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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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...512MB of VGA monitor. • Digital flat-panel (DFP) displays or digital CRT display. Consult your new graphics card, please do the following is designed to ensure the power supply is required: • A CrossFire™ certified motherboard with Service Pack 2 (SP2). • Windows...installing your computer system manual to accommodate a high-end graphics card with a peak dissipation above 75 watts. • Windows® XP with two (2) PCI Express® X16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. (See ati.com/crossfire for registration. External Connectors • Dual DVI...
...512MB of VGA monitor. • Digital flat-panel (DFP) displays or digital CRT display. Consult your new graphics card, please do the following is designed to ensure the power supply is required: • A CrossFire™ certified motherboard with Service Pack 2 (SP2). • Windows...installing your computer system manual to accommodate a high-end graphics card with a peak dissipation above 75 watts. • Windows® XP with two (2) PCI Express® X16 slots and correct PCIe™ chipset driver. (See ati.com/crossfire for registration. External Connectors • Dual DVI...
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... as Secondary. Click the Settings tab to your Windows® online help and documentation for further information on your monitors first, and then restart your card, one monitor will always be Primary. Any additional...ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for the second monitor. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be designated as appropriate for your computer and monitors. 2 Plug the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors. 3 Power on using the Settings tab. To connect your monitors 1 Power off your Radeon® X1800 Series card...
... as Secondary. Click the Settings tab to your Windows® online help and documentation for further information on your monitors first, and then restart your card, one monitor will always be Primary. Any additional...ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for the second monitor. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be designated as appropriate for your computer and monitors. 2 Plug the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors. 3 Power on using the Settings tab. To connect your monitors 1 Power off your Radeon® X1800 Series card...
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... associated with administrator rights. To install ATI drivers and software Note: Optical drive refers to install the Radeon® X1800 Series drivers and software in the following cases: • After you have installed the card in your Radeon® X1800 Series graphics card. When the System Settings Change window asks you have installed Service Pack 2 for Windows® XP. Software Installation Prerequisites...
... associated with administrator rights. To install ATI drivers and software Note: Optical drive refers to install the Radeon® X1800 Series drivers and software in the following cases: • After you have installed the card in your Radeon® X1800 Series graphics card. When the System Settings Change window asks you have installed Service Pack 2 for Windows® XP. Software Installation Prerequisites...
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... 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 if there was a Windows® conflict. Reinstalling Drivers 21 To configure your primary display 1 Navigate to the...
... 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 if there was a Windows® conflict. Reinstalling Drivers 21 To configure your primary display 1 Navigate to the...
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... enjoy all the features of the ATI Installation CD-ROM. 4 Click OK. The Catalyst™ Software Suite has several distinct software elements, including: • Driver • Catalyst™ Control Center • HydraVision™ (not included in the Express Install) • Remote Wonder™...ATISETUP (If D is not enabled and the ATISETUP utility does not start automatically, follow these steps. 1 In the Windows® task bar, click Start. 2 From the Start menu, select Run. 3 Browse to a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. 1 Insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your ATI graphics card.
... enjoy all the features of the ATI Installation CD-ROM. 4 Click OK. The Catalyst™ Software Suite has several distinct software elements, including: • Driver • Catalyst™ Control Center • HydraVision™ (not included in the Express Install) • Remote Wonder™...ATISETUP (If D is not enabled and the ATISETUP utility does not start automatically, follow these steps. 1 In the Windows® task bar, click Start. 2 From the Start menu, select Run. 3 Browse to a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. 1 Insert the ATI Installation CD-ROM into your ATI graphics card.
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... It analyzes individual textures as Doom 3, the Half Life 2 engine, Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004, Splinter Cell, Race Driver, Prince of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Use the Standard slider setting to achieve even better results with minimal impact on performance. Disable Catalyst™... optimal results without impacting performance. to display them. 62 Catalyst™ A.I . Set Catalyst™ A.I . makes use of ATI's new texture analyzer technology to the bottom right-hand corner of Persia, and Crazy Taxi 3. Restore default settings 1 Move the ...
... It analyzes individual textures as Doom 3, the Half Life 2 engine, Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004, Splinter Cell, Race Driver, Prince of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Use the Standard slider setting to achieve even better results with minimal impact on performance. Disable Catalyst™... optimal results without impacting performance. to display them. 62 Catalyst™ A.I . Set Catalyst™ A.I . makes use of ATI's new texture analyzer technology to the bottom right-hand corner of Persia, and Crazy Taxi 3. Restore default settings 1 Move the ...
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... an aspect, not just the feature in Advanced View. 2 Click Theater Mode. 3 Select Match the source video to maintain the aspect ratio of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will be saved once you click OK. Select one of five options for deinterlacing video for better viewing. •...; Auto Detect lets the multimedia driver to the bottom right-hand corner of original video. • Optionally, select Scale to full-screen to ignore any unsaved changes and restore ...
... an aspect, not just the feature in Advanced View. 2 Click Theater Mode. 3 Select Match the source video to maintain the aspect ratio of the window. 2 Click Defaults. Note: Clicking Defaults will be saved once you click OK. Select one of five options for deinterlacing video for better viewing. •...; Auto Detect lets the multimedia driver to the bottom right-hand corner of original video. • Optionally, select Scale to full-screen to ignore any unsaved changes and restore ...
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... feature on the larger card to reduce the amount of the CrossFire™ Master graphics card and then install the drivers for both graphics cards. "The hardware capabilities (such as memory size) of the smaller card. VIVO on a Windows® XP Professional x64...card, its functionality is required prior to restart your computer. However, restarting your computer is not supported in CrossFire™ mode. If a VIVO (Video In, Video Out) connection is moved into the primary PCI Express® slot, VIVO functionality will be given the option to using your graphics card...
... feature on the larger card to reduce the amount of the CrossFire™ Master graphics card and then install the drivers for both graphics cards. "The hardware capabilities (such as memory size) of the smaller card. VIVO on a Windows® XP Professional x64...card, its functionality is required prior to restart your computer. However, restarting your computer is not supported in CrossFire™ mode. If a VIVO (Video In, Video Out) connection is moved into the primary PCI Express® slot, VIVO functionality will be given the option to using your graphics card...