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1 Table of Contents Introduction 1 Radeon® X1800 Series Features 1 Graphic Features 1 System Requirements 4 External Connectors 4 Before You Begin 4 Record Your Serial and Part Numbers 4 Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers 5 Installing Your ATI Graphics Card 7 Graphics Card Bus Types 7 Basic Graphics Card Installation 7 Advanced Installation: AGP 9 Advanced Installation: PCIe™ 11 Connecting Devices 13 Using Multiple Displays 15 Connecting Your Monitors 15 Display Configurations...
1 Table of Contents Introduction 1 Radeon® X1800 Series Features 1 Graphic Features 1 System Requirements 4 External Connectors 4 Before You Begin 4 Record Your Serial and Part Numbers 4 Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers 5 Installing Your ATI Graphics Card 7 Graphics Card Bus Types 7 Basic Graphics Card Installation 7 Advanced Installation: AGP 9 Advanced Installation: PCIe™ 11 Connecting Devices 13 Using Multiple Displays 15 Connecting Your Monitors 15 Display Configurations...
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Using TV Display 96 Viewing Text on a TV 95 Connecting to HDTV 97 Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable 99 CrossFire™ FAQ 101 Using the Radeon® X1800 Series with CrossFire™ 107 CrossFire™ Overview 107 Allowable CrossFire™ System Components 107 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 107 SuperTiling 108 Scissor Mode 109...
Using TV Display 96 Viewing Text on a TV 95 Connecting to HDTV 97 Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable 99 CrossFire™ FAQ 101 Using the Radeon® X1800 Series with CrossFire™ 107 CrossFire™ Overview 107 Allowable CrossFire™ System Components 107 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 107 SuperTiling 108 Scissor Mode 109...
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... object data that you will enjoy countless hours of your ATI Radeon® X1800 Series graphics card. Radeon® X1800 Series Features Graphic Features • Native PCI Express® X16 bus support. • Four parallel rendering pipelines. • 256MB or 512 MB GDDR3 on the purchase of trouble-free computing. CHAPTER 1: Radeon® X1800 Series Features 1 Introduction Congratulations on -board memory. • Full support...
... object data that you will enjoy countless hours of your ATI Radeon® X1800 Series graphics card. Radeon® X1800 Series Features Graphic Features • Native PCI Express® X16 bus support. • Four parallel rendering pipelines. • 256MB or 512 MB GDDR3 on the purchase of trouble-free computing. CHAPTER 1: Radeon® X1800 Series Features 1 Introduction Congratulations on -board memory. • Full support...
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... ATI product. Note: If the previously installed graphics card has any additional software installed, it from your computer. The wizard will help you must uninstall the drivers for the existing graphics card before installing your system after the drivers have been removed. Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers To ensure the successful installation of your new Radeon® X1800 Series card...
... ATI product. Note: If the previously installed graphics card has any additional software installed, it from your computer. The wizard will help you must uninstall the drivers for the existing graphics card before installing your system after the drivers have been removed. Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers To ensure the successful installation of your new Radeon® X1800 Series card...
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... . AGP, PCI, and PCIe™ Graphics Cards Bus Types 1 AGP card and AGP expansion slot 2 PCI card and PCI expansion slot 3 PCIe™ card and PCIe™ expansion slot Basic Graphics Card Installation There are three possible card bus types. If your new Radeon® graphics card. CHAPTER 2: Graphics Card Bus Types 7 Installing Your ATI Graphics Card This chapter will guide you have an AGP, PCI, or PCI Express® (PCIe™) graphics card.
... . AGP, PCI, and PCIe™ Graphics Cards Bus Types 1 AGP card and AGP expansion slot 2 PCI card and PCI expansion slot 3 PCIe™ card and PCIe™ expansion slot Basic Graphics Card Installation There are three possible card bus types. If your new Radeon® graphics card. CHAPTER 2: Graphics Card Bus Types 7 Installing Your ATI Graphics Card This chapter will guide you have an AGP, PCI, or PCI Express® (PCIe™) graphics card.
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... WARNING - plate cover. 6 Align your ATI graphics card with the slot and press it on the monitor and then your computer. If necessary, consult your computer. Note: If your computer has an on-board graphics capability, you may need to discharge your ... computer's power cord. 9 Turn on the motherboard. 8 Basic Graphics Card Installation Radeon® graphics cards that require a connection to the computer's power supply will have disconnected and plug in removing the cover. Installing the Radeon® graphics card 1 Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices....
... WARNING - plate cover. 6 Align your ATI graphics card with the slot and press it on the monitor and then your computer. If necessary, consult your computer. Note: If your computer has an on-board graphics capability, you may need to discharge your ... computer's power cord. 9 Turn on the motherboard. 8 Basic Graphics Card Installation Radeon® graphics cards that require a connection to the computer's power supply will have disconnected and plug in removing the cover. Installing the Radeon® graphics card 1 Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices....
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... corner of installation. Generally, ATI recommends a 300 watt power supply or greater to the computer's power supply, follow the Basic Install instructions. Advanced Installation: AGP 9 Advanced Installation: AGP There are installed. If your system has an adequate power supply. Graphic Card Installation 1 Radeon® Graphics Card 2 Power Supply 3 Hard Drive Graphics cards that your graphics card require a separate connection to...
... corner of installation. Generally, ATI recommends a 300 watt power supply or greater to the computer's power supply, follow the Basic Install instructions. Advanced Installation: AGP 9 Advanced Installation: AGP There are installed. If your system has an adequate power supply. Graphic Card Installation 1 Radeon® Graphics Card 2 Power Supply 3 Hard Drive Graphics cards that your graphics card require a separate connection to...
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...your computer system manual to ensure the power supply is designed to accommodate a high-end graphics card with the slot and press it in firmly until the card is recommended. If your Radeon® graphics card does not require a separate connection to the hard drive. 11 Screw in the computer's ... the power extension cable to the power supply. L Your computer will have disconnected and plug in or fasten the graphics card securely. A PCI Express® compatible system has a specialized 12V graphics card power connector. If your graphics card require a separate connection to them.
...your computer system manual to ensure the power supply is designed to accommodate a high-end graphics card with the slot and press it in firmly until the card is recommended. If your Radeon® graphics card does not require a separate connection to the hard drive. 11 Screw in the computer's ... the power extension cable to the power supply. L Your computer will have disconnected and plug in or fasten the graphics card securely. A PCI Express® compatible system has a specialized 12V graphics card power connector. If your graphics card require a separate connection to them.
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16 Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1800 Series card must be the primary graphics card. Note: ATI provides Catalyst™ Control Center software that Windows® can be designated as appropriate for the second monitor. It can detect the ...Color Quality as Secondary. To connect your monitors 1 Power off your Radeon® X1800 Series card. To set up a multi-monitor display 1 From the Start button click Control Panel, then Display. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will always be the primary. Click the Settings tab to your Windows...
16 Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1800 Series card must be the primary graphics card. Note: ATI provides Catalyst™ Control Center software that Windows® can be designated as appropriate for the second monitor. It can detect the ...Color Quality as Secondary. To connect your monitors 1 Power off your Radeon® X1800 Series card. To set up a multi-monitor display 1 From the Start button click Control Panel, then Display. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will always be the primary. Click the Settings tab to your Windows...
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... the installation of the drivers and software associated with administrator rights. This procedure applies to CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. 1 Start your Radeon® X1800 Series graphics card. To install ATI drivers and software Note: Optical drive refers to Windows® XP. When the Found New Hardware Wizard appears, click Cancel. Software Installation Prerequisites...
... the installation of the drivers and software associated with administrator rights. This procedure applies to CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. 1 Start your Radeon® X1800 Series graphics card. To install ATI drivers and software Note: Optical drive refers to Windows® XP. When the Found New Hardware Wizard appears, click Cancel. Software Installation Prerequisites...
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... Display. Note: When you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your optical drive after the operating system has started. Any additional monitors will start automatically if you use multiple monitors with your Radeon® X1800 Series card, one monitor will always be designated as... appropriate for further information on the ATI Installation CD-ROM. Note: You can install new drivers or reinstall existing drivers ...
... Display. Note: When you insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your optical drive after the operating system has started. Any additional monitors will start automatically if you use multiple monitors with your Radeon® X1800 Series card, one monitor will always be designated as... appropriate for further information on the ATI Installation CD-ROM. Note: You can install new drivers or reinstall existing drivers ...
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.... Clicking Discard applies to all features of a dual PCI Express® based computer to deliver up to be present: • a motherboard with two PCI Express® X16 slots • a CrossFire™ Edition Series graphics card • The Radeon® X850 CrossFire™ Edition can be saved once...graphics applications. Note: No personal information is created containing the error report for the current view only. Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to save your settings • Click Discard to ATI...
.... Clicking Discard applies to all features of a dual PCI Express® based computer to deliver up to be present: • a motherboard with two PCI Express® X16 slots • a CrossFire™ Edition Series graphics card • The Radeon® X850 CrossFire™ Edition can be saved once...graphics applications. Note: No personal information is created containing the error report for the current view only. Apply your settings 1 Click Apply to save your changes and leave the Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to save your settings • Click Discard to ATI...
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... any standard Radeon® X800-based graphics card. • An interconnect cable, supplied with the CrossFire™ Series graphics card, connecting the two cards to render alternate frames of the display. For the latest information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.com/crossfire The two graphics cards work on the... application. when enabled. This configuration increases the detail of the 3D objects each card can be paired with any one of the four following ...
... any standard Radeon® X800-based graphics card. • An interconnect cable, supplied with the CrossFire™ Series graphics card, connecting the two cards to render alternate frames of the display. For the latest information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.com/crossfire The two graphics cards work on the... application. when enabled. This configuration increases the detail of the 3D objects each card can be paired with any one of the four following ...
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... same brand-family that both PCIe™ X16 slots are required to support only a single PCI Express® X16 slot. Ensure that works as the Master graphics card with any Radeon® X1800 product. 3 What motherboards support CrossFire™? For the latest information, please consult the CrossFire™ Web site at: ati.com/crossfire 1 What combination of the same...
... same brand-family that both PCIe™ X16 slots are required to support only a single PCI Express® X16 slot. Ensure that works as the Master graphics card with any Radeon® X1800 product. 3 What motherboards support CrossFire™? For the latest information, please consult the CrossFire™ Web site at: ati.com/crossfire 1 What combination of the same...
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...A CrossFire™ graphics card works with two PCI Express® slots, a Radeon® CrossFire™ Edition graphics card (the Master graphics card), and a compatible Radeon® graphics card (the Slave graphics card). CrossFire™ ...ati.com/crossfire. CrossFire™ Rendering Modes A CrossFire™ system has four possible display modes: • SuperTiling • Scissor Mode • Alternate Frame Rendering • Super Anti-aliasing. Thus a Radeon® X1800 CrossFire™ Edition can be used as the Master graphics card with CrossFire™ The Radeon® X1800...
...A CrossFire™ graphics card works with two PCI Express® slots, a Radeon® CrossFire™ Edition graphics card (the Master graphics card), and a compatible Radeon® graphics card (the Slave graphics card). CrossFire™ ...ati.com/crossfire. CrossFire™ Rendering Modes A CrossFire™ system has four possible display modes: • SuperTiling • Scissor Mode • Alternate Frame Rendering • Super Anti-aliasing. Thus a Radeon® X1800 CrossFire™ Edition can be used as the Master graphics card with CrossFire™ The Radeon® X1800...
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The ATI Catalyst™ display driver will automatically select the best of the three performance modes when a 3D application is divided into a number of tiles in an ... can also choose to improve image quality by selecting the new Super Anti-aliasing modes in operation at any software overhead. 1 PCI Express® Slave Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1800 Series Master Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on PCI Express® Slave Graphics Card Each tile is kept to render a 3D image across each GPU regardless of what is a quality-oriented mode.
The ATI Catalyst™ display driver will automatically select the best of the three performance modes when a 3D application is divided into a number of tiles in an ... can also choose to improve image quality by selecting the new Super Anti-aliasing modes in operation at any software overhead. 1 PCI Express® Slave Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1800 Series Master Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on PCI Express® Slave Graphics Card Each tile is kept to render a 3D image across each GPU regardless of what is a quality-oriented mode.
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... multiple locations within each . The latest generation of ATI's Radeon® GPUs with anti-aliasing enabled, but uses different sample locations for each pixel, and uses gamma correct sample blending for high-quality smoothing of samples, so 4x and 6x Anti-aliasing becomes 8x and 12x Super Anti-aliasing, respectively. 1 PCI Express® Slave Graphics Card
... multiple locations within each . The latest generation of ATI's Radeon® GPUs with anti-aliasing enabled, but uses different sample locations for each pixel, and uses gamma correct sample blending for high-quality smoothing of samples, so 4x and 6x Anti-aliasing becomes 8x and 12x Super Anti-aliasing, respectively. 1 PCI Express® Slave Graphics Card
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...that is little or no performance impact. 112 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 2 Radeon® X1800 Series Master Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on PCI Express® Slave Graphics Card 4 Partial Frame Rendered on PCI Express® Master Graphics Card 5 Final Rendered Frame on Display Some types of textures, especially those with ... are combined as Super-sample Anti-aliasing (SSAA), can be useful in these modes work by users through the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center interface. Both of these cases, because it normally operates more pixels than MSAA, the power...
...that is little or no performance impact. 112 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 2 Radeon® X1800 Series Master Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on PCI Express® Slave Graphics Card 4 Partial Frame Rendered on PCI Express® Master Graphics Card 5 Final Rendered Frame on Display Some types of textures, especially those with ... are combined as Super-sample Anti-aliasing (SSAA), can be useful in these modes work by users through the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center interface. Both of these cases, because it normally operates more pixels than MSAA, the power...
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...Warns that all software is correctly loaded corresponding to your operating system and applications. • Re-install the ATI drivers for your Radeon® X1800 Series card. Refer to your monitor's documentation for recommended resolutions and refresh rates. • Try adjusting the brightness, ... plugged in and receiving power. • If necessary, disable any built-in graphics capabilities on the graphics card. • Check the driver installation and make sure that Video Card Isn't Properly Configured Warning! Incompatible resolution/refresh rate selection may result in your ...
...Warns that all software is correctly loaded corresponding to your operating system and applications. • Re-install the ATI drivers for your Radeon® X1800 Series card. Refer to your monitor's documentation for recommended resolutions and refresh rates. • Try adjusting the brightness, ... plugged in and receiving power. • If necessary, disable any built-in graphics capabilities on the graphics card. • Check the driver installation and make sure that Video Card Isn't Properly Configured Warning! Incompatible resolution/refresh rate selection may result in your ...
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...manufacturer's instructions, may cause harmful interference to in the accompanying documentation before seeking warranty service. FCC Compliance Information This Radeon® product complies with the limits for warranty instructions or to which can be determined by turning the equipment off...purchased from that may cause undesired operation. Some additional charges may vary depending on a circuit different from the online ATI store at www.ati.com/customercare/ warranty for a Class B digital device, pursuant to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a ...
...manufacturer's instructions, may cause harmful interference to in the accompanying documentation before seeking warranty service. FCC Compliance Information This Radeon® product complies with the limits for warranty instructions or to which can be determined by turning the equipment off...purchased from that may cause undesired operation. Some additional charges may vary depending on a circuit different from the online ATI store at www.ati.com/customercare/ warranty for a Class B digital device, pursuant to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a ...