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RADEON™ X600
User’s Guide
P/N 137-40384-10
ATI
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ii Copyright © 2004, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI and ATI product and product feature names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. All other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Features, performance and specifications are subject to change without notice. Product may not be exactly as shown in diagrams. Reproduction of this manual, or parts thereof, in any form, without the expre
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iii IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. • Retain Instructions - The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. • Heed Warnings - All warnings on the product and the operating instructions should be adhered to. • Compatibility - This option card is for use only with IBM AT or compatible UL Listed personal computers that have Installation Instructions deta
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v Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 RADEON™ X600 Features 1 Graphic Features 1 External Connections 1 Using Multiple Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Connecting Your Monitors 3 Display Configurations 5 ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Introduction 7 Features 7 Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming 7 HYDRAVISION™ 7 Accessing the CATALYST™ Software Suite 7 ATI Displays Tab 8 ATI Color Tab 10 Hotkey
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vi Using and Adjusting TV Display Features 38 How TV Display Cannot Be Used 38 Using a Monitor vs. Using TV Display 38 Adjusting Monitor Display 38 Viewing Text on a TV 39 Reducing Edge Distortion 39 Using TV Display Alone 40 Using Games and Applications 40 Select your TV broadcast format 40 Adjust your TV screen size 41 Adjust your TV screen position 42 Adjust the composite sharpness of your TV display 42 Adjust the S-Video sharpness of your TV display 43 Adjust the composite dot crawl on you
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RADEON™ X600 Features 1 CHAPTER 1: Introduction RADEON™ X600 Features Graphic Features • Four parallel rendering pipelines. • SMARTSHADER™ 2.1 • Full hardware-based support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0/9.1 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware. • Shadow volume rendering acceleration. • Complete feature-set support for OpenGL® 1.5 and 2.0 extensions. • SMOOTHVISION™ 2.1 • Full-scene anti-aliasing method that smooths uneven edges and improves blurred images. • 2x/4x/6x Anti-alia
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2 RADEON™ X600 Features • S-Video output or Video In/Video Out (VIVO) connection.
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3 CHAPTER 2: Using Multiple Displays [Following content object needs to be changed (or added to) since the DVI- I-VGA adapter is presumably not included - KSR] Connecting Your Monitors Your RADEON™ X600 provides hardware support for one DVI-I monitor or two VGA monitors using the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter. It also provides TV output via a S-Video Out or Composite Out connector. Connections and Adapters for the RADEON™ X600 Card Standard VGA Monitor Connector. To connect a VGA monitor
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4 Connections and Adapters for the RADEON™ X600 Card DVI-I-to-VGA Adapter. DVI-I Backplate Connection. To connect a flat panel, plug the monitors DVI-I connector into the DVI-I connection. Note: If you use multiple monitors, the RADEON™ X600 card must be the primary graphics card. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary. DVI-I Backplate Connection. To connect a flat panel, plug the monitors DVI-I connector into the DVI-I connection. DVI-I Backplate
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Display Configurations 5 3 Power on your monitors first, and then restart your computer so that Windows® can detect the new hardware settings. 4 When the New Hardware Found Wizard appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for your RADEON™ X600 card. To set up a multi-monitor display (optional) 1 From the Start menu click Control Panel, then Display. Click the Settings tab to access the basic multi-monitor configuration settings. Note: ATI softwar
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6 Display Configurations Display Connector(s) Comments Configuration Used Single TV S-Video Out The S-Video out can also support a composite connection via the S- Video-to-Composite adapter. CRT display + VGA connector + UNSUPPORTED CONFIGURATION TV S-Video Out if the CRT display is attached to the DVI-I connector via the DVI-I-to-VGA adapter. DFP display + DVI-I connector + TV S-Video out CRT display + VGA connector + DFP display DVI-I connector CRT display + VGA connector + The DVI-I co
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Introduction 7 CHAPTER 3: ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suite Introduction This chapter describes using the advanced multiple-monitor and 3D graphics features in ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suite. Features Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suite provides multiple-display functionality, and its advanced graphic features, such as SMARTSHADER™ HD, provide the ultimate 3D gaming experience. The CATALYST™ Software Suite also supports the latest versions of Direct 3D® and OpenGL®.
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8 ATI Displays Tab To access the Display Properties dialog, right-click on the desktop or navigate through Windows® Control Panel, which is located in the Start menu. Windows® Display Properties Settings Tab ATI Displays Tab The ATI Displays tab provides control over multiple-monitor features. Here you can enable/disable display devices and swap the assignment of Primary and Secondary displays.
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ATI Displays Tab 9 ATI Displays Tab ATI Displays Tab Scheme Displays the drop-down list of available display-device configurations that have previously been created. New configurations can be entered here and then saved using the Save button. Hotkey Associates a hotkey with a scheme. To input the hotkey, highlight the field and press the appropriate key combination on your keyboard. Save button Saves display-device configuration schemes. Delete button Deletes display-device configuration sc
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10 ATI Color Tab To enable or disable a display If the enable/disable button is green, it indicates the device is enabled. If it is red, it indicates the device is disabled. If the button is greyed out, the device is not an option. For example, if there is only one monitor connected, all buttons will be grey. 1 Click the enable/disable button for the display device you want to enable/disable. 2 Click OK or Apply to save the changes. Note: Due to power restrictions, you can normally only h
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ATI Color Tab 11 ATI Color Tab: Desktop Settings
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12 ATI Color Tab ATI Color Tab: Full Screen 3D Settings ATI Color Tab Desktop radio Select Desktop to configure your desktop color settings. button Full Screen 3D Select Full Screen 3D to configure the color settings for radio button your 3D application. Note that the configured settings will only be apparent within a full screen 3D application environment. Profiles for Indicates whether the profiles in the drop-down list are for your Desktop or a Full Screen 3D environment. Profiles drop-
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ATI Color Tab 13 ATI Color Tab Save button Saves your current color settings to a Desktop or Full Screen 3D profile, using the name you specified in the list box. To restore these settings later, simply select the Profile name from the list and click Apply or OK. Delete button Deletes the profile that is selected in the Profiles list box. All Colors Adjusts the Gamma, Brightness or Contrast for Red, checkbox Green, and Blue simultaneously. Note that any individual color settings in effect a
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14 ATI Color Tab 2 Adjust the Gamma, Brightness, and Contrast sliders to the desired settings, either individually or using the All Colors checkbox. 3 Type a profile name in the Profile list box. 4 Click Save. To apply the settings for a specific Desktop profile 1 Choose the Desktop radio button. 2 Select the profile name from the drop-down list box. 3 Click Apply or OK. To apply the settings for a Full Screen 3D profile 1 Choose the Full Screen 3D radio button. 2 Select the profile name from
