User manual ATI RADEON X1600

Radeon® X1600 Series User's Guide P/N 137-40890-20 ii Copyright © 2005, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI, the ATI logo, and 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 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. iii 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. 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: This graphics card is for use only with compatible UL Listed personal computers that have Installation Instructions detailing user installation of card cage accessories. iv v Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Radeon® X1600 Series Features Features System Requirements External Connections Before You Begin Record Your Serial and Part Numbers Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers 1 1 4 4 5 5 5 Installing Your ATI Graphics Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Installing Hardware Graphics Card Bus Types Basic Graphics Card Installation Advanced Installation: AGP Advanced Installation: PCIeTM Connecting Devices 7 7 7 9 11 13 Using Multiple Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Connecting Your Monitors Display Configurations 15 17 Installing Software and Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® Software Installation Prerequisites Monitor Configuration Reinstalling Drivers Installing the CatalystTM Software Suite 19 19 20 21 22 CatalystTM Control Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Launching CatalystTM Control Center Launching CatalystTM Control Center Using the Start Menu Other Quick Launch Access Points CatalystTM Control Center Dashboard CatalystTM Control Center Views Basic View Advanced View 25 25 26 28 29 29 29 vi Custom View Hotkeys Manager Profiles Manager Preferences Help Information Center Displays Manager Displays Manager Display Options Monitor Properties Monitor Attributes Digital Panel Properties Attributes AvivoTM Color HDTV Support 3D Standard Settings Anti-aliasing Adaptive Anti-aliasing Anisotropic Filtering CatalystTM A.I. Mipmap Detail Level SmartShaderTM All Settings Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually API Specific Color Color Desktop Color - FullScreen 3D AvivoTM Video for Radeon® Series starting from 9500 Standard Settings Adjustments Video Overlay Theater Mode Deinterlacing All Settings VPU Recover CrossFireTM 29 30 32 34 36 37 38 39 44 47 48 49 50 52 53 55 56 58 60 60 62 64 65 66 67 69 71 72 75 76 77 78 80 81 83 86 88 Using TV Display and Capture Features . . . . . . . 95 Using TV Out Viewing Your PC's Display on a TV Connecting to a TV Using a Monitor vs. Using TV Display Viewing Text on a TV 95 95 95 96 97 vii Using a TV as the Only Display Using Games and Applications Connecting to HDTV Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable 97 97 97 99 CrossFireTM FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Troubleshooting Product Registration Customer Care Getting Additional Accessories Compliance Information FCC Compliance Information Industry Canada Compliance Statement CE Compliance Information Informations de conformité de la CE Electrical Safety Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive Compliance 105 109 109 111 111 111 112 112 112 112 113 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 viii Radeon® X1600 Series Features 1 CHAPTER 1: Introduction Congratulations on the purchase of your ATI Radeon® X1600 Series graphics card. We hope that you will enjoy countless hours of trouble-free computing. Radeon® X1600 Series 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® 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware. · Full speed 128-bit floating point processing. 2 Radeon® X1600 Series Features · 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 singlechannel data formats. · Multiple Render Target (MRT) support. · Render-to-vertex buffer support. · Complete feature set also supported in OpenGL® 2.0 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. · Temporal 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). AvivoTM Video and Display Platform · High performance programmable video processor. · Accelerated MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, WMV9, VC-1, and H.264 decoding and transcoding. · DXVA support. · De-blocking and noise reduction filtering. Radeon® X1600 Series Features 3 · 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. · XilleonTM 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. CrossFireTM · 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® X1600 Series graphics cards. Note: CrossFireTM is supported in CatalystTM version 5.13 4 System Requirements *with optional HDTV adapter available from ATI Online Store. System Requirements Hardware · · · · Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon®. 512MB of system memory; 1GB or more for best performance. Optical drive for installation software (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive). Specialized PCI Express® 350 watt or greater power 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. Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2). Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition. Windows® XP Media Center Edition. Windows® Vista Ready. High-resolution MultiSync or multi-frequency monitors or any other type of VGA monitor. Digital flat-panel (DFP) displays or digital CRT display. Operating System · · · · · · Monitor CrossFireTM Compatibility If you are planning on using this graphics card as part of a CrossFireTM system, the following is required: · A CrossFireTM certified motherboard with two (2) PCI Express® X16 slots and correct PCIeTM chipset driver. (See ati.com/crossfire for a list of CrossFireTM certified motherboards.) · Another standand Radeon® X1600 Series graphics card. The Radeon® X1600 Series does not require a CrossFireTM Edition card for CrossFireTM support. More information on the requirements for each of these components can be found within the CrossFireTM FAQ. External Connections · 15-pin D-shell (female) VGA output. · DVI-I output. · S-Video output or Video In/Video Out (VIVO) connection. Before You Begin 5 Before You Begin Before you begin installing your new graphics card, please do the following. Record Your Serial and Part Numbers The serial number and 102 part number printed on the graphics card are required for registration. They are located on a sticker on the back of the card. Serial number (S/N) 102 part number (P/N) Write the numbers, shown in bold above, down before installing your new ATI product. Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers To ensure the successful installation of your new Radeon® X1600 Series card, you must uninstall the drivers for the existing graphics card before removing it from your computer. To uninstall previous drivers With your current graphics card still in your computer: 1 2 3 Close all applications that are currently running. Navigate to the Control Panel and select Add/Remove Programs. 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. 6 Before You Begin 4 Turn off your system and remove the old graphics card. Installing Hardware 7 CHAPTER 2: Installing Your ATI Graphics Card Installing Hardware This chapter will guide you through the physical installation of your new Radeon® graphics card. Graphics Card Bus Types There are three possible card bus types. See the illustration below to determine if you have an AGP, PCI, or PCI Express® (PCIeTM) graphics card. AGP, PCI, and PCIeTM Graphics Cards Bus Types 1 2 3 AGP card and AGP expansion slot PCI card and PCI expansion slot PCIeTM card and PCIeTM expansion slot Basic Graphics Card Installation There are two types of installation. If your Radeon® graphics card does not require a separate connection to the computer's power supply, follow the Basic Install instructions below. If your graphics card requires a separate 8 Basic Graphics Card Installation connection to the computer's power supply, follow the Advanced Install instructions for either AGP or PCIe, as appropriate. Radeon® graphics cards that require a connection to the computer's power supply will have a power cable connected to them. Installing the Radeon® graphics card 1 2 Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices. Unplug the computer's power cord and disconnect all cables from the back of your computer. WARNING - Wait approximately 20 seconds after unplugging the power cord before disconnecting a peripheral or removing a component from the motherboard to avoid possible damage to the motherboard. 3 Remove the computer cover. If necessary, consult your computer's manual for help in removing the cover. WARNING - Remember to discharge your body's static electricity by touching the power supply or the metal surface of the computer chassis. 4 Unscrew or unfasten and remove any existing graphics card from your computer. Note: If your computer has an on-board graphics capability, you may need to disable it on the motherboard. For more information, see your computer documentation. 5 6 7 8 9 Locate the appropriate slot and, if necessary, remove the metal backplate cover. Align your ATI graphics card with the slot and press it in firmly until the card is fully seated. Screw in or fasten the graphics card securely and replace the computer cover. Reconnect any cables you have disconnected and plug in the computer's power cord. Turn on the monitor and then your computer. Advanced Installation: AGP 9 Advanced Installation: AGP There are two types of installation. If your graphics card does not require a separate connection to the computer's power supply, follow the Basic Install instructions. If your graphics card require a separate connection to the computer's power supply, follow the Advanced Install instructions for either AGP or PCIeTM, as appropriate. Graphics cards that require connection to the computer's power supply will have a power cable connected in the upper-right corner of the card. Consult your system builder or OEM to ensure that your system has an adequate power supply. Generally, ATI recommends a 300 watt power supply or greater to ensure normal system operation where a number of other internal devices are installed. Graphic Card Installation 1 2 3 Radeon® Graphics Card Power Supply Hard Drive 10 Advanced Installation: AGP 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Power Cable Connector 4-Pin Power Connection Power Extension Cable: Power Connector to Graphics Card Power Extension Cable: Power Connector to Hard Drive Power Extension Cable: Power Connector to Power Supply Hard Drive Power Connector to Hard Drive Installing the Radeon® graphics card 1 2 Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices. Unplug the computer's power cord and disconnect all cables from the back of your computer. WARNING - Wait approximately 20 seconds after unplugging the power cord before disconnecting a peripheral or removing a component from the motherboard to avoid possible damage to the motherboard. 3 Remove the computer cover. If necessary, consult your computer's manual for help in removing the cover. WARNING - Remember to discharge your body's static electricity by touching the power supply or the metal surface of the computer chassis. 4 Unscrew or unfasten and remove any existing graphics card from your computer. Note: If your computer has an on-board graphics capability, you may need to disable it on the motherboard. For more information, see your computer documentation. 5 Locate the appropriate slot and, if necessary, remove the metal backplate cover. Advanced Installation: PCIeTM 11 6 7 8 9 Align your ATI graphics card with the slot and press it in firmly until the card is fully seated. Remove the power cable from the hard drive power connector. Connect the power extension cable to the 4-pin power connection on the graphics card. Connect the power extension cable to the power supply. 10 Connect the power extension cable to the hard drive. 11 Screw in or fasten the graphics card securely. Make sure the cables are not interfering with anything inside the computer (for example, a cooling fan) and replace the computer cover. 12 Reconnect any cables you have disconnected and plug in the computer's power cord. 13 Turn on the monitor, and then your computer. Your computer will beep, possibly show a warning message on your display, and the boot process will stop if the graphics card is not correctly connected to the power supply. Advanced Installation: PCIeTM There are two types of installation. If your Radeon® graphics card does not require a separate connection to the computer's power supply, follow the Basic Install instructions. If your graphics card require a separate connection to the computer's power supply, follow the Advanced Install instructions for either AGP or PCIeTM, as appropriate. Radeon® graphics cards that require connection to the computer's power supply will have a power cable connected to them. Consult your system builder or OEM to ensure that your system has an adequate power supply. A PCI Express® compatible system has a specialized 12V graphics card power connector. A 450 watt or greater power supply is 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. 12 Advanced Installation: PCIeTM Graphics Card Installation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Radeon® Graphics Card Power Supply 6-pin Power Cable Connector 6-pin Power Connection Power connector to Graphics Card Power connector to Power Supply Installing the Radeon® graphics card 1 2 Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices. Unplug the computer's power cord and disconnect all cables from the back of your computer. WARNING - Wait approximately 20 seconds after unplugging the power cord before disconnecting a peripheral or removing a component from the motherboard to avoid possible damage to the motherboard. Connecting Devices 13 3 Remove the computer cover. If necessary, consult your computer's manual for help in removing the cover. WARNING - Remember to discharge your body's static electricity by touching the power supply or the metal surface of the computer chassis. 4 Unscrew or unfasten and remove any existing graphics card from your computer. Note: If your computer has an on-board graphics capability, you may need to disable it on the motherboard. For more information, see your computer documentation. 5 6 7 Locate the appropriate slot and, if necessary, remove the metal backplate cover. Align your ATI graphics card with the slot and press it in firmly until the card is fully seated. Screw in or fasten the graphics card securely. Make sure the cables are not interfering with anything inside the computer (for example, a cooling fan) and replace the computer cover. Reconnect any cables you have disconnected and plug in the computer's power cord. Turn on the monitor, and then your computer. 8 9 Your computer will beep, possibly show a warning message on your display, and the boot process will stop if the graphics card is not correctly connected to the power supply. Connecting Devices The following illustration shows typical connections found on ATI graphics cards: 14 Connecting Devices Connector Types VGA DVI-I VGA-DVI-I Adapter S-Video In/Out CATV Composite Supports an analog CRT monitor. Supports a digital monitor. Supports an analog monitor on a DVI-I connection. Supports a TV, VCR, or Camcorder. Supports a TV antenna or cable service. Supports a TV, VCR, or Camcorder. For more information about connecting to your All-in-Wonder® graphics card, see the AIW All-in-Wonder® Quick-Start Guide and the All-in-Wonder® User's Guide located on the CD that came with your new All-in-Wonder® graphics card. 15 CHAPTER 3: Using Multiple Displays Connecting Your Monitors Your Radeon® X1600 Series graphics card provides hardware support for two DVI-I monitors a DVI-I monitor 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® X1600 Series Card 1 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. DVI-I-to-VGA Adapter. DVI-I Connection. To connect a digital display. 2 3 16 Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1600 Series 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® X1600 Series graphic cards have one DVI-I connector and one VGA connector. To connect your monitors 1 2 3 4 Power off your computer and monitors. Plug the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors. Power on your monitors first, and then restart your computer so that Windows® can detect the new hardware settings. When the New Hardware Found Wizard appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for your Radeon® X1600 Series card. To set up a multi-monitor display 1 From the Start button click Control Panel, then Display. Click the Settings tab to access the basic multi-monitor configuration settings. Note: ATI provides CatalystTM 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 3 4 Select the Monitor icon identified by the number 2. Click Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor. 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® 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 17 Display Configurations Your Radeon® X1600 Series 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 Connector(s) Used DVI-I connector Comments DFP - digital flat panel display. DVI-I connector with DVI-I-to-VGA adapter DVI-I-to-VGA adapter + Componet 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. CRT display + HDTV DFP display + HDTV HDTV (YPrPb) adpater available from shopati.com. CRT display + DFP display CRT display + CRT display The DVI-I connector can support a CRT display using the DVI-I-to-VGA adapter 18 Display Configurations Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® 19 CHAPTER 4: Installing Software and Drivers This chapter will guide you through the installation of the drivers and software associated with your Radeon® X1600 Series graphics card. Installing Drivers and Software in Windows® You will need to install the Radeon® X1600 Series drivers and software in the following cases: · After you have installed the card in your system. · After you have reinstalled or upgraded your operating system. This procedure applies to Windows® XP. Software Installation Prerequisites To install or remove the drivers, you must have administrator rights or be logged on as a user with administrator rights. Your operating system must be installed and running before you can install the Radeon® X1600 Series drivers. Also, make sure that you have installed Service Pack 2 for Windows® XP. Make sure your monitor cable is properly attached before you begin. Note: The installation dialog will display in English if your operating system's language is not supported. To install ATI drivers and software Note: Optical drive refers to CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. 1 Start your system. When the Found New Hardware Wizard appears, click Cancel. When the System Settings Change window asks you to restart your computer, click No. 20 Monitor Configuration 2 Run the ATISETUP utility. The ATISETUP utility will start automatically when you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your optical drive after the operating system has started. If your CDROM auto-run is not enabled or the ATISETUP utility does not start automatically: a) Click the Start button in the task bar. b) Click Run. c) Select ATISETUP.EXE from the root directory of the ATI Installation CD-ROM. d) Click OK. 3 4 5 6 Click Install under Software Install. Click Next. Click Yes to the license agreement. ATI Easy Install will start the Installation Wizard. Follow the wizard's on-screen instructions to complete the installation. The Express installation option is recommended. By selecting this option, the HydraVisionTM multi-monitor and desktop management software will automatically be installed, along with the ATI driver. Not all software components are installed using the Express installation. Custom installation allows you to select individual software components for installation. 7 8 When the Setup Complete message appears, select Yes, I want to restart my computer now and click Finish. After the system reboots, the Found New Hardware message displays Digital Signature Not Found. Click Yes or Continue to complete the driver installation. Monitor Configuration Once the drivers and software have been installed, you can configure your monitor.. Warning - Choosing a refresh rate unsupported by your monitor may damage your monitor. Consult your monitor's documentation if necessary. Reinstalling Drivers 21 To configure your primary display 1 2 Navigate to the Control Panel and choose Display, or right-click on the desktop and choose Properties. Choose the Settings tab and select the screen resolution and color depth that best suit your requirements and your monitor's performance. Click Advanced and select the Monitor tab. Choose a refresh rate from the drop-down list. Click OK to return to the desktop. 3 4 5 To set up a multi-monitor display 1 2 3 4 From the Start menu click Control Panel, then Display. Click the Settings tab to access the basic multi-monitor configuration settings. Select the Monitor icon identified by the number 2. Click Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor. 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® online help and documentation for further information on using the Settings tab. Note: When you use multiple monitors with your Radeon® X1600 Series card, one monitor will always be Primary. Any additional monitors will be designated as Secondary. Note: You can also enable multiple monitors using ATI's CatalystTM Control Center. Reinstalling Drivers You can install new drivers or reinstall existing drivers if there was a Windows® conflict. Reinstall the drivers at any time using the ATISETUP utility located on the ATI Installation CD-ROM. The ATISETUP utility will start automatically if you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your optical drive after the operating system has started. To manually reinstall drivers 22 Installing the CatalystTM Software Suite If your CD-ROM auto-run is not enabled and the ATISETUP utility does not start automatically, follow these steps. 1 2 3 4 In the Windows® task bar, click Start. From the Start menu, select Run. Browse to ATISETUP.EXE on the root directory of the ATI Installation CD-ROM. Click OK. Installing the CatalystTM Software Suite ATI's CatalystTM Software Suite provides software required to enjoy all the features of your ATI graphics card. The CatalystTM Software Suite has several distinct software elements, including: · · · · · Driver CatalystTM Control Center HydraVisionTM (not included in the Express Install) Remote WonderTM Software SurroundViewTM To install the CatalystTM software suite Note: Optical drive refers to any drive capable of reading CD-ROM media. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your optical drive. If Windows® runs the CD-ROM automatically, proceed to step 5. Click Start > Run. Type the following: D:\ATISETUP (If D is not your optical drive, substitute the correct drive letter.) Click OK. Click Install under Software Install. Click Next and click Yes to the license agreement. Click ATI Easy Install to begin the Installation Wizard. Follow the Wizard's on-screen instructions, then choose either Express or Custom Install. Installing the CatalystTM Software Suite 23 Not all software components are installed using the Express installation. Custom installation allows you to select individual software components for installation. 24 Installing the CatalystTM Software Suite Launching CatalystTM Control Center 25 CHAPTER 5: CatalystTM Control Center The CatalystTM Control Center is a graphical user application providing access to the display features contained within the installed ATI hardware and software. Use the CatalystTM Control Center to fine-tune your graphics settings, enable or disable connected display devices, and change the orientation of your desktop. Many of the features show you a preview of the changes before they are applied. The CatalystTM Control Center offers you two views of the software: · Basic View is a simplified view that includes wizards to get the inexperience user up and running. · Advance View allows the advanced user to access and configure the complete feature set of the software. The CatalystTM Control Center can be customized for easy access to the features you use most. Use the CatalystTM Control Center to access a comprehensive online help system, or connect to the ATI Web site. Launching CatalystTM Control Center CatalystTM Control Center can be launched from one of the following access points: · Windows® Start Menu · Windows® System Tray · Desktop Shortcuts · Predefined Hotkeys Launching CatalystTM Control Center Using the Start Menu From the Windows® task bar, click Start: · Click to All Programs > ATI CatalystTM Control Center > ATI CatalystTM Control Center. 26 Launching CatalystTM Control Center Other Quick Launch Access Points Launching CatalystTM Control Center Using the System Tray 1 2 Right-click the ATI icon in the Windows® System Tray. Select CatalystTM Control Center from the popup menu. Launching CatalystTM Control Center Using the Desktop Shortcut When you first installed CatalystTM Control Center the setup wizard provided you with the option of placing a shortcut on the desktop. · Double-click the CatalystTM Control Center desktop shortcut. Launching CatalystTM Control Center Using Hot Keys · You can press the predefined combination of keys Ctrl+Alt+C to launch CatalystTM Control Center, or you can define your own hot key sequence by using the CatalystTM Control Center's Hotkey Manager. Launching CatalystTM Control Center 27 CatalystTM Control Center Dialog 28 CatalystTM Control Center Dashboard CatalystTM Control Center: Advanced View CatalystTM Control Center Dashboard The CatalystTM Control Center Dashboard is a graphical representation of the display features of the installed ATI hardware and software. Use the Dashboard to fine-tune your graphic settings, enable or disable connected display devices, and change the orientation of your desktop. Many features present you with a preview of your changes before they are applied. The Dashboard is only available in Advanced View and Custom View, if selected. Use the Dashboard to access a comprehensive online help system, create a hot key, or customize the way you view the CatalystTM Control Center. The Dashboard includes: · Views · Hot keys CatalystTM Control Center Views 29 · Profiles · Preferences · Help CatalystTM Control Center Views The CatalystTM Control Center Dashboard supports three types of views: · Basic · Advanced · Custom Basic View Basic View is the default view when CatalystTM Control Center is launched for the very first time. It includes a wizard that guides you through the process of configuring your display devices. Basic View is recommended for novice users. Advanced View Advanced View provides access to all the features offered by the CatalystTM Control Center. Advanced View is recommended for experienced users. Custom View Custom View allows you to choose the features that appear in the left navigation pane. Custom View is recommended for experienced users who want to access only the features they adjust most often or that their 3D applications support. Switch Views When in Advanced view, click View button and select either Basic, or Custom View. When in Basic view, select Advanced in the Basic View Welcome page or click the Advanced button in any other page. Note: The Advanced button does not appear in all Basic View pages. 30 Hotkeys Manager Create a Custom View 1 2 3 4 In Advanced View, click View and select Define Custom View. In the Define a Custom View dialog, click the plus sign beside the graphics card name to expand the tree view. Select the check box next to each aspect you wish to add to your custom view. Click OK to save the changes. Hotkeys Manager The Hotkeys Manager allows you to create shortcut key combinations to quickly perform tasks such as changing a graphics setting or opening an application. A hot key is a combination of one or more modifier keys, such as Ctrl, Alt, or Shift, and any letter from the alphabet. Note: Hotkeys Manager is only available in Advanced View. To access Hotkeys Manager · Click Hotkeys in Advanced View of the CatalystTM Control Center. Display Hotkeys Manager 1 2 Click Hotkeys in the Dashboard. Select Hotkeys Manager. Enable Hotkeys feature 1 2 Open Hotkeys Manager. Select the Enable Hotkeys feature check box. Edit an existing hot key 1 2 3 4 Open Hotkeys Manager. Select an option from the List Hotkeys for drop-down menu. · Optionally, select an aspect from the According to list. Click a hot key to edit. Click Edit button. Hotkeys Manager 31 5 6 7 Choose a modifier. Enter any letter of the alphabet. Click the OK button to save your changes. Note: A hot key character is restricted to letters of the alphabet. Create a list of active hot keys 1 2 3 Open Hotkeys Manager. Select an option from the List Hotkeys for drop-down menu. · Optionally, select an aspect from the According to list. Select the hot key actions you want active. Note: A hot key action must have a hot key assigned to it before the hot key can be made active. See a list of active hot keys only 1 2 3 Open Hotkeys Manager. Click List active Hotkeys only. Select an option from the List Hotkeys for drop-down menu. · Optionally, select an aspect from the According to list. Sort hot keys Hot keys can be sorted by their state, actions, or key combination. 1 Open Hotkeys Manager · Click Active button to sort by state. · Click Hotkeys Actions button to sort by action. · Click Hotkeys button to sort by key combination. Clicking the respective button toggles ascending/descending sort order. 2 Apply a hot key · Press and hold down the modifier(s) keys, then press the assigned keyboard key. For example: press and hold down the Ctrl and Alt keys, then press the C key. 32 Profiles Manager Profiles Manager Use profiles to create customized environments for your desktop, video, and 3D applications. Define and save into a profile your own personal video settings that can be quickly activated manually, through a hot key, or by file association. Note: A profile applies to a specific graphics card. If there is more than one graphics card installed in your computer, you need to select the appropriate card before creating, loading, or activating a profile. Note: Profiles Manager is only available in Advanced View. To access the Profiles Manager · Click the Profiles button in Advanced View of the CatalystTM Control Center. Display Profiles Manager 1 2 Click Profiles in the Dashboard. Select Profiles Manager. Create a profile A profile can be created from any aspect of CatalystTM Control Center. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Make customized changes by adjusting the various sliders and buttons for the aspects to be included in your profile. Open the Profiles Manager. Enter a name for your Profile in Create or Edit Profile. Enter a description of the profile. Select the composition, activation, and applications options that you wish to apply to the profile. Click Save. Set the composition of the profile 1 2 3 Open the Profiles Manager. Click the Composition tab. Select the options to be included in the profile. · all CatalystTM Control Center settings applies the available settings for all graphics adapters. Profiles Manager 33 · the following settings applies only the settings selected in the treeview. Activate a profile 1 2 3 4 Open the Profiles Manager. Select a profile from Create or Edit a Profile drop-down menu. Click the Activation tab. Set a profile to activate manually: · Click Manually by then select your preferred method for activating a profile. For example, a shortcut on your desktop. · If you choose Hotkeys assignment, select a Hot key modifier and a keyboard key. Activate an application, file, or shortcut when a profile is started 1 2 3 4 5 Open the Profiles Manager. Click the Applications tab. Click opens the following application, file or shortcut. Click the browse ("...") button and browse to the file you want associated with your profile. Click on the file name, then click Open to select the file. Save a profile 1 2 3 4 5 Open the Profiles Manager. Enter a name for the profile in the Enter or select a profile name box. Select options for the profile. Click Save. Click the Activate & Close button to apply the saved profile and close the Profiles Manager. · Optionally, click the Activate button to apply the saved profile but leave the Profiles Manager open. · Optionally, click the Close button to close the Profiles Manager without applying the saved Profile. 34 Preferences Delete a profile 1 2 3 4 Open the Profile Manager. Select a profile from the Create or Edit a Profile drop-down menu. Click Delete. Click OK to confirm. Preferences Use the Preferences page to restore factory defaults, change skins, or enable/disable the System Tray icon. The CatalystTM Control Center Preferences page contains the following options: · Hide Tooltips · Always on Top · Enable System Tray menu · Restore factory defaults · Hide Toolbar Text · Select a Language · Select a Skin To access Preferences · Click Preferences in Advanced View of the CatalystTM Control Center. Keep CatalystTM Control Center Always on Top of all open applications on the desktop 1 2 Click Preferences button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. Click Always on Top. Note: When a check mark appears next to Always on Top the CatalystTM Control Center will always appear on top of all opened applications. Hide or show Tooltips 1 2 Click the Preferences button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. Click Hide Tooltips in the drop-down menu. Preferences 35 Note: When a check mark appears next to Hide Tooltips, all Tooltips are disabled. Show or hide text that appears on the toolbar buttons 1 2 Click Preferences button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. Click Hide Toolbar Text in the drop-down menu. Note: When a check mark appears next to Hide Toolbar Text the toolbar buttons have button icons only. Hide the CatalystTM Control Center Splash Screen 1 2 Click the Preferences button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. Click Hide Splash Screen. Note: When a check mark appears next to Hide Splash Screen the CatalystTM Control Center splash screen will not appear during start up. Show or hide the CatalystTM Control Center icon in the Windows® System Tray 1 2 Click Preferences button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. Click Enable System Tray menu in the drop-down menu. Note: When a check mark appears next to Enable System Tray Menu the CatalystTM Control Center icon appears in the Windows® System Tray. Change CatalystTM Control Center language 1 2 3 4 5 Click Preferences in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. Click Select a Language in the drop-down menu. Choose a language from the list. Click OK. Restart CatalystTM Control Center. Change the appearance of the CatalystTM Control Center 1 2 Click Preferences in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. Click Select a skin in the drop-down menu. 36 Help 3 4 Choose a skin from the Skin drop-down menu. Click OK. Restore CatalystTM Control Center to the factory default settings 1 2 3 Click Preferences in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. Select Restore factory defaults in the drop-down menu. Click Yes. Help Use the CatalystTM Control Center Help feature to access the comprehensive online help system, generate a Problem Report, and get the installed CatalystTM Control Center version information. To access Help · Click the Help button in the CatalystTM Control Center Dashboard. or · Press the F1 key at any time to get specific help on the feature or aspect you are using. Display help for the aspect or feature you are using 1 2 Click the Help button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. Select Help for this Page. · Optionally, click anywhere in the aspect or feature you are using and press the F1 key. Display the online help 1 2 Click the Help button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. Click Help Contents. Search for Help 1 2 3 Click the Help button in the Advanced view of the Dashboard. Click Search Help. Enter the word(s) you wish to search for the in search box of the CatalystTM Control Center Help. Information Center 37 4 Click Go. Create a Problem Report Create a problem report should you experience a problem with your ATI product. This report can be used by an ATI Customer Care agent to help diagnose and resolve the problem. 1 2 3 Click the Help button in the Advanced View of the Dashboard. Click Problem Report Wizard. Follow the Wizard's instructions. Display the version of the installed CatalystTM Control Center 1 2 Click the Help button in the Dashboard. Click About CatalystTM Control Center. Information Center The Information Center provides detailed information about the installed graphics hardware and associated software. · Graphics Software includes information such as installed 2D and 3D driver versions, OpenGL® version, and CatalystTM Control Center version. · Graphics Hardware includes information about each installed graphics card, such as the installed graphics chipset, device ID, bus type, memory size, and BIOS version. 38 Displays Manager CatalystTM Control Center: Information Center - Graphics Software (Sample) To access the Information Center · Expand Information Center in the treeview of Advanced View and select either Graphic Software or Graphic Hardware. To access system information · Click the System Information button to open the Windows® System Information. Displays Manager The Displays Manager aspect is the central location for configuring your display devices and arranging your desktop. Use the Displays Manager aspect to quickly change your display setup, arrange your desktop in a multi-monitor environment, and enable TV Out. Displays Manager 39 Those new to the CatalystTM Control Center may use the Basic View wizard to help you configure your display preferences. Experienced users who prefer to manually configure their desktop setting should use the Advanced View. Note: The CatalystTM Control Center will open to the Basic View the very first time it is accessed. Experienced users can easily change to Advanced View by selecting Advanced and clicking on the Next button. CatalystTM Control Center: Displays Manager Displays Manager Use Display Manager to set your desktop resolution, the display refresh rate, and arrange your displays. To change your display configuration requires dragging and/or clicking or right-clicking a display icon. 40 Displays Manager Access Displays Manager · From the Tree Menu, click Displays Manager. Enable a secondary display device 1 2 3 From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. Click the number 2 display icon in the right-hand box. Click Yes to the Enable this display dialog. · Optionally, right-click the number 2 icon in the right-hand box and click Enable in the pop-up menu. Note: Repeat steps 2 and 3 above for each additional connected device. The number on the display icon will increase as more displays are added. Enable Extended Mode If the secondary display is disabled: 1 2 3 From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. Click the number 2 display icon in the right-hand box. Click Yes to the Enable this display? dialog. · Optionally, right-click the number 2 icon in the right-hand box and click Enable in the pop-up menu. If the secondary display is in Clone mode, Vertical or Horizontal Stretch mode: 1 2 Click and drag the display icon from the Clone box to Additional Displays box. Release the mouse button and click Remove display. · Optionally, right-click the number 2 icon in the right-hand box and click Disable in the pop-up menu. 3 4 Click the number 2 icon in the right-hand box. Click Yes to the Enable this display? dialog. Enable Clone Mode If the secondary device is disabled: 1 From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. Displays Manager 41 2 3 1 Click and drag the display device icon in Attached displays currently disabled to the empty box to the right of the Main box. Click Clone Main with [display device] in the pop-up menu. If the secondary display is enabled: Right click the display device icon in Desktop 2 when in Extended mode, Rightmost when in Stretch Horizontal mode, or Lower in Stretch Vertical mode. Click Clone Main with [display device]. Click Yes to the Displays Manager Notification dialog. Note: Display device can be CRT, DFP, TV, or HDTV. Enable Stretch Main Vertically If the secondary display is disabled: 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. Click and drag the display device icon from Additional Displays to the empty box to the right of the Main box. Click Stretch vertically onto [display device] in the pop-up menu. Click Yes in the Displays Manager Notification dialog. If the secondary display is enabled: Right click the display device icon in Desktop 2 when in Extended mode, Rightmost when in Stretch Horizontal mode, or Clone in Clone mode. Click Stretch vertically onto [display device] in the pop-up menu. Click Yes in the Displays Manager Notification dialog. Note: Display device can be CRT, DFP, TV, or HDTV. Enable Stretch Main Horizontally If the secondary display is disabled: 2 3 1 2 3 From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. Click and drag the display device icon from Additional Displays to the empty box to the right of the Main box. Click Stretch horizontally onto [display device]. 42 Displays Manager If the secondary display is enabled: 1 2 3 Right click the display device icon in Desktop 2 when in Extended mode, or Lower in Stretch Vertical mode, or Clone in Clone Mode. Click Stretch horizontally onto [display device] in the pop-up menu. Click Yes to the Displays Manager Notification dialog. Note: Display device can be CRT, DFP, TV, or HDTV depending on the device connection. Swap displays in Extended Mode Use Swap displays to switch your desktops when using multiple monitors. 1 2 3 4 From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. Right-click any Desktop icon. Select Swap displays. Click either Maintain per-display mode settings or Swap displays order only. Note: Swap displays order only swaps displays while maintaining the existing display settings. Maintain per-display mode settings swaps displays and display settings. Swap displays in all other modes Use Swap display mappings to switch your desktops when using multiple monitors. 1 2 3 From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. Right-click any Desktop icon. Select Swap display mapping. Change desktop size 1 2 From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager. Select a size from the Desktop Area drop-down menu. Change Color quality 1 From the Tree View pane, click Displays Manager.