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...and noninfringement. All other intellectual property rights. Patent Nos. 4,631,603; 4,819,098; 4,907,093; ii Copyright © 2006, ATI Technologies Inc. This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is intended for limited viewing uses only. is prohibited. reserves the right to make ...changes without further notice to a product or system described herein to the operation or use of this document, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. Disclaimer While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this copyright protection technology must...
...and noninfringement. All other intellectual property rights. Patent Nos. 4,631,603; 4,819,098; 4,907,093; ii Copyright © 2006, ATI Technologies Inc. This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is intended for limited viewing uses only. is prohibited. reserves the right to make ...changes without further notice to a product or system described herein to the operation or use of this document, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. Disclaimer While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this copyright protection technology must...
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...256MB or 512 MB GDDR4\GDDR3 on the purchase of trouble-free computing. We hope that is not visible to 128-tap texture filtering. HyperZ™ • Ensures optimal hardware performance by discarding irrelevant object data that you will enjoy countless hours of your ATI Radeon...® X1900 GT graphics card. CHAPTER 1: Radeon® X1900 GT Features 1 Introduction Congratulations on -board memory. • Full support for Microsoft® DirectX...
...256MB or 512 MB GDDR4\GDDR3 on the purchase of trouble-free computing. We hope that is not visible to 128-tap texture filtering. HyperZ™ • Ensures optimal hardware performance by discarding irrelevant object data that you will enjoy countless hours of your ATI Radeon...® X1900 GT graphics card. CHAPTER 1: Radeon® X1900 GT Features 1 Introduction Congratulations on -board memory. • Full support for Microsoft® DirectX...
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... is designed to ensure the power supply is required: • A CrossFire™ certified motherboard with two (2) PCI Express® X16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. (See ati.com/crossfire for installation software (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive). • Specialized PCI Express® 450 watt or greater power supply recommended...
... is designed to ensure the power supply is required: • A CrossFire™ certified motherboard with two (2) PCI Express® X16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. (See ati.com/crossfire for installation software (CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive). • Specialized PCI Express® 450 watt or greater power supply recommended...
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... monitors with your card, one monitor will be designated as appropriate for the second monitor. 6 Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1900 GT card must be the primary graphics card. Click the Settings tab to your Windows® online help and documentation for your... Radeon® X1900 GT card. It can detect the new hardware settings. 4 When the New Hardware Found Wizard appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for further information on your monitors...
... monitors with your card, one monitor will be designated as appropriate for the second monitor. 6 Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1900 GT card must be the primary graphics card. Click the Settings tab to your Windows® online help and documentation for your... Radeon® X1900 GT card. It can detect the new hardware settings. 4 When the New Hardware Found Wizard appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for further information on your monitors...
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...to get the inexperience user up and running. • Advance View allows the advanced user to Programs > Catalyst™ Control Center > ATI Catalyst™ Control Center. Use the Catalyst™ Control Center to access a comprehensive online help system, or connect to the display ...features contained within the installed ATI hardware and software. The Catalyst™ Control Center offers you two views of the software. Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Launch Catalyst...
...to get the inexperience user up and running. • Advance View allows the advanced user to Programs > Catalyst™ Control Center > ATI Catalyst™ Control Center. Use the Catalyst™ Control Center to access a comprehensive online help system, or connect to the display ...features contained within the installed ATI hardware and software. The Catalyst™ Control Center offers you two views of the software. Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Launch Catalyst...
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10 Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Other Quick Launch Access Points Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Using the System Tray 1 Right-click the ATI icon in the Windows® System Tray. 2 Select Catalyst™ Control Center from the popup menu. Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Using Hot Keys • ...
10 Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Other Quick Launch Access Points Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Using the System Tray 1 Right-click the ATI icon in the Windows® System Tray. 2 Select Catalyst™ Control Center from the popup menu. Launching Catalyst™ Control Center Using Hot Keys • ...
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... includes: • Views Many features present you view the Catalyst™ Control Center. The Dashboard is a graphical representation of the display features of the installed ATI hardware and software. 12 Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard Catalyst™ Control Center: Advanced View (may not appear exactly as shown) Catalyst™ Control Center...
... includes: • Views Many features present you view the Catalyst™ Control Center. The Dashboard is a graphical representation of the display features of the installed ATI hardware and software. 12 Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard Catalyst™ Control Center: Advanced View (may not appear exactly as shown) Catalyst™ Control Center...
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... Care agent to search for the in search box of the Dashboard. 2 Click Search Help. 3 Enter the word(s) you experience a problem with your ATI product. Display the version of the Dashboard. 2 Click Problem Report Wizard. 3 Follow the Wizard's instructions. Create a Problem Report Create a problem report should you wish to ...
... Care agent to search for the in search box of the Dashboard. 2 Click Search Help. 3 Enter the word(s) you experience a problem with your ATI product. Display the version of the Dashboard. 2 Click Problem Report Wizard. 3 Follow the Wizard's instructions. Create a Problem Report Create a problem report should you wish to ...
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.... Set Color Temperature Color temperature is a measure that support per-display color settings. Avivo™ Color 35 Avivo™ Color Use Avivo™ Color with ATI graphics cards that compares a color to the light radiated from an equivalent incandescent black body at a given temperature in an image. 1 From the Tree View...
.... Set Color Temperature Color temperature is a measure that support per-display color settings. Avivo™ Color 35 Avivo™ Color Use Avivo™ Color with ATI graphics cards that compares a color to the light radiated from an equivalent incandescent black body at a given temperature in an image. 1 From the Tree View...
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Note: This feature is selected. To do so, make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is not supported by all ATI graphics cards. To exit full-screen Preview, press the Esc key. Note: 3D Preview is disabled. Note: Enabling this feature may impact performance. It can ...
Note: This feature is selected. To do so, make sure the Let the Application Decide check box is not supported by all ATI graphics cards. To exit full-screen Preview, press the Esc key. Note: 3D Preview is disabled. Note: Enabling this feature may impact performance. It can ...
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Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. Catalyst™ A.I . makes use of ATI's new texture analyzer technology to all features of an aspect, not just the feature in 3D applications, while maintaining or even improving image quality. Note: ...
Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. Catalyst™ A.I . makes use of ATI's new texture analyzer technology to all features of an aspect, not just the feature in 3D applications, while maintaining or even improving image quality. Note: ...
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...adjust all these settings simultaneously. Click the Reset button to their previous settings. 1 From the Tree View pane, click Color. 2 Click Reactivate ATI color controls button. Set Color Gamma 1 From the Tree View pane, click Color. 2 Click and drag the Control slider to your preferred ... drag the Control slider to your color settings Your desktop may retain the color settings when exiting an application or game. The Reactivate ATI color controls button resets the sliders to restore the previous settings. Reactivate your preferred setting: • To increase the Brightness, move ...
...adjust all these settings simultaneously. Click the Reset button to their previous settings. 1 From the Tree View pane, click Color. 2 Click Reactivate ATI color controls button. Set Color Gamma 1 From the Tree View pane, click Color. 2 Click and drag the Control slider to your preferred ... drag the Control slider to your color settings Your desktop may retain the color settings when exiting an application or game. The Reactivate ATI color controls button resets the sliders to restore the previous settings. Reactivate your preferred setting: • To increase the Brightness, move ...
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... defaults for the current view only. Note: Clicking Discard applies to reset the graphics processor without requiring a system restart. VPU Recover VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics processor stops responding to save any unsaved changes and restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst™...
... defaults for the current view only. Note: Clicking Discard applies to reset the graphics processor without requiring a system restart. VPU Recover VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics processor stops responding to save any unsaved changes and restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst™...
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This report assists ATI in the error report email. Prepare an error report You can choose to send an error report to ATI if VPU Recover is activated for submission to develop more stable graphic drivers. 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. 2 Click Prepare an error report if VPU Recover is activated. This information is then used to ATI Technologies. 3 Click Send Error Report button in determining the cause of the problem. VPU Recover 71 Catalyst™ Control Center: VPU Recover Enable VPU Recover 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. 2 Click Enable VPU Recover.
This report assists ATI in the error report email. Prepare an error report You can choose to send an error report to ATI if VPU Recover is activated for submission to develop more stable graphic drivers. 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. 2 Click Prepare an error report if VPU Recover is activated. This information is then used to ATI Technologies. 3 Click Send Error Report button in determining the cause of the problem. VPU Recover 71 Catalyst™ Control Center: VPU Recover Enable VPU Recover 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. 2 Click Enable VPU Recover.
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... be saved once you click OK. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to ATI Technologies. The CrossFire™ aspect requires: • A motherboard with two PCI Express® X16 slots • A CrossFire™ Edition Series graphics card • A standard Radeon® -based graphics card 72 VPU Recover An email is included in the...
... be saved once you click OK. Restore default settings 1 Move the mouse to ATI Technologies. The CrossFire™ aspect requires: • A motherboard with two PCI Express® X16 slots • A CrossFire™ Edition Series graphics card • A standard Radeon® -based graphics card 72 VPU Recover An email is included in the...
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... Rendering - is recommended that are used . is enabled through the Catalyst™ Control Center. For the latest information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.com/crossfire VPU Recover 73 • An interconnect cable, supplied with the CrossFire™ Edition Series graphics card, connecting the two cards to render alternate...
... Rendering - is recommended that are used . is enabled through the Catalyst™ Control Center. For the latest information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.com/crossfire VPU Recover 73 • An interconnect cable, supplied with the CrossFire™ Edition Series graphics card, connecting the two cards to render alternate...
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... current view. Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. For more information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.com/crossfire Change motherboard BIOS settings Some motherboards may be single slot support. Discard your settings • Click Discard to the desired .... Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to enable dual PCIe™ slot support. Refer to the motherboard's manual for information to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Set Catalyst...
... current view. Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. For more information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.com/crossfire Change motherboard BIOS settings Some motherboards may be single slot support. Discard your settings • Click Discard to the desired .... Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to enable dual PCIe™ slot support. Refer to the motherboard's manual for information to save your changes and exit the Catalyst™ Control Center. Set Catalyst...
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... of memory. Clicking OK to reverse the graphics card positions may appear if the master graphics card is not installed into the primary PCIe™ If CrossFire™ does not appear in the Catalyst™ Control Center or is required. Note: On graphics cards with CrossFire...™. For more information see the CrossFire™ Web page at : ati.com/crossfire Card Reversal Recommended A recommendation message to the memory mismatch error message will be correctly connected to both the Master and Slave graphics...
... of memory. Clicking OK to reverse the graphics card positions may appear if the master graphics card is not installed into the primary PCIe™ If CrossFire™ does not appear in the Catalyst™ Control Center or is required. Note: On graphics cards with CrossFire...™. For more information see the CrossFire™ Web page at : ati.com/crossfire Card Reversal Recommended A recommendation message to the memory mismatch error message will be correctly connected to both the Master and Slave graphics...
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... installed correctly. • Check the interconnect cable is the primary PCIe™ slot. For more information see the CrossFire™ Web page at : ati.com/crossfire For more information, see the CrossFire™ Web page at : ati.com/crossfire CrossFire™ Is Currently Unavailable This error has occurred ... your graphics settings. VPU Recover 77 slot. For information on installing the software, see the CrossFire™ Web page at : ati.com/crossfire 3D client is active You will need to restore your settings. For more information see the CrossFire™ Web page at...
... installed correctly. • Check the interconnect cable is the primary PCIe™ slot. For more information see the CrossFire™ Web page at : ati.com/crossfire For more information, see the CrossFire™ Web page at : ati.com/crossfire CrossFire™ Is Currently Unavailable This error has occurred ... your graphics settings. VPU Recover 77 slot. For information on installing the software, see the CrossFire™ Web page at : ati.com/crossfire 3D client is active You will need to restore your settings. For more information see the CrossFire™ Web page at...
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... 13, 17 Preview your changes 41, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49 Prince of Persia 46 Profiles 13, 15 Profiles Manager 15 R Race Driver 46 Reactivate ATI color controls 57 Reactivate your color settings 57 record 79, 84 Refresh Rate 23, 26, 28, 31, 54, 79 Refresh Rate Override 27 refresh rate...
... 13, 17 Preview your changes 41, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49 Prince of Persia 46 Profiles 13, 15 Profiles Manager 15 R Race Driver 46 Reactivate ATI color controls 57 Reactivate your color settings 57 record 79, 84 Refresh Rate 23, 26, 28, 31, 54, 79 Refresh Rate Override 27 refresh rate...