ATI Technologies 7200, 7000 User Manual

RADEON

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7200

RADEON

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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

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

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

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

Direct 3D

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

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

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

OpenGL

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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

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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

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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.

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applications.

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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.

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Display Control Panel, through the

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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

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and OpenGL®. Many

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or OpenGL® features. Gamers

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and OpenGL® tabs are available

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tabs, refer to Direct 3D® Control Panel

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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.

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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

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multiple display

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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

Monitor Advanced Tab

The Advanced tab provides horizontal and vertical synchronization controls.

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Clicking the plus buttons adjusts the monitor’s horizontal and vertical synchronization.

Checkmarking the Composite button combines the horizontal and vertical signals supplied by the RADEON™ graphics card to your monitor.

Composite should be checked only if you are using a composite sync monitor. Consult your monitor’s user

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guide for information on your monitor type.

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Multiple Monitors

With an additional ATI graphics card installed in your system, the ATI Displays tab now provides the multi monitor features. Here you can enable/disable secondary display devices and swap the assignment of Primary and Secondary displays.

Installing a Second ATI Graphics Card

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Turn off your PC and install the second graphics card into an available PCI or AGP slot. For more help and information, refer to the Getting Started Guide.

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Connect your additional display into the graphics card.

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Turn on your PC. Windows® will detect the new graphics card and install the appropriate drivers.

Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays

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Access the Windows® Control Panel. Doubleclick Display.

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Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button.

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Click on the ATI Displays tab.

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Click the enable/disable button for the display device you want to enable/disable.

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Click OK or Apply to save the changes.

Enabling Extended Desktop Mode

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With an additional graphics card installed, access the Windows

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Control Panel. Double-click

Display.

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Click on the Settings tab.

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Click the monitor icon for the display onto which you want to extend your desktop.

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Click Ye s to enable the selected display.

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Checkmark the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check box (Windows

automatically place it there).

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Click OK or Apply to save the changes.

Dynamic Display Reassignment

You can change the assignment of your Primary and Secondary display on the fly, without rebooting.

However, before you can change the assignment of the Primary display, at least one Secondary display must be enabled, and Extended Desktop mode must be enabled.

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To enable a Secondary display, refer to the section

Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays.

To enable Extended Desktop Mode, refer to the section Enabling Extended Desktop Mode.

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Access the Windows® Control Panel. Doubleclick Display.

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Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button.

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Click on the ATI Displays tab.

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

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In Windows

2000 and Windows® NT4.0, clicking on the button will reassign the Primary and Secondary monitors. Clicking on the button creates a clone or mirror image of the Primary display onto the Secondary display.

Clicking on the button extends your desktop to a Secondary display located to the right of the Primary display. Clicking on the button extends your desktop to a Secondary display located below the Primary display.

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Click OK or Apply to save the changes.

Virtually Repositioning Your Displays

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On the Settings tab, click and drag the appropriate monitor icon to the desired position. For example, the secondary display can be dragged to the left of the primary display, allowing it to be virtually on the left, as shown below.

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Click OK or Apply to save the changes.

Ratiometric Expansion

Your RADEON™ 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. However, ratiometric expansion is only available on the Primary display. Therefore, if a flat panel display (FPD) is set as Secondary, the Extended Desktop mode is disabled and the resolution is less than the FPD’s native resolution. This causes the FPD to default to center mode.

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ATI Color Tab

The ATI Color tab is used to adjust the color settings. You can change the red, green and blue display colors. Desktop brightness and Game Gamma (brightness) can also be changed.

Desktop Brightness

Color Curve

Game Gamma button

Defaults button

ATI Color Tab

This increases or decreases the brightness of your desktop. The higher the gamma value, the higher the brightness of your display.

This adjusts the selected color (red, green or blue check button) by moving the color curve with your mouse.

This accesses Game Gamma Properties.

This allows you to reset the desktop brightness and color settings to default values.

Clicking the Game Gamma button accesses the Game Gamma Properties.

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Red Green Blue sliders

RGB Lock

Defaults button

Game Gamma Properties

These controls allow you to increase or decrease the color brightness of Direct 3D and OpenGL games played in fullscreen mode. (NOTE: Game Gamma is NOT supported in Windows NT4.0)

Uncheck this to adjust the RGB sliders individually. Check this to adjust all three sliders at the same time.

This allows you to reset the Game Gamma settings to default values.

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ATI Options Ta b

The ATI Options tab provides detailed driver information and access to the card’s specifications. You can also enable or disable the ATI taskbar icon.

Version Information

Details button

Reactivate all warning messages

Enable ATI taskbar icon application

ATI Options Tab

Provides the Catalyst version number, 2D version number and the driver build information.

Provides access to the Details tab which lists the card’s hardware details and driver information.

This allows you to reactivate any disabled graphics warning messages.

Unchecking this allows you to disable the ATI taskbar applications and removes the ATI icon from your system tray.

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Show ATI icon on taskbar

Disable quick resolution feature

Clicking the Details button provides access to the Details tab.

Unchecking this allows you to remove the ATI icon from your system tray without disabling the ATI icon applications.

Quick resolution feature is accessible by leftclicking the ATI icon in the system tray. Checking this option disables the feature.

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 full-motion video on your PC. However, there is only one video

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overlay, which is only available on the Primary display. The video overlay controls are automatically activated during playback of any video file type that supports overlay adjustments.

ATI Overlay Tab

Brightness

Contrast Use this slider to adjust the contrast in the video image.

Saturation

Hue

Gamma

Defaults button

Use this slider to adjust the brightness of the video image.

Use this slider to adjust the vividness of the color. Sliding it all the way to the left removes all color and produces a black and white picture.

Use this slider to adjust the pureness or tint of the red, green and blue components of the color.

Use this slider to adjust the overall intensity of the video image.

This allows you to reset the Overlay settings to default values.

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Direct 3D

Using this tab, gamers can tweak the settings of their Direct 3D® games.

Main and Custom Settings

In the Main Settings you can maximize overall performance by moving the slider to the left, or you can enhance overall image quality by moving the slider to the right.

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Main Settings slider

Custom Settings checkbox

Anisotropic Filtering checkbox

Anisotropic Filtering slider

SMOOTH VISION checkbox

SMOOTH VISION Performance button

SMOOTH VISION Quality button

SMOOTH VISION slider

This allows you to emphasize what kind of application experience you’d like to have. Moving the slider to the left will maximize application performance, while moving the slider to the right will provide excellent 3D image quality. Moving this slider from one position to the next changes the individual Custom Settings sliders found below.

When Custom Settings is checked, the Main Settings slider is disabled, allowing you to move each individual slider in the Custom Settings section below. Setting the individual sliders gives you complete control over your application experience. Using Custom Settings is recommended for advanced users only.

Anisotropic filtering uses a texture filtering technique that blends multiple texture samples together. Selecting Application Preference will result in high quality textures, with a negligible reduction in the application’s performance.

The number of samples taken when anisotropic filtering is performed can vary. By moving this slider to the right, as the number of samples taken increases, the quality of the final image increases significantly. 16X provides extremely detailed, crisp-looking images as a result of the largest number of texture samples possible.

SmoothVision (Anti-Aliasing) improves image quality by removing jagged edges from 3D images, resulting in smoother, more natural-looking objects. Selecting Application Preference will result in high quality images, with a negligible reduction in the application’s performance.

Select Performance for the best possible 3D gaming performance at a slight reduction in 3D image quality. The maximum screen resolution possible will automatically be indicated.

Select Quality for the best possible 3D image quality at a slight reduction in 3D gaming performance. The maximum screen resolution possible will automatically be indicated.

SmoothVision (Anti-Aliasing) can be applied using different sample patterns and sample points such as 2X or 4X. Moving this slider to the right increases sampling to provide the most realistic 3D image.

Texture Preference slider

Mipmap Detail Level slider

Wait for Vertical Sync

Compatibility Settings button

Defaults

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Selecting this decides whether your application should use high quality or high performance textures. Moving the slider to the right delivers the highest quality experience. Moving the slider to the left emphasizes a high performance solution while still providing good visuals.

This will allow you to choose the texture quality of the mipmaps the application will use. Mipmaps are a collection of different sized textures of the same image. As the user moves closer to a 3D object the image quality should increase, requiring a higher quality texture of the same image. The base mipmap is the highest quality texture, and all subsequent mipmaps are smaller sized textures of the same image. Moving the slider to the right selects a higher quality base mipmap, delivering the highest quality application experience. Moving the slider to the left selects a lower quality mipmap, delivering the highest application performance.

Wait for vertical sync will lower the frame rate of full screen games but reduce the image tearing that can occur with the higher frame rate. Selecting Application Preference allows the application to decide whether or not it should display its frames at the refresh rate of the monitor. Selecting Always Off allows the application to run at its highest possible frame rate, regardless of the monitor’s refresh rate which is typically less than the frame rate at which the application will run.

This button allows you to access advanced settings that can solve compatibility issues for a few specific Direct 3D applications.

This button allows you to reset the Direct3D settings to default values.

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Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings

Support Wbuffer

Support 32-bit Z-buffer depth

This will enable W-Buffer support for 3D games. It is recommended to disable this for games that do not support this feature. Certain applications require the increased precision of W-Buffering and will exhibit artifacts unless the W-Buffer is enabled.

Z-Buffer Bit Depth can be 16 bits, 24 bits, or 32 bits. 16 and 24 are selected by default to achieve optimum performance. Very few applications require a 32 bit ZBuffer, so in most cases this feature should be disabled.

Alpha dithering method

Support DTX texture formats

Alternate pixel center

Defaults button

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When applications use both dithering and alpha blending, visual artifacts can occur. This option allows you to select how the application should handle both features at the same time. In most cases Error Diffusion will handle this situation quite well, but there are a few cases where selecting Ordered may be necessary.

Enabling this allows applications to use this kind of texture format. There are a few applications that can only support a limited number of texture formats. By selecting Disabled, the driver will not support DTX texture formats, thus reducing the number of texture formats supported.

This may eliminate problems with some D3D games which display vertical and horizontal lines around textures, or text that appears incorrect. However, this setting should only be used if you are experiencing the symptoms mentioned, as it may cause problems with other games.

This button allows you to reset the Direct 3D Compatibility Settings to default values.

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OpenGL

Using this tab, gamers can tweak the settings of their OpenGL® games.

Main and Custom Settings

In the Main Settings you can maximize overall performance by moving the slider to the left, or you can enhance overall image quality by moving the slider to the right.

Control Panel

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Main Settings slider

Custom Settings checkbox

Anisotropic Filtering checkbox

Anisotropic Filtering slider

SMOOTH VISION checkbox

SMOOTH VISION Performance button

SMOOTH VISION Quality button

SMOOTH VISION slider

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