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RADEON™ X600
User's Guide
P/N 137-40384-10
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  • Page 1 RADEON™ X600 User’s Guide P/N 137-40384-10...
  • 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™ X600 Features Graphic Features External Connections Using Multiple Displays .
  • Page 6 Using and Adjusting TV Display Features How TV Display Cannot Be Used Using a Monitor vs. Using TV Display Adjusting Monitor Display Viewing Text on a TV Reducing Edge Distortion Using TV Display Alone Using Games and Applications Select your TV broadcast format Adjust your TV screen size Adjust your TV screen position Adjust the composite sharpness of your TV display...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    RADEON™ X600 Features 1 CHAPTER 1: Introduction RADEON™ X600 Features Graphic Features • Four parallel rendering pipelines. • SMARTSHADER™ 2.1 • Full hardware-based support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0/9.1 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware. • Shadow volume rendering acceleration. •...
  • Page 8 2 RADEON™ X600 Features • S-Video output or Video In/Video Out (VIVO) connection.

  • Page 9: Using Multiple Displays

    CHAPTER 2: Using Multiple Displays [Following content object needs to be changed (or added to) since the DVI- I-VGA adapter is presumably not included - KSR] Connecting Your Monitors Your RADEON™ X600 provides hardware support for one DVI-I monitor or two VGA monitors using the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter. It also provides TV output via a S-Video Out or Composite Out connector.
  • Page 10 Connections and Adapters for the RADEON™ X600 Card DVI-I-to-VGA Adapter. DVI-I Backplate Connection. To connect a flat panel, plug the monitors DVI-I connector into the DVI-I connection. Note: If you use multiple monitors, the RADEON™ X600 card must be the primary graphics card. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary.

  • Page 11: Display Configurations

    Display Configurations 5 Power on your monitors first, and then restart your computer so that Windows® can detect the new hardware settings. When the New Hardware Found Wizard appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for your RADEON™...
  • Page 12 6 Display Configurations Display Connector(s) Comments Configuration Used Single TV S-Video Out The S-Video out can also support a composite connection via the S- Video-to-Composite adapter. CRT display + VGA connector + UNSUPPORTED CONFIGURATION S-Video Out if the CRT display is attached to the DVI-I connector via the DVI-I-to-VGA adapter.

  • Page 13: Introduction

    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 To access the Display Properties dialog, right-click on the desktop or navigate through Windows® Control Panel , which is located in the Start menu. 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 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.

  • Page 16: Ati Color Tab

    10 ATI Color 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 11 ATI Color Tab: Desktop Settings...
  • Page 18 12 ATI Color Tab ATI Color Tab: Full Screen 3D Settings 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.
  • Page 19 ATI Color Tab 13 ATI Color Tab Save button Saves your current color settings to a Desktop or Full Screen 3D profile, using the name you specified in the list box. To restore these settings later, simply select the Profile name from the list and click Apply or OK. Delete button Deletes the profile that is selected in the Profiles list box.

  • Page 20: Hotkeys

    14 ATI Color Tab Adjust the Gamma , Brightness , and Contrast sliders to the desired settings, either individually or using the All Colors checkbox. Type a profile name in the Profile list box. Click Save . To apply the settings for a specific Desktop profile Choose the Desktop radio button.

  • Page 21: Color Hotkeys Settings

    ATI Color Tab 15 Some 3D applications allow you to switch easily between full-screen mode and windowed mode, and do not load their own color settings. In windowed mode, you can make slider adjustments or select a different profile on the Color tab, then switch back to full-screen mode to see the effects immediately.
  • Page 22 16 ATI Color Tab Color Hotkey Settings Hotkey In combination with the Modifier key, specifies the hotkey combination that triggers an action. Hotkey can be any key listed. To avoid conflicts, be aware of any hotkeys or keyboard controls that may already be assigned to your applications and 3D games.

  • Page 23: Ati Options Tab

    ATI Options Tab 17 To disable hotkeys (so that you do not accidentally activate them, for example), click the Disable Hotkeys checkbox. If you plan to use hotkeys, make sure this box is unchecked. The easiest way to apply your own color settings from within a full screen 3D application is to create a Full Screen 3D profile and save it, assign hotkeys for the “Load Current Profile”...

  • Page 24: Options Details Tab

    18 ATI Options Tab ATI Options Tab Version Shows the Catalyst version number, 2D version number, Information and the driver build information. Details button Gives access to the Details tab, which lists the card’s hardware details and driver information. Reactivate all Reactivates any disabled graphics warning messages.

  • Page 25: Ati Rotation Tab

    ATI Options Tab 19 ATI Options Details Tab ATI Rotation Tab Use the Rotation tab to rotate the image on your display up to 180 degrees. This feature is useful when using a flat panel display that can be physically rotated to different positions.
  • Page 26 20 ATI Options 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.

  • Page 27: Rotation Hotkeys

    ATI Options 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.

  • Page 31: Ati 3D Tab

    ATI 3D 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 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.

  • Page 33: Custom Properties Dialog

    ATI 3D Tab 27 Custom Properties Dialog Custom Properties Dialog Custom Properties Dialog: OpenGL® or Direct 3D® SMOOTHVISION™ SMOOTHVISION™ (Anti-Aliasing) improves image HD Anti-Aliasing quality by removing jagged edges from 3D images, slider resulting in smoother, more natural-looking objects. Anti- Aliasing can be applied using different sample patterns and sample points such as 2X or 4X.
  • Page 34 28 ATI 3D Tab Custom Properties Dialog: OpenGL® or Direct 3D® SMOOTHVISION™ Anisotropic filtering uses a texture filtering technique HD Anisotropic that blends multiple texture samples together. The Filtering slider number of samples taken when anisotropic filtering is performed can vary. By moving this slider to the right, as the number of samples taken increases, the quality of the final image increases significantly.
  • Page 35 ATI 3D Tab 29 Custom Properties Dialog: SMARTSHADER™ Effects SMARTSHADER™ SMARTSHADER™ applies preset pixel effects on Effects drop-down OpenGL® or Direct 3D® applications. Choose the list desired effect and click OK. Defaults button Restores the default settings.

  • Page 36: Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings

    30 Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings 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 37: Opengl® Compatibility Settings

    Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings 31 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 38: Ati Vpu Recover Tab

    32 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 39 ATI VPU Recover Tab 33 ATI VPU Recover Tab 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.
  • Page 40 34 ATI VPU Recover Tab...

  • Page 41: Using Tv Display And Capture Features

    Using TV Out 35 CHAPTER 4: Using TV Display and Capture Features Using TV Out View your PC’s display on a TV The RADEON™ X600 has TV Out capability. You can attach your card to a TV and monitor at the same time. Or you can connect it to your VCR and record your monitor’s display.

  • Page 42: Starting Windows® With Tv Display Enabled

    36 View your PC’s display on a TV RADEON X600 Series: S-Video Cable RADEON X600 Series: S-Video-to-composite Adapter Cable Composite Cable 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 43: Using Scart Connectors For European Tvs

    Using SCART Connectors for European TVs 37 Click the enable button or disable button accordingly. Click OK or Apply to save the changes. Using SCART Connectors for European (Right = red) Audio In (Left = white) Connect to PC Connect to Audio Out Audio Cable TV or VCR...

  • Page 44: How To Enable/Disable The Tv Display

    38 How To Enable/Disable The TV Display How To Enable/Disable The TV Display ® Access the Windows Control Panel. Double-click Display. Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button. Click on the ATI Displays tab. Click on the TV button. Click the enable/disable button.

  • Page 45: Viewing Text On A Tv

    How TV Display Cannot Be Used 39 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.

  • Page 46: Using Tv Display Alone

    40 How TV Display Cannot Be Used Increasing the contrast of a TV display Access the Display Properties dialog by right-clicking on the desktop or navigating through Windows® Control Panel . Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced button. Click on the ATI Displays tab.

  • Page 47: Adjust Your Tv Screen Size

    How TV Display Cannot Be Used 41 Click the Format tab. In the Format box, select a country (for example, Germany) from the list. Select the Format (for example, PAL). Click OK or Apply to save the changes you have made and exit to the Displays page.

  • Page 48: Adjust Your Tv Screen Position

    42 How TV Display Cannot Be Used Place a check here to expand your television display to the outermost edges of the television screen, leaving no black border around the edges. Note: This will disable your controls for Screen Position and Screen Size.

  • Page 49: Adjust The S-Video Sharpness Of Your Tv Display

    How TV Display Cannot Be Used 43 Click the Advanced tab. In the Composite Sharpness box, select a value from the list. Click OK or Apply to save the changes you have made. Note: Composite Sharpness is not available if your TV is connected via an S-Video input.

  • Page 50: Adjust The Chroma Flicker Removal Setting On Your Tv Display (If Available)

    44 How TV Display Cannot Be Used Click the Displays tab. Click the TV button. Your TV must be enabled before you can change its display properties. Click the Advanced tab. In the Composite Dot Crawl box, select a value from the list. Click OK or Apply to save the changes you have made.

  • Page 51: Reset The Advanced Settings On Your Tv Display(If Available)

    How TV Display Cannot Be Used 45 Select Appearance and Themes, then click Display icon If your Control Panel is in Classic View: Double-click Display. Click the Advanced button. Click the Displays tab. Click the TV button. Your TV must be enabled before you can change its display properties.

  • Page 52: Connect To A Tv, Vcr, Or Camcorder For Video Capturing

    46 Connect to a TV, VCR, or Camcorder for video capturing Connect to a TV, VCR, or Camcorder for video capturing Some versions of the RADEON™ X600 have video capturing capabilities from your camcorder, VCR, or TV. Use your favorite video editing application to add effects, make edits, or stream your video on the internet.

  • Page 53: Capturing Video Using Windows® Movie Maker

    Capturing video using Windows® Movie Maker 47 Click the Line-In volume control checkbox, then click OK. If the Mute checkbox is checked, click it to cancel muting. If the volume icon is not in your Taskbar, do the following: • Click Start, then click Control Panel. •...
  • Page 54 48 Capturing video using Windows® Movie Maker...

  • Page 55: Compliance Information

    Compliance Information FCC Compliance Information This [ProductFamily] 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 56: 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 57: Index

    Index Numerics custom settings performance profiles quality 3D applications settings adjusting overlays application profiles creating ATI Overlay tab ATI taskbar applications 17, 18 disabling 17, 18 enabling 13, 14 brightness color settings video overlay card specification information Catalyst version number Clone Mode overlay settings settings...
  • Page 58 color preview contrast desktop gamma Hotkeys profiles Compliance information Low Voltage Directive for TV-tuner-equipped products 13, 14 contrast color settings TV display video overlay custom settings desktop color settings display corruption high resolution displays Hotkey primary scheme secondary dot pitch driver information DVI operational mode DXT texture formats...
  • Page 59 horizontal size TV display Hotkeys color settings video overlay multiple displays rotate Options tab overlay adjustments overlay settings Clone Mode performance primary display clone mode profiles color color settings quality resetting graphics card rotate multiple displays single display Rotation HotKeys saturation video overlay secondary display...
  • Page 60 Overlay Theater Mode Triple Buffering 39, 40 TV display contrast games horizontal size Video overlay definition video overlay brightness contrast gamma saturation Volume control VPU Recover Windows volume control Z-Buffer depth explicitly setting...

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