ATI Technologies X600 User Manual

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RADEON™ X600

User’s Guide

P/N 137-40384-10

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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 - All card securement pins shall be completely 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.

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

RADEON™ X600 Features 1

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.

External Connections

•15-pin D-shell (female) VGA output.

•DVI-I output.

2RADEON™ 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

XStandard 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

YDVI-I-to-VGA Adapter.

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

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.

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

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

To connect your monitors

1Power off your computer and monitors.

2Plug the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors.

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3Power on your monitors first, and then restart your computer so that Windows® can detect the new hardware settings.

4When 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)

1From 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 Advanced button from the

Display Properties > Settings tab.

2Select the Monitor icon identified by the number 2.

3Click Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor.

4Set 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.

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	Connector(s)	Comments
Configuration	Used

Single CRT	VGA connector OR	CRTcathode ray tube analog
display	DVI-I connector	display.
	with DVI-I-to-VGA
	adapter

Single DFP	DVI-I connector	DFP - digital flat panel display.
display

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Display	Connector(s)	Comments
Configuration	Used

Single TV	S-Video Out	The S-Video out can also support a
		composite connection via the S-
		Video-to-Composite adapter.

CRT display +	VGA connector +	UNSUPPORTED CONFIGURATION
TV	S-Video Out	if the CRT display is attached to the
		DVI-I connector via the DVI-I-to-VGA
		adapter.

DFP display +	DVI-I connector +
TV	S-Video out
CRT display +	VGA connector +
DFP display	DVI-I connector

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

CRT display +	VGA connector +	The TV display will “clone” the image
DFP display +	DVI-I connector +	of one of the other two displays
TV	S-Video Out

CRT display +	VGA connector +	UNSUPPORTED CONFIGURATION
CRT display +	DVI-I connector
TV	with DVI-I-to-VGA
	adapter +
	S-Video Out

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CHAPTER 3:

ATI’s CATALYST™ Software 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® features. Gamers can finetune these settings for the ultimate experience in 3D image quality or 3D gaming performance.

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 HYDRAVISION™ User’s Guide PDF located on your ATI Installation CD.

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 into the Windows® Display Properties dialog. They are accessed through the Advanced button located on the Settings tab.

8 ATI Displays Tab

To access the Display Properties dialog, right-click on the desktop or navigate through Windows® Control Panel, which is located in the Start menu.

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
	whether a device is enabled or disabled.

Troubleshoot	Opens a Troubleshoot dialog to assist with possible
button	display problems.

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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.

1Click the enable/disable button for the display device you want to enable/disable.

2Click 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.

1Click the enable/disable button for the display devices you want to have active.

2Type a name into the Scheme drop-down list field.

3Click 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	Select Desktop to configure your desktop color settings.
button

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

Profiles for	Indicates whether the profiles in the drop-down list are for
	your Desktop or a Full Screen 3D environment.

Profiles drop-	Lists all of the Desktop or Full Screen 3D profiles that you
down list	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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