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  • Page 1 User Manual...
  • Page 4 This Manual applies to the following VGAs: HD485PG3 (PCI Express) XHD485XPG3 (PCI Express) HD487XTG5 (PCI Express) HD4870X2 (PCI Express) HD4870XG5 (PCI Express) HD 4800 Series (CrossFire Edition)

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    2.3 Board Layout.............. 9 2.4 Power Supply Requirements ........15 2.4.1 Additional Power Connection Requirements ..16 2.5 Multiple Monitors ............ 20 2.6 ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Display Configurations..22 CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ......23 3.1 Uninstall Old Graphics Drivers ........ 24 3.2 Installing on Windows XP ........
  • Page 6 3.10 Color Desktop............56 3.11 ATI Overdrive (optional) .......... 58 3.12 HDMI Video and Audio (optional) ......61 APPENDIX A SPECIFICATIONS ........62 A.1 Hardware Specifications .......... 62 A.2 Programming Information ........63 A.3 Resolution Table ............63 Radeon™ HD 4800 CrossFire™ Edition ........69...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Introduction

    CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series of GPUs allow you to experience the power of HD with graphics processing designed for how you work and play. Advance to the next generation of HD game performance and life- like realism thanks to DirectX®...
  • Page 8 ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual Unified Video Decoder 2 Unified Video Decoder 2 frees up your CPU for other tasks so you get The Ultimate Visual Experience™ for even the most processing- intensive content, including VC-1, H.264 and now MPEG-2. Also, take full advantage of Blu-ray functionality with dual-stream, picture in picture (PIP) capabilities.

  • Page 9: System Requirements

    • An ATI CrossFireX™ certified motherboard with two (2) PCI Express® x16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. • A second ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series graphics card. • One ATI CrossFireX™ internal bridge interconnects. • A specialized PCI Express® 900 watt or greater power supply with two 2x4-pin and two 2x3-pin PCIe™...
  • Page 10 ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual Connections The following illustrates the connections on the ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series graphics card. ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series Connections 1. DVI-I Dual Link 2. S-Video Connection 3. DVI-I Dual Link (HDMI™-compatible)

  • Page 11: Performance

    The ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series is a graphics accelerator card. Computer functions like disk access and numerical calculation are not accelerated by the ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series. It is not unusual to obtain an overall system speed increase of 2 times for graphics-heavy applications after installing the ATI Radeon™...

  • Page 12: Monitor Compatibility

    1024 x 768, 60 Hz refresh, 1024 x768, 72 Hz refresh rate; and 1280x1024, 60 Hz refresh rate, respectively. By default, the ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series will drive your monitor at a screen refresh rate of 60 Hz. In other words, it repaints the screen 60 times per second.

  • Page 13: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    Chapter 2: Hardware Installation CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION What’s Included in the Package The VGA card package includes the following: 1. VGA Card 2. Software CD which contains the necessary files 3. This User manual Installing the Card 1. Unplug the computer and remove the cover. Shut down the computer, then turn off the power supply and any attached equipment (such as a monitor or printer).
  • Page 14 ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual Note: If the computer has a graphics chip soldered down on the motherboard, refer to the manual for the system or motherboard for information on how to disable it. 3. Insert the Graphics Accelerator card.

  • Page 15: Board Layout

    Chapter 2: Hardware Installation Board Layout HD485PG3 Note: • Specialized PCI Express® 500 watt or greater power supply recommended. • A 550 watt or greater power supply is required for CrossFire™. • Use power supply 6-pin cable (note, power supply cable is 6- wire, not 3-wire).
  • Page 16 ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual XHD485XPG3 Note: • Specialized PCI Express® 500 watt or greater power supply recommended. • A 550 watt or greater power supply is required for CrossFire™. • Use power supply 6-pin cable (note, power supply cable is 6-...
  • Page 17 Chapter 2: Hardware Installation HD487XTG5 Note: • Power connector 1 and connector 2 should be connected to power supply unit simultaneously. • Specialized PCI Express® 550 watt or greater power supply recommended. • A 600 watt or greater power supply is required for CrossFire™. •...
  • Page 18 ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual HD4870X2 System Requirements CrossFire™ technology works on AMD 790FX, AMD 790X, Intel 975X, P965, P35 , X38 and X48 motherboard. Note: • Power connector 1 and connector 2 should be connected to power supply unit simultaneously.
  • Page 19 Chapter 2: Hardware Installation HD4870X2 D13 and D14: Identify the EXT_12V connector for inserting Power cable. D15: Identify the thermal /FAN failure. D5 and D7: VDDC of GPU 1 and GPU 2 core voltage failure. When the graphic card works normally the five LED don’t light up.
  • Page 20 ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual HD4870XG5 Note: • Power connector 1 and connector 2 should be connected to power supply unit simultaneously. • Specialized PCI Express® 550 watt or greater power supply recommended. • A 600 watt or greater power supply is required for CrossFire™.

  • Page 21: Power Supply Requirements

    HD4850 Power supplies with 500-Watt capacity and 30A current on 12V rail is recommended for single ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 series product. ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 CrossFire configurations (dual graphics card system) requires 550-Watt capacity power supply, with 38A on 12V rail.

  • Page 22: Additional Power Connection Requirements

    PCI Express® slot interfaces. 2.4.1 Additional Power Connection Requirements Note: • use power supply 6-pin cable (note, power supply cable is 6-wire, not 3-wire) 1. The ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series must be connected to the computer’s power supply.
  • Page 23 Chapter 2: Hardware Installation 2. Remove the power cable from the hard drive 3. Connect of the power extension cable to the graphics card power connector as shown. 4. Connect to the power supply connector 5. After locating the PCI Express slot, and if necessary, removing the metal cover: Align your ATI Graphics Accelerator card with the PCI Express slot...
  • Page 24 ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual HDTV uses YPbPr connector to receive input. YPbPr stands for the following: • Y= Green • Pb= Blue • Pr=Red ATI HDTV Cable (Optional) ATI HDTV Video Output Cable Backplate of the ATI Graphics Card Male RCA Patch Cable –...
  • Page 25 Chapter 2: Hardware Installation Connecting your DVI-to-HDMI dongle (optional)

  • Page 26: Multiple Monitors

    To connect a flat panel to the ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series use the DVI-I connector as shown on the following page. To connect a VGA monitor to the DVI-I connector, plug the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter into the DVI-I connector, then plug your monitor cable into the adapter.
  • Page 27 Chapter 2: Hardware Installation...

  • Page 28: Ati Radeon™ Hd 4800 Display Configurations

    ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Display Configurations The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your card. Display Connector(s) Used Comments Configuration Single CRT display DVI-I connector with DVI- CRT-Cathode ray tube analog I-to-VGA adapter display.

  • Page 29: Chapter 3 Software Installation

    Chapter 3: Software Installation CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION The ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series is 100% VGA compatible and as such needs no special display drivers to run application software correctly at standard VGA resolutions and color depths. However, enhanced...

  • Page 30: Uninstall Old Graphics Drivers

    ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual Uninstall Old Graphics Drivers To ensure successful installation of the graphics card driver, you must uninstall the graphic drivers for the existing graphics card before removing it from the computer. Windows® XP: Uninstall old graphics drivers 1.

  • Page 31: Installing On Windows Xp

    Chapter 3: Software Installation Installing on Windows XP Caution: The Catalyst® Control Center requires that Microsoft's .NET Framework Version 2.0 be installed. Without .NET Version 2.0 installed the Catalyst® Control Center will not launch properly, and the user will see an error message as a result. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/default.aspx Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package 1.
  • Page 32 ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual 8. The License Agreement dialog box appears. Click on “ ” button. 9. The Select Components dialog box appears. Click on “Express” button. 10. When the Windows SETUP has completed copying the files to the computer, Windows will prompt you to restart.

  • Page 33: Installing On Windows Vista

    Chapter 3: Software Installation Installing on Windows VISTA 1. Install the VGA card drivers from the ATI Installation CD-ROM by doing one of the following: • Start > Run > X:\AutoRun.exe (where X is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive). If the AutoRun screen doesn’t appear automatically please perform the setup manually by double clicking “X:\VISTA\SETUP.EXE ”.
  • Page 34 ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual 5. Clicking the Customized language button enables the CIM to install localized resources and help files various packages. Note: Customized languages must be selected by placing a checking off the required languages. 6. On a clean system, the Installer welcome screens allow the user to select the install method.
  • Page 35 Chapter 3: Software Installation 7. During an express install, the only other window the user needs to interact with is the End User License Agreement (EULA). Once this has been approved the install will commence. During an express install, the user must first select the packages to install and potentially select the source location.
  • Page 36 ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual Note: The UI does not show all the packages that are installed in the system. Some of the packages are invisible to the UI. The CIM and MS Visual C++ 8 runtime are two of these packages. These packages are required whenever any ATI package is selected for install onto an end users system.
  • Page 37 Chapter 3: Software Installation 9. Close and reboot dialogs Typically a restart message is displayed. This message is displayed when the following conditions are met. • During a driver install the OS request a reboot • During an application install, if the install package was authored and an install requested for functionality to be enabled.

  • Page 38: Displays Manager

    ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual Displays Manager The Displays Manager is the central location for configuring your display devices and arranging your desktop. Use the Displays Manager to quickly change your display setup, arrange your desktop in a multi-monitor environment, and enable TV Out.

  • Page 39: Displays Manager Standard View

    Chapter 3: Software Installation Displays Manager Standard View To enable additional displays for connected display devices, you can Right-click the Windows desktop and click ATI CATALYST® Control Center. The ATI CATALYST® Control Center dialog box appears. Use Displays Manager Standard View to set your desktop resolution, arrange your displays, or use the wizard to help you configure your display(s).
  • Page 40 ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual Access Display Manager Standard View 1. Click the View button to switch to Standard View. 2. From the menu pane, click Displays Manager to display the settings view. Enable a secondary display device...

  • Page 41: Displays Manager Advanced View

    Chapter 3: Software Installation Displays Manager Advanced View Use Displays 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. 3.6.1 Enable Clone Mode If the secondary device is disabled: 1.

  • Page 42: Enable Stretch Main Vertically

    ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual 3.6.2 Enable Stretch Main Vertically If the secondary display is disabled: 1. Click Displays Manager in Advanced View. 2. Click and drag the display device icon from Additional Displays to the empty box to the right of the Main box.

  • Page 43: Swap Displays In Extended Mode

    Chapter 3: Software Installation 3.6.4 Swap displays in Extended Mode Use Swap displays to switch your desktops when using multiple monitors. 1. Click Displays Manager in Advanced View. 2. Right-click any Desktop icon. 3. Select Swap displays. 4. Click either Maintain per-display mode settings or Swap displays order only.

  • Page 44: Change Desktop Size

    ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual 3.6.5 Change desktop size 1. Click Displays Manager in Advanced View. 2. Select a size from the Desktop Area drop-down menu. 3.6.6 Change Color quality 1. Click Displays Manager in Advanced View. 2. Select the desired color setting from the Color Quality drop-down menu.

  • Page 45: Force Changes To A Specific Display Setting

    Chapter 3: Software Installation 3.6.8 Force changes to a specific display setting You can force the Catalyst® Control Center to override the display settings required, or not allowed, by a specific application. 1. From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. 2.
  • Page 46 In this mode, the desktop area is spread across both displays. This mode can be set for multiple categories of displays, although display limitations may override the capabilities of the ATI Radeon™ HD 4800. For example, if the second display is a TV monitor, due to the limitations of the monitor itself, the resolution cannot be set above 1024x768 and the refresh rate cannot be set above 60 Hz.

  • Page 47: Display Options

    Chapter 3: Software Installation Display Options The Display Options gives you additional control to optimize performance of OpenGL® and Direct 3D® applications. Use 3D Refresh Rate Override to set a refresh rate of your choice when a full-screen application or game has a default refresh rate that is lower than optimal.
  • Page 48 ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual 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®...
  • Page 49 Chapter 3: Software Installation Force TV detection Use Force TV detection if your TV is not automatically detected by the CATALYST® Control Center and does not appear in the Displays Manager page. This may be the case if your TV has non-standard inputs. Note: If Force TV detection is required to detect your TV some features that rely on automatic detection, such as extended desktop, will not be supported.

  • Page 50: Using The Crt/Tv Features

    ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual Using the CRT/TV Features (TV-out function optional) 3.8.1 How to use TV-out cables correctly 1. Power off your PC and TV first. 2. Connect the signal cable from the Video output on the VGA card to the video input on your TV.

  • Page 51: How To Change The Tv Settings

    Chapter 3: Software Installation 3.8.2 How to change the TV settings Your graphics accelerator has TV-Out functionality. Using this feature, you can connect a TV to your computer’s video output to view the desktop. If you are not using a TV for your computer’s display, it is recommended that you disable TV display for optimal performance (higher refresh rates).
  • Page 52 ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual Enable Clone Mode If the secondary device is disabled: 1. Click Displays Manager in Advanced View. 2. Click and drag the display device icon in Additional Displays to the empty box to the right of the Main box.

  • Page 53: Tv Properties

    Chapter 3: Software Installation 3.8.3 TV Properties If your graphics card has support for TV Out use the TV Properties to configure your TV settings. The TV Properties is comprised of: • Image Quality • Color • Adjustments • Formats Use Image Quality to adjust the contrast, saturation, and flicker of your screen.

  • Page 54: Tv Adjustments

    ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual 3.8.4 TV Adjustments Use Screen Adjustments to establish the attributes, such as maximum resolution and refresh rates, of the connected TV, and to resize and position the output seen on the TV. Find the maximum available resolution and refresh rates for my TV 1.

  • Page 55: To Select Your Tv Format By Country

    Chapter 3: Software Installation 3.8.5 To select your TV format by country Use TV Formats to determine how the TV signal is detected. Select TV format determined by country or region 1. Expand TV Properties in Advanced View. 2. Click Format. 3.

  • Page 56: To Set Your Tv Output To Pal

    ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual 3.8.6 To set your TV output to PAL Select by TV signal format 1. Expand TV Properties in Advanced View. 2. Click Format. 3. Click Select by signal format. 4. Select a TV format from the Signal format drop-down menu.

  • Page 57: Using The Hdtv Features

    Chapter 3: Software Installation Using the HDTV Features View computer output directly on your High Definition Television (HDTV) or other component input device. Provide a big-screen experience from your computer that is ideal for playing games, giving presentations, watching movies, and browsing the Internet. 3.9.1 Installing your ATI HDTV video cable 1.

  • Page 58: Hdtv Support

    ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual 3.9.3 HDTV Support Use HDTV Support when your CRT or DFP device supports one or more HDTV modes that are not initially listed in the Displays Manager due to an incomplete EDID. Selecting one or both of the HDTV modes adds them to the Force button located in the Displays Manager when the associated display is selected.

  • Page 59: Add An Hdtv Format

    Chapter 3: Software Installation 3.9.4 Add an HDTV format The Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box should list any standard and optimized HDTV formats supported by the digital panel`s EDID. If the list is empty, then no HDTV formats are natively supported. 1.
  • Page 60 ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual 6. Click Add button. 7. 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 61 Chapter 3: Software Installation 11. Click Apply button to add your new HDTV format to the Predefined and custom HDTV Formats list and the Displays Manager mode list then close this windows. Note: The format to be added must be based on one of the standard timing formats (720p or 1080i).

  • Page 62: Color Desktop

    ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual 3.10 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. Adjust Color Gamma 1.
  • Page 63 Chapter 3: Software Installation Adjust Color Brightness 1. Click Color in Advanced View. 2. Click and drag the Control slider to your preferred setting: • To increase the Brightness, move the slider to the right. • To decrease the Brightness, move the slider to the left. •...

  • Page 64: Ati Overdrive (Optional)

    ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual 3.11 ATI Overdrive (optional) Use the ATI Overdrive to maximize the performance of the graphics processing unit (GPU) on your graphics card. An on-chip thermal sensor constantly monitors the temperature of the GPU allowing the maximum clock speed to be maintained while avoiding overheating.
  • Page 65 Chapter 3: Software Installation Unlock ATI Overdrive The first time ATI Overdrive is accessed all the features are unavailable. You must “unlock” ATI Overdrive in order to change any settings. 1. From the menu pane, click ATI Overdrive. 2. Click the Lock button. 3.
  • Page 66 ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual Change the memory clock speed 1. From the menu pane, click ATI Overdrive. 2. Move the Memory Clock slider to the desired setting. Note: The upper limit is the highest speed that can be safely set for your specific graphics card.

  • Page 67: Hdmi Video And Audio (Optional)

    Chapter 3: Software Installation 3.12 HDMI Video and Audio (optional) ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series build in HD audio chip on the cards and the HD audio driver will be installed during the installation of the graphic card driver. According to the Microsoft’s rule the latter installed audio device will become the default audio device.

  • Page 68: Appendix Aspecifications

    ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual APPENDIX A SPECIFICATIONS Hardware Specifications Generic Classification Video Display Adapter/Fixed Function Graphics Accelerator Bus Type HD485PG3 x16 PCI Express bus XHD485XPG3 x16 PCI Express bus HD487XTG5 x16 PCI Express bus HD4870X2 x16 PCI Express bus...

  • Page 69: Programming Information

    Appendix A: Specifications Programming Information The ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series supports all VGA modes. This is the default configuration of the VGA BIOS. The extended VGA graphics mode is invoked by the normal INT 10 mode call. All the VGA extended modes can be invoked with the VESA defined select extended mode BIOS call.
  • Page 70 ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series User Manual LCD resolutions and color depth table. GRAPHICS COLOR FRAME RESOLUTION DEPTH BUFFER SIZE 640x480 8bpp 16bpp 32bpp 512MB 720x480 8bpp 16bpp 32bpp 512MB 800x600 8bpp 16bpp 32bpp 512MB 1024x768 8bpp 16bpp 32bpp 512MB...
  • Page 73 6.2 CrossFireX™ Power Supply Requirements....72 6.2.1 Additional Power Connection Requirements ..73 6.3 To uninstall previous graphics drivers and software.. 74 6.4 Dual ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 CrossFireX™ setup..75 6.5 Connecting devices for ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 CrossFireX™ ............. 76 6.6 Graphics cards with different amounts of memory ...

  • Page 75: Radeon™ Hd 4800 Crossfire™ Edition

    ATI Radeon™ graphics cards and an ATI CrossFireX ready motherboard to meet the hard-core demands of your alternate reality. New ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 graphics cards are designed with an internal ATI CrossFireX™ Bridge Interconnect system to simplify installation.

  • Page 76: Chapter 6 Hardware Installation

    • An ATI CrossFireX™ certified motherboard with two (2) PCI Express® x16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. • A second ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series graphics card. • One ATI CrossFireX™ internal bridge interconnects. • A specialized PCI Express® 900 watt or greater power supply with two 2x4-pin and two 2x3-pin PCIe™...
  • Page 77 Chapter 6: Hardware Installation graphics card with a peak dissipation above 150 watts. External Connections The following connection types are available on the baseplate of your ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 CrossFireX™ Edition: • DVI-I • CrossFireX™ Edge connectors...

  • Page 78: Crossfirex™ Power Supply Requirements

    HD4850 Power supplies with 500-Watt capacity and 30A current on 12V rail is recommended for single ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 series product. ATI Radeon™ HD 4850 CrossFire configurations (dual graphics card system) requires 550-Watt capacity power supply, with 38A on 12V rail.

  • Page 79: Additional Power Connection Requirements

    • Use power supply 6-pin cable (note, power supply cable is 6-wire, not 3-wire) 1. The ATI Radeon™ HD 4870X2 series must be connected to the computer’s power supply. 2. Locate the power connections on the ATI Radeon™ HD 4870X2 Series graphics card as shown in the following illustration.

  • Page 80: To Uninstall Previous Graphics Drivers And Software

    6. Turn on the monitor and then your computer. To uninstall previous graphics drivers and software To ensure the successful installation of your new ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 CrossFireX™ Edition card, you must uninstall the drivers for the existing graphics card before removing it from your computer.

  • Page 81: Dual Ati Radeon™ Hd 4800 Crossfirex™ Setup

    Only one CrossFireX™ bridge interconnect “flex cable” that connects the two CrossFireX™ cards can enable CrossFireX™. In a multiple card configuration, the two ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 cards will be identical. Either card can operate as the Master or Slave card – this will be set by the driver.

  • Page 82: Connecting Devices For Ati Radeon™ Hd 4800 Crossfirex

    Radeon™ HD 4800 CrossFire™ Edition User Manual Connecting devices for ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 CrossFire™ The ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 series provides hardware CrossFireX™. The following illustration shows how to connect the ATI CrossFireX™ graphics cards. With CrossFireX™ enabled, the system will support two display device.

  • Page 83: Graphics Cards With Different Amounts Of Memory

    Chapter 6: Hardware Installation Graphics cards with different amounts of memory Graphics card with different amounts of memory can by used with CrossFireX™. However, restarting your computer is required. This will cause CrossFireX™ to reduce the amount of memory on the card with the most amount of memory to match the memory size of the graphics card with the least amount of memory.

  • Page 84: Chapter 7 Software Installation

    Radeon™ HD 4800 CrossFire™ Edition User Manual CHAPTER 7 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Installing on Windows XP Caution: The Catalyst® Control Center requires that Microsoft's .NET Framework Version 2.0 be installed. Without .NET Version 2.0 installed the Catalyst® Control Center will not launch properly, and the user will see an error message as a result.

  • Page 85: Displays Manager Advanced View

    Chapter 7: Software Installation 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 Clone Mode If the secondary device is disabled: 1.

  • Page 86: Component Video Properties

    Radeon™ HD 4800 CrossFire™ Edition User Manual Component Video Properties The Component Video Properties aspect of the Catalyst® Control Center adds further support when using the ATI HDTV Component Video Adapter. Component Video Properties is made up of: • Formats •...
  • Page 87 Chapter 7: Software Installation Use the scaling values instead of the customized settings when the desktop resolution does not match your DFP resolution.

  • Page 88: Digital Panel Properties

    Radeon™ HD 4800 CrossFire™ Edition User Manual Digital Panel Properties Use the Digital Panel Properties aspect to configure the DVI settings and Image Scaling to improve image quality without impacting performance. Use HDTV Support to add EDID information (containing information about the capabilities of the display) about your connected HDTV display to the Force button in Displays Manager.

  • Page 89: Crossfirex

    X16 slots • A CrossFireX™ Edition Series graphics card • The ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 CrossFireX™ Edition can be paired with any standard ATI Radeon™ HD 4800-based graphics card. • An interconnect cable, supplied with the CrossFireX™ Edition graphics card, connecting the two cards to a single monitor.
  • Page 90 Radeon™ HD 4800 CrossFire™ Edition User Manual To access CrossFireX™ • Select CrossFireX™ in Advanced View. Enable CrossFireX™ 1. Click CrossFireX™ in Advanced View. 2. Click Enable CrossFireX™. When CrossFireX™ is successfully enabled all display devices, except the one used by CrossFireX™, will be disabled.

  • Page 91: Appendix B Crossfire Faq

    A CrossFire™ graphics card works with all members of the same brand-family. Thus a ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 CrossFire™ Edition can be used as the Master graphics card with any ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 product. 3. What motherboard is required for a CrossFire system? AMD 790FX, AMD 790X, Intel X48, Intel X38, Intel 975X, Intel P965 and P35 based dual-slot motherboards are supported platforms.
  • Page 92 Radeon™ HD 4800 CrossFire™ Edition User Manual 6. What happens when your CrossFire Edition card and and a compatible standard Radeon (CrossFire Ready) graphics card have different clock speeds? Both cards will continue to operate at their individual clock speeds.
  • Page 93 Appendix B: CrossFire™ FAQ 10. Are there any software settings required for CrossFire™ to work? Yes, there is a setting in the Catalyst® Control Center that needs to be enabled for CrossFire™ to operate. When all of the hardware and software has been properly set up and installed, the following CrossFire™...
  • Page 94 Radeon™ HD 4800 CrossFire™ Edition User Manual 12. What happens if you pair a 12-pipeline CrossFire™ Edition graphics card with a CrossFire™ Ready 16-pipeline graphics card? In this scenario both graphics cards will operate as 12-pipeline graphics cards while in CrossFire™ mode.

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