ATI Technologies X600 User Manual

RADEON™ X600

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.

• Outdoor Antenna Grounding - Since an outdoor antenna or cable system is connected to the product, be sure that the antenna or cable system is grounded so as to provide some protection against voltage surges and built-up static charges. Article 810 of the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70, provides information with regard to proper grounding of the mast and supporting structure, grounding of the lead-in wire to the antenna discharge unit, size of grounding conductors, location of antenna-discharge unit, connection of grounding electrodes, and requirements for the grounding electrode.

• 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.

• Note to CATV System Installer - This reminder is provided to call the CATV systems installer’s attention to Section 820-40 of the NEC, which provides guidelines for proper grounding and, in particular, specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building, as close to the point of cable entry as practical.

- All card securement pins shall be completely

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Table of Contents

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

RADEON™ X600 Features 1

Graphic Features 1 External Connections 1

Using Multiple Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Connecting Your Monitors 3

Display Configurations 5

ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Introduction 7 Features 7

Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming 7 HYDRAVISION™ 7 Accessing the CATALYST™ Software Suite 7

ATI Displays Tab 8 ATI Color Tab 10

Hotkeys 14 Color Hotkeys Settings 15

ATI Options Tab 17

Options Details Tab 18 ATI Rotation Tab 19 Rotation HotKeys 21

ATI Overlay Tab 22

Video Overlay 22 Clone Mode Settings 23

ATI 3D Tab 25

Custom Properties Dialog 27

Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings 30

OpenGL® Compatibility Settings 31

ATI VPU Recover Tab 32

Using TV Display and Capture Features . . . . . . . 35

Using TV Out 35 View your PC’s display on a TV 35

Starting Windows® with TV Display Enabled 36 Using SCART Connectors for European TVs 37 How To Enable/Disable The TV Display 38

Using and Adjusting TV Display Features 38

How TV Display Cannot Be Used 38

Using a Monitor vs. Using TV Display 38 Adjusting Monitor Display 38 Viewing Text on a TV 39 Reducing Edge Distortion 39 Using TV Display Alone 40 Using Games and Applications 40 Select your TV broadcast format 40 Adjust your TV screen size 41 Adjust your TV screen position 42 Adjust the composite sharpness of your TV display 42 Adjust the S-Video sharpness of your TV display 43 Adjust the composite dot crawl on your TV Display 43 Adjust the chroma flicker removal setting on your TV Display (if available) 44 Adjust the luma flicker removal setting on your TV Display 44 Reset the advanced settings on your TV Display(if available) 45

Connect to a TV, VCR, or Camcorder for video capturing 46 Windows® Volume Control 46 Capturing video using Windows® Movie Maker 47

Compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

FCC Compliance Information 49 Industry Canada Compliance Statement 49 CE Compliance Information 50 L’Information de conformité de la CE 50 CE-befolgungInformationen 50

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

CHAPTER 1:

Introduction

RADEON™ X600 Features

Graphic Features

• Four parallel rendering pipelines.

• SMARTSHADER™ 2.1

• Full hardware-based support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0/9.1 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware.

• Shadow volume rendering acceleration.

• Complete feature-set support for OpenGL® 1.5 and 2.0 extensions.

• SMOOTHVISION™ 2.1

• Full-scene anti-aliasing method that smooths uneven edges and improves blurred images.

• 2x/4x/6x Anti-aliasing modes with aloss-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.

• HYPER Z™ III

• 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

• 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.

RADEON™ X600 Features 1

External Connections

• 15-pin D-shell (female) VGA output.

• DVI-I output.

2 RADEON™ X600 Features

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

CHAPTER 2:

Using Multiple Displays

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Connecting Your Monitors

Your RADEON™ X600 provides hardware support for one DVI-I monitor or two VGA monitors using the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter. It also provides TV output via a S-Video Out or Composite Out connector.

Connections and Adapters for the RADEON™ X600 Card

Standard VGA Monitor Connector. To connect a VGA monitor 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.

Connections and Adapters for the RADEON™ X600 Card

Note: If you use multiple monitors, the RADEON™ X600 card must be the primary graphics card. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary.

DVI-I-to-VGA Adapter.

DVI-I Backplate Connection. To connect a flat panel, plug the monitors DVI-I connector into the DVI-I connection.

To connect your monitors

DVI-I Backplate Connection. To connect a flat panel, plug the monitors DVI-I connector into the DVI-I connection.

1 Power off your computer and monitors. 2 Plug the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors.

Display Configurations 5

3 Power on your monitors first, and then restart your computer 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™ X600 card.

To set up a multi-monitor display (optional)

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

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

Note: ATI software provides many additional configuration features that can be accessed by clicking the

Display Properties > Settings tab.

Advanced button from the

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

• Refer to your Windows online help and documentation for further information on using the

Apply or OK to apply these new values.

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.

Display Configurations

Your RADEON™ X600 graphics card provides dual display functionality and TV Out. The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your card.

Display Configuration

Single CRT display

Single DFP display

Connector(s) Used

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

DVI-I connector DFP - digital flat panel display.

Comments

CRT- cathode ray tube analog display.

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Display Configuration

Single TV S-Video Out The S-Video out can also support a

CRT display + TVVGA connector +

DFP display + TVDVI-I connector +

CRT display + DFP display

CRT display + CRT display

CRT display + DFP display + TV

CRT display + CRT display + TV

Connector(s) Used

S-Video Out

S-Video out VGA connector +

DVI-I connector VGA connector +

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

VGA connector + DVI-I connector + S-Video Out

VGA connector + DVI-I connector with DVI-I-to-VGA adapter + S-Video Out

Comments

composite connection via the SVideo-to-Composite adapter.

UNSUPPORTED CONFIGURATION if the CRT display is attached to the DVI-I connector via the DVI-I-to-VGA adapter.

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

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

UNSUPPORTED CONFIGURATION

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CHAPTER 3:

A TI’ s CAT ALYST ™ Sof tware Suite

Introduction

This chapter describes using the advanced multiple-monitor and 3D graphics features in ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suite.

Features

Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming

ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suite provides multiple-display functionality, and its advanced graphic features, such as SMARTSHADER™ HD, provide the ultimate 3D gaming experience.

The CATALYST™ Software Suite also supports the latest versions of Direct 3D® and OpenGL®. Many 3D game titles will virtually come to life

through the advanced Direct 3D® or OpenGL® tune these settings for the ultimate experience in 3D image quality or 3D gaming performance.

features. Gamers can fine-

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 PDF located on your ATI Installation CD.

HYDRAVISION™ User’s Guide

Accessing the CATALYST™ Software Suite

For help installing the CATALYST™ Software Suite, refer to the Getting

Started Guide

The CATALYST™ Software Suite installs the ATI display tabs in t o th e Windows®

Advanced button located on the Settings tab.

Display Properties dialog. They are accessed through the

8 ATI Displays Tab

To access the Display Properties dialog, right-click on the desktop or navigate through Windows® menu.

Control Panel, which is located in the Start

Windows® Display Properties Settings Tab

ATI Displays Tab

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

ATI Displays Tab 9

ATI Displays Tab

Scheme Displays the drop-down list of available display-device

configurations that have previously been created. New configurations can be entered here and then saved using the Save button.

Hotkey Associates a hotkey with a scheme. To input the hotkey,

highlight the field and press the appropriate key combination on your keyboard.

Save button Saves display-device configuration schemes. Delete button Deletes display-device configuration schemes. Display buttons Enables or disables a display device; they also indicate

Troubleshoot button

whether a device is enabled or disabled. Opens a Troubleshoot dialog to assist with possible

display problems.

10 ATI Color Tab

To enable or disable a display

If the enable/disable button is green, it indicates the device is enabled. If it is red, it indicates the device is disabled. If the button is greyed out, the device is not an option. For example, if there is only one monitor connected, all buttons will be grey.

1 Click the enable/disable button for the display device you

want to enable/disable.

2 Click OK or Apply to save the changes.

Note: Due to power restrictions, you can normally only have two devices active at the same time; for example, two monitors or a monitor and a TV.

To save a display-device scheme

Display-device selections can be saved as a scheme for quick recall.

1 Click the enable/disable button for the display devices you

want to have active.

2 Type a name into the Scheme drop-down list field. 3 Click Save to save the scheme.

ATI Color Tab

The ATI Color tab allows you to configure Gamma, Brightness, and Contrast color settings for both your desktop and full screen 3D environments. You can also save settings to a color profile for easy recall. In addition, you can assign unique hotkey combinations that allow you to adjust Gamma, Brightness, and Contrast color settings within your full screen 3D applications.

ATI Color Tab 11

ATI Color Tab: Desktop Settings

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ATI Color Tab: Full Screen 3D Settings

ATI Color Tab

Desktop radio button

Full Screen 3D radio button

Profiles for Indicates whether the profiles in the drop-down list are for

Profiles dropdown list

Select Desktop to configure your desktop color settings.

Select Full Screen 3D to configure the color settings for your 3D application. Note that the configured settings will only be apparent within a full screen 3D application environment.

your Desktop or a Full Screen 3D environment. Lists all of the Desktop or Full Screen 3D profiles that you

have saved. Selecting a profile from the list loads those custom color settings for the relevant environment. To create a new profile, simply type in a name and click Save.

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