ATI RADEON 9000 User Manual

RADEON

™

User’s Guide

P/N 137-40442-10

9000

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Table of Contents

Disclaimer ..............................................................................................ii

Product Notice........................................................................................ ii

MACROVISION....................................................................................ii

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Features At A Glance .................................................................................. 2

ATI’s Catalyst™ Software Suite................................................................ 3

Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming Experience...................................... 3

Direct3D® and OpenGL® ..................................................................... 3

HydraVision™ ....................................................................................... 4

Connecting Your Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Display Configurations................................................................................ 6

Catalyst™ Software Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

ATI Displays Tab......................................................................................... 7

Ratiometric Expansion ........................................................................... 7

ATI Color Tab ............................................................................................. 8

ATI Options Tab........................................................................................ 10

ATI Overlay Tab ....................................................................................... 11

Video Overlay ...................................................................................... 11

Direct3D® Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Main and Custom Settings........................................................................ 13

Direct3D® Compatibility Settings ........................................................... 16

OpenGL® Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Main and Custom Settings........................................................................ 18

OpenGL® Compatibility Settings............................................................ 21

SMARTGART™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Set AGP Settings .................................................................................. 23

Fast Write ............................................................................................. 23

Retest All.............................................................................................. 24

Using TV Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

View your PC’s display on a TV.......................................................... 25

Connecting to a TV or a VCR .................................................................. 26

Starting Windows® with TV Display Enabled .................................... 27

Using SCART Connectors for European TVs ..................................... 28

How To Enable/Disable The TV Display ............................................ 28

iii

Using and Adjusting TV Out................................................................ 28

Using a Monitor vs. Using the TV Display.......................................... 29

Adjusting Monitor Display................................................................... 29

Viewing Text on a TV.......................................................................... 29

Reducing Edge Distortion .................................................................... 30

Changing Display Configurations ........................................................ 31

Using Games and Applications ............................................................ 32

Introduction

The RADEON™ 9000 graphics accelerator delivers ground breaking 3D graphics performance.

• Designed and built by ATI Technologies Inc.

• Powered by the RADEON 9000 Visual Processing Unit (VPU).

• Awesome 3D gaming performance.

• Support for OpenGL® applications.

• Support for Direct3D® applications.

• High resolution in 3D up to 2048x1536.

• Best performance for today’s and tomorrow’s applications.

• Supports TV-Out to connect your PC to your TV or VCR.

Features At A Glance

The RADEON 9000 provides high performance acceleration for today's demanding 3D graphic applications. Its main features includes:

• VIDEO IMMERSION™ which provides industryleading DVD playback and digital TV decode capability.

• CHARISMA ENGINE™ II performs complex transformation, clipping, and lighting calculations faster than the CPU or 3D graphics chip.

• PIXEL TAPESTRY™ II which can apply 6 textures per pass to a complex 3D gaming scene.

• TV output support.

• TRUFORM™ technology which makes the curved surfaces of 3D objects look smoother and more life-like.

• SMARTSHADER™ technology which can realistically create the visual properties of any material, like glass, metal, wood, and produce 3D depth by rendering the object’s shadows.

• SMOOTHVISION™ which provides users with various degrees of jagged edge removal from 3D images, allowing users to configure their own high quality or high performance gaming experience.

ATI’s Catalyst™ Software Suite

Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming Experience

ATI’s Catalyst Software Suite provides multiple display functionality, and the advanced graphic features, such as TRUFORM, for the ultimate 3D gaming experience. For help on installing the Catalyst Software Suite, refer to the Getting Started Guide.

The Catalyst Software Suite installs the ATI display tabs. These tabs are accessed through the Windows® Display Control Panel, through the Advanced... button located on the Settings tab. For a detailed explanation of each ATI tab, refer to Catalyst™

Software Suite on page 7.

Direct3D® and OpenGL

The Catalyst Software Suite also supports the latest versions of Direct3D® and OpenGL®. Many new 3D game titles, and the latest versions of older titles, will virtually come to life as they utilize their advanced Direct3D® or OpenGL their settings for the ultimate experience in 3D image quality or 3D gaming performance.

ATI’s Direct3D through the Windows® Display Control Panel, through the Advanced... button located on the Settings tab.

For a detailed explanation of the Direct3D® and OpenGL® tabs, refer to Direct3D® Control Panel

on page 13, and OpenGL® Control Panel on page 18.

features. Gamers can tweak

and OpenGL

tabs are available

HydraVision™

In addition to the multiple display functionality available with ATI’s Catalyst Software Suite, you can also use HydraVision for advanced multi-display (CRT + TV) management. For more information on HydraVision, please refer to the HydraVision User’s Guide PDF located on your ATI Installation CD.

Connecting Your Monitor

The RADEON 9000 provides hardware support for one VGA monitor. A TV can also be used to expand your desktop by using the S-Video out.

Turn off computer before connecting monitor.

Plug the monitor cable into your card then turn on the PC and monitor.

S-VID OUT

S-VIDEO OUT

CRT

STANDARD VGA MONITOR CONNECTOR

VGA

CONNECTOR

FROM

MONITOR

Display Configurations

Your RADEON 9000 card provides support for TV Out. The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your card.

Display Configuration

One CRT display

One TV S-Video Out

CRT display + TVVGA connector +

Connector(s) Used Comments

VGA connector

S-Video Out

CRT- cathode ray tube analog display

The S-Video Uut can also support a composite connection via the S-Videoto-Composite adapter

Catalyst™ Software Suite

The following section provides an explanation of each ATI tab available after installing the Catalyst Software Suite.

Features presented in the following pages may not be supported in all operating systems and/or may

appear differently.

ATI Displays Tab

Here you enable/disable TV Out. For complete information see How To Enable/Disable The TV

Display on page 28.

Ratiometric Expansion

Your graphics accelerator card offers ratiometric expansion (or digital panel scaling as it is commonly known). This expands a low resolution image to fill a higher resolution panel.

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