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ATI RADEON™ X800 Series User’s Guide P/N 137-40621-10 ...

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ii Copyright © 2004, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI 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 trademarks and/or regist...

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iii L IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. • Retain Instructions - The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future ref...

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v Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 System Requirements 1 External Connectors 1 Using Multiple Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Connecting Your Monitors 3 Display Configurations 5 ATI�...

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vi Using TV Display Alone 41 Using Games and Applications 41 NTSC/PAL Support for RADEON™ X800 41 Introduction 42 Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable 43 Capturing Video 44 Connecting your media device for video capture 45 Setting the Windows® Volume...

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1 CHAPTER 1: Introduction System Requirements External Connectors • 15-pin D-shell (female) VGA output. • DVI-I output. • S-Video output. • Video In, Video Out (VIVO) connector. Hardware • Intel® Pentium® 4; AMD Athlon® or compatible....

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3 CHAPTER 2: Using Multiple Displays Connecting Your Monitors Your RADEON™ X800 provides hardware support for one DVI-I monitor or two VGA monitors using the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter. A TV can also be used to expand your desktop by using ...

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4 Note: If you use multiple monitors, the RADEON™ X800 card must be the primary graphics card. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary. To connect your monitors 1 Power off your computer and monitors. 2 Plug...

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Display Configurations 5 Display Configurations Your RADEON™ X800 graphics accelerator card provides dual display functionality and TV Out. The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your card. Display Configuratio...

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Introduction 7 CHAPTER 3: ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suite Introduction This chapter describes using the advanced multiple-monitor and 3D graphics features in ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suite. Features Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming ATI’s C...

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8 ATI Displays Tab To access the Display Properties dialog, right-click on the desktop or navigate through Windows® Control Panel, which is located in the Start menu. ATI Displays Tab The ATI Displays tab provides control over multiple-monitor f...

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ATI Displays Tab 9 . ATI Displays Tab ATI Displays Tab Scheme Displays the drop-down list of available display-device configurations that have previously been created. New configurations can be entered here and then saved using the Save button. H...

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10 ATI Displays Tab To enable or disable a display If the enable/disable button is green, it indicates the device is enabled. If it is red, it indicates the device is disabled. If the button is greyed out, the device is not an option. For example,...

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ATI Displays Tab 11 • The ATI Displays tab shows you the display(s) that are active. The Primary display has the button depressed. To change the display assignment, click the Primary display’s button or click the button of the other dis...

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ATI Displays Tab 13 ATI Color Tab: Full Screen 3D Settings ATI Color Tab Desktop radio button Select Desktop to configure your desktop color settings. Full Screen 3D radio button Select Full Screen 3D to configure the color settings for your 3D a...

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14 ATI Displays Tab To create a Desktop or Full Screen 3D profile 1 Choose either the Desktop or Full Screen 3D radio button, as desired. Save button Saves your current color settings to a Desktop or Full Screen 3D profile, using the name you spec...

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ATI Displays Tab 15 2 Adjust the Gamma, Brightness, and Contrast sliders to the desired settings, either individually or using the All Colors checkbox. 3 Type a profile name in the Profile list box. 4 Click Save. To apply the settings for a specif...

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16 ATI Displays Tab Some 3D applications allow you to switch easily between full-screen mode and windowed mode, and do not load their own color settings. In windowed mode, you can make slider adjustments or select a different profile on the Color...

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ATI Displays Tab 17 To assign color settings hotkeys for full screen 3D applications 1 Select a modifier key from the Modifier Key list. 2 Select a hotkey from the Hotkey list. 3 Select the action you want from the Hotkey Action list. 4 Click Add t...

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18 ATI Options Tab To disable hotkeys (so that you do not accidentally activate them, for example), click the Disable Hotkeys checkbox. If you plan to use hotkeys, make sure this box is unchecked. The easiest way to apply your own color settings ...

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

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20 ATI Rotation Tab ATI Rotation Tab ATI Rotation Tab Rotation buttons Rotates the display by the preset amount. Configure Hotkeys drop- down list Lists the rotation actions with which you can associate a hotkey. Hotkey field Associates a hotkey w...

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ATI Rotation Tab 21 To rotate a single display 1 Select one of the four rotation settings by clicking the appropriate button. 2 Optionally, check the Mouse Track Rotation checkbox to have the mouse pointer match the display image. 3 Click OK or Ap...

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22 ATI Overlay Tab ATI Overlay Tab The ATI Overlay tab allows you to configure the brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, and gamma properties of your video overlay. Video Overlay Video overlay allows for the viewing of streaming video on your PC. ...

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ATI Overlay Tab 23 Clone Mode Settings Clone Mode Options are available under the following conditions: • Your ATI graphics accelerator has dual controllers to support Primary and Secondary (Clone) displays. • Your ATI video adapter has dual di...

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24 ATI Overlay Tab Note: These settings apply to video content viewed when you are in dual-controller Clone mode, and not single-display or extended desktop configurations. Clone Mode Options tab Clone Mode Options Standard Video content is displa...

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ATI Overlay Tab 25 ATI SMARTGART™ Tab SMARTGART™ is a suite of testing and diagnostics tools that perform a variety of bus tests to determine the optimal settings for your ATI graphics card. SMARTGART™ automatically configures your graphic...

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26 ATI Overlay Tab SMARTGART™ Tab SMARTGART™ Tab Set AGP Speed slider Sets the AGP bus speed. Your computer must be rebooted for changes to take effect. The speed available on the slider are dependent on your motherboard’s chipset and de...

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ATI 3D Tab 27 ATI 3D Tab This tab allows you to fine-tune settings for both Direct 3D® and OpenGL® applications. It displays existing settings and allows you to create unique application profiles. Retest All button Retests all graphics bus capab...

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28 ATI 3D Tab ATI 3D Tab ATI 3D Tab 3D Settings for radio buttons Selects either Direct 3D® or OpenGL® as the format to be altered in the workspace. Performance/Quality slider Controls the overall performance/image quality of your graphic appl...

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ATI 3D Tab 29 Current Settings Shows the current settings for either Direct 3D® or OpenGL®, whichever is selected. Profiles for Allows you to save a unique profile of the custom settings you have selected. Once you have completed making your cu...

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30 ATI 3D Tab Custom Properties Dialog Custom Properties Dialog Custom Properties Dialog: OpenGL® or Direct 3D® SMOOTHVISION™ 2.1 Anti-Aliasing slider SMOOTHVISION™ (Anti-Aliasing) improves image quality by removing jagged edges from 3D i...

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ATI 3D Tab 31 SMOOTHVISION™ 2.1 Anisotropic Filtering slider Anisotropic filtering uses a texture filtering technique that blends multiple texture samples together. The number of samples taken when anisotropic filtering is performed can vary....

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32 ATI 3D Tab Custom Properties Dialog: SMARTSHADER™ Effects SMARTSHADER™ Effects drop-down list SMARTSHADER™ applies preset pixel effects on OpenGL® or Direct 3D® applications. Choose the desired effect and click OK. Defaults button Re...

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ATI 3D Tab 33 Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings Dialog Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings Support DXT texture formats There are a few applications that can only support a limited number of texture formats. By se...

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34 ATI 3D Tab OpenGL® Compatibility Settings OpenGL® Compatibility Settings Dialog OpenGL® Compatibility Settings Force Z-buffer depth Explicitly set the Z-Buffer depth. Most applications will work best when Disabled is selected Triple Bufferin...

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ATI 3D Tab 35 ATI VPU Recover Tab Hardware crashes may occur when a hardware device and the corresponding software device driver are no longer able to communicate with each other. VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the grap...

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36 Prepare an Error Report checkbox When VPU Recover is activated a dialog will prompt you to submit an automatically generated error report to ATI. This error report will help ATI to determine the cause of the problem and help create more sta...

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Using TV Out 37 CHAPTER 4: Using TV Display and Capture Features Using TV Out Viewing Your PC’s Display on a TV Your RADEON™ X800 has TV Out capability. You can attach your graphics card to a TV and monitor at the same time. You can also conne...

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38 Using TV Out 3 Looking at the back of your PC, locate your S-Video Out. Using an S- Video cable or the supplied adapter cable, attach one end of the cable to your graphics card and the other to your TV (or VCR). Refer to the illustration. 4 Pow...

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Using TV Out 39 Starting Windows® with TV Display Enabled The TV screen may become scrambled during the initial Windows® logo display. This distortion is only a temporary effect, and your screen will be restored within a few seconds. During star...

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40 Using TV Out Adjusting Monitor Display The size of the display on your monitor may become smaller and not perfectly centered when you have TV display enabled. These effects are caused by the changes required to provide a proper display on the T...

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Using TV Out 41 6 In the Screen Size section, click on the plus (+) button beside the horizontal arrowheads to increase the horizontal size of the TV display. 7 Click OK or Apply to save the changes you have made. You can also reduce edge distor...

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42 Introduction Introduction View computer output directly on your High Definition Television (HDTV) or other component input device. Provide a big-screen experience for your computer that is ideal for playing games, giving presentations, watchin...

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Introduction 43 Note: Input and output cables lengths should not exceed 50 feet (15m). Installing your ATI HDTV video cable 1 Turn on your component input device, and set it to YPbPr input. Note: See your HDTV or component input device manual for ...

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44 Capturing Video system will reduce the resolution to the closest supported timing. 3 Click the Advanced button, then click the Displays tab. 4 Click the YPbPr tab. 5 Click OK. 6 Click the Advanced button. 7 Click the Adapter tab, then click the ...

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Capturing Video 45 Connecting your media device for video capture Use the Video In/Video Out Cable to connect to a TV, VCR, or Camcorder. Use the S-Video connectors. To capture video to your computer 1 Connect the ATI Video In/Video Out cable to th...

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46 Note: S-Video and Composite extension cables are available from a consumer electronics dealer 3 Start your video capture software in record mode. For more information see the documentation that came with your video capture software. 4 Power o...

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Uninstalling Old Graphics Card Software 47 CHAPTER 5: Troubleshooting The following troubleshooting tips may help if you experience problems. ATI’s documentation contains helpful installation/configuration tips and other valuable feature inform...

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48 Installing the CATALYST™ Software Suite To install and detect your new hardware 1 Click Next to allow Windows® to search for the Standard VGA or Standard PCI Graphics Adapter. If prompted for the Windows® CD-ROM, insert it into your CD-ROM ...

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Solution Selector 49 9 Click ATI Easy Install to begin the Installation Wizard. 10 Follow the Wizard’s on-screen instructions to complete the installation. Note: The Express installation option is recommended. If your ATI Graphics Accelerator ca...

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50 Solution Selector Screen Defects Appear • Check if your monitor supports the resolution, horizontal (kHz) and vertical (Hz) refresh rates as required by the graphics card. • Check your current resolution, refresh rate, and color depth set...

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Solution Selector 51 There is no display on my TV • Your TV will not display anything until Windows starts; this may take several minutes. • Set your TV to YPbPr input. • Ensure that the HDTV Component Video Adapter is properly connected, t...

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53 Compliance Information FCC Compliance Information This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection ...

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54 CE Compliance Information EMC Directive 89/336/EEC and Amendments 92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC, for Class B Digital Device. EN 55022:1998/CISPR 22:1997, - Class B - Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Disturbance Characteristics of Informatio...

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55 Index Numerics 3D 11 custom settings 28 performance 28 profiles 29 quality 28 3D applications settings 16 A adjusting overlays 22 AGP 25 AGP bus speed setting 26 application profiles creating 27 ATI Overlay tab 22 ATI taskbar applications disab...

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56 color preview color settings 14 color profile, profile color 11 color settings brightness 11 color preview 14 contrast 11 desktop 13 gamma 11 Hotkeys 15 profiles 13 Compliance information Low Voltage Directive for TV-tuner-equipped products 54 c...

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57 G games TV display 41 gaming performance, performance gaming 7 gamma 14, 15 color settings 11 video overlay 22 gamma correction 14 graphics card resetting through VPU Recover 35 H HDTV 42, 43 troubleshooting 51 HDTV adapter troubleshooting 51 H...

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58 primary display 8 clone mode 23 profiles 3D 29 color 13 color settings 13 Q quality 3D 28 R Recording PC output on videotape 44 resetting graphics card 35 rotate multiple displays 21 single display 21 Rotation HotKeys 21 S saturation video over...

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59 horizontal size 40 TV Out 37, 39 U uninstall old graphics drivers 47 Uninstalling old graphics card software 47 V VGA 23 video capture 44 Video overlay definition 22 video overlay 22 brightness 22 contrast 22 gamma 22 hue 22 saturation 22 Volu...

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