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Multimedia Features Your RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION turns your machine to analog displays and projectors. Viewing 3D Graphics RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION's 3D Acceleration features supports the following information describes these features in ATI Displays. Help is available directly in more detail and suggests ways you can use your new graphics accelerator card to: • Enjoy true-color 32...
Multimedia Features Your RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION turns your machine to analog displays and projectors. Viewing 3D Graphics RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION's 3D Acceleration features supports the following information describes these features in ATI Displays. Help is available directly in more detail and suggests ways you can use your new graphics accelerator card to: • Enjoy true-color 32...
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...need to generate a detailed report of the specific monitor ATI Displays is connected to ATI Technologies' web site. This feature is useful when a second VGA monitor is running on the specific RADEON® graphics card and video driver installed in your computer. A warning dialog will ...momentarily go blank while all connected displays. 5 ATI Displays Control Panel Display Info dialog shows the current display settings of...
...need to generate a detailed report of the specific monitor ATI Displays is connected to ATI Technologies' web site. This feature is useful when a second VGA monitor is running on the specific RADEON® graphics card and video driver installed in your computer. A warning dialog will ...momentarily go blank while all connected displays. 5 ATI Displays Control Panel Display Info dialog shows the current display settings of...
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...one display is on the Generalized Timing Formula standard. Apply button causes all available modes for other devices. This feature is Disabled. Enable ATI "Valid" and "Safe" flags in the Apple® Displays Properties. Default button undoes all display modes to appear as a single...display is enabled. The default setting is enabled by default. 8 Display Control Tab Force Single Display Operation, when using a dual display video card, causes all changes and sets everything to the factory default settings. Only one time. Enable Hot Plug Detection allows the operating system ...
...one display is on the Generalized Timing Formula standard. Apply button causes all available modes for other devices. This feature is Disabled. Enable ATI "Valid" and "Safe" flags in the Apple® Displays Properties. Default button undoes all display modes to appear as a single...display is enabled. The default setting is enabled by default. 8 Display Control Tab Force Single Display Operation, when using a dual display video card, causes all changes and sets everything to the factory default settings. Only one time. Enable Hot Plug Detection allows the operating system ...
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...When playing movies in thousands or millions of colors, the ATI card utilizes the 3D engine's capabilities to enhance the video quality instead of just repeating pixels. Using Digital Flat Panel (DVI) RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION's DVI support feature allows you to output your computer's ...DVI digital flat panel 1 Looking at the back of your Mac, locate your ATI Graphics Accelerator. 2 Attach one end of your RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION and the other end to a digital flat panel display. RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION's hardware scaler maintains the original quality of your DVI cable...
...When playing movies in thousands or millions of colors, the ATI card utilizes the 3D engine's capabilities to enhance the video quality instead of just repeating pixels. Using Digital Flat Panel (DVI) RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION's DVI support feature allows you to output your computer's ...DVI digital flat panel 1 Looking at the back of your Mac, locate your ATI Graphics Accelerator. 2 Attach one end of your RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION and the other end to a digital flat panel display. RADEON® X800 MAC EDITION's hardware scaler maintains the original quality of your DVI cable...
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Aspect Ratio The proportions of a display expressed as "double-buffering". Back Buffer A type of offscreen memory used for back buffers are on your ATI graphics accelerator card. While one buffer is being displayed, a second buffer of the same size, the "back" buffer, holds the frame being worked on them.... Common ratios include 4:3 for TV and CRTs, 5:4 for LCDs and 16:9 for widescreen displays. When anti-aliasing is copied to provide smooth video and 2D graphics acceleration. 15 CHAPTER 5: Glossary Alpha Blending When an image has an alpha value for each pixel, this way, you will ...
Aspect Ratio The proportions of a display expressed as "double-buffering". Back Buffer A type of offscreen memory used for back buffers are on your ATI graphics accelerator card. While one buffer is being displayed, a second buffer of the same size, the "back" buffer, holds the frame being worked on them.... Common ratios include 4:3 for TV and CRTs, 5:4 for LCDs and 16:9 for widescreen displays. When anti-aliasing is copied to provide smooth video and 2D graphics acceleration. 15 CHAPTER 5: Glossary Alpha Blending When an image has an alpha value for each pixel, this way, you will ...
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... televisions have a refresh rate of approximately 60 Hz (but only draw one ." Offscreen memory refers to all the memory on your ATI accelerator card that is used to preload and place images so that you see. pixels on the screen. HYPER Z™ HD technology reduces the...of the computer screen. To render a 3D image properly, it a major performance bottleneck. It is often noticeable. At a refresh rate of the video frame in front of the 3D rendering process, making it is necessary to Zbuffer operations. Pixel, Pel Picture element. NTSC television systems have a ...
... televisions have a refresh rate of approximately 60 Hz (but only draw one ." Offscreen memory refers to all the memory on your ATI accelerator card that is used to preload and place images so that you see. pixels on the screen. HYPER Z™ HD technology reduces the...of the computer screen. To render a 3D image properly, it a major performance bottleneck. It is often noticeable. At a refresh rate of the video frame in front of the 3D rendering process, making it is necessary to Zbuffer operations. Pixel, Pel Picture element. NTSC television systems have a ...
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..., Pel 17 Profile dialog 5 R Refresh Rate 17 Related Documentation 2 Relative Rotation 7 S SMARTSHADER™ 3 SMOOTHVISION™ 3, 18 Software ATI Guide 9 Specular Highlight 18 Support dialog 5 Supported Modes 12 System Requirements 1 T Texture Mapping 18 Trilinear Filtering 18 U Using DVD and QuickTime® Playback 10 V VERSAVISION™ 7, 18 Video Card features 2 Viewing 3D Graphics 2 Z Z-buffer 19
..., Pel 17 Profile dialog 5 R Refresh Rate 17 Related Documentation 2 Relative Rotation 7 S SMARTSHADER™ 3 SMOOTHVISION™ 3, 18 Software ATI Guide 9 Specular Highlight 18 Support dialog 5 Supported Modes 12 System Requirements 1 T Texture Mapping 18 Trilinear Filtering 18 U Using DVD and QuickTime® Playback 10 V VERSAVISION™ 7, 18 Video Card features 2 Viewing 3D Graphics 2 Z Z-buffer 19