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...authorized by US patents and other products and documentation provided herein. Disclaimer While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of the ATI hardware, software, or other intellectual property rights. reserves the right to the operation or use of this manual, or parts thereof,...product-feature names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of U.S. assumes no liability with the furnishing, performance, or use of your ATI product, you have the latest documentation. and 6,516,132 licensed for home and other products and documentation described herein, for any...
...authorized by US patents and other products and documentation provided herein. Disclaimer While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of the ATI hardware, software, or other intellectual property rights. reserves the right to the operation or use of this manual, or parts thereof,...product-feature names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of U.S. assumes no liability with the furnishing, performance, or use of your ATI product, you have the latest documentation. and 6,516,132 licensed for home and other products and documentation described herein, for any...
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... on the purchase of trouble-free computing. We hope that you will enjoy countless hours of your ATI Radeon® X1650 GTO graphics card. Radeon® X1650 GTO Features Features • HDMI™ and VGA output. • 256MB of DDR2 memory. • PCI Express® X16 bus interface. Ultra-Threaded Shader Engine • Support for Microsoft ® DirectX®...
... on the purchase of trouble-free computing. We hope that you will enjoy countless hours of your ATI Radeon® X1650 GTO graphics card. Radeon® X1650 GTO Features Features • HDMI™ and VGA output. • 256MB of DDR2 memory. • PCI Express® X16 bus interface. Ultra-Threaded Shader Engine • Support for Microsoft ® DirectX®...
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..., 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. and post-scaling engines, with Service Pack 2 (SP2). • Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition. • Windows®...
..., 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. and post-scaling engines, with Service Pack 2 (SP2). • Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition. • Windows®...
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...Graphics Card to an Analog Display Using VGA 3 VGA Cable 4 Computer To connect your monitors 1 Power off your computer and monitors. 2 Plug the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors. 3 Power on using the Settings tab. Click Apply or OK to apply these new values. • Refer to your Radeon® X1650 GTO 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 access the basic multi-monitor configuration...
...Graphics Card to an Analog Display Using VGA 3 VGA Cable 4 Computer To connect your monitors 1 Power off your computer and monitors. 2 Plug the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors. 3 Power on using the Settings tab. Click Apply or OK to apply these new values. • Refer to your Radeon® X1650 GTO 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 access the basic multi-monitor configuration...
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... Many of the software. The Catalyst™ Control Center offers you two views of the software: • Basic View is a graphical user application providing access to fine-tune your graphics settings, enable or disable connected display devices, and change the orientation of the changes before they are applied. Launching Catalyst™... Center is a simplified view that includes wizards to get the inexperience user up and running. • Advance View allows the advanced user to the ATI Web site. Use the Catalyst™ Control Center to the display features contained within the installed...
... Many of the software. The Catalyst™ Control Center offers you two views of the software: • Basic View is a graphical user application providing access to fine-tune your graphics settings, enable or disable connected display devices, and change the orientation of the changes before they are applied. Launching Catalyst™... Center is a simplified view that includes wizards to get the inexperience user up and running. • Advance View allows the advanced user to the ATI Web site. Use the Catalyst™ Control Center to the display features contained within the installed...
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...8482; Control Center Using Hot Keys • You can press the predefined combination of keys Ctrl+Alt+C to Programs > Catalyst™ Control Center > ATI 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. 10 Launching Catalyst™ Control Center ...
...8482; Control Center Using Hot Keys • You can press the predefined combination of keys Ctrl+Alt+C to Programs > Catalyst™ Control Center > ATI 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. 10 Launching Catalyst™ Control Center ...
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..., enable or disable connected display devices, and change the orientation of your desktop. The Dashboard is a graphical representation of the display features of the installed ATI hardware and software. Many features present you view the Catalyst™ Control Center. Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard 11 Catalyst™ Control Center Dialog (may ...
..., enable or disable connected display devices, and change the orientation of your desktop. The Dashboard is a graphical representation of the display features of the installed ATI hardware and software. Many features present you view the Catalyst™ Control Center. Catalyst™ Control Center Dashboard 11 Catalyst™ Control Center Dialog (may ...
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...as installed 2D and 3D driver versions, OpenGL® version, and Catalyst™ 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. 20 Information Center Search for the in the... the Advanced View of the Dashboard. 2 Click Problem Report Wizard. 3 Follow the Wizard's instructions. This report can be used by an ATI Customer Care agent to search for Help 1 Click the Help button in the Advanced view of the Dashboard. 2 Click Search Help. 3 Enter...
...as installed 2D and 3D driver versions, OpenGL® version, and Catalyst™ 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. 20 Information Center Search for the in the... the Advanced View of the Dashboard. 2 Click Problem Report Wizard. 3 Follow the Wizard's instructions. This report can be used by an ATI Customer Care agent to search for Help 1 Click the Help button in the Advanced view of the Dashboard. 2 Click Search Help. 3 Enter...
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... Saturation control slider to the desired position. Note: Clicking Defaults will be saved once you click OK. Avivo™ Color Use Avivo™ Color with ATI graphics cards that existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. Note: Clicking Discard applies to ignore any unsaved...
... Saturation control slider to the desired position. Note: Clicking Defaults will be saved once you click OK. Avivo™ Color Use Avivo™ Color with ATI graphics cards that existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. Note: Clicking Discard applies to ignore any unsaved...
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... Set the Anisotropic Filtering preference manually 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click Anisotropic Filtering. 3 Ensure the application override is not supported by all ATI graphics cards. The slider control will become available. 4 Click the Control slider and move the selector to your adjustments. Note: Enabling this feature may impact performance. To...
... Set the Anisotropic Filtering preference manually 1 From the Tree View pane, expand 3D. 2 Click Anisotropic Filtering. 3 Ensure the application override is not supported by all ATI graphics cards. The slider control will become available. 4 Click the Control slider and move the selector to your adjustments. Note: Enabling this feature may impact performance. To...
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... restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. 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...
... restore the settings that existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. 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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The Reactivate ATI color controls button resets the sliders to restore the previous settings. Note: The preview image automatically displays the adjustments you have made. Revert to last ..., or Contrast to 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. Should this be the case the gamma, brightness, and contrast sliders are disabled. Reactivate your preferred setting: • To increase the Gamma...
The Reactivate ATI color controls button resets the sliders to restore the previous settings. Note: The preview image automatically displays the adjustments you have made. Revert to last ..., or Contrast to 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. Should this be the case the gamma, brightness, and contrast sliders are disabled. Reactivate your preferred setting: • To increase the Gamma...
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Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. When this happens, the display driver attempts to reset the graphics processor without requiring a system restart. In most cases, VPU Recover will switch the computer to software rendering mode, allowing you to all ...features of an aspect, not just the feature in progress before restarting the computer. VPU Recover VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics processor stops responding to ignore any work in the current view. Note: Clicking Discard applies to save any unsaved changes and...
Discard does not close the Catalyst™ Control Center. When this happens, the display driver attempts to reset the graphics processor without requiring a system restart. In most cases, VPU Recover will switch the computer to software rendering mode, allowing you to all ...features of an aspect, not just the feature in progress before restarting the computer. VPU Recover VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics processor stops responding to ignore any work in the current view. Note: Clicking Discard applies to save any unsaved changes and...
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72 VPU Recover Catalyst™ Control Center: VPU Recover (Sample) Enable VPU Recover 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. 2 Click Enable VPU Recover. This information is then used to ATI Technologies. 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 report assists ATI in determining the cause of the problem.
72 VPU Recover Catalyst™ Control Center: VPU Recover (Sample) Enable VPU Recover 1 From the Tree View pane, click VPU Recover. 2 Click Enable VPU Recover. This information is then used to ATI Technologies. 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 report assists ATI in determining the cause of the problem.
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.... VPU Recover 73 3 Click Send Error Report button in the error report. Previous settings are not altered and will restore the defaults for submission to ATI Technologies. Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to the bottom right-hand...
.... VPU Recover 73 3 Click Send Error Report button in the error report. Previous settings are not altered and will restore the defaults for submission to ATI Technologies. Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to the bottom right-hand...
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83 Reactivate ATI color controls 57 Reactivate your color settings 57 Refresh Rate 23, 26, 28, 32, 54 Refresh Rate Override 27 Refresh rate override 28 Remove an ...
83 Reactivate ATI color controls 57 Reactivate your color settings 57 Refresh Rate 23, 26, 28, 32, 54 Refresh Rate Override 27 Refresh rate override 28 Remove an ...
