ATI RADEON 9600 User Manual

RADEON

™

User’ s Guide

P/N 137-40510-10

9600 SERIES

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Table of Contents

Disclaimer ...............................................................................................i

Product Notice.........................................................................................i

MACROVISION.....................................................................................i

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

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

RADEON 9600 Series............................................................................2

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

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

Direct 3D® and OpenGL® ....................................................................3

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

Connecting your

monitor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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

Catalyst™ Software Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

ATI Displays Tab.........................................................................................8

Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays................................................9

Enabling Extended Desktop Mode......................................................... 9

Dynamic Display Reassignment ............................................................9

Virtually Repositioning Your Displays................................................ 10

Ratiometric Expansion.........................................................................11

ATI Color Tab ...........................................................................................12

ATI Options Tab........................................................................................14

ATI Overlay Tab ....................................................................................... 15

Video Overlay ......................................................................................15

Clone Mode Settings ............................................................................17

Direct 3D® Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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

Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings .......................................................... 21

OpenGL® Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Main and Custom Settings........................................................................ 23

OpenGL® Compatibility Settings............................................................26

SMARTGART™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Set AGP Settings................................................................ .................. 27

Fast Write ............................................................................................. 27

Retest All..............................................................................................28

Using TV Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

View your PC’s display on a TV..........................................................29

Connecting to a TV or a VCR ........................................................... ....... 30

Starting Windows® with TV Display Enabled....................................31

Using SCART Connectors for European TVs .....................................32

How To Enable/Disable The TV Display ............................................32

Using and Adjusting TV Out................................................................ 33

How TV Display Cannot Be Used....................................................... 33

Using a Monitor vs. Using the TV Display..........................................33

Adjusting Monitor Display................................................................... 33

Viewing Text on a TV.......................................................................... 34

Reducing Edge Distortion .................................................................... 34

Changing Display Configurations........................................................ 36

Using Older Games and Applications..................................................36

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Introduction

The RADEON 9600 Series graphic accelerators delivers ground breaking 3D graphics performance.

• Designed and built by ATI Technologies Inc.

• Powered by the RADEON 9600 Series Visual Processing Unit (VPU).

• 128-bit DDR memory interface.

• Awesome 3D gaming performance.

• Support for OpenGL® applications.

• Support for Direct 3D® 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

RADEON 9600 Series

The RADEON 9600 Series provides high performance acceleration for today's demanding 3D graphic applications. Its main features are:

• VIDEO IMMERSION™ II which provides industry-leading DVD playback and digital TV decode capability

• CHARISMA ENGINE™ II which is the main GPU, providing the necessary power to accelerate today’s 3D games and applications

• 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™ 2.1 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

• PIXEL TAPESTRY™ II which provides even greater 3D rendering power

• TV output support

ATI’ s Catal yst™ Software Suite

Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming Experience

ATI’s Catalyst Software Suite provides multiple display functionality, and the advanced graphic features, such as SMARTSHADER, 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.

Direct 3D® and OpenGL

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

ATI’s Direct 3D through the Windows® Display Control Panel, through the Advanced... button located on the Settings tab.

For a detailed explanation of the Direct 3D® and OpenGL® tabs, refer to Direct 3D® Control Panel

on page 18, and OpenGL® Control Panel on page 23.

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-monitor management. For more information on HydraVision, please refer to the HydraVision User’s Guide PDF located on your ATI Installation CD.

Connecting your monitor(s)

The RADEON 9600 Series, depending on the graphic card configuration, provides hardware support for one VGA monitor and one flat panel monitor, or two VGA monitors using a DVI-I-toVGA adapter*, or only one VGA monitor. It also provides TV Output via a S-Video out connector.

Plug the monitor cable into your card (if you are running multiple monitors, connect their cables to the appropriate connectors), then turn on the PC and monitor(s).

To connect a flat panel directly to your card, use the DVI-I connector. To connect a VGA monitor to the DVI-I connector, plug a DVI-I-to-V GA adapter* into the DVI-I connector, then plug your monitor cable into the adapter*, as shown below.

STANDARD VGA MONITOR CONNECTOR

S-VIDEO OUT

DVI-I

CONNECTOR

DVI-I-TO-VGA

ADAPTER

VGA

CONNECTOR

FROM

MONITOR

When you use multiple monitors with your card, one monitor will always be Primary. Any additional monitor(s) will be designated as Secondary. *available from www.ati.com

Display Configurations

The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your RADEON 9600 Series with multimonitor configuration

S-VIDEO OUT

VGA

CONNECTOR

FROM

MONITOR

Display Configuration

One CRT display

One DFP display DVI-I connector DFP - digital flat panel display

One TV TV Output

CRT display + TV

Connector(s) Used Comments

VGA connector OR DVI-I connector with DVI-I-to-V GA adapter*

VGA connector + TV Output

CRT- cathode ray tube analog display

Cards with S-Video out also support Composite out via a S-Video-to-Composite adapter*. Cards with Composite out DO NOT support connection to TVs with S-Video Input.

Unsupported configuration if the CRT display is attached to the DVI-I connector via a DVI-Ito-VGA adapter*

*available from www.ati.com

DFP display + TV

CRT display + DFP display

CRT display + CRT display

CRT display + DFP display + TV

CRT display + CRT display + TV

DVI-I connector + TV Output

VGA connector + DVI-I connector

VGA connector + DVI-I connector with DVI-I-to-V GA adapter*

VGA connector + DVI-I connector + TV Output

UNSUPPORTED CONFIGURATION

The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your RADEON 9600 Series with a single monitor (VGA) configuration.

Display Configuration

One CRT display VGA connector

One TV TV Output

Connector(s) Used Comments

The DVI-I connector can support a CRT display using a DVI-I-to-VGA adapter*

The TV display will “clone” the image of one of the other two displays.

CRT- cathode ray tube analog display

Cards with S-Video out also support Composite out via a S-Video-to-Composite adapter*. Cards with Composite out DO NOT support connection to TVs with S-Video Input.

CRT display + TV

VGA connector + TV Output

*available from www.ati.com

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

The ATI Displays tab provides the multi monitor features. Here you can enable/disable display devices and swap the assignment of Primary and Secondary displays.

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