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RADEON
9000
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User's Guide
P/N 137-40442-10
Copyright © 2002, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved.
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  • Page 1 RADEON 9000 ™ User’s Guide P/N 137-40442-10 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 2: Disclaimer

    Disclaimer While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document, ATI Technologies Inc. assumes no liability with respect to the operation or use of ATI hardware, software or other products and documentation described herein, for any act or omission of ATI concerning such products or this documentation, for any interruption of service, loss or interruption of business, loss of anticipatory profits, or for punitive, incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing,...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Disclaimer ... ii Product Notice... ii MACROVISION... ii Introduction........1 Features At A Glance ...
  • Page 4 Using and Adjusting TV Out... 28 Using a Monitor vs. Using the TV Display... 29 Adjusting Monitor Display... 29 Viewing Text on a TV... 29 Reducing Edge Distortion ... 30 Changing Display Configurations ... 31 Using Games and Applications ... 32...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction The RADEON™ 9000 graphics accelerator delivers ground breaking 3D graphics performance. • Designed and built by ATI Technologies Inc. • Powered by the RADEON 9000 Visual Processing Unit (VPU). • Awesome 3D gaming performance. • Support for OpenGL • Support for Direct3D •...

  • Page 6: Features At A Glance

    Features At A Glance The RADEON 9000 provides high performance acceleration for today's demanding 3D graphic applications. Its main features includes: • VIDEO IMMERSION™ which provides industry- leading DVD playback and digital TV decode capability. • CHARISMA ENGINE™ II performs complex transformation, clipping, and lighting calculations faster than the CPU or 3D graphics chip.

  • Page 7: Ati's Catalyst™ Software Suite

    ATI’s Catalyst Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming Experience ATI’s Catalyst Software Suite provides multiple display functionality, and the advanced graphic features, such as TRUFORM, for the ultimate 3D gaming experience. For help on installing the Catalyst Software Suite, refer to the Getting Started Guide.

  • Page 8: Hydravision

    HydraVision™ In addition to the multiple display functionality available with ATI’s Catalyst Software Suite, you can also use HydraVision for advanced multi-display (CRT + TV) management. For more information on HydraVision, please refer to the HydraVision User’s Guide PDF located on your ATI Installation CD.

  • Page 9: Connecting Your Monitor

    Connecting Your Monitor The RADEON 9000 provides hardware support for one VGA monitor. A TV can also be used to expand your desktop by using the S-Video out. Turn off computer before connecting monitor. Plug the monitor cable into your card then turn on the PC and monitor.

  • Page 10: Display Configurations

    Display Configurations Your RADEON 9000 card provides support for TV Out. The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your card. Display Connector(s) Used Configuration One CRT VGA connector display One TV S-Video Out CRT display +...

  • Page 11: Catalyst™ Software Suite

    Catalyst™ Software Suite The following section provides an explanation of each ATI tab available after installing the Catalyst Software Suite. ATI Displays Tab Here you enable/disable TV Out. For complete information see Display on page Ratiometric Expansion Your graphics accelerator card offers ratiometric expansion (or digital panel scaling as it is commonly known).

  • Page 12: 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 in Direct3D changed. This increases or decreases the brightness of your Desktop desktop.
  • Page 13 Clicking the Game Gamma button accesses the Game Gamma Properties. These controls allow you to increase or decrease the Red Green color brightness of Direct3D Blue sliders played in fullscreen mode. Uncheck this to adjust the RGB sliders individually. RGB Lock Check this to adjust all three sliders at the same time.

  • Page 14: 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. Version Information Details button Reactivate all warning messages Enable ATI taskbar icon application Show ATI icon on taskbar Disable quick...

  • Page 15: Ati Overlay Tab

    Reduce DVI frequency on high- resolution displays ATI Overlay Tab The ATI Overlay tab allows you to configure the brightness, contrast, saturation, hue and gamma properties of your video overlay. Video Overlay Video overlay allows for the viewing of full-motion video on your PC.
  • Page 16 Use this slider to adjust the brightness of the video Brightness image. Contrast Use this slider to adjust the contrast in the video image. Use this slider to adjust the vividness of the color. Saturation Sliding it all the way to the left removes all color and produces a black and white picture.

  • Page 17: Direct3D® Control Panel

    Direct3D Using this control panel, you can optimize the display settings for your Direct3D 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.
  • Page 18 This allows you to emphasize what kind of application experience you’d like to have. Moving the slider to the left will maximize application performance, while moving Main Settings the slider to the right will provide excellent 3D image slider quality. Moving this slider from one position to the next changes the individual Custom Settings sliders found below.
  • Page 19 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 Mipmap Detail texture of the same image.

  • Page 20: Direct3D® Compatibility Settings

    ® Direct3D Compatibility Settings This will enable W-Buffer support for 3D games. It is recommended to disable this for games that do not Support W- support this feature. Certain applications require the buffer increased precision of W-Buffering and will exhibit artifacts unless the W-Buffer is enabled.
  • Page 21 When applications use both dithering and alpha blending, visual artifacts can occur. This option allows Alpha you to select how the application should handle both dithering features at the same time. In most cases Error method Diffusion will handle this situation quite well, but there are a few cases where selecting Ordered may be necessary.

  • Page 22: Opengl® Control Panel

    OpenGL Using this control panel, you can optimize the display settings for your OpenGL 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.
  • Page 23 This allows you to emphasize what kind of application experience you’d like to have. Moving the slider to the left will maximize application performance, while moving Main Settings the slider to the right will provide excellent 3D image slider quality. Moving this slider from one position to the next changes the individual Custom Settings sliders found below.
  • Page 24 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 Mipmap Detail texture of the same image.

  • Page 25: Opengl® Compatibility Settings

    ® OpenGL Compatibility Settings Force Z-buffer This allows you to explicitly set the Z-Buffer depth. Most depth applications will work best when Disabled is selected. When applications use both dithering and alpha blending, visual artifacts can occur. This option allows Alpha you to select how the application should handle both dithering...

  • Page 27: 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 28: Retest All

    This setting is disabled for many computers because the motherboard is not capable of supporting this feature. Retest All Click this button to retest all graphic bus capabilities. All tests and diagnostics are initiated immediately following a system restart. Any settings that have previously been set to Off will be turned on, providing the test passes.

  • Page 29: Using Tv Out

    Using TV Out View your PC’s display on a TV Your RADEON 9000 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.

  • Page 30: Connecting To A Tv Or A Vcr

    Connecting to a TV or a VCR To connect your graphics accelerator card to a TV or a VCR, use a S-Video cable. However, most TVs (and VCRs) have a Composite video input, in which case you can use the supplied S-Video-to-Composite video adapter.

  • Page 31: Starting Windows® With Tv Display Enabled

    TV or VCR NOTE: Newer TVs may have the Video Input on the front panel Starting Windows The TV screen may become scrambled during the initial Windows temporary effect and your screen will be restored within a few seconds. During start up, your graphics accelerator card will go through a sequence of mode settings, during which your TV display will remain blank.

  • Page 32: Using Scart Connectors For European Tvs

    Using SCART Connectors for European TVs Connect to TV or VCR SCART CONNECTOR The SCART connector supports only the Composite video format, which means you will have to use the S-Video-to-Composite Video Adapter Cable. The above illustration shows how to connect your PC to a European TV using the SCART.

  • Page 33: Using A Monitor Vs. Using The Tv Display

    Using a Monitor vs. Using the TV Display Using your TV for your PC’s display is ideal for playing games, giving presentations, watching movies, and browsing the Internet. However, the display on your monitor may change or looked squashed. This occurs because the display adjusts to fit the dimensions of your TV.

  • Page 34: Reducing Edge Distortion

    To Use Larger Display Fonts Access the Windows click Display. For Windows For Windows the Settings tab, the Advanced... button, then the General tab. In the Font Size box, select the size you want your displayed fonts to be. Click Apply. If prompted, click Yes to restart your PC.

  • Page 35: Changing Display Configurations

    Click OK or Apply to save the changes you have made. You can also reduce edge distortion by increasing the TV’s contrast. To Increase the TV Contrast Access the Windows click Display. Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced...

  • Page 36: Using Games And Applications

    Using Games and Applications Some older games and applications may program your graphics accelerator card directly, to run under a specific display mode. This may cause your TV display to turn off automatically or become scrambled (the PC monitor will not be affected). Your TV display will be restored once you exit the game or if you restart your PC.

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