User manual ATI RADEON 9600

RADEONTM 9600 SERIES User's Guide P/N 137-40510-10 Copyright © 2003, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI and all ATI product and product feature names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. All other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Features, performance and specifications are subject to change without notice. Product may not be exactly as shown in the diagrams. Reproduction of this manual, or parts thereof, in any form, without the express written permission of ATI Technologies Inc. is strictly prohibited. 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Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited. i Table of Contents Disclaimer ............................................................................................... i Product Notice......................................................................................... i MACROVISION..................................................................................... i Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features At A Glance .................................................................................. 2 RADEON 9600 Series............................................................................ 2 ATI's CatalystTM Software Suite ................................................................ 3 Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming Experience...................................... 3 Direct 3D® and OpenGL® .................................................................... 3 HydraVisionTM ....................................................................................... 4 Connecting your monitor(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Display Configurations................................................................................ 6 CatalystTM Software Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ATI Displays Tab......................................................................................... 8 Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays ................................................ 9 Enabling Extended Desktop Mode......................................................... 9 Dynamic Display Reassignment ............................................................ 9 Virtually Repositioning Your Displays ................................................ 10 Ratiometric Expansion ......................................................................... 11 ATI Color Tab ........................................................................................... 12 ATI Options Tab........................................................................................ 14 ATI Overlay Tab ....................................................................................... 15 Video Overlay ...................................................................................... 15 Clone Mode Settings ............................................................................ 17 Direct 3D® Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Main and Custom Settings........................................................................ 18 Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings .......................................................... 21 OpenGL® Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Main and Custom Settings........................................................................ 23 OpenGL® Compatibility Settings............................................................ 26 SMARTGARTTM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Set AGP Settings .................................................................................. 27 Fast Write ............................................................................................. 27 Retest All .............................................................................................. 28 ii Using TV Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 View your PC's display on a TV.......................................................... 29 Connecting to a TV or a VCR .................................................................. 30 Starting Windows® with TV Display Enabled .................................... 31 Using SCART Connectors for European TVs ..................................... 32 How To Enable/Disable The TV Display ............................................ 32 Using and Adjusting TV Out................................................................ 33 How TV Display Cannot Be Used ....................................................... 33 Using a Monitor vs. Using the TV Display.......................................... 33 Adjusting Monitor Display................................................................... 33 Viewing Text on a TV.......................................................................... 34 Reducing Edge Distortion .................................................................... 34 Changing Display Configurations ........................................................ 36 Using Older Games and Applications .................................................. 36 iii 1 Introduction The RADEON 9600 Series graphic accelerators delivers ground breaking 3D graphics performance. · Designed and built by ATI Technologies Inc. · Powered by the RADEON 9600 Series Visual Processing Unit (VPU). · 128-bit DDR memory interface. · Awesome 3D gaming performance. · Support for OpenGL® applications. · Support for Direct 3D® 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 RADEON 9600 Series The RADEON 9600 Series provides high performance acceleration for today's demanding 3D graphic applications. Its main features are: · VIDEO IMMERSIONTM II which provides industry-leading DVD playback and digital TV decode capability · CHARISMA ENGINETM II which is the main GPU, providing the necessary power to accelerate today's 3D games and applications · 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 2.1 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 · PIXEL TAPESTRYTM II which provides even greater 3D rendering power · TV output support 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 SMARTSHADER, 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. Direct 3D® and OpenGL® The Catalyst Software Suite also supports the latest versions of Direct 3D® and OpenGL®. Many new 3D game titles, and the latest versions of older titles, will virtually come to life as they utilize their advanced Direct 3D® or OpenGL® features. Gamers can finetune these settings for the ultimate experience in 3D image quality or 3D gaming performance. ATI's Direct 3D® 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 Direct 3D® and OpenGL® tabs, refer to Direct 3D® Control Panel on page 18, and OpenGL® Control Panel on page 23. 4 HydraVisionTM 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. 5 Connecting your monitor(s) The RADEON 9600 Series, depending on the graphic card configuration, provides hardware support for one VGA monitor and one flat panel monitor, or two VGA monitors using a DVI-I-toVGA adapter*, or only one VGA monitor. It also provides TV Output via a S-Video out connector. Plug the monitor cable into your card (if you are running multiple monitors, connect their cables to the appropriate connectors), then turn on the PC and monitor(s). To connect a flat panel directly to your card, use the DVI-I connector. To connect a VGA monitor to the DVI-I connector, plug a DVI-I-to-VGA adapter* into the DVI-I connector, then plug your monitor cable into the adapter*, as shown below. STANDARD VGA MONITOR CONNECTOR S-VIDEO OUT DVI-I CONNECTOR VGA CONNECTOR FROM MONITOR DVI-I-TO-VGA ADAPTER When you use multiple monitors with your card, one monitor will always be Primary. Any additional monitor(s) will be designated as Secondary. *available from www.ati.com 6 S-VIDEO OUT VGA CONNECTOR FROM MONITOR Display Configurations The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your RADEON 9600 Series with multimonitor configuration Display Configuration One CRT display Connector(s) Used VGA connector OR DVI-I connector with DVI-I-to-VGA adapter* DVI-I connector Comments CRT- cathode ray tube analog display DFP - digital flat panel display Cards with S-Video out also support Composite out via a S-Video-to-Composite adapter*. Cards with Composite out DO NOT support connection to TVs with S-Video Input. Unsupported configuration if the CRT display is attached to the DVI-I connector via a DVI-Ito-VGA adapter* One DFP display One TV TV Output CRT display + TV VGA connector + TV Output *available from www.ati.com 7 DFP display + TV CRT display + DFP display CRT display + CRT display CRT display + DFP display + TV CRT display + CRT display + TV DVI-I connector + TV Output VGA connector + DVI-I connector VGA connector + DVI-I connector with DVI-I-to-VGA adapter* VGA connector + DVI-I connector + TV Output UNSUPPORTED CONFIGURATION The DVI-I connector can support a CRT display using a DVI-I-to-VGA adapter* The TV display will "clone" the image of one of the other two displays. The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your RADEON 9600 Series with a single monitor (VGA) configuration. Display Configuration One CRT display Connector(s) Used VGA connector Comments CRT- cathode ray tube analog display Cards with S-Video out also support Composite out via a S-Video-to-Composite adapter*. Cards with Composite out DO NOT support connection to TVs with S-Video Input. One TV TV Output CRT display + TV VGA connector + TV Output *available from www.ati.com 8 CatalystTM Software Suite The following section provides an explanation of each ATI tab available after installing the CatalystTM 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 The ATI Displays tab provides the multi monitor features. Here you can enable/disable display devices and swap the assignment of Primary and Secondary displays. 9 Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays 1 2 3 4 5 Access the Windows® Control Panel. Doubleclick Display. Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button. Click on the ATI Displays tab. Click the enable/disable button for the display device you want to enable/disable. Click OK or Apply to save the changes. Enabling Extended Desktop Mode 1 2 3 4 5 Access the Windows® Control Panel. Doubleclick Display. Click on the Settings tab. Click the monitor icon for the display onto which you want to extend your desktop. Click Yes to enable the selected display. Checkmark the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check box (Windows® may automatically place it there). Click OK or Apply to save the changes. 6 Dynamic Display Reassignment You can change the assignment of your Primary and Secondary display on the fly, without rebooting. However, before you can change the assignment of the Primary display, at least one Secondary display must be enabled, and Extended Desktop mode must be enabled. To enable a Secondary display, refer to the section Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays. 10 To enable Extended Desktop Mode, refer to the section Enabling Extended Desktop Mode. 1 Access the Windows® Control Panel. Doubleclick Display. 2 3 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button. Click on the ATI Displays tab. Windows® XP, Windows® Me The ATI Displays tab shows you the display(s) that are active. The Primary display has the button depressed. To change the display assignment, you can click the Primary display's button or you can click the button of the other display device. Windows® 2000 Clicking on the button will reassign the Primary and Secondary monitors. Clicking on the button creates a clone or mirror image of the Primary display onto the Secondary display. Clicking on the button extends your desktop to a Secondary display located to the right of the Primary display. Clicking on the button extends your desktop to a Secondary display located below the Primary display. 4 Click OK or Apply to save the changes. Virtually Repositioning Your Displays 1 On the Settings tab, click and drag the appropriate monitor icon to the desired position. For example, the secondary display can be dragged to the left of the primary display, allowing it to be virtually on the left, as shown below. 11 2 Click OK or Apply to save the changes. Ratiometric Expansion Your RADEON 9600 Series offers ratiometric expansion (or digital panel scaling as it is commonly known). This expands a low resolution image to fill a higher resolution panel. However, ratiometric expansion is only available on the Primary display. Therefore, if a flat panel display (FPD) is set as Secondary, the Extended Desktop mode is disabled and the resolution is less than the FPD's native resolution. This causes the FPD to default to center mode. 12 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) 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. 13 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 Direct 3D® 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. 14 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 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. 15 Show ATI icon on taskbar Disable quick resolution feature 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. Reduce DVI frequency on highresolution Alternate DVI operational mode Resolves display corruption or no image at high resolutions (for example 1280x1024 @75Hz) using a digital DVI display. (This setting has no effect when using a DVI-toVGA adapter) Use this option if you are experiencing display corruption on your DVI flat panel. Clicking the Details button provides access to the Details tab. ATI Overlay Tab The ATI Overlay tab allows you to configure the brightness, contrast, saturation, hue and gamma properties of your video overlay. Video Overlay Video overlay allows for the viewing of full-motion video on your PC. However, there is only one video overlay, which is only available on the Primary display. The video overlay controls are automatically activated during playback of any video file type that supports overlay adjustments. 16 ATI Overlay Tab Brightness Contrast Use this slider to adjust the brightness of the video image. Use this slider to adjust the contrast in the video image. Use this slider to adjust the vividness of the color. Sliding it all the way to the left removes all color and produces a black and white picture. Use this slider to adjust the pureness or tint of the red, green and blue components of the color. Use this slider to adjust the overall intensity of the video image. Click this button to access Clone Mode overlay settings.These settings only apply to video content when viewed in dual-controller Clone mode. This allows you to reset the Overlay settings to default values. Saturation Hue Gamma Clone mode options Defaults button