ATI Technologies Radeon X1600 User's Manual

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Radeon® X1600 Series User’s Guide P/N 137-40890-20 ...

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ii Copyright © 2005, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI, the ATI logo, and ATI product and product-feature names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. All other company and/or product names are trademark...

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iii Note: This graphics card is for use only with compatible UL Listed personal computers that have Installation Instructions detailing user installation of card cage accessories. L IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • Read Instructions - All the saf...

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v Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Radeon® X1600 Series Features 1 Features 1 System Requirements 4 External Connections 4 Before You Begin 5 Record Your Serial and Part Numbers 5 Uninst...

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vi Custom View 29 Hotkeys Manager 30 Profiles Manager 32 Preferences 34 Help 36 Information Center 37 Displays Manager 38 Displays Manager 39 Display Options 44 Monitor Properties 47 Monitor Attributes 48 Digital Panel Properties 49 Attributes 50 A...

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vii Using a TV as the Only Display 97 Using Games and Applications 97 Connecting to HDTV 97 Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable 99 CrossFire™ FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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Radeon® X1600 Series Features 1 CHAPTER 1: Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your ATI Radeon® X1600 Series graphics card. We hope that you will enjoy countless hours of trouble-free computing. Radeon® X1600 Series Features Feature...

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2 Radeon® X1600 Series Features • Dedicated branch execution units for high performance dynamic branching and flow control. • Dedicated texture address units for improved efficiency. • 3Dc+ texture compression • High quality 4:1 compressio...

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Radeon® X1600 Series Features 3 • Motion compensation, IDCT, DCT and color space conversion. • Vector adaptive per-pixel de-interlacing. • 3:2 pulldown (frame rate conversion). • Seamless integration of pixel shaders with video in real time....

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4 System Requirements *with optional HDTV adapter available from ATI Online Store . System Requirements External Connections • 15-pin D-shell (female) VGA output. • DVI-I output. • S-Video output or Video In/Video Out (VIVO) connection. Hardw...

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Before You Begin 5 Before You Begin Before you begin installing your new graphics card, please do the following. Record Your Serial and Part Numbers The serial number and 102 part number printed on the graphics card are required for registration. T...

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6 Before You Begin 4 Turn off your system and remove the old graphics card. ...

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Installing Hardware 7 CHAPTER 2: Installing Your ATI Graphics Card Installing Hardware This chapter will guide you through the physical installation of your new Radeon® graphics card. Graphics Card Bus Types There are three possible card bus types...

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8 Basic Graphics Card Installation connection to the computer’s power supply, follow the Advanced Install instructions for either AGP or PCIe, as appropriate. Radeon® graphics cards that require a connection to the computer’s power supply wi...

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Advanced Installation: AGP 9 Advanced Installation: AGP There are two types of installation. If your graphics card does not require a separate connection to the computer’s power supply, follow the Basic Install instructions. If your graphics ca...

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10 Advanced Installation: AGP Installing the Radeon® graphics card 1 Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices. 2 Unplug the computer’s power cord and disconnect all cables from the back of your computer. 3 Remove the computer...

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Advanced Installation: PCIe™ 11 6 Align your ATI graphics card with the slot and press it in firmly until the card is fully seated. 7 Remove the power cable from the hard drive power connector. 8 Connect the power extension cable to the 4-pin powe...

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12 Advanced Installation: PCIe™ Installing the Radeon® graphics card 1 Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices. 2 Unplug the computer’s power cord and disconnect all cables from the back of your computer. Graphics Card Ins...

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Connecting Devices 13 3 Remove the computer cover. If necessary, consult your computer’s manual for help in removing the cover. 4 Unscrew or unfasten and remove any existing graphics card from your computer. Note: If your computer has an on-boar...

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14 Connecting Devices Connector Types VGA Supports an analog CRT monitor. DVI-I Supports a digital monitor. VGA-DVI-I Adapter Supports an analog monitor on a DVI-I connection. S-Video In/Out Supports a TV, VCR, or Camcorder. CATV Supports a TV anten...

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15 CHAPTER 3: Using Multiple Displays Connecting Your Monitors Your Radeon® X1600 Series graphics card provides hardware support for two DVI-I monitors a DVI-I monitor and a VGA monitor using the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter. It also provides T...

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16 Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1600 Series card must be the primary graphics card. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary. Note: The top DVI-I connector is single-link and the bottom co...

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Display Configurations 17 Display Configurations Your Radeon® X1600 Series graphics card provides dual display functionality. The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your card. Display Configuration Connector(s) ...

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Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® 19 CHAPTER 4: Installing Software and Drivers This chapter will guide you through the installation of the drivers and software associated with your Radeon® X1600 Series graphics card. Installing Drivers...

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20 Monitor Configuration 2 Run the ATISETUP utility. The ATISETUP utility will start automatically when you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your optical drive after the operating system has started. If your CD- ROM auto-run is not enabled ...

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Reinstalling Drivers 21 To configure your primary display 1 Navigate to the Control Panel and choose Display, or right-click on the desktop and choose Properties. 2 Choose the Settings tab and select the screen resolution and color depth that best ...

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22 Installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite If your CD-ROM auto-run is not enabled and the ATISETUP utility does not start automatically, follow these steps. 1 In the Windows® task bar, click Start. 2 From the Start menu, select Run. 3 Browse to ...

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Installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite 23 Not all software components are installed using the Express installation. Custom installation allows you to select individual software components for installation. ...

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24 Installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite ...

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Launching Catalyst™ Control Center 25 CHAPTER 5: Catalyst™ Control Center The Catalyst™ Control Center is a graphical user application providing access to the display features contained within the installed ATI hardware and software. Use th...

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26 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. La...

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Launching Catalyst™ Control Center 27 Catalyst™ Control Center Dialog ...

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28 Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard 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 ...

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Catalyst™ Control Center Views 29 • Profiles • Preferences •Help Catalyst™ Control Center Views The Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard supports three types of views: •Basic • Advanced • Custom Basic View Basic View is the default vi...

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30 Hotkeys Manager Create a Custom View 1 In Advanced View, click View and select Define Custom View. 2 In the Define a Custom View dialog, click the plus sign beside the graphics card name to expand the tree view. 3 Select the check box next to ea...

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Hotkeys Manager 31 5 Choose a modifier. 6 Enter any letter of the alphabet. 7 Click the OK button to save your changes. Note: A hot key character is restricted to letters of the alphabet. Create a list of active hot keys 1 Open Hotkeys Manager. 2 Sel...

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32 Profiles Manager Profiles Manager Use profiles to create customized environments for your desktop, video, and 3D applications. Define and save into a profile your own personal video settings that can be quickly activated manually, through a hot...

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Profiles Manager 33 • the following settings applies only the settings selected in the treeview. Activate a profile 1 Open the Profiles Manager. 2 Select a profile from Create or Edit a Profile drop-down menu. 3 Click the Activation tab. 4 Set a p...

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34 Preferences Delete a profile 1 Open the Profile Manager. 2 Select a profile from the Create or Edit a Profile drop-down menu. 3 Click Delete. 4 Click OK to confirm. Preferences Use the Preferences page to restore factory defaults, change skins, o...

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Preferences 35 Note: When a check mark appears next to Hide Tooltips, all Tooltips are disabled. Show or hide text that appears on the toolbar buttons 1 Click Preferences button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. 2 Click Hide Toolbar Text in the...

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36 Help 3 Choose a skin from the Skin drop-down menu. 4 Click OK. Restore Catalyst™ Control Center to the factory default settings 1 Click Preferences in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. 2 Select Restore factory defaults in the drop-down menu....

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Information Center 37 4 Click Go. Create a Problem Report Create a problem report 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 Hel...

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38 Displays Manager To access the Information Center • Expand Information Center in the treeview of Advanced View and select either Graphic Software or Graphic Hardware. To access system information •Click the System Information button to open ...

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Displays Manager 39 Those 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. No...

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40 Displays Manager Access Displays Manager • From the Tree Menu, click Displays Manager. Enable a secondary display device 1 From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. 2 Click the number 2 display icon in the right-hand box. 3 Click Yes to...

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Displays Manager 41 2 Click and drag the display device icon in Attached displays currently disabled to the empty box to the right of the Main box. 3 Click Clone Main with [display device] in the pop-up menu. If the secondary display is enabled: 1 R...

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42 Displays Manager If the secondary display is enabled: 1 Right click the display device icon in Desktop 2 when in Extended mode, or Lower in Stretch Vertical mode, or Clone in Clone Mode. 2 Click Stretch horizontally onto [display device] in the ...

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Displays Manager 43 2 Select the desired color setting from the Color Quality drop-down menu. Change display refresh rate 1 From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. 2 Choose a refresh rate from the Refresh Rate drop-down menu. Note: See your...

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44 Display Options 2 Click OK to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Discard your settings •Click Discard to ignore any unsaved changes and restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened ...

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Display Options 45 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 ...

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46 Display Options Determine how display devices are detected Use this feature to determine how the Catalyst™ Control Center detects display devices connected to your computer. You can set the Catalyst™ Control Center to automatically detect a...

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Monitor Properties 47 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. Discard your settings •Click Discard to ignore an...

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48 Monitor Attributes Monitor Attributes Monitor Attributes provides information about the attached monitor. You can also enable Extended Display Identification Data. Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) uses the information provided by th...

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Digital Panel Properties 49 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 ...

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50 Attributes 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 Panel Pro...

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Attributes 51 Note: Use centered timings optimizes the display timing standards used on a high-end digital panel. Enable this feature to stop display flicker. Adjust the DVI Settings 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Digital Panel Properties. 2 Cli...

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52 Avivo™ Color Avivo™ Color Use Avivo™ Color with ATI graphics cards that supports per-display color settings. Independently set the hue, saturation, and color temperature for each attached and enabled display. Set Hue Refers to a specific ...

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HDTV Support 53 Note: Clicking Defaults will restore the defaults for the current view only. Previous settings are not altered and will be saved once you click OK. Discard your settings •Click Discard to ignore any unsaved changes and restore the...

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54 HDTV Support 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 F...

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3D 55 Apply an HDTV Format 1 From the Tree View pane, expand Digital Panel Properties. 2 Click HDTV Support. 3 Click to highlight the desired an HDTV format in the Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box. 4 Click Apply Format. Apply your setting...

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56 Standard Settings • Anisotropic Filtering • Catalyst™ A.I. • Mipmap Detail Level •API-Specific Standard Settings The Standard settings page provides access to a universal slider control where you can simultaneously adjust all of the st...

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Standard Settings 57 Adjust your Standard settings The default selection is Balanced. 1 From the Tree View, click 3D. 2 Click Standard Settings. 3 If necessary, remove the check mark from Use custom settings. 4 Click and drag the Control slider to th...

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58 Anti-aliasing Anti-aliasing Anti-aliasing is a technique used to smooth out the jagged edges of three- dimensional curved objects or objects with diagonal edges. Anti-aliasing can be set to favor either an increase in system processing performa...

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Anti-aliasing 59 2 Click Transparent Anti-Aliasing. 3 Ensure the application override is enabled. To do so, make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is not selected. 4 Click and drag the slider to the desired setting. Note: The slider cont...

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60 Adaptive Anti-aliasing Adaptive Anti-aliasing Adaptive anti-aliasing is a technique that applies a combination of multi- sampling (MSAA) and super-sampling (SSAA) on 3D objects to improve edge smoothness and fine detail. This feature renders 3D ...

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Anisotropic Filtering 61 4 Click the Control slider and move the selector to your preferred setting: • To increase processing performance, move the slider to the left. • To increase image quality, move the slider to the right. Set the Anisotropi...

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62 Catalyst™ A.I. Discard your settings •Click Discard to ignore any unsaved changes and restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. Discard does not close the Catalyst™ ...

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Catalyst™ A.I. 63 2 Click Catalyst™ A.I. 3 If necessary, clear the check mark from Disable Catalyst™ A.I. 4 Click and drag to slider to the desired setting. Note: Change to Catalyst™ A.I. settings is not shown in the 3D Preview. Preview your...

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64 Mipmap Detail Level Mipmap Detail Level Mipmapping is a texturing technique that preserves the detail on a 3D object’s surface as it moves into the background. A series of high- and low- resolution texture maps are stored in memory and selecti...

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SmartShader™ 65 Discard your settings •Click Discard to ignore any unsaved changes and restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Con...

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66 All Settings The Preview can be disabled by clicking the “X” button in the Preview pane. It can also be paused by clicking the “||” button in the Preview pane. Clicking the pause button again causes the preview to resume. Apply your set...

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Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually 67 This page 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...

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68 Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually 2 Click All Settings. 3 Ensure the application override is enabled. To do so, make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is selected. Note: The slider control becomes unavailable. Set the Catalys...

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API Specific 69 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. Discard your settings •Click Discard to ignore any unsa...

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70 API Specific 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® compr...

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Color 71 Set Force 24-bit Z-buffer depth for OpenGL® Enables you to explicitly set the Z-buffer depth. Most applications will work best with the Disabled setting. 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click API Specific. 3 Select Force 24-bit Z-...

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72 Color Desktop 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 Deskt...

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Color Desktop 73 4 Click and drag either the Gamma, Brightness, or Contrast to adjust all these settings simultaneously. Revert to last known All Channel settings 1 From the Tree View pane, click Color. 2 Select Desktop in Set color correction for. ...

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74 Color Desktop Note: The preview image automatically displays the adjustment you have made. Set Color Contrast 1 From the Tree View pane, click Color. 2 Click and drag the Control slider to your preferred setting: • To increase the Contrast, mo...

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Color - FullScreen 3D 75 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. • Adjust...

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76 Avivo™ Video 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...

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Standard Settings 77 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 ...

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78 Standard Settings 3 Select a preset from the Video Presets menu. 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. Rest...

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Standard Settings 79 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 Clic...

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80 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 ...

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Deinterlacing 81 • Optionally, select in Theater Mode (full-screen) if you want the video content to be displayed on both displays. The Secondary display displays the same content as the primary. Set video aspect ratio 1 From the Tree View pane, ...

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82 Deinterlacing • Auto Detect lets the multimedia driver to select the best deinterlacing scheme for different video sources and sizes. • Bob deinterlacing, when selected, removes every other line of the video image and is recommended for mot...

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All Settings 83 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 adjus...

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84 All Settings 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. ...

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All Settings 85 3 Scroll to Overlay Display Mode. 4 Under Extended desktop shows overlay: select in Standard Mode if you want the video content to be displayed on the primary display only. • Optionally, select in Theater Mode (full-screen) if you...

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86 VPU Recover 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 sav...

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VPU Recover 87 Enable VPU Recover 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. 2 Click Enable VPU Recover. Prepare an error report You can chose to send an error report to ATI if VPU Recover is activated. This report assists ATI in determining the ...

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88 CrossFire™ An email is created containing the error report for submission to ATI Technologies. Note: No personal information is included in the error report. Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Cont...

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CrossFire™ 89 When CrossFire™ is enabled, any one of the four following display modes are available: • SuperTiling - A graphical load-balancing scheme where CrossFire™ renders alternate small 32x32 pixel squares in a fine- grained checkerbo...

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90 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. N...

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CrossFire™ 91 3 Ensure the application override is enabled. To do so, make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is not selected. 4 Click and drag the slider to the desired setting. Note: The slider control becomes unavailable when Let the...

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92 CrossFire™ CrossFire™ graphics card connections In order for CrossFire™ to function the interconnect cable must be correctly connected to both the Master and Slave graphics cards. 1 Connect the DMS-59™/VHDCI connector of the interconnect...