ATI Technologies 7200, 7000 User Manual

RADEON

™

7200

RADEON

™

User’s Guide

Version 3.0

P/N 137-40299-30 Rev. B

7000

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Table of Contents

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

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

Radeon™ 7000....................................................................................... 2

Radeon™ 7200....................................................................................... 2

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

3D Gaming Experience .......................................................................... 3

Direct 3D

HydraVision™ ....................................................................................... 3

Display Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Catalyst™ Software Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

ATI Displays Tab......................................................................................... 6

Monitor Attributes Tab........................................................................... 7

Monitor Adjustments Tab ...................................................................... 8

Monitor Advanced Tab .......................................................................... 9

Multiple Monitors................................................................................. 10

Installing a Second ATI Graphics Card ............................................... 10

Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays .............................................. 11

Enabling Extended Desktop Mode....................................................... 11

Dynamic Display Reassignment .......................................................... 11

Virtually Repositioning Your Displays................................................ 12

Ratiometric Expansion ......................................................................... 13

ATI Color Tab ........................................................................................... 14

ATI Options Tab........................................................................................ 16

ATI Overlay Tab ....................................................................................... 17

Video Overlay ...................................................................................... 17

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

Direct 3D® Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Main and Custom Settings........................................................................ 19

Direct 3D

Compatibility Settings........................................................... 22

OpenGL® Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Main and Custom Settings........................................................................ 24

OpenGL

Compatibility Settings ............................................................ 27

Using TV Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

View your PC’s display on a TV.......................................................... 28

Connecting to a TV or a VCR .................................................................. 28

Starting Windows

Using SCART Connectors for European TVs ..................................... 30

with TV Display Enabled..................................... 30

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How To Enable/Disable The TV Display ............................................ 30

Using and Adjusting TV Out................................................................ 31

Using a Monitor vs. Using the TV Display.......................................... 31

Adjusting Monitor Display................................................................... 31

Viewing Text on a TV.......................................................................... 32

Reducing Edge Distortion .................................................................... 32

Changing Display Configurations ........................................................ 33

Using Games and Applications ............................................................ 34

Introduction

The RADEON™ 7000 series of graphic accelerators delivers ground breaking 3D graphics performance.

• Designed and built by ATI Technologies Inc.

• Powered by the RADEON Graphics Processing Unit (GPU).

• Awesome 3D gaming performance.

• Support for OpenGL

• Support for Direct 3D

• High resolution in 3D up to 2048x1536.

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

• Optional S-Video Out to connect your PC to your TV or VCR.

applications.

Features At A Glance

Radeon™ 7000

The RADEON™ 7000 provides high performance acceleration for today's demanding 3D graphic applications. Its main features are:

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

• Hyper Z™ technology, which reduces memory bandwidth consumption, resulting in improved 3D performance

• PIXEL TAPESTRY™ which can apply 3 textures at once to a complex 3D gaming scene

• 64MB double data rate (DDR) memory, PCI and AGP versions

• 32MB double data rate (DDR) memory, PCI and AGP versions

• Optional TV output support (The 64MB AGP version provides an S-Video Out connector).

Radeon™ 7200

In addition to the features of the RADEON™ 7000, the RADEON™ 7200 also provides:

• CHARISMA ENGINE™ which is the main GPU, providing full Transformation, Clipping and Lighting at 30 million triangles per second, necessary to accelerate today’s 3D games and applications.

• 64MB of single data rate (SDR) memory.

The RADEON™ 7200 is available as AGP only.

ATI’s Catalyst Software Suite

3D Gaming Experience

ATI’s Catalyst™ Software Suite activates the advanced graphic features, such as PIXEL TAPESTRY™, for advanced 3D gaming capability. 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 Advanced... button located on the Settings tab. For a detailed explanation of each ATI tab, refer to

Catalyst™ Software Suite on page 6.

Display Control Panel, through the

Direct 3D

and OpenGL

The Catalyst™ Software Suite also supports the latest versions of Direct 3D new 3D game titles, and the latest versions of older titles, will virtually come to life as they utilize their advanced Direct 3D can tweak their 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 OpenGL

on page 19, and OpenGL® Control Panel on page 24.

HydraVision™

With an additional ATI graphics card installed in your system, you can also use HydraVision™ for advanced multi-monitor management. For more

and OpenGL®. Many

or OpenGL® features. Gamers

and OpenGL® tabs are available

tabs, refer to Direct 3D® Control Panel

and

information on HydraVision™, please refer to the HydraVision™ User’s Guide PDF located on your ATI Installation CD.

Display Connectors

The RADEON™ 7200 provides an IBM standard analog VGA connector.

The RADEON™ 7000 64MB PCI, 32MB PCI and 32MB AGP versions also provide an IBM standard analog VGA connector.

The RADEON™ 7000 64MB AGP version provides an IBM standard analog VGA connector and an S-Video Out connector.

RADEON 7200 RADEON 7000

IBM STANDARD VGA MONITOR CONNECTOR

RADEON 7000 64MB AGP

S-VID OUT

IBM STANDARD VGA MONITOR CONNECTOR

S-VIDEO OUT

For information on how to use the S-Video Out connector, refer to Using TV Out on page 28.

If you install an additional ATI graphics card, you can take advantage of Windows

multiple display

support. When you use multiple displays, one display will always be Primary. Any additional display(s) will be designated as Secondary.

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 Display tab provides information on the current screen resolution and refresh rate your monitor is set to.

Clicking the monitor button accesses additional monitor information, properties and controls.

Monitor Attributes Tab

The Attributes tab provides display data channel (DDC) information.

DDC is the technology whereby the monitor communicates to the graphics card all the resolutions and refresh rates it supports. The RADEON™ family of graphics cards are all DDC compliant.

By unchecking Use DDC information, you can manually select the maximum resolution and refresh rate of your monitor. However, this is only recommended for older or non DDC compliant monitors.

Monitor Adjustments Tab

The Adjustments tab provides the controls to adjust the monitor’s screen position and screen size.

Use the arrow buttons to shift your display left, right, up or down.

Use the plus or minus buttons to increase or decrease the vertical and horizontal size of your display.

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