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RADEON
8500 MAC EDITION
User's Guide
Version 1.0 - February 2002
P/N: 137-40315-10
Copyright © 2002, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved.
ATI and all ATI product and product feature names are trademarks and/or
registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. All other company and/or
product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective
owners. Features, performance and specifications are subject to change without
notice. Product may not be exactly as shown in the diagrams.
Reproduction of this manual, or parts thereof, in any form, without the express
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  • Page 1 P/N: 137-40315-10 Copyright © 2002, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI and all ATI product and product feature names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. All other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
  • Page 2 While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document, ATI Technologies Inc. assumes no liability with respect to the operation or use of ATI hardware, software or other products and documentation described herein, for any act or omission of ATI concerning such products or this...
  • Page 3 DVI-I support for digital flat panels • TV-Out support via S-Video connector The ATI Config Menu (available only for Mac OS 9.2.1), is located on the Apple menu bar. This provides instant access to Help, the ATI Displays control panel, and all of RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION features.

  • Page 4: What You'll Need

    What You'll Need The RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION runs with the following minimum system requirements: • Any Power Macintosh computer with an AGP expansion slot • Mac OS 9.2.1 or Mac OS X version 10.1 or higher • OpenGL 1.2.2 (required for 3D graphics) •...

  • Page 5: Related Documentation

    Mac OS 9, which provides on-line help for making the best use of your card’s features. There are two methods of accessing the ATI Guide. From the Mac OS menu bar under the ATI icon choose ATI Guide. From the ATI Displays control panel, you can access the ATI Guide by clicking on the Apple Guide icon.
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  • Page 7: Multimedia Features

    Multimedia Features Your RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION turns your Mac computer into a 3D and 2D graphics powerhouse. You can use your new graphics accelerator card to do the following: • Enjoy true-color 32-bit 2D or 3D graphics up to 2048x1536 •...

  • Page 8: Viewing 3D Graphics

    Mip-Mapping • Z-buffering and Double-buffering • Spherical, Dual-Paraboloid, 3D Texturing and Cubic environment mapping In addition, the RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION brings new and exciting graphics technologies to the Macintosh platform: ™ TRUFORM that pre-processes 3D is a rendering technology...
  • Page 9 When you use 256 colors, there are too few colors to display complex 3D textures, so 3D acceleration is not supported. You can use the 3D Memory Monitor in the ATI Displays control panel to see how memory on your RADEON 8500 MAC is allocated when displaying 3D graphics.
  • Page 10 ATI Displays Control Panel For Mac OS 9 The ATI Displays control panel provides access to the advanced features that RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION has to offer. To open the ATI Displays control panel, choose Control Panels from the Apple menu, then choose ATI Displays, or choose ATI Displays from the ATI Config Menu from the menu bar.
  • Page 11 ATI cards. If you are using multiple monitors and using one display with the built-in video, or a non-ATI video card, a generic video card icon is displayed in the ATI Displays control panel. You cannot make any changes to the generic video card using ATI Displays.
  • Page 12 Monitors control panel or the Control Strip. Different ATI video cards offer distinct keyboard shortcut options, so not all shortcuts appear for every ATI product. NOTE Popup Menu and Hot Keys remain inactive when dialogs appear on the screen. For example, while using the Monitors control panel, the Popup Menu and Hot Keys are disabled.
  • Page 13 . You do not have to make a selection. EDITION To Select a VGA Monitor Select VGA Monitors from the ATI Displays control panel Select your VGA model from the list of monitors in the left panel of the VGA Monitors dialog box A list of resolutions supported by your VGA monitor appears in the right panel of the VGA Monitors dialog box.
  • Page 14 EDITION has allocated 3D memory. To open the 3D Memory Monitor Choose Control Panels from the Apple Menu, or choose ATI Displays from the ATI Config Menu and skip to step 3 Select ATI Displays Click on the 3D Memory icon...
  • Page 15 Display The Screen bar indicates the amount of graphics memory is allocated to the display’s resolution and color depth. The Desktop Pattern bar indicates the amount of memory used by your desktop pattern. To reduce the memory allocated to Display memory: •...
  • Page 16 RADEON HELP. Finally, select ATI HELP from the HELP CENTER. Select a topic from the main ATI HELP window to get detailed instructions for a specific task. To return to the main ATI HELP window, click the HOME icon in the upper-left corner of the HELP window.

  • Page 17: Using Quicktime Playback

    QuickTime movies are not accelerated, nor are they converted to color. When playing movies in thousands or millions of colors, the ATI card utilizes the 3D engine’s capabilities to scale and accelerate playback. When scaling video, the RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION uses special hardware techniques (bilinear filtering) to enhance the video quality instead of just repeating pixels.
  • Page 18 ™ Using Mac2TV Video Out In Mac OS 9 The RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION’s Mac2TV Video Out feature allows you to output your computer’s display to your TV or VCR. Anything you can display on your monitor can be output to TV.
  • Page 19 If your are using S-Video connection to the TV, attach one end of an S-Video cable to the S-Video Out connection of the RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION and the other end to the S-Video In connector of your TV. If you are using Composite, connect the supplied Video Out Adapter to the S-Video connector of the RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION.
  • Page 20 To connect your computer’s display to a VCR to record to video tape Turn off your computer and VCR. Ensure your RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION is installed correctly Looking at the back of your Mac, locate your RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION...
  • Page 21 If you are connecting your RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION to a VCR, make sure that your VCR is connected to a television that NOTE you can use as your computer’s display. For information about connecting a television to your VCR, see the documentation supplied with your VCR.
  • Page 22 Using a TV as your only display If you are using television display only, disconnect your monitor from your RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION. The RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION detects that you have a TV attached and automatically starts with Mac2TV display enabled. Optimizing Mac2TV You can optimize your TV display using the video out preferences.
  • Page 23 Hue is generally not adjusted. Depending on the TV, however, it may be necessary or desirable to adjust the hue to approximate the monitor’s display. Anti-Flicker reduces the amount of display flicker. Display flicker is both a distraction and tiring to your eyes, and is most pronounced when text is being displayed.
  • Page 24 To change your font size in Mac OS 9 Click the Apple menu Select Control Panels Select Views Choose a larger font size To change your font size in Mac OS X Click the Apple menu Select System Preferences Select General Choose a larger font size Page 24...
  • Page 25 ATI Displays Control Panel for Mac OS X The ATI Displays control panel provides access to the advanced features that RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION has to offer. To open the ATI Displays control panel: 1 Click on the Hard Disk icon...
  • Page 26 ATI Displays control panel. To access the ATI HELP, click on the icon on the ATI Displays control panel. Select a topic from the main ATI HELP window to get detailed instructions for a specific task. Page 26...
  • Page 27 “To output your computer’s display to a TV” on page Enabling Mac2TV Open the ATI Displays control panel. The Television dialog will open automatically on the TV. This default can be changed in the ATI Displays Preferences. For more information see “ATI Displays Preferences”...

  • Page 28: Using Digital Flat Panel (Dvi-I)

    Locate the DVI-I connector on your DVI-I flat panel Attach one end of your DVI-I cable to the DVI-I connector on your RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION and the other end to the DVI-I connector on your DVI-I flat panel DVI-I Connector...
  • Page 29 Turn on your DVI-I flat panel and your Mac A third party adapter is required to support Apple branded digital flat panels with an ADC connector. NOTE Page 29...
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  • Page 31: Specifications

    Specifications Video Mode Table The video mode table below lists the color depth capabilities for the supported resolutions on your RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION. Please consult your monitor’s specifications to determine which resolutions are available with your display. Supported VESA/VGA 2D Modes Display Vertical Refresh Horizontal...
  • Page 32 Display Vertical Refresh Horizontal Resolution Refresh kHz 48.36 56.48 60.24 1024 x 768 68.68 72.81 81.40 98.76 1152 x 870 68.68 1280 x 960 75.00 63.98 1280 x 1024 79.98 91.38 1600 x 1024 81.32 75.00 81.25 1600 x 1200 87.50 93.75 106.25...
  • Page 33 165MHz capability. For more information please refer to the specifications of your Digital Flat Panel display. The RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION has been used successfully, without modification, set as high as 3840 x 2400 resolution at NOTE 15Hz on Digital Flat Panels that support this resolution.
  • Page 34 Mac OS 9.2.1 or Mac OS X version 10.1 or higher • QuickTime version 5.0 or higher • Apple OpenGL 1.2.2 or higher Graphics Controller • ATI RADEON 8500 — graphics and multimedia accelerator chip Video Display Buffer • 64MB memory • 256-bit memory interface •...
  • Page 35 Display Connector • DVI-I connector VGA Connector - Standard VGA Multi-frequency Apple Monitors with Apple connectors are supported using the Apple-to-VGA video adapter. • S-Video Out (Composite Out adapter included) Video Interrupt • PCI interrupt request enabled; interrupt is auto-configured by system Power ±...
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  • Page 37: Compliance Information

    Compliance Information FCC Compliance Information This device is in conformity with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation of this product is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

  • Page 38: Industry Canada Compliance Statement

    • Consult the dealer or an experienced technician for help • The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to ensure compliance with FCC regulations • Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment Industry Canada Compliance Statement...
  • Page 39 61000-4-6). EMC Richtlinie 89/336/EEC und Änderung 92/31/EEC und 93/68/ EEC, für Einheit der Kategorie B Digitales. EN 55022/CISPR 22, Informationstechnologieausrüstung - Radiostörung Eigenschafen - Begrenzungen und Methoden von Messen. Warnung: Dies ist ein Erzeugnis der Klasse B. Dieses Erzeugnis kann Funkstörungen im Wohnbereich verursachen;...
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  • Page 41 In order to increase performance, all memory used for back buffers are on your ATI graphics accelerator card. Bilinear Filtering When texture mapping is performed an image can become very “blocky”...
  • Page 42 (16-bpp), and Millions of colors (32-bpp), and is also measured in bits per pixel (bpp). You can switch your color depth using the ATI Popup Menu, Apple’s Control Strip, or the Monitors control panel. Higher bit-depths require more display buffer memory.
  • Page 43 (z) value for the display pixel. The depth data helps the ATI accelerator card decide what 3D objects are in front of other 3D objects. The larger the 3D window, the larger the z-buffer is in memory.
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  • Page 45 4, 34 requirements Apple Displays using DVI adapter Troubleshooting 4, 35 using VGA adapter contacting customer support incorrect resolution ATI Displays control panel description ATI Guide Video Card 5, 10, 16, 25, 26 accessing features 16, 26 description 4, 34...

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