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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 17...
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 17...
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... 95 Using a Monitor vs. 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...
... 95 Using a Monitor vs. 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...
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...-free computing. 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 6:1 at all resolutions. • 2x/4x//8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes with up to 128-tap texture filtering. We hope that is not visible to a ratio of your ATI Radeon® X1800 Series graphics card...
...-free computing. 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 6:1 at all resolutions. • 2x/4x//8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes with up to 128-tap texture filtering. We hope that is not visible to a ratio of your ATI Radeon® X1800 Series graphics card...
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... XP with two (2) PCI Express® X16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. (See ati.com/crossfire for registration. They are required for a list of CrossFire™ certified motherboards.) • a CrossFire™ Edition graphics card from the same product series that works as part ...on the graphics card are located on a sticker on using this graphics card as the Master graphics card. 4 System Requirements System Requirements Hardware Operating System Monitor CrossFire™ Compatibility • Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon®. • 512MB of system ...
... XP with two (2) PCI Express® X16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. (See ati.com/crossfire for registration. They are required for a list of CrossFire™ certified motherboards.) • a CrossFire™ Edition graphics card from the same product series that works as part ...on the graphics card are located on a sticker on using this graphics card as the Master graphics card. 4 System Requirements System Requirements Hardware Operating System Monitor CrossFire™ Compatibility • Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon®. • 512MB of system ...
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... applications that are currently running. 2 Navigate to the Control Panel and select Add/Remove Programs. 3 Select your new ATI product. Note: If the previously installed graphics card has any additional software installed, it from your computer. Before You Begin 5 X Serial number (S/N) Y 102 part ...at this point. 4 Restart 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, you remove your current display drivers. The wizard will help you must uninstall the ...
... applications that are currently running. 2 Navigate to the Control Panel and select Add/Remove Programs. 3 Select your new ATI product. Note: If the previously installed graphics card has any additional software installed, it from your computer. Before You Begin 5 X Serial number (S/N) Y 102 part ...at this point. 4 Restart 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, you remove your current display drivers. The wizard will help you must uninstall the ...
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... tab to your Windows® online help and documentation for further information on your monitors first, and then restart your Radeon® X1800 Series card. Note: ATI provides Catalyst™ Control Center software that Windows® can be accessed by clicking the Advanced button from the Display...configuration features. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary. To set up a multi-monitor display 1 From the Start button click Control Panel, then Display. 16 Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1800 Series card must be the primary...
... tab to your Windows® online help and documentation for further information on your monitors first, and then restart your Radeon® X1800 Series card. Note: ATI provides Catalyst™ Control Center software that Windows® can be accessed by clicking the Advanced button from the Display...configuration features. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary. To set up a multi-monitor display 1 From the Start button click Control Panel, then Display. 16 Note: If you use multiple monitors, the Radeon® X1800 Series card must be the primary...
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...the drivers, you must be logged on as a user with your Radeon® X1800 Series graphics card. Your operating system must have administrator rights or be installed and running before you begin. To install ATI drivers and software Note: Optical drive refers to restart your system....This procedure applies to install the Radeon® X1800 Series drivers and software in the following cases: • After you have installed the card in English if your operating system's language is properly attached before you can install the Radeon® X1800 Series drivers. Make sure your monitor...
...the drivers, you must be logged on as a user with your Radeon® X1800 Series graphics card. Your operating system must have administrator rights or be installed and running before you begin. To install ATI drivers and software Note: Optical drive refers to restart your system....This procedure applies to install the Radeon® X1800 Series drivers and software in the following cases: • After you have installed the card in English if your operating system's language is properly attached before you can install the Radeon® X1800 Series drivers. Make sure your monitor...
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... onto this monitor. 4 Set the Screen Resolution and Color Quality as Secondary. Reinstalling Drivers You can also enable multiple monitors using ATI's Catalyst™ Control Center. To manually reinstall drivers Note: You can install new drivers or reinstall existing drivers if there was ... multiple monitors with your Windows® online help and documentation for the second monitor. Click the Settings tab to your Radeon® X1800 Series card, one monitor will be Primary. Reinstall the drivers at any time using the Settings tab. Any additional monitors will always...
... onto this monitor. 4 Set the Screen Resolution and Color Quality as Secondary. Reinstalling Drivers You can also enable multiple monitors using ATI's Catalyst™ Control Center. To manually reinstall drivers Note: You can install new drivers or reinstall existing drivers if there was ... multiple monitors with your Windows® online help and documentation for the second monitor. Click the Settings tab to your Radeon® X1800 Series card, one monitor will be Primary. Reinstall the drivers at any time using the Settings tab. Any additional monitors will always...
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... Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to save your settings • Click Discard 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 you click OK. The CrossFire™ aspect requires the following to ignore... the settings that existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. CrossFire™ Use CrossFire™ to ATI Technologies.
... Catalyst™ Control Center open. 2 Click OK to save your settings • Click Discard 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 you click OK. The CrossFire™ aspect requires the following to ignore... the settings that existed when the Catalyst™ Control Center was opened or the last time Apply was used. CrossFire™ Use CrossFire™ to ATI Technologies.
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... This configuration increases the detail of the 3D objects each card can be paired with the CrossFire™ Series graphics card, connecting the two cards to a single monitor. Super Anti-aliasing is disabled,...mode for applications identified in a finegrained checkerboard pattern. is enabled, any standard Radeon® X800-based graphics card. • An interconnect cable, supplied with any one of the four ... card processes half of the complex 3D objects in Catalyst™ A.I., or when Catalyst™ A.I . For the latest information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.com...
... This configuration increases the detail of the 3D objects each card can be paired with the CrossFire™ Series graphics card, connecting the two cards to a single monitor. Super Anti-aliasing is disabled,...mode for applications identified in a finegrained checkerboard pattern. is enabled, any standard Radeon® X800-based graphics card. • An interconnect cable, supplied with any one of the four ... card processes half of the complex 3D objects in Catalyst™ A.I., or when Catalyst™ A.I . For the latest information see the CrossFire™ Web page at: ati.com...
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... main features and configurations for CrossFire™. 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). Thus a Radeon® X1800 CrossFire™ Edition can be used as the Master graphics card with CrossFire™ The Radeon® X1800 Series can be covered in more detail in a CrossFire™...
... main features and configurations for CrossFire™. 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). Thus a Radeon® X1800 CrossFire™ Edition can be used as the Master graphics card with CrossFire™ The Radeon® X1800 Series can be covered in more detail in a CrossFire™...
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...ATI Catalyst™ display driver will automatically select the best of what is being rendered on the display, doing so without requiring user intervention. Each tile is kept to a relatively small 32x32 pixel square, so this mode, each frame to be 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 108 CrossFire™ ...
...ATI Catalyst™ display driver will automatically select the best of what is being rendered on the display, doing so without requiring user intervention. Each tile is kept to a relatively small 32x32 pixel square, so this mode, each frame to be 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 108 CrossFire™ ...
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... ordered grid sample pattern, which is output to achieve the ultimate in these modes work by users through the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center interface. It can render each pixel from two slightly different viewpoints and combine them, ... operate in better overall image quality. 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...
... ordered grid sample pattern, which is output to achieve the ultimate in these modes work by users through the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center interface. It can render each pixel from two slightly different viewpoints and combine them, ... operate in better overall image quality. 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...
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.... • Check if your monitor supports the resolution, horizontal (kHz) and vertical (Hz) refresh rates as required by the graphics card. • Check your current resolution, refresh rate, and color depth settings in the Settings and Monitor tabs in your Display Properties...8226; Check that the card is seated properly in its expansion slot. • Ensure that the monitor cable is correctly loaded corresponding to your operating system and applications. • Re-install the ATI drivers for your Radeon® X1800 Series card. Ensure that Video Card Isn't Properly Configured Warning...
.... • Check if your monitor supports the resolution, horizontal (kHz) and vertical (Hz) refresh rates as required by the graphics card. • Check your current resolution, refresh rate, and color depth settings in the Settings and Monitor tabs in your Display Properties...8226; Check that the card is seated properly in its expansion slot. • Ensure that the monitor cable is correctly loaded corresponding to your operating system and applications. • Re-install the ATI drivers for your Radeon® X1800 Series card. Ensure that Video Card Isn't Properly Configured Warning...
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...work in complete systems are eligible for Obtaining Warranty Service Warranty Exclusions and Limitations THIS WARRANTY IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO NEW PRODUCT SERIES RELEASED BY ATI AFTER AUGUST 31, 2005. THIS WARRANTY WILL NOT APPLY TO PRODUCTS USED FOR NUCLEAR RELATED, WEAPONS RELATED, MEDICAL OR ...BY LAW, THE WARRANTIES, REMEDIES AND LIMITATIONS CONTAINED HEREIN ARE EXCLUSIVE AND ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, TERMS OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, EITHER IN FACT OR BY OPERATION OF LAW, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES, TERMS OR CONDITIONS OF ...
...work in complete systems are eligible for Obtaining Warranty Service Warranty Exclusions and Limitations THIS WARRANTY IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO NEW PRODUCT SERIES RELEASED BY ATI AFTER AUGUST 31, 2005. THIS WARRANTY WILL NOT APPLY TO PRODUCTS USED FOR NUCLEAR RELATED, WEAPONS RELATED, MEDICAL OR ...BY LAW, THE WARRANTIES, REMEDIES AND LIMITATIONS CONTAINED HEREIN ARE EXCLUSIVE AND ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, TERMS OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, EITHER IN FACT OR BY OPERATION OF LAW, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES, TERMS OR CONDITIONS OF ...