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- Page 1 RADEON ™ X800 AGP Series User’s Guide P/N 137-40621-20 Rev. A...
- 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.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Introduction ....... 1 System Requirements External Connections Using Multiple Displays ..... 3 Connecting Your Monitors Display Configurations ATI’s CATALYST™... - Page 6 Using TV Display Alone Using Games and Applications NTSC/PAL Support for the RADEON™ X800 Introduction Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable Capturing Video Connecting your media device for video capture Setting the Windows® Volume Control Troubleshooting ......45 Uninstalling Old Graphics Card Software Windows®...
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Page 7: Introduction
CHAPTER 1: Introduction System Requirements Hardware • Intel® Pentium® 4/III; Celeron II™, AMD Athlon® 64/ K7/AMD Athlon®/AMD Athlon® XP. • 128 MB of system memory; 256 MB or more for best performance. • Motherboard with free AGP 4x/8x slot and correct AGP chipset-driver. -
Page 9: Using Multiple Displays
CHAPTER 2: Using Multiple Displays Connecting Your Monitors Your RADEON™ X800 provides hardware support for one DVI-I monitor or two VGA monitors using the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter. A TV can also be used to expand your desktop by using the S-Video out. Connections and Adapters for the RADEON™... - Page 10 Note: If you use multiple monitors, the RADEON™ X800 card must be the primary graphics card. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary. To connect your monitors Turn off your computer and monitors. Plug the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors. Turn on your monitors first, and then restart your computer so that Windows®...
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Page 11: Display Configurations
Display Configurations 5 Display Configurations Your RADEON™ X800 graphics card provides dual display functionality and TV Out. The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your card. Display Connector(s) Comments Configuration Used Single CRT VGA connector OR CRT- cathode ray tube analog display. - Page 12 6 Display Configurations Display Connector(s) Comments Configuration Used CRT display + VGA connector + The TV display will “clone” the image DFP display + DVI-I connector + of one of the other two displays S-Video Out CRT display + VGA connector + DFP display + DVI-I connector + HDTV...
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Page 13: Ati's Catalyst™ Software Suite
Introduction 7 CHAPTER 3: ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suite Introduction This chapter describes using the advanced multiple-monitor and 3D graphics features in ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suite. Features Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suite provides multiple-display functionality, and its advanced graphic features, such as SMARTSHADER™... -
Page 14: Ati Displays Tab
8 ATI Displays Tab Windows® Display Properties Settings Tab ATI Displays Tab The ATI Displays tab provides control over multiple-monitor features. Here you can enable/disable display devices and swap the assignment of Primary and Secondary displays. - Page 15 ATI Displays Tab 9 ATI Displays Tab Scheme Displays the drop-down list of available display-device configurations that have previously been created. New configurations can be entered here and then saved using the Save button. Hotkey Associates a hotkey with a scheme. To input the hotkey, highlight the field and press the appropriate key combination on your keyboard.
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Page 16: Dynamic Display Reassignment
10 ATI Displays Tab To enable or disable a display If the enable/disable button is green, it indicates the device is enabled. If it is red, it indicates the device is disabled. If the button is greyed out, the device is not an option. For example, if there is only one monitor connected, all buttons will be grey. -
Page 17: Ati Color Tab
ATI Color Tab 11 • The ATI Displays tab shows you the display(s) that are active. The Primary display has the button depressed. To change the display assignment, click the Primary display’s button or click button of the other display device. For Windows 2000 ®... - Page 18 12 ATI Color Tab ATI Color Tab: Desktop Settings ATI Color Tab: Desktop Settings...
- Page 19 ATI Color Tab 13 ATI Color Tab Desktop radio Select Desktop to configure your desktop color settings. button Full Screen 3D Select Full Screen 3D to configure the color settings for radio button your 3D application. Note that the configured settings will only be apparent within a full screen 3D application environment.
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Page 20: Hotkeys
14 ATI Color Tab ATI Color Tab Color preview The color image indicates visually how the Gamma, Brightness and Contrast sliders affect the final color settings of your display device. In Desktop mode, clicking on this with your mouse pointer will change the image. Hotkeys button Opens the Color Hotkeys Settings dialog. -
Page 21: Color Hotkeys Settings
ATI Color Tab 15 To access the Color Hotkeys Settings dialog Select the Full Screen 3D radio button. Click the Hotkeys button to access the Color Hotkeys Settings dialog. Note: For the steps used to assign hot keys, refer to the Color Hotkeys Settings section. - Page 22 16 ATI Color Tab Color Hotkeys Settings Dialog Color Hotkey Settings Modifier key In combination with the Hotkey, specifies the hotkey combination that triggers an action. The Modifier key can be any combination of Alt, Ctrl, or Shift. Note that the Shift key is never used alone.
- Page 23 ATI Color Tab 17 Color Hotkey Settings Disable hotkeys Disables all hotkeys. To disable a single hotkey checkbox combination, remove it from the assigned list. To assign color settings hotkeys for full screen 3D applications Select a modifier key from the Modifier Key list. Select a hotkey from the Hotkey list.
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Page 24: Ati Options Tab
18 ATI Options Tab ATI Options Tab The ATI Options tab provides detailed driver information and access to your graphics card’s versioning and specifications. You can also enable or disable the ATI taskbar icon from this dialog. ATI Options Tab ATI Options Tab Version Shows the Catalyst version number, 2D version number,... -
Page 25: Ati Rotation Tab
ATI Rotation Tab 19 ATI Options Tab Show ATI icon on Removes/replaces the ATI icon from the system tray taskbar without disabling the ATI icon applications. Disable quick The quick resolution feature is accessible by left-clicking resolution feature the ATI icon in the system tray. Checking this option disables this feature. - Page 26 20 ATI Rotation Tab ATI Rotation Tab ATI Rotation Tab Rotation buttons Rotates the display by the preset amount. Configure Lists the rotation actions with which you can associate a Hotkeys drop- hotkey. down list Hotkey field Associates a hotkey with a rotation. To input the hotkey, click on the field and press the appropriate key combination on your keyboard.
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Page 27: Rotation Hotkeys
ATI Rotation Tab 21 To rotate a single display Select one of the four rotation settings by clicking the appropriate button. Optionally, check the Mouse Track Rotation checkbox to have the mouse pointer match the display image. Click OK or Apply . To rotate multiple displays Select the Settings tab in the Windows®... -
Page 28: Ati Overlay Tab
22 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 streaming video on your PC. However, there is only one video overlay, which is only available on the Primary display. -
Page 29: Clone Mode Settings
ATI Overlay Tab 23 ATI Overlay Tab Brightness Adjusts the brightness of the video image. Contrast Adjusts the contrast in the video image. Saturation Adjusts the vividness of the color. Sliding it all the way to the left removes all color and produces a black and white picture. - Page 30 24 ATI Overlay Tab Clone Mode Options tab Clone Mode Options Standard Video content is displayed on your Primary display only. Theater Mode Video content is displayed on your Primary and Secondary displays. Video content is displayed on your Secondary display(s) is always in full screen mode.
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Page 31: Ati Smartgart™ Tab
ATI SMARTGART™ Tab 25 Clone Mode Options Full Screen Video The source video is scaled so that your display is showing full screen. Note: if the source video contains horizontal black bars, as do some DVD movies, the full screen video will also contain black bars. - Page 32 26 ATI SMARTGART™ Tab SMARTGART™ Tab SMARTGART™ Tab Set AGP Speed Sets the AGP bus speed. Your computer must be slider rebooted for changes to take effect. The speed available on the slider are dependent on your motherboard’s chipset and design. Current AGP Indicates the current AGP speed.
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Page 33: Ati 3D Tab
ATI 3D Tab 27 SMARTGART™ Tab Retest All button Retests all graphics bus capabilities. All tests and diagnostics are initiated immediately following a system restart. Any settings that have previously been set to Off will be turned on, providing the test passes. When using the Retest All button, problems can arise if the user enables a secondary graphics card (in a multiple monitor environment) after the operating system has loaded. - Page 34 28 ATI 3D Tab ATI 3D Tab 3D Settings for Selects either Direct 3D® or OpenGL® as the radio buttons format to be altered in the workspace. Performance/Quality Controls the overall performance/image quality of slider your graphic application. Moving the slider to the left will maximize application performance, while moving the slider to the right will maximize image quality.
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Page 35: Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings
ATI 3D Tab 29 Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings Dialog Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings Support DXT There are a few applications that can only support a texture formats limited number of texture formats. By selecting Disabled, the driver will not support DXT texture formats, thus reducing the number of texture formats supported. -
Page 36: Opengl® Compatibility Settings
30 ATI 3D Tab OpenGL® Compatibility Settings OpenGL® Compatibility Settings Dialog OpenGL® Compatibility Settings Force Z-buffer Explicitly set the Z-Buffer depth. Most applications will depth work best when Disabled is selected Triple Buffering Improves the frame rate of games when Wait for Vertical Sync is enabled in Custom Settings. -
Page 37: Ati Vpu Recover Tab
ATI VPU Recover Tab Hardware crashes may occur when a hardware device and the corresponding software device driver are no longer able to communicate with each other. VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics card is no longer able to respond to display driver commands. - Page 38 32 ATI VPU Recover Tab ATI VPU Recover Tab Enable VPU Recover Enables VPU Recover. checkbox Prepare an Error Report When VPU Recover is activated a dialog will checkbox prompt you to submit an automatically generated error report to ATI. This error report will help ATI to determine the cause of the problem and help create more stable drivers.
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Page 39: Using Tv Display And Capture Features
Using TV Out 33 CHAPTER 4: Using TV Display and Capture Features Using TV Out Your RADEON™ X800 has TV Out capability. Viewing Your PC’s Display on a TV You can attach your graphics card to a TV and monitor at the same time. IMPORTANT INFORMATION for European Customers Some PC monitors in Europe cannot be used simultaneously with TV display. -
Page 40: Starting Windows® With Tv Display Enabled
34 Using TV Out Connecting Your S-Video Out to a TV or VCR S-Video Connection on graphics card S-Video Cable Computer Starting Windows® with TV Display Enabled The TV screen may become scrambled during the initial Windows® logo display. This distortion is only a temporary effect, and your screen will be restored within a few seconds. -
Page 41: Using And Adjusting Tv Display Features
Using TV Out 35 To enable or disable the TV display Access the Windows® Control Panel . Double-click Display . Click the Settings tab and then the Advanced button. Click the ATI Displays tab. Click the TV button. Click the enable button or disable button accordingly. -
Page 42: Viewing Text On A Tv
36 Using TV Out Use the controls available on the Adjustments tab on the Monitor Properties page (accessible by clicking on the Monitor button on the ATI Displays tab) to adjust the display on your monitor only. Click the TV button to adjust the TV display only. -
Page 43: Using Tv Display Alone
NTSC/PAL Support for the RADEON™ Click OK or Apply to save the changes you have made. You can also reduce edge distortion by increasing the TV’s contrast. Increasing the contrast of a TV display Access the Display Properties dialog by right-clicking on the desktop or navigating through Windows®... -
Page 44: Introduction
38 Introduction The NTSC/PAL DIP switch TV Standard DIP switch (A dual-slider DIP switch; may not be alongside other components as depicted here). NTSC setting (default). PAL setting. To change the setting to PAL Remove the RADEON™ X800 card from your computer. Locate a DIP switch with two sliders on the card. - Page 45 Introduction 39 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.
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Page 46: Using Your Ati Hdtv Video Cable
40 Introduction 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 47: Capturing Video
Capturing Video 41 Note: YPbPr is only available with the 30Hz or 60HZ settings. Capturing Video The RADEON™ X800 XT Platinum has the ability to capture video from your camcorder, VCR, or TV. Use your favorite video editing application to add effects, make changes, or stream your video on the Internet. The audio and video output connectors on your TV, camcorder, or VCR will be similar those depicted in the illustration. -
Page 48: Connecting Your Media Device For Video Capture
42 Capturing Video Typical Video Out of TV, VCR, or Camcorder connections Connecting your media device for video capture Use the Video In/Video Out Cable to connect to a TV, VCR, or Camcorder. Use the S-Video connectors. To capture video to your computer Connect the ATI Video In/Video Out cable to the Video In/Video Out connector on the ATI Graphics Adapter. - Page 49 Capturing Video 43 Click the Line-In volume control checkbox, then click OK . If the Mute checkbox is checked, click it to cancel muting.
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Page 51: Troubleshooting
Uninstalling Old Graphics Card Software 45 CHAPTER 5: Troubleshooting The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. ATI’s documentation contains helpful installation/configuration tips and other valuable feature information. Please contact your dealer for more advanced troubleshooting information. More troubleshooting information can be found on the ATI Website at ati.com/support/. -
Page 52: Installing The Catalyst™ Software Suite
46 Installing the CATALYST™ Software Suite To install and detect your new hardware Click Next to allow Windows® to search for the Standard VGA or Standard PCI Graphics Adapter. If prompted for the Windows® CD-ROM, insert it into your CD-ROM drive. -
Page 53: Solution Selector
Solution Selector 47 software for that component will automatically be installed, along with the ATI graphics driver. Not all software components are installed using the Express installation. Custom installation allows you to select individual software components for installation. Solution Selector General Problems Problem Possible Solution... - Page 54 48 Solution Selector General Problems Problem Possible Solution Screen Defects • Check if your monitor supports the resolution, Appear horizontal (kHz) and vertical (Hz) refresh rates as required by the graphics card. • Check your current resolution, refresh rate, and color depth settings in the Settings and Monitor tabs in your Display Properties dialog.
- Page 55 Solution Selector 49 HDTV/HDTV Adapter Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution There is no • Your TV will not display anything until Windows starts; display on my TV this may take several minutes. • Set your TV to YPbPr input. • Ensure that the HDTV Component Video Adapter is properly connected, then restart your computer.
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Page 57: Compliance Information
Compliance Information FCC Compliance Information This RADEON™ product complies with FCC Rules part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. -
Page 58: Ce Compliance Information
CE Compliance Information EMC Directive 89/336/EEC and Amendments 92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC, for Class B Digital Device. EN 55022:1998/CISPR 22:1997, - Class B - Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Disturbance Characteristics of Information Technology Equipment. EN55024:1998/CISPR 22:1997, - Information Technology Equipment - Immunity Characteristics - Limits and Methods of Measurement. -
Page 59: Index
Index Numerics custom settings full-screen performance profiles quality 3D applications settings adjusting overlays AGP bus speed setting application profiles creating ATI Overlay tab ATI taskbar applications disabling enabling brightness color settings video overlay capture video card specification information Catalyst version number CATALYST Software installing Clone Mode... - Page 60 color color preview color settings color settings brightness color preview contrast desktop gamma Hotkeys profiles Color Tab Compliance information Low Voltage Directive for TV-tuner-equipped products contrast color settings TV display video overlay Copy-protection DVDs, DVDs Copy-protection custom settings desktop color settings display corruption high resolution Displaying PC output on TV...
- Page 61 TV display gaming performance, performance gaming gamma color settings video overlay gamma correction graphics card resetting through VPU Recover HDTV troubleshooting HDTV adapter troubleshooting HDTV Component Video Adapter High Definition Television horizontal size TV display Hotkeys color settings video overlay Input and output adapters displaying PC output on TV and recording on videotape installing...
- Page 62 profiles color color settings quality Recording PC output on videotape resetting graphics card rotate multiple displays single display Rotation HotKeys safety instructions saturation video overlay secondary display secondary displays clone mode settings 3D applications Clone Mode single display rotate SMARTGART Fast Write system requirements Overlay...
- Page 63 uninstall old graphics drivers Uninstalling old graphics card software video capture Video overlay definition video overlay brightness contrast gamma saturation Volume control VPU Recover Windows volume control YPbPr YPbPr connector Z-Buffer depth explicitly setting...