarks of their respective owners. Features, performance and specifications are
subject to change without notice. Product may not be exactly as shown in the diagrams.
Reproduction of this manual, or parts thereof, in any form, without the express written
permission of ATI Technologies Inc. is strictly prohibited.

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  • Page 1 RADEON™ SERIES User’s Manual G03-ATI9000 Rev: 2.0 Copyright © 2002, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI and all ATI product and product feature names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. All other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Introduction ... 1 Features AT A Glance... 1 ATI’s CATALYST Software Suite... 1 Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming Experience ... 1 Direct 3D and OpenGL ... 1 HydraVision ... 2 Installing Your RADEON™... 3 Connecting Your monitor(s) ... 5 Display Configuration ... 6 Installing Your RADEON™...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Introduction The RADEON Series graphic accelerators delivers ground breaking 3D graphics performance. • Designed and built by ATI Technologies Inc. • Powered by the RADEON Series Visual Processing Unit (VPU). • Awesome 3D gaming performance. • Support for OpenGL applications. ®...

  • Page 5: Hydravision

    HydraVision™ In addition to the multiple display functionality available with ATI’s Catalyst Software Suite, you can also use HydraVision for advanced multi-monitor management. For more information on HydraVision, please refer to the page 25. Preparing Your Computer READ ME FIRST ! Turn off the power to your system and discharge your body’s static electric charge by touching a grounded surface—for example, the metal surface of the power supply—before performing any hardware procedure.

  • Page 6: Installing Your Radeon

    Installing Your RADEON™ Now that you have prepared your computer, you are ready to install your RADEON™ graphics accelerator card. To install your graphics accelerator card Power off the computer and monitor, then disconnect the display cable from the back of your computer. Remove the computer cover.
  • Page 7 the motherboard. For more information, see your computer documentation. Locate the AGP slot. If necessary, remove the metal cover from this slot; then align your RADEON™ with the AGP slot, and press it in firmly until the card is fully seated. Grasp the RADEON™...

  • Page 8: Connecting Your Monitor(S)

    Connecting your monitor(s) The RADEON Series, depending on the graphic card configuration, provides hardware support for one VGA monitor and one flat panel monitor, or two VGA monitors using a DVI- I-to-VGA adapter*, or only one VGA monitor. It also provides TV Output via a S-Video out connector.

  • Page 9: Display Configuration

    Display Configurations The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your RADEON Series with multi-monitor configuration The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your RADEON Series with Display Configuration Connector(s) Used One CRT display VGA connector OR DVI-I Connector with DIV-I-to-VGA...

  • Page 10: Installing Your Radeon™ Soft Driver

    Installing Your RADEON™ Soft Driver New hardware will be detected after you restart your computer. To finish below steps click Yes when prompted to restart. Insert your CD, 3D Graphics Series Driver CD, into CD-ROM drive. It auto run menu, 3D GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR, as below picture: Click VGA DRIVER, and ATi Driver are shown and it will auto installation.

  • Page 11: Windows "New Hardware Found

    Windows ® “New Hardware Found” To identify new hardware in Windows ® 98 or Windows ® Me Windows ® 98 or Windows to install the Standard VGA Driver. If it does, follow the step-by-step instructions below to allow Windows If the Wizard does not appear, proceed directly to Installing the ATI Driver for Windows®...

  • Page 12: Installing The Ati Driver For Windows 2000/Xp/Nt4.0

    To install the ATI driver for Windows Insert the ATI INSTALLATION CD into your CD-ROM drive. If Windows ® runs the CD automatically, proceed to step 6. Click Start. Select Run. Type the following: D:\ATISETUP (If D is not your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter.) Click OK.
  • Page 13 Multiple Display Support: Windows ® Windows 98 and Windows display device. You simply install a separate PCI card for each additional display you intend to use. With multiple displays, you can extend your desktop, run different programs on separate displays, even play some newer games with multiple views. Each display can have a different resolution and color depth! ®...

  • Page 14: Catalyst Software Suit

    Catalyst™ Software Suite The following section provides an explanation of each ATI tab available after installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite. ATI Displays Tab The ATI Displays tab provides the multi monitor features. Here you can enable/disable display devices and swap the assignment of Primary and Secondary displays. Features presented in the following pages may not be supported in all operating systems and/or may appear differently.
  • Page 15 Click on the ATI Displays tab. In Windows XP, Windows ® ® active. The Primary display has the button depressed. To change the display assignment, you can click the Primary display’s button or you can click the button of the other display device.

  • Page 16: Ati Color Tab

    ATI Color Tab The ATI Color tab is used to adjust the color settings. You can change the red, green and blue display colors. Desktop brightness and Game Gamma (brightness) can also be changed. ATI Color Tab Desktop Brightness This increases or decreases the brightness of your desktop. The higher the gamma value, the higher the brightness of your display.

  • Page 17: Ati Options Tab

    ATI Options Tab The ATI Options tab provides detailed driver information and access to the card’s specifications. You can also enable or disable the ATI taskbar icon. ATI Options Tab Version Information Provides the Catalyst version number, 2D version number and the driver build information. Details button Provides access to the Details tab which lists the card’s hardware details and driver information.
  • Page 18 Show ATI icon on taskbar Unchecking this allows you to remove the ATI icon from your system tray without disabling the ATI icon applications. Disable quick resolution feature Quick resolution feature is accessible by left clicking the ATI icon in the system tray. Checking this option disables the feature.

  • Page 19: Clone Mode Settings

    Clone Mode Settings Clone Mode Options Standard Video content is displayed on your Primary display only. Theater Mode Video content is displayed on your Primary and Secondary displays. Video content is displayed on your Secondary display(s) is always in full screen mode. Note: your computer must be set for 16-bit color depth or higher to use this mode.

  • Page 20: Direct 3D Control Panel

    Direct 3D Control Panel ® Using this tab, gamers can fine-tune the settings for Direct 3D games. ® Main and Custom Settings In the Main Settings you can maximize overall performance by moving the slider to the left, or you can enhance overall image quality by moving the slider to the right. Main Settings slider This allows you to emphasize what kind of application experience you’d like to have.

  • Page 21: Direct 3D Compatibility Setting

    Texture Preference slider Selecting this decides whether your application should use high quality or high performance textures. Moving the slider to the right delivers the highest quality experience. Moving the slider to the left emphasizes a high performance solution while still providing good visuals. Mipmap Detail Level slider This will allow you to choose the texture quality of the mipmaps the application will use.

  • Page 22: Opengl Control Panel

    OpenGL Control Panel ® Using this tab, gamers can fine-tune the settings for OpenGL games. ® Main and Custom Settings In the Main Settings you can maximize overall performance by moving the slider to the left, or you can enhance overall image quality by moving the slider to the right. Main Settings slider This allows you to emphasize what kind of application experience you’d like to have.

  • Page 23: Opengl Compatibility Setting

    Mipmap Detail Level slider This will allow you to choose the texture quality of the mipmaps the application will use. Mipmaps are a collection of different sized textures of the same image. As the user moves closer to a 3D object the image quality should increase, requiring a higher quality texture of the same image.

  • Page 24: Smartgart

    SMARTGART™ SMARTGART is a suite of testing and diagnostics tools that perform a variety of bus tests to determine the optimal settings for your ATI graphics accelerator installed in your computer. SMARTGART automatically configures your graphics device to the optimal settings. SMARTGART does not actually disable any AGP functionality in your computer’s hardware.

  • Page 25: View Your Pc's Display On A Tv

    View your PC’s display on a TV Your RADEON Series has TV Out capability. You can attach your card to a TV and monitor at the same time. Or you can connect it to your VCR and record your monitor’s display. TV display is ideal for playing games, giving presentations, watching movies, and browsing the Internet.

  • Page 26: Using And Adjusting Tv Out

    Access the Windows Control Panel. Double-click Display. ® Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button. Click on the ATI Displays tab. Click on the TV button. Click the enable/disable button. Click OK or Apply to save the changes. Using and Adjusting TV Out For information about how to use TV display, right click the ATI taskbar icon, point to Help, then point to ATI Television Display.

  • Page 27: Using Hydravision For Windows 98Se/Me/2000/Xp/Nt4.0

    When using a TV for your PC’s display, you may see some edge distortion on the left and right side of your TV screen. This effect depends on your TV and the PC application you are running. To reduce edge distortion, you can increase the TV display’s horizontal size. To Increase the Horizontal Size Access the Windows Control Panel.

  • Page 28: Desktop Management Controls

    HydraVision™ software is specifically designed for use with Windows ® 98SE/ME/2000/XP/NT4.0 and installation enables the Desktop Manager and creates a Windows ® program group for HydraVision™ display management software. HydraVision™ and the Desktop Manager are activated whenever Windows ® starts. Installing HydraVision™...
  • Page 29 The Desktop Management dialog lets you determine the behavior of pop-up windows and dialog boxes in a multiple monitor environment. Dialog control: Enable dialog repositioning—Toggles dialog control on and off. When it is checked, you can choose to have dialog boxes appear on the parent application’s monitor. (The parent application is the application that generated the dialog box.) If the parent application or associated monitor cannot be located, the dialog box defaults to monitor 1.

  • Page 30: Hot Keys Controls

    Application position memory—Check this box to “remember” the size and location of application windows when they are closed and reapply those settings when the application is reopened. Automatically align monitors—Under Windows monitor placement from the Settings dialog in the Display Properties dialog box. When this box is checked, HydraVision™...

  • Page 31: Using Hot Keys

    The Hot Keys Dialog Create/Remove Hot Keys To create custom hot key sequences, select a Modifier key (Shift, Alt, etc.), a Hot key, and the Hot key function you want this key combination to perform. Click Add to enter your new combination in the Assigned hot keys list box.

  • Page 32: Troubleshooting Tips

    HydraVision™ software supports multiple desktops. With MultiDesk, one active desktop will always be visible, while up to eight active desktops can reside in the background. When MultiDesk is running, the MultiDesk icon in the system tray displays the number assigned to the current desktop. Note：MultiDesk is installed with HydraVision™.
  • Page 33 The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. Contact your dealer or ATI for more advanced troubleshooting information. • Check that the card is seated properly in the AGP slot. • Ensure the display cable is securely fastened to the card’s display connector. •...

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