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    Radeon® X1900 GT User's Guide P/N 137-?????-10
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    owners. Features, performance and specifications are subject to change without notice. Product may not be exactly as shown in diagrams. Reproduction of this manual, or parts thereof, in any form, without the express written permission of ATI Technologies Inc. is strictly prohibited. Disclaimer
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    IBM AT or compatible UL Listed personal computers that have Installation Instructions detailing user installation of card cage accessories. • Grounding - a third (grounding) pin. This plug will only fit into a grounding-type power outlet. This is a safety feature. If you are unable to insert the plug
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    iv
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    v Table of Contents Introduction 1 Radeon® X1900 GT Features 1 Graphic Features 1 System Requirements 4 External Connectors 4 Using Multiple Displays 5 Connecting Your Monitors 5 Display Configurations 7 Catalyst™ Control Center 9 Launching Catalyst™ Control Center 9 Launching
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    33 Avivo™ Color 35 HDTV Support 36 3D 39 Standard Settings 40 Anti-aliasing 42 Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually 42 Adaptive Anti-aliasing 44 Anisotropic Filtering 44 Catalyst™ A.I. 46 Mipmap Detail Level 48 All Settings 50 API Specific 53 Color 55 Color Desktop
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    Using Games and Applications Windows® Volume Control Capturing Video Using Windows® Movie Maker vii 83 83 84
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    on the purchase of your ATI Radeon® X1900 GT graphics card. We hope that you will enjoy countless hours of trouble-free computing. Radeon® X1900 GT Features Graphic Features • Native PCI Express® X16 bus support. • 256MB or 512 MB GDDR4\GDDR3 on-board memory. • Full support for Microsoft® DirectX
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    2 Radeon® X1900 GT Features • Z Cache optimized for , and Z/stencil cache designs. • Hierarchal Z-buffer with Early Z test. • Lossless Z Compression (up to 48.1) • Fast Z-Buffer efficiency. • High resolution texture support (up to 4k x 4k). • Up to 1,536 instructions per rendering pass. • 3Dc+
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    Radeon® X1900 GT 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-
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    manual to ensure the power supply is designed to accommodate a high-end graphics card with a peak dissipation above 75 watts. • Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2). • Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition. • Windows® 2000. • Windows and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. (See ati.com/crossfire for a list
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    Connecting Your Monitors Your Radeon® X1900 GT graphics card provides hardware support for two DVI-I monitors and a VGA monitor using the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter. It also provides TV output via an S-Video Out connector. Connections and Adapters for the Radeon® X1900 GT Card 1 Standard VGA
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    appropriate connectors. 3 Power on your monitors first, and then restart your computer so that Windows® can detect the new hardware settings. 4 When the New Hardware Found Wizard appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for your Radeon® X1900 GT card. To
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    Configurations 7 Display Configurations Your Radeon® X1900 GT graphics card provides dual display digital flat panel display. Using supplied S-Video to Component adapter. CRT - cathode ray tube analog display. HDTV (YPrPb) adpater The DVI-I connector can support a CRT display using the
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    8 Display Configurations
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    to access a comprehensive online help system, or connect to the ATI Web site. Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Launch Catalyst™ Control Center from one of the following access points: • Windows® Start Menu • Windows® System Tray • Desktop shortcuts • Predefined hot keys Launching Catalyst™ Control
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    10 Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Other Quick Launch Access Points Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Using the System Tray 1 Right-click the ATI icon in the Windows® System Tray. 2 Select Catalyst™ Control Center from the popup menu. Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Using the Desktop Shortcut
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    Launching Catalyst™ Control Center 11 Catalyst™ Control Center Dialog (may not appear exactly as shown)
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    as shown) 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
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    Create a Custom View 13 • Hot keys • Profiles • Preferences • Help Switch Views When in Advanced view, click View button and select either Basic, or Custom View. When in Basic view, select Advanced in the Basic View Welcome page or click the Advanced button in any other page. Note: The Advanced
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    14 Hotkeys Manager 2 Select Hotkeys Manager. Enable Hotkeys feature 1 Open Hotkeys Manager. 2 Select the Enable Hotkeys feature check box. Edit an existing hot key 1 Open Hotkeys Manager. 2 Select an option from the List Hotkeys for drop-down menu. • Optionally, select an aspect from the According
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    and 3D applications. Define and save into a profile your own personal video settings that can be quickly activated manually, through a hot key, or by file association. Note: A profile applies to a specific graphics card. If there is more than one graphics card installed in your computer, you need to
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    Manager. 2 Select a profile from Create or Edit a Profile drop-down menu. 3 Click the Activation tab. 4 Set a profile to activate manually: • Click Manually by then select your preferred method for activating a profile. For example, a shortcut on your desktop. • If you choose Hotkeys assignment
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    Preferences 17 2 Enter a name for the profile in the Enter or select a profile name box. 3 Select options for the profile. 4 Click Save. 5 Click the Activate & Close button to apply the saved profile and close the Profiles Manager. • Optionally, click the Activate button to apply the saved profile
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    Hide Splash Screen the Catalyst™ Control Center splash screen will not appear during start up. Show or hide the Catalyst™ Control Center icon in the Windows® System Tray 1 Click Preferences button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. 2 Click Enable System Tray menu in the drop-down menu.
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    System Tray Menu the Catalyst™ Control Center icon appears in the Windows® System Tray. Change Catalyst™ Control Center language 1 Click Preferences feature to access the comprehensive online help system, generate a Problem Report, and get the installed Catalyst™ Control Center version information
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    should you experience a problem with your ATI product. This report can be used by an ATI Customer Care agent to help diagnose and resolve the problem. 1 Click the Help button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. 2 Click Problem Report Wizard. 3 Follow the Wizard's instructions. Display the version
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    Graphics Software includes information such as installed 2D and 3D driver versions, OpenGL® version, and Catalyst™ Control Center graphics chipset, device ID, bus type, memory size, and BIOS version. Catalyst™ Control Center: Information Center - Graphics Software the Windows® System Information.
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    new to the Catalyst™ Control Center may use the Basic View wizard to help you configure your display preferences. Experienced users who prefer to manually configure their desktop setting should use the Advanced View. Note: The Catalyst™ Control Center will open to the Basic View the very first time
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    Displays Manager Advanced View 23 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 Access
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    24 Displays Manager Advanced View 4 Click Yes to the Enable this display? Enable Clone Mode If the secondary device is disabled: 1 From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. 2 Click and drag the display device icon in Attached displays currently disabled to the empty box to the right of the
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    Displays Manager Advanced View 25 1 From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. 2 Click and drag the display device icon from Additional Displays to the empty box to the right of the Main box. 3 Click Stretch horizontally onto [display device]. If the secondary display is enabled: 1 Right click
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    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 Manager. 2 Click Detect Displays button. Force changes to a specific display setting You can force the Catalyst™ Control Center to override the
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    the Displays Manager aspect and can be configured as required. However, some features that rely on automatic detection, such as extended desktop, will not be supported.
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    28 Displays Manager Advanced View 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
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    detect all connected display devices when it is opened or you can manually detect connected devices when they are required. 1 From the Tree View features that rely on automatic detection, such as extended desktop, will not be supported. 1 From the Tree View pane, click Display Options. 2 Click Force
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    of an aspect, not just the feature in the current view. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 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
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    rate. Enable Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Monitor Properties. 2 Click Attributes. 3 Select Use Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) or driver defaults to place a check mark in the check box.
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    default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for the to improve image quality without impacting performance. Use HDTV Support to add EDID information (containing information about the capabilities
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    Attributes 33 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 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Digital
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    only be enabled if the Digital Panel is experiencing these types of problems. Note: Alternate DVI operational mode, when enabled, may eliminate display settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for
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    ATI graphics cards that support per-display color settings. Independently set the hue and saturation for each attached and enabled display. Set Hue Refers to a specific slider to the desired position. Set Color Temperature Color temperature is a measure that compares a color window. 2 Click Defaults.
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    Center. Note: Clicking Discard applies to all features of an aspect, not just the feature in the current view. HDTV Support Use HDTV Support when your CRT or DFP display device supports one or more HDTV modes that are not initially listed in the Displays Manager due to an incomplete EDID (Extended
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    Custom HDTV Formats list box is empty you can add a format. 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Digital Panel Properties. 2 Click HDTV Support. 3 Click Add 1080i standard format to the Displays Manager. L WARNING!: This option is only intended for displays that report incomplete or incorrect EDID
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    one of the standard timing formats (720p or 1080i). Remove an HDTV Format 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Digital Panel Properties. 2 Click HDTV Support. 3 Click to highlight the HDTV format to be removed in the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box. 4 Click Remove button. Note: The removed
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    Control Center. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for the current view only. • Anti-aliasing • Anisotropic Filtering • Catalyst™ A.I. • Mipmap Detail Level • API-Specific
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    40 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
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    of an aspect, not just the feature in the current view. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 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
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    the Application Decide option. Your display will automatically adjust to the application's requirements. Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click Anti-aliasing. 3 Ensure the application override is disabled. To
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    Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually 43 Set the level of adaptive anti-aliasing 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click Adaptive Anti-Aliasing. 3 the feature in the current view. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults.
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    to configure anisotropic filtering, use the Let the Application Decide option. Your display will automatically adjust to the application's requirements. Set the Anisotropic Filtering preference manually 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click Anisotropic Filtering.
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    Anisotropic Filtering. 3 Select Enable High Quality AF. Note: Enabling this feature may impact performance. Note: This feature is not supported by all ATI graphics cards. Preview your changes • The preview image automatically displays your adjustments. Optionally, double-click 3D Preview for a full
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    the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the Catalyst™ A.I. makes use of ATI's new texture analyzer technology to optimize performance in 3D . Catalyst™ A.I. includes application-specific detection for various games and games
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    Catalyst™ A.I. 47 2 Select Catalyst™ A.I. 3 Select Disable Catalyst™ A.I. to place a check mark in the check box. Set Catalyst™ A.I. settings 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click Catalyst™ A.I. 3 If necessary, clear the check mark from Disable Catalyst™ A.I. 4 Click and drag to slider to
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    of an aspect, not just the feature in the current view. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 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
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    of an aspect, not just the feature in the current view. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 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
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    of an aspect, not just the feature in the current view. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 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
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    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 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click All Settings. 3 Ensure the application override is disabled. To do so, make sure the Let the
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    52 All Settings Note: The slider control becomes unavailable. Set the Catalyst™ A.I. setting 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click All Settings. 3 Scroll to Catalyst™ A.I. 4 Click the Control slider and move the selector to the left to increase processing performance, or to the right to
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    or grass. 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click API Specific. 3 Select Enable geometry instancing to place a check mark in the check box. Set Support DXT texture formats for Direct 3D® This option enables support for DirectX® compressed texture formats. DXT requires half the amount of memory
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    54 API Specific 3 Select Support DXT texture formats to place a check mark in the check box. Set Alternate pixel center for Direct 3D® This might eliminate problems with certain Direct 3D® games that display vertical and horizontal lines around textures or display text incorrectly. This setting
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    Color 55 Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 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
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    56 Color Desktop 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 1 From the Tree View
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    the gamma, brightness, and contrast sliders are disabled. The Reactivate ATI color controls button resets the sliders to their previous settings. 1 From the Tree View pane, click Color. 2 Click Reactivate ATI color controls button. Set Color Gamma 1 From the Tree View pane,
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    to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for the current view only. Previous settings are not altered and will be saved once
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    Color - FullScreen 3D 59 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. • Adjusting the Gamma can be useful for CAD applications that
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    for Radeon® Series starting from 9500 Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window
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    Standard Settings 61 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 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Video. 2 Click Standard Settings. 3
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    settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for feature in the current view. Adjustments Use Avivo™ Video Adjustments to manually set Gamma, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Hue. Let the application
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    Standard Settings 63 3 Click and drag the Gamma control slider to the desired position. Set Contrast Contrast is the difference between the brightest and darkest parts of an image. 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Video. 2 Click Adjustments. 3 Click and drag the Contrast control slider to the
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    64 Standard Settings Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 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
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    to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for the current view only. Previous settings are not altered and will be saved once
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    Deinterlacing • Auto Detect lets the multimedia driver to select the best deinterlacing scheme for different Center. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for the current view only
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    Deinterlacing 67 All Settings The All Settings page combines all of the principal Video features onto a single page, without any preview window, allowing quick access and adjustment. This page is useful when it is not necessary to preview the adjusted settings because the effect is already known
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    68 Deinterlacing 2 Click All Settings. 3 Scroll to Video Adjustments. 4 Adjust the Contrast control slider to the desired position. Adjust Saturation Saturation is the measure of amount of color in an image. 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Video. 2 Click All Settings. 3 Scroll to Video Adjustments
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    ® Media Settings 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Video. 2 Click All Settings. 3 Scroll to Windows® Media Settings. 4 Click Windows® Media Video Acceleration. Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to save your changes
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    Move the mouse to the bottom right-hand corner of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics processor stops responding to display-driver instructions. When this happens, the display driver attempts to
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    in determining the cause of the problem. This information is then used to develop more stable graphic drivers. 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. 2 Click Prepare an error report if VPU Recover is activated for submission to ATI Technologies. 3 Click Send Error Report button in the error
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    ATI Technologies of the window. 2 power of a dual PCI Express® based computer to deliver up to twice the VPU performance when using 3D graphics applications. The CrossFire™ aspect requires: • A motherboard with two PCI Express® X16 slots • A CrossFire™ Edition Series graphics card • A standard Radeon
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    interconnect cable, supplied with the CrossFire™ Edition Series graphics card, connecting the two cards to a single monitor, if required (See the CrossFire™ Edition Series' Getting Started Guide for more information Center. For the latest information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.com/crossfire
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    74 VPU Recover Catalyst™ Control Center: CrossFire™ Enable CrossFire™ 1 From the Tree View pane, click CrossFire™ in Advanced View. 2 Click Enable CrossFire™. When CrossFire™ is successfully enabled all display devices, except the one used by CrossFire™, will be disabled. Note: CrossFire™ Higher
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    motherboards may have a system BIOS option to switch between single or dual PCIe™ slot support. The default setting may be single slot support. Refer to the motherboard's manual for information to enable dual PCIe™ slot support. For more information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.com/crossfire
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    DVI-I connectors, only one DVI-I connector on the Slave card supports Transition Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS) required by CrossFire™. If card. For more information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.com/crossfire Graphics cards with different amounts of memory Graphics card with
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    's manual to determine which is the primary PCIe™ slot. For more information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.com your graphics hardware or their is a problem with the software. • Check the Guide that came with your graphics card. For more information, see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati
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    78 VPU Recover Create a profile A profile can be created from any aspect of Catalyst™ Control Center. 1 Make customized changes by adjusting the various sliders and buttons for the aspects to be included in your profile. 2 Open the Profiles Manager. 3 Enter a name for your Profile in Create or Edit
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    Display on a TV The Radeon® X1900 GT has TV Out capability. L For specific software-related setting support this refresh rate and could be damaged. • Please check the documentation supplied with your monitor to see if your monitor supports a refresh rate of 50Hz. If your monitor does not support
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    Connectors for European TVs The following illustrations show how to connect your PC to a European TV using a SCART adapter, using either the supplied S-Video to composite cable with adapter, or using a separate S-Video to composite adapter, in addition to using standard audio cables. S-Video to
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    Using SCART Connectors for European TVs 81 S-Video to Composite Cable Using an Additional Adapter (Plus Audio Connections) 4 SCART Adapter 5 Audio Mini-Jack Connection 6 Left and Right RCA Audio Connectors S-Video to Composite Adapter (Plus Audio Connections) 1 S-Video Out Connection 2 S-Video to
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    if your card only supports the S-Video connector. The Radeon® X1900 GT that only has the Composite out connector DOES NOT support connection to TVs with monitors may not work with TV display enabled. If you experience problems when TV display is enabled, disable TV display to restore your monitor
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    Some older games and applications may program your Radeon® X1900 GT directly to run under a specific display mode. This may cause your TV display line input must be active. To display the Line Input setting in the Windows® Volume Control panel: 1 Right-click the speaker icon in the Taskbar (usually
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    ® Movie Maker: 1 Click Start then All Programs then Accessories then Windows® Movie Maker. 2 Click the Record button to open the Record dialog. 3 Select Record both your camcorder or VCR. 6 Click Record button. For detailed information on using Windows® Movie Maker see the application's Help files.
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    Top 18 AMD Athlon 4 Anisotropic Filtering 39, 44, 50 Anisotropic Filtering preference 51 Anti-aliasing 39, 42, 44, 50 Anti-Aliasing preference 51 API-Specific 53 appearance of the Catalyst Control Center 19 Application Programmable Interface (API) 39, 53 Apply a Hotkey 15 Aspect Ratio 38, 60, 65, 69
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    2 brightness 55, 56, 57, 60, 62 Buffer 54 Bus type 21 C Card Reversal Recommend 76 Catalyst ® A.I. 50 Catalyst ™ A.I. 52 Catalyst A.I. 39, 46, 47, 75 Catalyst A.I. settings 47, 75 Catalyst Control Center 9, 12 Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) 24, 25, 32, 36 Change Catalyst Control Center language 19 Clone
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    ) 31, 32, 36, 37 Extended Mode 23, 24, 25, 64, 68 external connectors 4 F Force 24-bit Z-buffer depth 54 Force button 26 Force changes to a specific display setting 26 Force TV Detection 27 Force TV detection 29
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    instancing 53 Graphical Processor Unit (GPU) 53 Graphics chipset 21 Graphics Software 21 H Half Life 2 46 HDTV Support 36 Help 9, 13, 19, 79, 84 Hide Splash Screen 18 Hide Toolbar Text 18 High Definition Television 31 motherboard 4 motherboard BIOS settings 75 multimedia 66 Multi-monitor 22
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    power supply 4 Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats 36, 37 Preferences 13, 17 Preview your changes 41, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49 Prince of Persia 46 Profiles 13, 15 Profiles Manager 15 R Race Driver 46 Reactivate ATI the desktop 26 Rotation 26 S Safety instructions iii Same on all displays 68 Saturation
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    preference manually 44 Set the Anisotropic Filtering to automated preference 45, 51 Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually 42, Switch Views 13 System Information 21 system requirements 4 System Tray Icon 18 T Temperature 35 Temporal anti-aliasing 42 The same on all displays 64 Theater Mode 60,
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    Preset 61 Video Wizard 61 Views 12 Volume control 83 VPU Recover 70, 71 W Wait for display refresh 50 Wait for vertical refresh setting 52 Windows System Information 21 Windows System Tray 18, 19 Windows volume control 83 Windows XP 4 Wizard 20, 60, 61 Y YPbPr 7 Z Z-buffer 54
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Radeon
®
X1900 GT
User’s Guide
P/N 137-?????-10