ATI Technologies X1900GT - Radeon 256MB Pcie, Radeon X1900 GT User Manual

Radeon® X1900 GT

User’s Guide

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

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• 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 reference.

• Heed Warnings - All warnings on the product and the operating
instructions should be adhered to.

• Compatibility - This option card is for use only with IBM AT or
compatible UL Listed personal computers that have Installation
Instructions detailing user installation of card cage accessories.

• Grounding - For continued protection against risk of electric shock
and fire, this accessory should be installed only in products equipped
with a three-wire grounding plug, a plug having a third (grounding) pin.
This plug will only fit into a grounding-type power outlet. This is a
safety feature. If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet,
contact your electrician to replace the obsolete outlet. Do not defeat
the safety purpose of the grounding-type plug.

• Secure Attachment
tightened as to provide continuous bonding between the option card
and the PC chassis.

• Lightning - For added protection for this product during a lightning
storm, or when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of
time, unplug it from the wall outlet, and disconnect the antenna or
cable system. This will prevent damage to the product due to lightning
and power-line surges.

• Power Lines - An outside antenna system should not be located in
the vicinity of overhead power lines or other light or power circuits, or
where it can fall into such power lines or circuits.

• Antenna Installation - When installing an outside antenna system,
extreme care should be taken to keep from touching such power lines
or circuits, as contact with them may be fatal.

- All card securement pins shall be completely

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Note: This graphics card is for use only with compatible UL Listed
personal computers that have Installation Instructions detailing user
installation of card cage accessories.

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Table of Contents

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

Radeon® X1900 GT Features 1

Graphic Features 1

System Requirements 4

External Connectors 4

Using Multiple Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Connecting Your Monitors 5

Display Configurations 7

Catalyst™ Control Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Launching Catalyst™ Control Center 9

Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Using the Start Menu 9

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Other Quick Launch Access Points 10
Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard 12
Create a Custom View 13
Hotkeys Manager 13
Profiles Manager 15
Preferences 17
Help 19
Information Center 20
Displays Manager 22
Displays Manager Advanced View 23
Monitor Properties 30
Monitor Attributes 31
Digital Panel Properties 32
Attributes 33
Avivo™ Color 35
HDTV Support 36
3D 39
Standard Settings 40
Anti-aliasing 42
Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually 42
Adaptive Anti-aliasing 44
Anisotropic Filtering 44
Catalyst™ A.I. 46
Mipmap Detail Level 48
All Settings 50
API Specific 53
Color 55
Color Desktop 56
Color - FullScreen 3D 59
Avivo™ Video for Radeon® Series starting from 9500 60
Standard Settings 61

Adjustments 62

Video Overlay Theater Mode 64

Deinterlacing 65
VPU Recover 70

Using TV Display and Capture Features . . . . . . . 79

View Your PC’s Display on a TV 79
Using SCART Connectors for European TVs 80
How TV Display Cannot Be Used 82

Using a Monitor vs. Using TV Display 82

Viewing Text on a TV 82

Reducing Edge Distortion 83

Using a TV as the Only Display 83

Using Games and Applications 83
Windows® Volume Control 83
Capturing Video Using Windows® Movie Maker 84

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Radeon® X1900 GT Features 1

CHAPTER 1:

Introduction

Congratulations on the purchase of your ATI Radeon® X1900 GT graphics
card. We hope that you will enjoy countless hours of trouble-free
computing.

Radeon® X1900 GT Features

Graphic Features

• Native PCI Express® X16 bus support.

• 256MB or 512 MB GDDR4\GDDR3 on-board memory.

• Full support for Microsoft® DirectX® Shader Model 3.0.

• High performance Ultra-Threaded shader engine.

• Eight vertex shader processors.

• Forty-eight pixel shader processors.

• 512-bit internal ring-bus memory controller.

• 256-bit 8-channel memory interface.

• Native PCI Express® x16 bus interface.

SmoothVision™

• Full-scene anti-aliasing method that smooths uneven edges and

improves blurred images.

• 2x/4x/6x Anti-aliasing modes with a loss-less compression up to a

ratio of 6:1 at all resolutions.

• 2x/4x//8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes with up to 128-tap

texture filtering.

HyperZ™

• Ensures optimal hardware performance by discarding irrelevant

object data that is not visible to the user.

• Conserves video memory bandwidth.

• Loss-less Z-buffer compression

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• Z Cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering.

VideoShader™

• Seamlessly integrates pixel shaders with video in real time.

• All format DTV/HDTV decoding.

• Adaptive Per-Pixel- De-interlacing and Frame Rate Conversion.

512-bit Ring Bus Memory Controller

• Programmable intelligent arbitration logic.

• New fully associative texture, color, and Z/stencil cache designs.

• Hierarchal Z-buffer with Early Z test.

• Lossless Z Compression (up to 48.1)

• Fast Z-Buffer Clear.

• Z Cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering.

• Optimized for performance at high display resolutions, including
widescreen HDTV resolutions.

Ultra-Threaded Shader Engine

• Support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0
programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware.

• Full speed 128-bit floating point processing.

• Up to 512 simultaneous pixel threads.

• Dedicated branch execution units for high performance dynamic
branching and flow control.

• Dedicated texture address units for improved efficiency.

• High resolution texture support (up to 4k x 4k).

• Up to 1,536 instructions per rendering pass.

• 3Dc+ texture compression

• High quality 4:1 compression for normal maps and luminance

maps.

• Works with any single-channel or two-channel data format.

• Multiple Render Target (MRT) support.

• Render-to-vertex buffer support.

• Complete feature set also supported in OpenGL® 2.0

Radeon® X1900 GT Features 3

High Dynamic Range (HDR) Rendering

• 64-bit floating point HDR supported throughout the pipeline

• Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-aliasing.

• High precision 10:10:10:2 integer format support.

• Includes support for blending and multi-sample anti-aliasing.

• 2x/4x/6x Anti-Aliasing modes

• Sparse multi-sample algorithm with gamma correction,
programmable sample patterns, and centroid sampling.

• New Adaptive Anti-Aliasing modes.

• Temporal Anti-Aliasing mode.

• Lossless Color Compression (up to 6:1) at all resolutions,
including widescreen HDTV resolutions.

• 2x/4x/8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes

• Up to 128-tap texture filtering.

• Adaptive algorithm with performance and quality options.

4 System Requirements

System Requirements

Hardware • Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon®.

• 512MB of system memory; 1GB or more for best
performance.

• Optical drive for installation software (CD-ROM or
DVD-ROM drive).

• Specialized PCI Express® 450 watt or greater power
supply recommended. Consult your computer system
manual to ensure the power supply is designed to
accommodate a high-end graphics card with a peak
dissipation above 75 watts.

Operating
System

Monitor • High-resolution MultiSync or multi-frequency monitors

CrossFire™
Compatibility

• Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2).

• Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition.

• Windows® 2000.

•Windows® Vista.

or any other type of VGA monitor.

• Digital flat-panel (DFP) displays or digital CRT display.

If you are planning on using this graphics card as part of a
CrossFire™ system, the following is required:

• A CrossFire™ certified motherboard with two (2) PCI
Express® X16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver.

(See

ati.com/crossfire for a list of CrossFire™

certified motherboards.)

• a CrossFire™ Edition graphics card from the same
product series that works as the Master graphics card.

More information on the requirements for each of these
components can be found within the CrossFire™ FAQ.

External Connectors

• Dual DVI-I output.

• S-Video output or Video In/Video Out (VIVO) connection.

CHAPTER 2:

Using Multiple Displays

Connecting Your Monitors

Your Radeon® X1900 GT graphics card provides hardware support for
two DVI-I monitors and a VGA monitor using the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA
adapter. It also provides TV output via an S-Video Out connector.

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Connections and Adapters for the Radeon® X1900 GT Card
1 Standard VGA Monitor Connector. To connect a VGA monitor

2 DVI-I-to-VGA Adapter.
3 DVI-I Connection. To connect a digital display.

to the DVI-I connector, plug the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter
into the DVI-I connector, then plug your monitor cable into the
adapter.

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Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1900 GT 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 the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors.
3 Power on your monitors first, and then restart your comp uter so that

Windows® can detect the new hardware settings.

4 When the New Hardware Found Wizard appears, at the appropriate

prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for your

Radeon® X1900 GT card.

To set up a multi-monitor display

1 From the Start button click Control Panel, then Display. Click the

Settings tab to access the basic multi-monitor configuration settings.
Note: ATI provides Catalyst™ Control Center software that

provides many additional configuration features. It can be accessed
by clicking the Advanced button from the Display Properties >
Settings tab.

2 Select the Monitor icon identified by the number 2.
3 Click Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor.
4 Set the Screen Resolution and Color Quality as appropriate for the

second monitor. Click Apply or OK to apply these new values.

• Refer to your Windows® online help and documentation for

further information on using the Settings tab.

Note: When you use multiple monitors with your card, one monitor
will always be Primary. Any additional monitors will be designated
as Secondary.

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Display Configurations

Your Radeon® X1900 GT graphics card provides dual display
functionality. The following table lists the different ways you can connect
displays to your card.

Display
Configuration

Single DFP
display

DFP Display* +
DFP Display

DFP Display +
HDTV

Single CRT
display

CRT display +
HDTV

DFP display +
HDTV

CRT display +
DFP display

Connector(s)

Comments

Used

DVI-I connector DFP - digital flat panel display.

DVI-I connectors

DVI-I connector +
S-Video-to­Component
adapter

DVI-I connector
with DVI-I-to-VGA
adapter

DVI-I-to-VGA
adapter +
Componet Adapter
to HDTV (YPbPr)
cable

DVI-I connector +
HDTV cable
(YPbPr)

DVI-I-to-VGA
adapter + DVI-I
connector

Using supplied S-Video to
Component adapter.

CRT - cathode ray tube analog
display.

HDTV (YPrPb) adpater

CRT display +
CRT display

Note: * Both DVI ports support dual-link DVI output compatible
with single-link DVI flat panel displays as well as ultra-high
resolution dual-link DVI flat panel displays.

DVI-I-to-VGA
adapter + DVI-I-to­VGA adapter

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

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Launching Catalyst™ Control Center 9

CHAPTER 3:

Catalyst ™ Control Center

The Catalyst™ Control Center is a graphical user application providing
access to the display features contained within the installed ATI hardware
and software. Use the Catalyst™ Control Center to fine-tune your graphics
settings, enable or disable connected display devices, and change the
orientation of your desktop. Many of the features show you a preview of
the changes before they are applied.

The Catalyst™ Control Center offers you two views of the software:

• Basic View is a simplified view that includes wizards to get the
inexperience user up and running.

• Advance View allows the advanced user to access and configure
the complete feature set of the software.

The Catalyst™ Control Center can be customized for easy access to the
features you use most.

Use the Catalyst™ Control Center to access a comprehensive online help
system, or connect to the ATI Web site.

Launching Catalyst™ Control Center

Launch Catalyst™ Control Center from one of the following access points:

• Windows® Start Menu

• Windows® System Tray

• Desktop shortcuts

• Predefined hot keys

Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Using the S tar t
Menu

From the Windows® task bar, click Start:

•Click to Programs > Catalyst™ Control Center > ATI

Catalyst™ Control Center.

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Other Quick Launch Access Points

Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Using the System Tray

1 Right-click the ATI icon in the Windows® System Tray.
2 Select Catalyst™ Control Center from the popup menu.

Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Using the Desktop
Shortcut

When you first installed Catalyst™ Control Center the setup wizard
provided you with the option of placing a shortcut on the desktop.

• Double-click the Catalyst™ Control Center desktop shortcut.

Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Using Hot Keys

• You can press the predefined combination of keys Ctrl+Alt+C to
launch Catalyst™ Control Center, or you can define your own hot
key sequence by using the Catalyst™ Control Center’s Hotkey
Manager.

Launching Catalyst™ Control Center 11

Catalyst™ Control Center Dialog

(may not appear exactly as shown)

12 Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard

Catalyst™ Control Center: Advanced View

(may not appear exactly as shown)

Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard

The Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard is a graphical representation of
the display features of the installed ATI hardware and software. Use the
Dashboard to fine-tune your graphic settings, enable or disable connected
display devices, and change the orientation of your desktop. Many features
present you with a preview of your changes before they are applied.

The Dashboard is only available in Advanced View and Custom View, if
selected.

Use the Dashboard to access a comprehensive online help system, create a
hot key, or customize the way you view the Catalyst™ Control Center.

The Dashboard includes:

•Views

Create a Custom View 13

• Hot keys

• Profiles

• Preferences

•Help

Switch Views

When in Advanced view, click View button and select either Basic, or
Custom View.

When in Basic view, select Advanced in the Basic View Welcome page or
click the Advanced button in any other page.

Note: The Advanced button does not appear in all Basic View pages.

Create a Custom View

1 In Advanced View, click View and select Define Custom View.
2 In the Define a Custom View dialog, click the plus sign beside the

graphics card name to expand the tree view.

3 Select the check box next to each aspect you wish to add to your

custom view.

4 Click OK to save the changes.

Hotkeys Manager

The Hotkeys Manager allows you to create shortcut key combinations to
quickly perform tasks such as changing a graphics setting or opening an
application. A hot key is a combination of one or more modifier keys, such
as Ctrl, Alt, or Shift, and any letter from the alphabet.

Note: Hotkeys Manager is only available in Advanced View.

To access Hotkeys Manager

•Click Hotkeys in Advanced View of the Catalyst™ Control

Center.

Display Hotkeys Manager

1 Click Hotkeys in the Dashboard.

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2 Select Hotkeys Manager.

Enable Hotkeys feature

1 Open Hotkeys Manager.
2 Select the Enable Hotkeys feature check box.

Edit an existing hot key

1 Open Hotkeys Manager.
2 Select an option from the List Hotkeys for drop-down menu.

• Optionally, select an aspect from the According to list.

3 Click a hot key to edit.
4 Click Edit button.
5 Choose a modifier.
6 Enter any letter of the alphabet.
7 Click the OK button to save your changes.

Note: A hot key character is restricted to letters of the alphabet.

Create a list of active hot keys

1 Open Hotkeys Manager.
2 Select an option from the List Hotkeys for drop-down menu.

• Optionally, select an aspect from the According to list.

3 Select the hot key actions you want active.

Note: A hot key action must have a hot key assigned to it before the
hot key can be made active.

See a list of active hot keys only

1 Open Hotkeys Manager.
2 Click List active Hotkeys only.
3 Select an option from the List Hotkeys for drop-down menu.

• Optionally, select an aspect from the According to list.

Sort hot keys

Hot keys can be sorted by their state, actions, or key combination.

Profiles Manager 15

1 Open Hotkeys Manager

•Click Active button to sort by state.

•Click Hotkeys Actions button to sort by action.

•Click Hotkeys button to sort by key combination.

2 Clicking the respective button toggles ascending/descending sort

order.

Apply a hot key

• Press and hold down the modifier(s) keys, then press the assigned
keyboard key. For example: press and hold down the Ctrl and Alt
keys, then press the C key.

Profiles Manager

Use profiles to create customized environments for your desktop, video,
and 3D applications. Define and save into a profile your own personal
video settings that can be quickly activated manually, through a hot key, or
by file association.

Note: A profile applies to a specific graphics card. If there is more
than one graphics card installed in your computer, you need to select
the appropriate card before creating, loading, or activating a profile.

Note: Profiles Manager is only available in Advanced View.

To access the Profiles Manager

• Click the Profiles button in Advanced View of the Catalyst™
Control Center.

Display Profiles Manager

1 Click Profiles in the Dashboard.
2 Select Profiles Manager.

Create a profile

A profile can be created from any aspect of Catalyst™ Control Center.

1 Make customized changes by adjusting the various sliders and buttons

for the aspects to be included in your profile.

2 Open the Profiles Manager.
3 Enter a name for your Profile in Create or Edit Profile.

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4 Enter a description of the profile.
5 Select the composition, activation, and applications options that you

wish to apply to the profile.

6 Click Save.

Set the composition of the profile

1 Open the Profiles Manager.
2 Click the Composition tab.

• all Catalyst™ Control Center settings applies the available

settings for all graphics adapters.

• the following settings applies only the settings selected in the

tree view .

Activate a profile

1 Open the Profiles Manager.
2 Select a profile from Create or Edit a Profile drop-down menu.
3 Click the Activation tab.
4 Set a profile to activate manually:

•Click Manually by then select your preferred method for

activating a profile. For example, a shortcut on your desktop.

• If you choose Hotkeys assignment, select a Hot key modifier

and a keyboard key.

Activate an application, file, or shortcut when a profile is
started

1 Open the Profiles Manager.
2 Click the Applications tab.
3 Click opens the following application, file or shortcut.
4 Click the browse (“...”) button and browse to the file you want

associated with your profile.

5 Click on the file name, then click Open to select the file.

Save a profile

1 Open the Profiles Manager.

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2 Enter a name for the profile in the Enter or select a profile name

box.

3 Select options for the profile.
4 Click Save.
5 Click the Activate & Close button to apply the saved profile and

close the Profiles Manager.

• Optionally, click the Activate button to apply the saved profile

but leave the Profiles Manager open.

• Optionally, click the Close button to close the Profiles Manager

without applying the saved Profile.

Delete a profile

1 Open the Profile Manager.
2 Select a profile from the Create or Edit a Profile drop-down menu.
3 Click Delete.
4 Click OK to confirm.

Preferences

Use the Preferences page to restore factory defaults, change skins, or
enable/disable the System Tray icon.

The Catalyst™ Control Center Preferences page contains the following
options:

• Hide Tooltips

•Always on Top

• Enable System Tray menu

• Restore factory defaults

• Hide Toolbar Text

• Select a Language

• Select a Skin

To access Preferen ces

•Click Preferences in Advanced View of the Catalyst™ Control
Center.

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Keep Catalyst™ Control Center Always on Top of all open
applications on the desktop

1 Click Preferences button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard.
2 Click Always on Top.

Note: When a check mark appears next to Always on Top the
Catalyst™ Control Center will always appear on top of all opened
applications.

Hide or show Tooltips

1 Click the Preferences button in the Advanced View of the

Dashboard.

2 Click Hide Tooltips in the drop-down menu.

Note: When a check mark appears next to Hide Tooltips, all Tooltips

are disabled.

Show or hide text that appears on the toolbar buttons

1 Click Preferences button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard.
2 Click Hide Toolbar Text in the drop-down menu.

Note: When a check mark appears next to Hide Toolbar Text the
toolbar buttons have button icons only.

Hide the Catalyst™ Control Center Splash Screen

1 Click the Preferences button in the Advanced View of the

Dashboard.

2 Click Hide Splash Screen.

Note: When a check mark appears next to Hide Splash Screen the

Catalyst™ Control Center splash screen will not appear during start
up.

Show or hide the Catalyst™ Control Center icon in the
Windows® System Tray

1 Click Preferences button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard.
2 Click Enable System Tray menu in the drop-down menu.

Note: When a check mark appears next to Enable System Tray Menu
the Catalyst™ Control Center icon appears in the Windows® System
Tray.

Change Catalyst™ Control Center language

1 Click Preferences in the Advanced View of the Dashboard.
2 Click Select a Language in the drop-down menu.
3 Choose a language from the list.
4 Click OK.
5 Restart Catalyst™ Control Center.

Change the appearance of the Catalyst™ Control Center

1 Click Preferences in the Advanced View of the Dashboard.
2 Click Select a skin in the drop-down menu.
3 Choose a skin from the Skin drop-down menu.
4 Click OK.

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Restore Catalyst™ Control Center to the factory default
settings

1 Click Preferences in the Advanced View of the Dashboard.
2 Select Restore factory defaults in the drop-down menu.
3 Click Yes.

Help

Use the Catalyst™ Control Center Help feature to access the
comprehensive online help system, generate a Problem Report, and get the
installed Catalyst™ Control Center version information.

To access Help

• Click the Help button in the Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard.

or

• Press the F1 key at any time to get specific help on the feature or
aspect you are using.

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Display help for the aspect or feature you are using

1 Click the Help button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard.
2 Select Help for this Page.

• Optionally, click anywhere in the aspect or feature you are using

and press the F1 key.

Display the online help

1 Click the Help button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard.
2 Click Help Contents.

Search for Help

1 Click the Help button in the Advanced view of the Dashboard.
2 Click Search Help.
3 Enter the word(s) you wish to search for the in search box of the

Catalyst™ Control Center Help.

4 Click Go.

Create a Problem Report

Create a problem report should you experience a problem with your ATI
product. This report can be used by an ATI Customer Care agent to help
diagnose and resolve the problem.

1 Click the Help button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard.
2 Click Problem Report Wizard.
3 Follow the Wizard’s instructions.

Display the version of the installed Catalyst™ Control Center

1 Click the Help button in the Dashboard.
2 Click About Catalyst™ Control Center.

Information Center

The Information Center provides detailed information about the installed
graphics hardware and associated software.

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• Graphics Software includes information such as installed 2D and
3D driver versions, OpenGL® version, and Catalyst™ Control
Center version.

• Graphics Hardware includes information about each installed
graphics card, such as the installed graphics chipset, device ID, bus
type, memory size, and BIOS version.

Catalyst™ Control Center: Information Center - Graphics Software
(Sample)

To access the Information Center

• Expand Information Center in the tree view of Advanced View
and select either Graphic Software or Graphic Hardware.

To access system information

• Click the System Information button to open the Windows®
System Information.

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Displays Manager

The Displays Manager aspect is the central location for configuring your
display devices and arranging your desktop. Use the Displays Manager
aspect to quickly change your display setup, arrange your desktop in a
multi-monitor environment, and enable TV Out.

Those new to the Catalyst™ Control Center may use the Basic View
wizard to help you configure your display preferences. Experienced users
who prefer to manually configure their desktop setting should use the
Advanced View.

Note: The Catalyst™ Control Center will open to the Basic View the
very first time it is accessed. Experienced users can easily change to
Advanced View by selecting Advanced and clicking on the Next
button.

Catalyst™ Control Center: Displays Manager