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  • Page 1 Radeon® X1800 Series User’s Guide P/N 137-40889-20...
  • 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® X1800 Series Features Graphic Features System Requirements External Connectors...
  • Page 6 Other Quick Launch Access Points Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard Switch Views Hotkeys Manager Profiles Manager Preferences Help Information Center Displays Manager Advanced View Display Options Monitor Properties Monitor Attributes Digital Panel Properties Attributes Avivo™ Color HDTV Support Standard Settings Anti-aliasing Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually Adaptive Anti-aliasing Anisotropic Filtering...
  • Page 7 Disabling CrossFire™ Using TV Display and Capture Features ..95 Using TV Out Viewing Your PC’s Display on a TV Connecting to a TV Using a Monitor vs. Using TV Display Viewing Text on a TV Using a TV as the Only Display Using Games and Applications Connecting to HDTV...
  • Page 8 Glossary ....... . 125...

  • Page 9: Introduction

    Radeon® X1800 Series Features 1 CHAPTER 1: Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your ATI Radeon® X1800 Series graphics card. We hope that you will enjoy countless hours of trouble-free computing. Radeon® X1800 Series Features Graphic Features • Native PCI Express® X16 bus support. •...
  • Page 10 2 Radeon® X1800 Series Features • Loss-less Z-buffer compression • Z Cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering. VideoShader™ • Seamlessly integrates pixel shaders with video in real time. • All format DTV/HDTV decoding. • Adaptive Per-Pixel- De-interlacing and Frame Rate Conversion. 512-bit Ring Bus Memory Controller •...
  • Page 11 Radeon® X1800 Series Features 3 High Dynamic Range (HDR) Rendering • 64-bit floating point HDR supported throughout the pipeline • Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-aliasing. • High precision 10:10:10:2 integer format support. • Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-aliasing. •...

  • Page 12: System Requirements

    4 System Requirements System Requirements Hardware • Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon®. • 512MB of system memory; 1GB or more for best performance. • Optical drive for installation software (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive). • Specialized PCI Express® 450 watt or greater power supply recommended.

  • Page 13: Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers

    Before You Begin 5 Serial number (S/N) 102 part number (P/N) Write these numbers down before installing your new ATI product. Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers To ensure the successful installation of your new Radeon® X1800 Series card, you must uninstall the drivers for the existing graphics card before removing it from your computer.
  • Page 14 6 Before You Begin...

  • Page 15: Installing Your Ati Graphics Card

    Graphics Card Bus Types 7 CHAPTER 2: Installing Your ATI Graphics Card 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 Radeon® graphics cards that require a connection to the computer’s power supply will have a power cable connected to them. 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 17: Advanced Installation: Agp

    Advanced Installation: AGP 9 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

    Advanced Installation: PCIe™ 11 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

    Connecting Devices 13 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.
  • Page 22 14 Connecting Devices Connector Types Supports an analog CRT monitor. DVI-I Supports a digital monitor. VGA-DVI-I Adapter Supports an analog monitor on a DVI-I connection. S-Video In/Out Supports a TV, VCR, or Camcorder. CATV Supports a TV antenna or cable service. Composite Supports a TV, VCR, or Camcorder.

  • Page 23: Using Multiple Displays

    CHAPTER 3: Using Multiple Displays Connecting Your Monitors Your Radeon® X1800 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 card Radeon® X1800 Series must be the primary graphics card. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary. 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 Windows®...

  • Page 25: Display Configurations

    Display Configurations 17 Display Configurations Your Radeon® X1800 Series graphics card provides dual display functionality. The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your card. Display Connector(s) Comments Configuration Used Single DFP DVI-I connector DFP - digital flat panel display. display DFP Display* + DVI-I connectors...
  • Page 26 18 Display Configurations...

  • Page 27: Installing Software

    Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® 19 CHAPTER 4: Installing Software This chapter will guide you through the installation of the drivers and software associated with your Radeon® X1800 Series graphics card. Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® You will need to install the Radeon® X1800 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

    Reinstalling Drivers 21 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

    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™ Control Center the setup wizard provided you with the option of placing a shortcut on the desktop.
  • Page 35 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: Switch Views

    Switch Views 29 The Dashboard includes: • Views • Hot keys • Profiles • Preferences • Help Switch Views Click View and select either Standard, Advanced, or Custom View. Create a Custom 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.
  • Page 38 30 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. Enter any letter of the alphabet. Click the OK button to save your changes.

  • Page 39: Profiles Manager

    Profiles Manager 31 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.
  • Page 40 32 Profiles Manager • all Catalyst™ Control Center settings applies the available settings for all graphics adapters. • 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.

  • Page 41: Preferences

    Preferences 33 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 42 34 Preferences Show or hide text that appears on the toolbar buttons Click Preferences button in 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. Hide the Catalyst™...

  • Page 43: Help

    Help 35 Restore Catalyst™ Control Center to the factory default settings Click Preferences in the Dashboard. Select Restore factory defaults in the drop-down menu. Click Yes. Help Use the Catalyst™ Control Center Help feature to access the comprehensive online help system, generate a Problem Report, and get the installed version information.

  • Page 44: Information Center

    36 Information Center Follow the Wizard’s instructions. Display the version of the installed Catalyst™ Control Center Click the Help button in the Dashboard. Click About Catalyst™ Control Center. Information Center The Information Center provides detailed information about the installed graphics hardware and associated software. •...
  • Page 45 Information Center 37 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 46: Displays Manager Advanced View

    38 Displays Manager Advanced View who prefer to manually configure their desktop setting should use the Advanced View. Catalyst™ Control Center: Displays Manager Displays Manager Advanced View Use Display Manager Advanced View 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 Enable Displays Manager Advanced View...
  • Page 47 Displays Manager Advanced View 39 Enable a secondary display device Click Displays Manager in Advanced View. Click the number 2 display icon in the right-hand box. Click Yes to the Enable this display dialog. • Optionally, right-click the number 2 icon in the right-hand box and click Enable in the pop-up menu.
  • Page 48 40 Displays Manager Advanced View 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. Click Clone Main with [display device]. Click Yes to the Displays Manager Notification dialog.
  • Page 49 Displays Manager Advanced View 41 Click Stretch horizontally onto [display device] in the pop-up menu. Click Yes to the Displays Manager Notification dialog. Note: Display device can be CRT, DFP, TV, or HDTV depending on the device connection. Swap displays in Extended Mode Use Swap displays to switch your desktops when using multiple monitors.

  • Page 50: Rotate The Desktop

    42 Displays Manager Advanced View 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. Rotate the desktop Click Displays Manager in Advanced View.

  • Page 51: Display Options

    Display Options 43 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 52 44 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® DirectX®...
  • Page 53 Display Options 45 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 54: Monitor Properties

    46 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 55: Monitor Attributes

    Monitor Attributes 47 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 56: Digital Panel Properties

    48 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 57: Attributes

    Attributes 49 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 Expand Digital Panel Properties in Advanced View. Click Attributes.
  • Page 58 50 Attributes 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 Expand Digital Panel Properties in Advanced View. 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 59: Avivo™ Color

    Avivo™ Color 51 Avivo™ Color Use Avivo™ Color for ATI graphics cards that supports per-display color settings. Independently set the hue, saturation, and color temperature for each attached and enabled display. Adjust Hue Refers to a specific color within the visible spectrum of light, defined by its dominant wavelength.

  • Page 60: Hdtv Support

    52 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™...
  • Page 61 HDTV Support 53 Add 1080i mode to the Displays Manager Force button If the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box is empty you can add a format. Expand Digital Panel Properties in Advanced View. Click HDTV Support. Click Add 1080i standard format to the Displays Manager. WARNING!: This option is only intended for displays that report incomplete or incorrect EDID information.
  • Page 62 54 HDTV Support • 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. •...
  • Page 63 3D 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.

  • Page 64: Standard Settings

    56 Standard Settings 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. The slider enables you to adjust for overall system performance, overall 3D image quality, or a balance between the two.

  • Page 65: Anti-Aliasing

    Anti-aliasing 57 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. 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 66: Set The Anti-Aliasing Preference Manually

    58 Anti-aliasing • Setting for performance is best used when the 3D image is animated and smoothness of motion is the most important consideration. • Setting for quality is best used when having highly detailed and realistic 3D objects is the primary concern. •...

  • Page 67: Adaptive Anti-Aliasing

    Adaptive Anti-aliasing 59 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.

  • Page 68: Anisotropic Filtering

    60 Anisotropic Filtering Set the level of adaptive anti-aliasing Expand 3D in Advanced View. Click Adaptive Anti-Aliasing. Adjust the Adaptive Anti-Aliasing control slider to the desired setting. Anisotropic Filtering Anisotropic filtering is a technique that preserves detail on surfaces that have three-dimensional perspective and fade away into the background.
  • Page 69 Anisotropic Filtering 61 Click Anisotropic Filtering. 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 higher quality Anisotropic Filtering Expand 3D in Advanced View. Click Anisotropic Filtering.

  • Page 70: Catalyst™ A

    62 Catalyst™ A.I. 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 71: Mipmap Detail Level

    Mipmap Detail Level 63 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. It can also be paused by clicking the “||” button in the Preview pane. Clicking the pause button again causes the preview to resume.
  • Page 72 64 Mipmap Detail Level • Setting for quality is best used when high surface detail is required, especially if the animated object rotates or moves into the background. Adjust the Mipmap detail level Expand 3D in Advanced View. Click Mipmap Detail Level. Click the Control slider and move the selector to the left to increase processing performance, or to the right to increase image quality.

  • Page 73: All Settings

    All Settings 65 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.

  • Page 74: Set The Anti-Aliasing Preference Manually

    66 Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually • Texture preference • Mipmap detail level • Wait for display refresh 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 Expand 3D in Advanced View.
  • Page 75 Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually 67 Set the Anisotropic Filtering to automated preference Expand 3D in Advanced View. 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.

  • Page 76: Api Specific

    68 API Specific 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 77 API Specific 69 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. This frees up memory while achieving high quality graphics. Expand 3D in Advanced View.

  • Page 78: Color

    70 Color Select Force 24-bit Z-buffer depth to place a check mark in the check box. 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.

  • Page 79: Color Desktop

    Color Desktop 71 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 Click Color in Advanced View.
  • Page 80 72 Color Desktop Click and drag either the Gamma, Brightness, or Contrast to adjust all these settings simultaneously. Revert to last know All Channel settings Click Color in Advanced View. 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 81 Color Desktop 73 Note: Optionally, click the button to cancel any adjustments Reset made. Note: The preview image automatically displays the adjustment you have made. Set Color Contrast Click Color in Advanced View. Click and drag the Control slider to your preferred setting: •...

  • Page 82: Color - Fullscreen 3D

    74 Color - FullScreen 3D Clicking Discard applies to all features of an aspect, not just the feature in the current view. 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.

  • Page 83: Avivo™ Video For Radeon® Series Starting From 9500

    Avivo™ Video for Radeon® Series starting from 9500 75 Note: Optionally, click the Reset button to cancel any adjustments made. Note: The preview image automatically displays the adjustment you have made. Apply your settings Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open.

  • Page 84: Standard Settings

    76 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 Click to expand Avivo™ Video in Advanced View and click Standard Settings.

  • Page 85: Adjustments

    Standard Settings 77 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 86 78 Standard Settings Set Contrast Contrast is the difference between the brightest and darkest parts of an image. Expand Avivo™ Video in Advanced View. 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. Expand Avivo™...

  • Page 87: Video Overlay Theater Mode

    Standard Settings 79 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™...

  • Page 88: Deinterlacing

    80 Deinterlacing Set video aspect ratio Expand Avivo™ Video in Advanced View. Click Theater Mode. 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. Apply your settings Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™...

  • Page 89: All Settings

    All Settings 81 • Adaptive deinterlacing, when selected, reacts to the amount of motion in the video and apply a media filter on a motion block and apply weave on the remaining blocks. • Motion Adaptive deinterlacing, when selected, applies the advanced motion detection to deinterlace the video.
  • Page 90 82 All Settings This page is useful when it is not necessary to preview the adjusted settings because the effect is already known or understood. Let the application control video adjustments Enable this feature the to let the application determine the Video Adjustments settings.
  • Page 91 All Settings 83 Adjust Saturation Saturation is the measure of amount of color in an image. Expand Avivo™ Video in Advanced View. Click All Settings Scroll to Video Adjustments. Adjust the Saturation control slider to the desired position. Adjust Hue Hue defines the tint of the red, green, and blue components of an image.
  • Page 92 84 All Settings • 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 Expand Avivo™ Video in Advanced View. Click All Settings.

  • Page 93: Vpu Recover

    VPU Recover 85 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™...

  • Page 94: Enable Vpu Recover

    Click VPU Recover in Advanced View. 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.

  • Page 95: Crossfire

    CrossFire™ 87 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 96 88 CrossFire™ • The Radeon® X800 CrossFire™ Edition can be paired with any standard Radeon® X800-based graphics card. • An interconnect cable, supplied with the CrossFire™ Series graphics card, connecting the two cards to a single monitor. When CrossFire™ is enabled, any one of the four following display modes are available: •...

  • Page 97: Enable Crossfire

    Enable CrossFire™ 89 Catalyst™ Control Center: CrossFire™ Enable CrossFire™ 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 98: Crossfire™ Graphics Card Connections

    90 Enable CrossFire™ Click Adaptive Anti-Aliasing. Adjust the Adaptive Anti-Aliasing control slider to the desired setting. Set Catalyst™ A.I. settings Expand 3D in Advanced View. Click Catalyst™ A.I. If necessary, clear the check mark from Disable Catalyst™ A.I. Click and drag to slider to the desired setting. Apply your settings Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™...

  • Page 99: Graphics Cards With Different Amounts Of Memory

    Enable CrossFire™ 91 Connect the DMS-59™ 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. Connect the remaining DVI-I connector of the interconnect cable to your monitor.

  • Page 100: 3D Client Is Active

    92 Enable CrossFire™ For more information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.com/crossfire 3D client is active You will not be able to start CrossFire™ if a 3D application, game, or video playback, such as a DVD movie, is running. Close all open 3D applications, games, and movie player applications then enable CrossFire™.
  • Page 101 Enable CrossFire™ 93 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. Click Save.
  • Page 102 94 Enable CrossFire™...

  • Page 103: Using Tv Display And Capture Features

    Using TV Out 95 CHAPTER 6: Using TV Display and Capture Features This chapter describes how to use the TV display and video capture features of your Radeon® X1800 Series card. Using TV Out Your Radeon® X1800 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

    Connecting to HDTV 97 correct the monitor’s display, use the monitor’s control buttons to adjust its display size and position. 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.
  • 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

    Connecting to HDTV 99 Note: See your HDTV or component input device manual for configuration information specific to your device. 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.
  • Page 108 100 Connecting to HDTV...

  • Page 109: Crossfire™ Faq

    CHAPTER 7: CrossFire™ FAQ The following is a listing of 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? Three components are required: •...
  • Page 110 The CrossFire™ Master card must go into the primary PCI Express® slot (slot zero) on the motherboard. Note: To determine which PCIe™ slot is the primary slot, consult your motherboard manual. Alternately, to determine whether or not a CrossFire™ Edition card is in the correct slot, connect your display directly to the DVI-I connection on the Master graphics card instead of using the CrossFire™...
  • Page 111 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 112 The two cards are connection by an external cable. The cable is attached from the Slave graphics card’s DVI-I connection to the CrossFire™ Edition’s DMS-59™ connection, which is used to convey information from the Slave graphics card to the Master graphics card and transmit the combined signal to a display device.
  • Page 113 • Super Anti-aliasing - improves image quality by combining the results of full-screen anti-aliasing across two graphics cards in a CrossFire™ configuration. The two graphics cards work on different anti-aliasing patterns within each frame. The first three features are performance features settings automatically selected by ATI's Catalyst™...

  • Page 115: Using The Radeon® X1800 Series With Crossfire

    CrossFire™ Overview 107 CHAPTER 8: Using the Radeon® X1800 Series with CrossFire™ The Radeon® X1800 Series can be used as a Slave graphics card in a CrossFire™ system. For the full system requirements necessary to put together a working CrossFire™ system, see the CrossFire™ FAQ. CrossFire™...

  • Page 116: Supertiling

    108 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes The first three are performance-oriented modes, and Super Anti-aliasing is a quality-oriented mode. Each mode uses a different method for dividing the workload required to render a 3D image across multiple GPUs. Only one mode can be in operation at any given time. The ATI Catalyst™...

  • Page 117: Scissor Mode

    CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 109 Partial Frame Rendered on PCI Express® Master Graphics Card Final Rendered Frame on Display SuperTiling has the advantage of being able to work with practically any 3D application. However, there are a small number of applications where the SuperTiling workload distribution does not provide optimal performance.

  • Page 118: Alternate Frame Rendering (Afr) Mode

    110 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes Alternate Frame Rendering (AFR) Mode In this mode, all even frames are rendered on one GPU, while all odd frames are rendered on the other. The completed frames from both GPUs are sent to the Compositing Engine on the CrossFire™ Edition card, which then sends them on to the display.

  • Page 119: Super Anti-Aliasing Mode

    CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 111 Super Anti-aliasing Mode Anti-aliasing (AA) is a rendering technique designed to remove jagged edges, shimmering, and pixelation problems that are common in rendered 3D images. Rather than simply determining the color of each pixel on the screen by sampling a single location at the pixel’s center, anti-aliasing works by sampling multiple locations within each pixel and blending the results together to determine the final color.
  • Page 120 112 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes Radeon® X1800 Series Master Graphics Card Partial Frame Rendered on PCI Express® Slave Graphics Card Partial Frame Rendered on PCI Express® Master Graphics Card Final Rendered Frame on Display Some types of textures, especially those with transparent portions, can exhibit aliasing that is not removed by MSAA techniques.
  • Page 121 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 113 Note: Super Anti-aliasing is not available when any of the three CrossFire™-specific rendering modes are selected, but regular anti- aliasing values (2x, 4x or 6x) are still available.
  • Page 122 114 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes...

  • Page 123: Reference

    Troubleshooting 115 CHAPTER 9: 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 124 116 Troubleshooting General Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution No Display • Check that the card is seated properly in its expansion slot. • Ensure that the monitor cable is securely fastened to the card. • Make sure that the monitor and computer are plugged in and receiving power.
  • Page 125 Troubleshooting 117 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™...
  • Page 126 118 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 127: Product Registration

    Product Registration 119 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 128 If you require further assistance with your product, the following Customer Care options are available: Service Availability Language Access ati.com Online 24/7 English, French, Spanish, ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. Portuguese, Attention: Customer Care German Mail 1 Commerce Valley Drive East Markham, Ontario Canada L3T 7X6 Telephone 9:00AM - English 1-877-284-1566 (toll-free) US &...

  • Page 129: Limited Product Warranty And Guideline For Obtaining Warranty Service

    End of Life. Limited Product Warranty and Guideline for Obtaining Warranty Service THIS WARRANTY IS FOR ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC. (“ATI”) PRODUCTS PURCHASED AT RETAIL AFTER AUGUST 31, 2005. THE FOLLOWING WARRANTIES ARE ONLY APPLICABLE IF THE ONLINE PRODUCT www.ati.com/customercare/registration...

  • Page 130: Warranty Exclusions And Limitations

    122 Limited Product Warranty and Guideline for Obtaining Warranty Service Warranty Exclusions and Limitations THIS WARRANTY IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO NEW PRODUCT SERIES RELEASED BY ATI AFTER AUGUST 31, 2005. PRODUCTS RELEASED PRIOR TO THIS DATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE PREVIOUS WARRANTY TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

  • Page 131: Obtaining Warranty Service

    Getting Additional Accessories 123 warranties are not allowed to be excluded in their entirety, they will be limited to the duration of the applicable written warranty. This warranty gives you specific legal rights that may vary depending on the law of the applicable jurisdiction. Obtaining Warranty Service Please review the online “help”...

  • Page 132: Industry Canada Compliance Statement

    Cet appareil numérique de la Classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. For further compliance information: ATI Research Inc. 4 Mount Royal Ave. Marlborough, MA 01752-1976 508-303-3900 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive Compliance This product was manufactured by ATI Technologies Inc.
  • Page 133 CHAPTER 10: 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 134: Alpha Blending

    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 135: Aspect Ratio

    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 136: Back Buffer

    optimize the use of a 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 137: Color Correction

    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 138: Composite Video

    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 139: Dot Pitch

    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 140: Frame Buffer

    equal the dot pitch. If the monitor is set to lower resolutions, the pixels will be comprised of multiple dots. 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).

  • Page 141: Gouraud Shading

    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 142 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 143 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 144 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 145: Refresh Rate

    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 146 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 147: Shadow Mask

    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 148: Texture Mapping

    Super Anti-aliasing A feature that improves image quality by combining the results of full- screen anti-aliasing across two graphics cards in a CrossFire™ configuration. The two graphics cards work on different anti-aliasing patterns within each frame. The results of which are combined by the compositing engine on the CrossFire™...

  • Page 149: Texture Preference

    object takes on the same texture qualities. For example, if you take a 2D textured surface that looks like cloth and wrap it around a 3D sphere, the sphere will now appear to have a cloth-like surface. Texture Preference Texture Preference is a feature enabling the user to select the texture quality level for the surface of a 3D object.

  • Page 150: Vga Connector

    VersaVision™ An ATI technology enabling accelerated display rotation and scaling. Any desktop can now be rotated 90 degrees left or right, or even 180 degrees, while maintaining the full feature set of other ATI 2D and 3D technologies, such as SmoothVision™. VersaVision™ works with single or multiple displays.
  • Page 151 capability. It also supports component output support for EDTV displays at 480i (interlaced scanning), 480p (progressive scanning), and for HDTV displays at 720p, and 1080i. VideoShader™ HD A feature that integrates pixel-shading technology with video filtering and processing functions. It accelerates noise removal, de-blocking, adaptive de-interlacing, frame-rate conversion, color-space conversion, and more.
  • Page 153 Index Symbols “CrossFire Is Currently Unavailable” Numerics 102 part number 52, 53, 54, 134, 143 1080i 1080i mode 1080p 36, 72, 125, 128, 129, 131, 137, 138, 140, 141, 142 31, 36, 43, 44, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 74, 90, 104, 108, 109, 111, 117, 118, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143...
  • Page 154 anti-aliasing Anti-Aliasing preference API-Specific appearance of the Catalyst Control Center 55, 68 Application Programmable Interface (API) Apply a Hotkey Aspect 54, 75, 80, 84, 127, 134, 139 Aspect Ratio 118, 136 ATI Overdrive 20, 21, 22 ATISETUP utility Avivo Color 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 Avivo Video Back Buffer...
  • Page 155 73, 74 Color Contrast Color correction Color Depth 72, 74 Color Gamma Color quality Color Temperature Compliance Information compliance information component video 130, 140, 143 Composite Video 103, 104, 110, 130, 140 Compositing Engine composition of the profile configuration multiple monitors primary monitor configuration tips Connecting Devices...
  • Page 156 80, 81, 84, 141, 142, 143 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 17, 40, 41, 42, 52, 53, 116 Digital Flat Panel (DFP) Digital flat-panel (DFP) display Digital Panel properties...
  • Page 157 Edit an existing Hotkey Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Enable CrossFire ™ Enable Hotkeys feature Enable VPU Recover 132, 143 Enhanced Definition Television (EDTV) error report Euroconnector 45, 79 Extended Desktop 47, 48, 52, 53 Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) 39, 40, 41, 79, 83 Extended Mode external connectors FCC Compliance...
  • Page 158 Hide Splash Screen High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) High Definition Television 17, 40, 41, 46, 48, 52, 53, 54, High Definition Television (HDTV) 119, 130, 133, 134, 139, 143 High-Bandwidth Digital Copy Protection (HDCP) Hotkeys 29, 30 Hotkeys Manager 51, 75, 77, 78, 83, 127, 134, 138 20, 22, 134 HydraVision HyperZ HD...
  • Page 159 Offscreen Memory 36, 43, 44, 68, 135, 136 OpenGL 75, 79, 83 Overlay Display 136, 139 136, 137 4, 101, 102, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 117, 118 PCI Express 126, 137 PCI Express (PCIe) Pentium Péritel 104, 105, 137 Pipeline 69, 104, 108, 111, 112, 126, 128, 129, 131, 137, 140, 141, Pixel...
  • Page 160 Rotate the desktop Rotation 42, 118, 142 rotation Safe Mode safety instructions Same on all 51, 77, 78, 83, 127, 134, 138 Saturation Save your Profile 80, 84 Scale to full screen scaling SCART 104, 107, 109, 110, 138, 140 Scissor Mode Screen rotation Search for Help...
  • Page 161 Stretch Main Horizontally Stretch Main Vertically 105, 107, 108, 111, 112, 113, 140 Super Anti-aliasing Super Anti-aliasing Mode 59, 112, 126 Super-Sample Anti-Aliasing (SSAA) 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 110, 140 SuperTiling 22, 105 SurroundView 130, 140 S-Video Swap display Switch Views SXGA system requirements...
  • Page 162 Vertex shader Vertex shader units 4, 17, 138, 142 VGA connector 76, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 116, 118, 119, 130, 132, 140, Video 142, 143 Video Adjustments 80, 84 video aspect ratio Video Immersion II Video In, Video Out (VIVO) video memory VideoShader HD Views...

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