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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.
® Radeon X1650 GTO Features 1 CHAPTER 1: Introduction ® Congratulations on the purchase of your ATI Radeon X1650 GTO graphics card. We hope that you will enjoy countless hours of trouble-free computing. ® Radeon X1650 GTO Features Features ™ •...
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® 2 Radeon X1650 GTO Features Advanced Image Quality Features • 64-bit floating point HDR rendering supported throughout the pipeline. • Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-aliasing. • 32-bit integer HDR (10:10:10:2) format supported throughout the pipeline. • Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-aliasing. •...
System Requirements 3 • Complete, independent color controls and video overlays for each display. • High quality pre- and post-scaling engines, with underscan support for all outputs. • Content-adaptive de-flicker filtering for interlaced displays. • Xilleon™ TV encoder for high quality analog output. •...
CHAPTER 2: Using Multiple Displays Connecting Your Monitors ® Your Radeon X1650 GTO graphics card provides hardware support both ™ digital flat panel displays and analog displays using the HDMI and VGA connections on the graphics card respectively. ™ Connecting to a Digital Display Using HDMI ®...
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™ Connecting Your Graphics Card to a Digital Display Using HDMI ™ HDMI Connection on graphics card Digital Display ™ HDMI Cable Computer ® Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon X1650 GTO card must be the primary graphics card. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary.
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Connecting to an Analog Display Using VGA ® To connect your Radeon X1650 GTO card to a digital display, use a VGA cable. To connect using VGA Power off your computer and your analog display. Determine if your analog display supports a VGA input video connection.
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Connecting Your Graphics Card to an Analog Display Using VGA VGA Cable Computer To connect your monitors Power off your computer and monitors. Plug the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors. Power on your monitors first, and then restart your computer so that ®...
™ Launching Catalyst Control Center 9 CHAPTER 3: ™ 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.
™ 10 Launching Catalyst Control Center ™ Launching Catalyst Control Center Using the Start Menu ® From the Windows task bar, click Start: ™ • Click to Programs > Catalyst Control Center > ATI ™ Catalyst Control Center. Other Quick Launch Access Points ™...
™ Catalyst Control Center Dashboard 11 ™ Catalyst Control Center Dialog (may not appear exactly as shown) ™ 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.
™ 12 Catalyst Control Center Views The Dashboard includes: • Views • Hot keys • Profiles • Preferences • Help ™ Catalyst Control Center Views ™ The Catalyst Control Center Dashboard supports three types of views: • Basic • Advanced •...
Hotkeys Manager 13 Switch Views When in Advanced view, click View button and select either Basic, or Custom View. When in Basic view, select Advanced in the Basic View Welcome page or click the Advanced button in any other page. Note: The Advanced button does not appear in all Basic View pages.
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14 Hotkeys Manager Edit an existing hot key Open Hotkeys Manager. Select an option from the List Hotkeys for drop-down menu. • Optionally, select an aspect from the According to list. Click a hot key to edit. Click Edit button. Choose a modifier.
Profiles Manager 15 Apply a hot key • Press and hold down the modifier(s) keys, then press the assigned keyboard key. For example: press and hold down the Ctrl and Alt keys, then press the C key. Profiles Manager Use profiles to create customized environments for your desktop, video, and 3D applications.
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16 Profiles Manager Set the composition of the profile Open the Profiles Manager. Click the Composition tab. ™ • all Catalyst Control Center settings applies the available settings for all graphics adapters. • the following settings applies only the settings selected in the tree view.
Preferences 17 • Optionally, click the Activate button to apply the saved profile but leave the Profiles Manager open. • Optionally, click the Close button to close the Profiles Manager without applying the saved Profile. Delete a profile Open the Profile Manager. Select a profile from the Create or Edit a Profile drop-down menu.
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18 Preferences Hide or show Tooltips Click the Preferences button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. Click Hide Tooltips in the drop-down menu. 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.
Help 19 Click OK. ™ Restart Catalyst Control Center. ™ Change the appearance of the Catalyst Control Center Click Preferences in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. Click Select a skin in the drop-down menu. Choose a skin from the Skin drop-down menu. Click OK.
20 Information Center Search for Help Click the Help button in the Advanced view of the Dashboard. Click Search Help. Enter the word(s) you wish to search for the in search box of the ™ Catalyst Control Center Help. Click Go. Create a Problem Report Create a problem report should you experience a problem with your ATI product.
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Information Center 21 ™ Catalyst Control Center: Information Center - Graphics Software (Sample) To access the Information Center • Expand Information Center in the tree view of Advanced View and select either Graphic Software or Graphic Hardware. To access system information ®...
22 Displays Manager Displays Manager The Displays Manager aspect is the central location for configuring your display devices and arranging your desktop. Use the Displays Manager aspect to quickly change your display setup, arrange your desktop in a multi-monitor environment, and enable TV Out. ™...
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Displays Manager 23 Use Display Manager to set your desktop resolution, the display refresh rate, and arrange your displays. To change your display configuration requires dragging and/or clicking or right-clicking a display icon. Access Displays Manager • From the Tree Menu, click Displays Manager. Enable a secondary display device From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager.
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24 Displays Manager Click the number 2 icon in the right-hand box. Click Yes to the Enable this display? Enable Clone Mode If the secondary device is disabled: From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. Click and drag the display device icon in Attached displays currently disabled to the empty box to the right of the Main box.
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Displays Manager 25 Enable Stretch Main Horizontally If the secondary display is disabled: From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. Click and drag the display device icon from Additional Displays to the empty box to the right of the Main box. Click Stretch horizontally onto [display device].
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26 Displays Manager Change desktop size From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. Select a size from the Desktop Area drop-down menu. Change Color quality From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. Select the desired color setting from the Color Quality drop-down menu.
Display Options 27 Force changes to a specific display setting ™ You can force the Catalyst Control Center to override the display settings required, or not allowed, by a specific application. From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. Click the Force button. Use the mouse to cursor over to the display feature to force.
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28 Display Options ™ 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 ® ®...
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Display Options 29 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.
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30 Display Options Set resolution modes for devices with limited resolution capabilities From the Tree View pane, click Display Options. Select one of the following from the For displays of limited resolution capabilities drop-down menu: • List only those modes supported by all displays •...
Monitor Properties 31 Monitor Properties Use the Monitor Properties aspect to configure your Display Data Channel (DDC) monitor’s attributes, to display information about the connected monitor, and adjust the output display’s position and size. ™ Note: Catalyst Control Center loads aspects dynamically based on what device is attached to the graphics card.
32 Monitor Attributes 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.
Digital Panel Properties 33 Digital Panel Properties Use the Digital Panel Properties aspect to configure the DVI settings and Image Scaling to improve image quality without impacting performance. Use HDTV Support to add EDID information (containing information about the capabilities of the display) about your connected HDTV display to the Force button in Displays Manager.
34 Attributes 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. Under Image Scaling, click to enable the desired setting. Note: Enable Scale image to full panel size to fill the digital display.
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Attributes 35 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.
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36 Attributes Set Color Temperature Color temperature is a measure that compares a color to the light radiated from an equivalent incandescent black body at a given temperature in degrees Kelvin. From the Tree View pane, expand Digital Panel Properties. Click Avivo™...
HDTV Support 37 HDTV Support Use HDTV Support when your CRT or DFP device supports one or more HDTV modes that are not initially listed in the Displays Manager due to an incomplete EDID. Selecting one or both of the HDTV modes adds them to the Force button located in the Displays Manager when the associated display is selected.
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38 HDTV Support Click Apply formats. Click Add. • A group of four arrow buttons and a large rectangle is overlaid on the screen. Use these arrows to increase or decrease the width and height of the rectangle until the blue background is just visible. •...
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3D 39 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.
40 Standard Settings ™ Catalyst Control Center: 3D Standard Settings (Sample) 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. The slider enables you to adjust for overall system performance, overall 3D image quality, or a balance between the two.
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Standard Settings 41 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.
42 Anti-aliasing 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. Anti-aliasing Anti-aliasing is a technique used to smooth out the jagged edges of three- dimensional curved objects or objects with diagonal edges.
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Anti-aliasing 43 Set the Transparent Anti-aliasing Expand 3D in Advanced View. 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.
44 Adaptive Anti-aliasing 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.
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Anisotropic Filtering 45 Set the Anisotropic Filtering preference manually From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. Click Anisotropic Filtering. Ensure the application override is disabled. To do so, make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is cleared. The slider control will become available.
™ 46 Catalyst A.I. 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 ™...
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™ Catalyst A.I. 47 ™ Disable Catalyst A.I. From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. ™ Select Catalyst A.I. ™ Select Disable Catalyst A.I. to place a check mark in the check box. ™ Set Catalyst A.I. settings From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. ™...
48 Mipmap Detail Level 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 ™...
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Mipmap Detail Level 49 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. To exit full-screen Preview, press the Esc key. The Preview can be disabled by clicking the “X” button in the Preview pane.
50 All Settings All Settings The All Settings page combines all of the principal 3D features onto a single page, without any preview window, allowing for quick access and adjustment. You can change the settings for the following 3D features as you normally would on each feature’s own page: •...
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All Settings 51 Set the Anisotropic Filtering 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. The slider control will become available.
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52 All Settings Set Wait for vertical refresh setting From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. Click All Settings. Scroll to Wait for vertical refresh. Click the Control slider and move the selector to the left to increase processing performance, or to the right to increase image quality. ™...
API Specific 53 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.
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54 API Specific ® Set Alternate pixel center for Direct 3D ® This might eliminate problems with certain Direct 3D games that display vertical and horizontal lines around textures or display text incorrectly. This setting should only be enabled if you are experiencing these issues, as it may cause problems in other games.
Color 55 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.
56 Color Desktop ™ Catalyst Control Center: Color (Sample) 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.
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Color Desktop 57 Set Gamma, Brightness, and Contrast simultaneously From the Tree View pane, click Color. Select Desktop in Set color correction for. Select All Channels. 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.
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58 Color Desktop Set Color Brightness From the Tree View pane, click Color. Click and drag the Control slider to your preferred setting: • To increase the Brightness, move the slider to the right. • To decrease the Brightness, move the slider to the left. •...
Color - FullScreen 3D 59 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 ™...
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60 Color - FullScreen 3D 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. • To decrease the Contrast, move the slider to the left. •...
Avivo™ Video 61 Avivo™ Video Use the Avivo™ Video aspect to apply standard video settings with a Wizard or selecting a video preset. Use Adjustments to configure gamma, brightness, and hue. Use Theater Mode to set aspect ratio and overlay display mode.
62 Standard Settings 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. Click the Wizard button.
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Standard Settings 63 Adjustments Use Avivo™ Video Adjustments to manually set Gamma, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Hue. Let the application control the video adjustments From the Tree View pane, expand Video. Click Adjustments. Click Let the application control the video adjustments. Set Gamma Gamma controls the overall intensity of a video image.
64 Video Overlay Theater Mode Set Hue Hue defines the tint of the red, green, and blue components of an image. From the Tree View pane, expand Video. Click Adjustments. Click and drag the Hue control slider to the desired position. Apply your settings ™...
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Video Overlay Theater Mode 65 Under Overlay Display Mode/Clone mode shows overlay: 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. • Optionally, select in Standard Mode if you want the video content to be displayed on the primary display only.
66 Deinterlacing 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.
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All Settings 67 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.
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68 All Settings Adjust Gamma Gamma controls the overall intensity of a video image. From the Tree View pane, expand Video. Click All Settings. Scroll to Video Adjustments. Adjust the Gamma control slider to the desired position. Adjust Brightness Brightness is the overall intensity, or luminosity of an image. From the Tree View pane, expand Video.
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All Settings 69 Adjust Hue Hue defines the tint of the red, green, and blue components of an image. From the Tree View pane, expand Video. Click All Settings. Scroll to Video Adjustments. Adjust the Hue control slider to the desired position. Select an Overlay Display when in Clone Mode From the Tree View pane, expand Video.
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70 All Settings Set video aspect ratio From the Tree View pane, expand Video. Click All Settings. Scroll to Theater Mode Settings. Select Match the source video to maintain the aspect ratio of original video. • Optionally, select Scale to full-screen to have the source video fill the display area.
VPU Recover 71 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 ™...
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This report assists ATI in determining the cause of the problem. This information is then used to develop more stable graphic drivers. From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. Click Prepare an error report if VPU Recover is activated for submission to ATI Technologies.
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VPU Recover 73 Click Send Error Report button in the error report email. 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.
CHAPTER 4: Using TV Display and Capture Features ® This chapter describes how to use the TV display features of your Radeon X1650 GTO card. IMPORTANT INFORMATION for European Customers Some PC monitors in Europe cannot be used simultaneously with TV display.
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™ Connecting Your Graphics Card to a Digital Display Using HDMI ™ HDMI Connection on graphics card Digital Display ™ HDMI Cable Computer Using a Monitor vs. Using TV Display Using your TV for your computer’s display can be useful, however, the display on your monitor may change or looked squashed.
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. The small text sizes commonly used for PC desktops can appear blurred or unclear on a TV. You can compensate for this degradation by using larger fonts.
Index Numerics 1080i 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 50, 55, 59 41, 43, 45, 47, 49 3D Preview 3D Settings 720p 720p mode Access system information Activate & Close Activate a profile Activate an application, file, or shortcut when a profile is started Adaptive Anti-Aliasing Adaptive anti-aliasing Add an HDTV format...
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Catalyst ® A.I. Catalyst ™ A.I. 39, 46, 47 Catalyst A.I. Catalyst A.I. settings 9, 11, 12 Catalyst Control Center 24, 25, 33, 37 Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Change Catalyst Control Center language 23, 24, 25, 64, 69 Clone Mode 35, 36, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 63, 68 Color Color - Full-screen 3D...
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Disable Catalyst ® A.I. Disable Catalyst A.I. Display Color page Display Data Channel (DDC) Display Detection Options Display Options Display the online help Display the version of the installed Catalyst Control Center 22, 23 Displays Manager Displays Manager Advanced View Doom 3 Dot pitch dot pitch...
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Half Life 2 HDTV Support 9, 12, 19 Help Hide Splash Screen Hide Toolbar Text 24, 25, 31, 33, 37, 38 High Definition Television (HDTV) Hotkeys 13, 14 Hotkeys Manager 35, 61, 63, 64, 69 Image Scaling Information Center Interlaced 63, 67 Let the application control the video adjustments 42, 44...
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Reactivate ATI color controls Reactivate your color settings 23, 26, 28, 32, 54 Refresh Rate Refresh Rate Override Refresh rate override Remove an HDTV Format rendering modes 3, 23, 30, 32, 34, 77 Resolution Resolution modes Restore factory defaults Rotate the desktop rotation safety instructions Same on all displays...
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Temperature Temporal anti-aliasing the same on all displays 61, 64, 65, 69 Theater Mode Theater Mode Settings ToolTips Transparent Anti-Aliasing Triple buffering 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 76, 77 TV display games Unreal Tournament 2003 Unreal Tournament 2004 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71 Video Video Adjustments 65, 70...
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