ATI Technologies X1650 User Manual

Radeon® X1650 PRO

User’s Guide

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

• 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

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.

Table of Contents

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

Radeon® X1650 PRO Features 1 System Requirements 4

Using Multiple Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Display Configurations 9

Using TV Display and Capture Features. . . . . . . 11

Using TV Out 11 Connecting to a TV or VCR 12 Connecting to HDTV 14

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Installing Software and Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Installing Drivers and Software in Windows Monitor Configuration 18 To set up a multi-monitor display 19 Reinstalling Drivers 19 Installing the Catalyst

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Software Suite 20

Catalyst™ Control Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Launching Catalyst™ Control Center 23

CrossFire™ FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Welcome to CrossFire

CrossFire™ Overview 101

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Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Troubleshooting 109 Product Registration 113 Customer Care 113 Additional Accessories 115 Compliance Information 115

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Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Radeon® X1650 PRO Features 1

CHAPTER 1:

Introduction

Congratulations on the purchase of your ATI Radeon® X1650 PRO graphics card. We hope that you will enjoy countless hours of trouble-free computing.

Radeon® X1650 PRO Features

Features

• 157 million transistors on 90nm fabrication process.

• Dual-link DVI.

• Twelve pixel shader processors.

• Five vertex shader processors.

• 128-bit 4-channel DDR/DDR2/GDDR3 memory interface.

• Native PCI Express x16 bus interface.

• AGP 8x configurations also supported with AGP-PCI-E external bridge chip.

• Dynamic Voltage Control.

Ring Bus Memory Controller

• 256-bit internal ring bus for memory reads.

• Programmable intelligent arbitration logic.

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

• Hierarchical Z-buffer with Early Z test.

• Lossless Z Compression (up to 48:1).

• Fast Z-Buffer Clear.

• Z/stencil cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering.

Ultra-Threaded Shader Engine

• Support for Microsoft ® DirectX programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware.

9.0 Shader Model 3.0

2 Radeon® X1650 PRO Features

• Full speed 128-bit floating point processing.

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

• Dedicated texture address units for improved efficiency.

• 3Dc+ texture compression

• High quality 4:1 compression for normal maps and two-channel

data formats.

• High quality 2:1 compression for luminance maps and single-

channel data formats.

• Multiple Render Target (MRT) support.

• Render-to-vertex buffer support.

• Complete feature set also supported in OpenGL

Advanced Image Quality Features

• 64-bit floating point HDR rendering supported throughout the pipeline.

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

• 32-bit integer HDR (10:10:10:2) format supported throughout the pipeline.

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

• 2x/4x/6x Anti-Aliasing modes.

• Multi-sample algorithm with gamma correction, programmable

sparse sample patterns, and centroid sampling.

• New Adaptive Anti-Aliasing feature with Performance and

Quality modes.

• T emporal 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.

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

2.0

Avivo™ Video and Display Platform

• High performance programmable video processor.

• Accelerated MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, WMV9, VC-1, and

H.264 decoding and transcoding.

Radeon® X1650 PRO Features 3

• DXVA support.

• De-blocking and noise reduction filtering.

• Motion compensation, IDCT, DCT and color space conversion.

• Vector adaptive per-pixel de-interlacing.

• 3:2 pulldown (frame rate conversion).

• Seamless integration of pixel shaders with video in real time.

• HDR tone mapping acceleration.

• Maps any input format to 10 bit per channel output.

• Flexible display support.

• Dual integrated 10 bit per channel 400 MHz DACs.

• 16 bit per channel floating point HDR and 10 bit per channel DVI output.

• Programmable piecewise linear gamma correction, color correction, and color space conversion (10 bits per color).

• Complete, independent color controls and video overlays for each display.

• High quality pre- and post-scaling engines, with underscan support for all outputs.

• Content-adaptive de-flicker filtering for interlaced displays.

• Xilleon™ TV encoder for high quality analog output.

• YPrPb component output for direct drive of HDTV displays*.

• Spatial/temporal dithering enables 10-bit color quality on 8-bit and 6-bit displays.

• Fast, glitch-free mode switching.

• VGA mode support on all outputs.

• Drive two displays simultaneously with independent resolutions and refresh rates.

• Compatible with ATI TV/Video encoder products, including Theater 550.

CrossFire™

• Multi-GPU technology.

• Four modes of operation:

• Alternate Frame Rendering (maximum performance).

• Supertiling (optimal load-balancing).

• Scissor (compatibility).

• Super AA 8x/10x/12x/14x (maximum image quality).

Note: Not all features apply to all Radeon

cards.

X1650 PRO graphics

4 System Requirements

Note: CrossFire™ is supported in Catalyst™ version 5.13

*with optional HDTV adapter available from ATI Online Store.

System Requirements

Hardware

Operating System

Monitor • High-resolution MultiSync or multi-frequency monitors

CrossFire™ Compatibility

• Intel

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

• Optical drive for installation software (CD-ROM or

• Specialized PCI Express

•Windows

• Digital flat-panel (DFP) displays or digital CRT display. If you are planning on using this graphics card as part of a

CrossFire

•A CrossFire

• Another standard Radeon

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

Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon®.

performance.

DVD-ROM drive).

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.

XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2).

XP Professional x64 Edition.

XP Media Center Edition.

Vista Ready.

or any other type of VGA monitor.

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system, the following is required:

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certified motherboard with two (2) PCI

Express (See

certified motherboards.)

The Radeon CrossFire

X16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver.

ati.com/crossfire for a list of CrossFire

X1650 PRO does not require a

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Edition card for CrossFire™ support.

350 watt or greater power

X1650 PRO graphics card.

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FAQ.

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Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers

To ensure the successful installation of your new Radeon® X1650 PRO card, you must uninstall the drivers for the existing graphics card before removing it from your computer.

System Requirements 5

To uninstall previous drivers

With your current graphics card still in your computer:

1 Close all applications that are currently running. 2 Navigate to the Control Panel and select Add/Remove Programs. 3 Select your current graphics card drivers and select Add/Remove.

The wizard will help you remove your current display drivers. Note: If the previously installed graphics card has any additional

software installed, it should also be removed at this point.

4 Turn off your system and remove the old graphics card.

6 System Requirements

CHAPTER 2:

Using Multiple Displays

Connecting Your Monitors

Your Radeon® X1650 PRO 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.

Connections and Adapters for the Radeon® X1650 PRO 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.

Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1650 PRO card must be the primary graphics card. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary.

Note: The top DVI-I connector is single-link and the bottom connector is dual-link.

Note: Some Radeon

X1650 PRO graphic cards have one DVI-I

connector and one VGA connector.

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

X1650 PRO card.

To set up a multi-monitor display

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

Settings tab to access the basic multi-monitor configuration settings.

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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

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.

online help and documentation for

Display Configurations 9

Display Configurations

Your Radeon® X1650 PRO 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

Single CRT display

CRT display + HDTV

DFP display + HDTV

CRT display + DFP display

CRT display + CRT display

Connector(s)

Comments

Used

DVI-I connector DFP - digital flat panel display.

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

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

DVI-I connector + HDTV cable (YPbPr)

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

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

CRT - cathode ray tube analog display.

HDTV (YPrPb) adapter available from

shopati.com.

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

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Using TV Out 11

CHAPTER 3:

Using TV Display and Capture Features

This chapter describes how to use the TV display and video capture features of your Radeon

Using TV Out

Your Radeon® X1650 PRO has TV Out capability.

Viewing Your PC Display on a TV

You can attach your Radeon® X1650 PRO to a TV and a monitor at the same time. You can also connect it to your VCR and record your monitor’s display.

Note: A TV can only be connected to one DVI connector.

X1650 PRO card.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION for European Customers Some PC monitors in Europe cannot be used simultaneously with TV

display. When you enable TV display in Europe, the refresh rate for the monitor and TV is set to 50 Hz. Some monitors may not support this refresh rate and could be damaged.

• Please check the documentation supplied with your monitor to see if your monitor supports a refresh rate of 50 Hz.

• If your monitor does not support 50 Hz (or if you are not sure), turn off your monitor before turning on your PC when using your TV as a display.

12 Connecting to a TV or VCR

TV display is ideal for giving presentations and watching movies, or playing games on a screen larger than a typical monitor. The following tips will help you get the most out of your TV Out feature.

Connecting to a TV or VCR

To connect your Radeon® X1650 PRO card to a TV or VCR, use an SVideo cable. Many TVs (and VCRs) have a Composite video input, in which case you can use the supplied S-Video-to-Composite video adapter. If your TV has cable input only, you can connect your graphics card to your TV through your VCR or an RF modulator that is available from most electronics stores.

To connect S-Video Out

1 Power off your computer and your TV (or VCR). 2 Determine if your TV (or VCR) supports either a S-Video or

Composite video connection.

3 Looking at the back of your PC, locate your S-Video Out. Using an S-

Video cable or the supplied adapter cable, attach one end of the cable to your graphics card and the other to your TV (or VCR). Refer to the illustration.

4 Power on your TV (or VCR) first, then your computer.

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Connecting Your S-Video Out to a TV or VCR 1 S-Video Connection on graphics card 2 TV or VCR 3 S-Video Cable (with or without S-Video-to-Composite Adapter) 4 Computer

Using a Monitor vs. Using TV Display

Using your TV for your computer’s display can be useful; however, the display on your monitor may change or looked squashed. This distortion occurs because the display adjusts to fit the dimensions of your TV. To correct the monitor’s display, use the monitor’s control buttons to adjust its display size and position.

14 Connecting to HDTV

Some single-frequency monitors may not work with TV display enabled. If you experience problems when TV display is enabled, disable TV display to restore your monitor’s display.

Viewing Text on a TV

A TV is designed primarily to show moving images. The large dot pitch of a TV will yield poor quality static images. The small text sizes commonly used for PC desktops can appear blurred or unclear on a TV. You can compensate for this degradation by using larger fonts.

Using a TV as the Only Display

If you plan to move your computer to a place where you are using TV display only, make sure that you have the TV display feature enabled prior to removing the monitor.

The maximum display resolution for TV is 1024 x 768. Choosing a resolution higher than this will cause the TV display to disappear if it is the only display device.

Using Games and Applications

Some older games and applications may program your Radeon® X1650 PRO directly to run under a specific display mode. This may cause your TV display to turn off automatically or become scrambled (your PC monitor or portable LCD display will not be affected). Your TV display will be restored once you exit the game or if you restart your computer.

Connecting to HDTV

View computer output directly on your High Definition Television (HDTV) or other component input device. Provide a big-screen experience for your computer that is ideal for playing games, giving presentations, watching movies, and browsing the Internet.

HDTV uses YPbPr connectors to receive input. YPbPr stands for the following:

• Y = Green

• Pb = Blue

•Pr = Red

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