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Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited. ii Table of Contents Disclaimer .............................................................................................. ii Product Notice........................................................................................ ii MACROVISION.................................................................................... ii Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features At A Glance .................................................................................. 2 ATI's CatalystTM Software Suite ................................................................ 3 Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming Experience...................................... 3 Direct3D® and OpenGL® ..................................................................... 3 HydraVisionTM ....................................................................................... 4 Connecting Your Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Display Configurations................................................................................ 6 CatalystTM Software Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ATI Displays Tab......................................................................................... 7 Ratiometric Expansion ........................................................................... 7 ATI Color Tab ............................................................................................. 8 ATI Options Tab........................................................................................ 10 ATI Overlay Tab ....................................................................................... 11 Video Overlay ...................................................................................... 11 Direct3D® Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Main and Custom Settings........................................................................ 13 Direct3D® Compatibility Settings ........................................................... 16 OpenGL® Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Main and Custom Settings........................................................................ 18 OpenGL® Compatibility Settings............................................................ 21 SMARTGARTTM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Set AGP Settings .................................................................................. 23 Fast Write ............................................................................................. 23 Retest All .............................................................................................. 24 Using TV Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 View your PC's display on a TV.......................................................... 25 Connecting to a TV or a VCR .................................................................. 26 Starting Windows® with TV Display Enabled .................................... 27 Using SCART Connectors for European TVs ..................................... 28 How To Enable/Disable The TV Display ............................................ 28 iii Using and Adjusting TV Out................................................................ 28 Using a Monitor vs. Using the TV Display.......................................... 29 Adjusting Monitor Display................................................................... 29 Viewing Text on a TV.......................................................................... 29 Reducing Edge Distortion .................................................................... 30 Changing Display Configurations ........................................................ 31 Using Games and Applications ............................................................ 32 iv 1 Introduction The RADEONTM 9000 graphics accelerator delivers ground breaking 3D graphics performance. · Designed and built by ATI Technologies Inc. · Powered by the RADEON 9000 Visual Processing Unit (VPU). · Awesome 3D gaming performance. · Support for OpenGL® applications. · Support for Direct3D® applications. · High resolution in 3D up to 2048x1536. · Best performance for today's and tomorrow's applications. · Supports TV-Out to connect your PC to your TV or VCR. 2 Features At A Glance The RADEON 9000 provides high performance acceleration for today's demanding 3D graphic applications. Its main features includes: · VIDEO IMMERSIONTM which provides industryleading DVD playback and digital TV decode capability. · CHARISMA ENGINETM II performs complex transformation, clipping, and lighting calculations faster than the CPU or 3D graphics chip. · PIXEL TAPESTRYTM II which can apply 6 textures per pass to a complex 3D gaming scene. · TV output support. · TRUFORMTM technology which makes the curved surfaces of 3D objects look smoother and more life-like. · SMARTSHADERTM technology which can realistically create the visual properties of any material, like glass, metal, wood, and produce 3D depth by rendering the object's shadows. · SMOOTHVISIONTM which provides users with various degrees of jagged edge removal from 3D images, allowing users to configure their own high quality or high performance gaming experience. 3 ATI's CatalystTM Software Suite Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming Experience ATI's Catalyst Software Suite provides multiple display functionality, and the advanced graphic features, such as TRUFORM, for the ultimate 3D gaming experience. 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® Display Control Panel, through the Advanced... button located on the Settings tab. For a detailed explanation of each ATI tab, refer to CatalystTM Software Suite on page 7. Direct3D® and OpenGL® The Catalyst Software Suite also supports the latest versions of Direct3D® and OpenGL®. Many new 3D game titles, and the latest versions of older titles, will virtually come to life as they utilize their advanced Direct3D® or OpenGL® features. Gamers can tweak their settings for the ultimate experience in 3D image quality or 3D gaming performance. ATI's Direct3D® and OpenGL® tabs are available through the Windows® Display Control Panel, through the Advanced... button located on the Settings tab. For a detailed explanation of the Direct3D® and OpenGL® tabs, refer to Direct3D® Control Panel on page 13, and OpenGL® Control Panel on page 18. 4 HydraVisionTM In addition to the multiple display functionality available with ATI's Catalyst Software Suite, you can also use HydraVision for advanced multi-display (CRT + TV) management. For more information on HydraVision, please refer to the HydraVision User's Guide PDF located on your ATI Installation CD. 5 Connecting Your Monitor The RADEON 9000 provides hardware support for one VGA monitor. A TV can also be used to expand your desktop by using the S-Video out. Turn off computer before connecting monitor. Plug the monitor cable into your card then turn on the PC and monitor. S-VID OUT S-VIDEO OUT CRT STANDARD VGA MONITOR CONNECTOR VGA CONNECTOR FROM MONITOR 6 Display Configurations Your RADEON 9000 card provides support for TV Out. The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your card. Display Configuration One CRT display Connector(s) Used VGA connector Comments CRT- cathode ray tube analog display The S-Video Uut can also support a composite connection via the S-Videoto-Composite adapter One TV S-Video Out CRT display + TV VGA connector + S-Video Out 7 CatalystTM Software Suite The following section provides an explanation of each ATI tab available after installing the Catalyst Software Suite. i Features presented in the following pages may not be supported in all operating systems and/or may appear differently. ATI Displays Tab Here you enable/disable TV Out. For complete information see How To Enable/Disable The TV Display on page 28. Ratiometric Expansion Your graphics accelerator 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. 8 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 in Direct3D® and OpenGL®) can also be changed. ATI Color Tab Desktop Brightness Color Curve Game Gamma button Defaults button 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. 9 Clicking the Game Gamma button accesses the Game Gamma Properties. Game Gamma Properties Red Green Blue sliders RGB Lock Defaults button These controls allow you to increase or decrease the color brightness of Direct3D® and OpenGL® games played in fullscreen mode. 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. 10 ATI Options Tab 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. ATI Options Tab Version Information Details button Reactivate all warning messages Enable ATI taskbar icon application Show ATI icon on taskbar Disable quick resolution feature 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. 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. 11 Fixes display corruption or no displayed image at high resolutions on your DVI-I display. This setting ...