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RADEON
™
9200 FSC Series
User's Guide
P/N 137-40465-10
Copyright © 2003, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved.
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performance and specifications are subject to change without notice. Product may not
be exactly as shown in the diagrams.
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  • Page 1 Copyright © 2003, 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.

  • Page 2: Disclaimer

    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...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Disclaimer ....................i Product Notice..................i MACROVISION..................i Introduction........1 Features At A Glance ..................
  • Page 4 Using and Adjusting TV Out..............31 How TV Display Cannot Be Used ............31 Using a Monitor vs. Using the TV Display.......... 32 Adjusting Monitor Display..............32 Viewing Text on a TV................33 Reducing Edge Distortion ..............33 Changing Display Configurations ............35 Using Games and Applications ............

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction The RADEON™ 9200 FSC Series graphic accelerators delivers ground breaking 3D graphics performance. • Designed and built by ATI Technologies Inc. • Powered by the RADEON™ 9200 Series Graphics Processing Units (GPU). • Awesome 3D gaming performance. ® • Support for OpenGL applications.

  • Page 6: Features At A Glance

    Features At A Glance RADEON 9200 FSC Series The RADEON 9200 FSC Series provides high performance acceleration for today's demanding 3D graphic applications. Its main features are: • VIDEO IMMERSION™ II which provides industry-leading DVD playback and digital TV decode capability. •...

  • Page 7: Ati's Catalyst™ Software Suite

    ™ ATI’s Catalyst Software Suite Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming Experience ATI’s Catalyst Software Suite provides multiple display functionality for those computers with support for more than one installed monitor, and the advanced graphic features, such as SMARTSHADER, for the ultimate 3D gaming experience.

  • Page 8: Hydravision

    HydraVision™ (Optional) In addition to the multiple display functionality available with ATI’s Catalyst Software Suite for those computers with support for more than one installed monitor, you can also use HydraVision™ for advanced multi-monitor 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 9200 FSC Series provides hardware support for one VGA monitor. It also provides TV Output via a S-Video out or a Composite out connector. Plug the monitor cable into your card then turn on the PC and monitor(s). S-Video Composite Composite...

  • Page 10: Display Configurations

    Display Configurations The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your card. Display Connector(s) Used Comments Configuration CRT- cathode ray tube analog One CRT display VGA connector display Cards with S-Video out also support Composite out via a S-Video-to-Composite One TV TV Output...

  • 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. Features presented in the following pages may not be supported in all operating systems and/or may appear differently. ATI Displays Tab The ATI Displays tab provides the multi monitor features for those computers with support for more than one installed monitor.

  • Page 12: Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays (Optional)

    Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays (optional) ® 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 the enable/disable button for the display device you want to enable/disable. Click OK or Apply to save the changes.

  • Page 13: Virtually Repositioning Your Displays (Optional)

    To enable Extended Desktop Mode, refer to the section Enabling Extended Desktop Mode (optional). ® Access the Windows Control Panel. Double- click Display. Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button. Click on the ATI Displays tab. The ATI Displays tab shows you the display(s) that are active.

  • Page 14: 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 This increases or decreases the brightness of your Desktop desktop.
  • Page 15 Clicking the Game Gamma button accesses the Game Gamma Properties. Game Gamma Properties These controls allow you to increase or decrease the Red Green ® ® color brightness of Direct 3D and OpenGL games Blue sliders played in fullscreen mode. Uncheck this to adjust the RGB sliders individually.

  • Page 16: 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 Provides the Catalyst version number, 2D version Version Information number and the driver build information. Provides access to the Details tab which lists the Details button card’s hardware details and driver information.
  • Page 17 Quick resolution feature is accessible by left- Disable quick clicking the ATI icon in the system tray. Checking resolution feature this option disables the feature. Reduce DVI Resolves display corruption or no image at high frequency on high- resolutions (for example 1280x1024 @75Hz) resolution using a digital DVI display.

  • Page 18: Ati Overlay Tab

    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. However, there is only one video overlay, which is only available on the Primary display.

  • Page 19: Clone Mode Settings

    ATI Overlay Tab 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 20 The source video is scaled so that your display is Full Screen showing full screen. Note: if the source video contains Video horizontal black bars, as do some DVD movies, the full screen video will also contain black bars. Select this option if the aspect ratio of the display device 4:3 (Standard showing full screen video has the standard 4:3 aspect ratio (standard TVs and monitors).

  • Page 21: 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.
  • Page 22 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 23 Selecting this decides whether your application should use high quality or high performance textures. Moving Texture the slider to the right delivers the highest quality Preference experience. Moving the slider to the left emphasizes a slider high performance solution while still providing good visuals.

  • Page 24: 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 26: 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.
  • Page 27 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 28 Selecting this decides whether your application should use high quality or high performance textures. Moving Texture the slider to the right delivers the highest quality Preference experience. Moving the slider to the left emphasizes a slider high performance solution while still providing good visuals.

  • Page 29: Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings

    ® Direct 3D 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 30 Enabling this allows applications to use this kind of texture format. There are a few applications that can Support DXT only support a limited number of texture formats. By texture selecting Disabled, the driver will not support DXT formats texture formats, thus reducing the number of texture formats supported.

  • Page 31: Using Tv Out

    Using TV Out View your PC’s display on a TV The RADEON 9200 FSC 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 32: Connecting To A Tv Or A Vcr

    Connecting to a TV or a VCR To connect your card to a TV or a VCR, use the available TV Output connector. Your card will support either a S-video connector or a Composite connector. If your TV has cable input only, you can connect your card to your TV through your VCR or an RF modulator (available in most electronics stores).
  • Page 33 RADEON 9200 Series S-Video Cable or Composite Cable RADEON 9200 Series S-Video Cable RADEON 9200 Series S-Video-to-composite Adapter Cable Composite Cable...

  • Page 34: Starting Windows® With Tv Display Enabled

    ® Starting Windows with TV Display Enabled The TV screen may become scrambled during the ® initial Windows logo display. This is only a temporary effect and your screen will be restored within a few seconds. During start up, your card will go through a sequence of mode settings, during which your TV display will remain blank.

  • Page 35: How To Enable/Disable The Tv Display

    The SCART connector supports only the Composite video format, which means you will have to use a S-Video-to-Composite video adapter cable if your card only supports the S-Video connector. If your European TV has S-Video In, you can use a S-Video cable (available in most consumer electronic stores) rather than the SCART connector if your card only supports the S-Video connector.

  • Page 36: 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 37: Viewing Text On A Tv

    Viewing Text on a TV A TV is designed primarily to show moving, rather than static, images. The large dot pitch of a TV (which is fine for moving video) will yield poor quality static images such as text. The small text sizes commonly used for PC desktops can appear blurred or unclear on a TV.
  • Page 38 Click on the TV button. Click the Adjustments tab. In the Screen Size section, click on the plus (+) button beside the horizontal arrowheads increase the horizontal size of the TV display. Click OK or Apply to save the changes you have made.

  • Page 39: Changing Display Configurations

    Changing Display Configurations If you move your PC to a place where you are using TV display only, make sure that you have the TV display feature enabled. You can set your display resolution as high as 1024x768. However, higher resolutions will result in a virtual desktop.

  • Page 41: Connect To A Tv, Vcr, Or Camcorder For Video Capturing

    Connect to a TV, VCR, or Camcorder for video capturing Some versions of the RADEON 9200 FSC Series have video capturing capabilities from your camcorder, VCR, or TV. Use your favorite video editing application to add effects, make edits, or stream your video on the internet.

  • Page 42: Windows® Volume Control

    RADEON 9200 Series S-Video Cable or Composite Cable ® Windows Volume Control For correct audio performance, your sound card’s line input must be active. To display the Line Input ® setting in the Windows Volume Control panel: 1 Right-click the speaker icon in the Taskbar (usually in the lower-right corner of your screen).
  • Page 43 Click the Line-In volume control checkbox, then click OK. If the Mute checkbox is checked, click it to cancel muting. If the volume icon is not in your Taskbar, do the following: • Click Start, then click Control Panel. • Double-click Sounds and Audio Devices.

  • Page 44: Capturing Video Using Windows® Movie Maker

    Capturing video using ® Windows Movie Maker ® To capture video with Windows Movie Maker: 1 Click Start then All Programs then Accessories ® then Windows Movie Maker. 2 Click the Record button to open the Record dialog. 3 Select Record both to record video and audio. 4 Choose record quality.

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