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i RADEON ™ 7200 RADEON ™ 7000 User’ s Guide V ersion 3.0 P/N 137-40299-30 Re v . B Copyright © 2002, A TI T echnologies Inc. All rights reserved. A T I and all A TI product and product feature names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of A T I T echnologies Inc.
ii Disc laimer While e very precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document, A TI T echnologies Inc. assumes no liability with respect to the operation or use of A TI hardware, software .
iii T ab le of Contents Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features At A Glance ................ .................................................................. 2 Radeon™ 7000 .......................
iv How To Enable/Disable The TV Display .............. .............................. 30 Using and Adjusting TV Out ....................................... ......................... 31 Using a Monitor vs. Using the TV Display .........................
1 Intr oduction The RADEON™ 7000 series of graphic accelerators deli vers ground breaking 3D graphics performance. • Designed and b uilt by A TI T echnologies I n c . • Po wered by the RADEON Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). • A wesome 3D gaming performance.
2 Features At A Glance Radeon™ 7000 The RADEON™ 7000 provides high performance acceleration for today's demanding 3D graphic applications. Its main features are: • VIDEO IMMERSION™ which .
3 A TI’ s Catalyst Software Suite 3D Gaming Experience A TI’ s Catalyst™ Software Suite acti v ates the adv anced graphic features, such as PIXEL T APESTR Y™, for adv anced 3D gaming capability . For help on installing the Catalyst™ Softw are Suite, refer to the Getting Started Guide .
4 information on HydraV ision™, please refer to the HydraV ision™ User’ s Guide PDF located on your A TI Installation CD..
5 Displa y Connector s The RADEON™ 7200 provides an IBM standard analog VGA connector . The RADEON™ 7000 64MB PCI, 32MB PCI and 32MB A GP versions also pro v ide an IBM standard analog VGA connector . The RADEON™ 7000 64MB A GP version pro vides an IBM standard analog VGA connector and an S-V ideo Out connector .
6 Catal yst™ Software Suite The follo wing section provides an e xplanation of each A TI tab av ailable after installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite. A TI Displa ys T ab The A TI Display tab provides information on the current screen resolution and refresh rate your monitor is set to.
7 Monitor Attrib utes T ab The Attrib utes tab provides display data channel (DDC) information. DDC is the technology whereby the monitor communicates to the graphics card all the resolutions and refresh rates it supports. The RADEON™ family of graphics cards are all DDC compliant.
8 Monitor Adjustments T ab The Adjustments tab prov ides the controls to adjust the monitor’ s screen position and screen size. Use the arro w b uttons to shif t your display left, right, up or do wn. Use the plus or minus b uttons to increase or decrease the vertical and horizontal size of your display .
9 Monitor Adv anced T ab The Adv anced tab pro vides horizontal and vertical synchronization controls. Clicking the plus b uttons adjusts the monitor’ s horizontal and vertical synchronization. Checkmarking the Composite b utton combines the horizontal and vertical signals supplied b y the RADEON™ graphics card to your monitor .
10 Multiple Monitors W ith an additional A TI graphics card installed in your system, the A TI Displays tab now pro vides the multi monitor features. Here you can enable/disable secondary display de vices and swap the assignment of Primary and Secondary displays.
11 Enabling/Disab ling Secondary Displays 1 Access the W indo ws ® Contro l Panel . Double- click Display . 2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... but t on . 3 Click on the A TI Displays tab . 4 Click the enable/disable b utton for the display de vice you want to enable/disable.
12 T o enable a Secondary display , refer to the section Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays . T o enable Extended Desktop Mode, refer to the section Enabling Extended Desktop Mode . 1 Access the W indo ws ® Contro l Panel . Double- click Display .
13 2 Click OK or Ap p l y to sa ve the changes. Ratiometric Expansion Y our RADEON™ card offers ratiometric e xpansion (or digital panel scaling as it is commonly kno wn). This expands a lo w resolution image to fill a higher resolution panel. Ho we v er , ratiometric expansion is only a v ailable on the Primary display .
14 A TI Color T ab The A TI Color tab is used to adjust the color settings. Y ou can change the red, green and blue display colors. Desktop brightness and Game Gamma (brightness) can also be changed. A TI Color T ab Desktop Brightness This increases or decreases the brightness of your desktop .
15 Clicking the Game Gamma b utton accesses the Game Gamma Properties. Game Gamma Properties Red Green Blue sliders These controls allow y ou to increase or decrease the color brightness of Direct 3D and OpenGL games pla yed in fullscreen mode . (NO TE: Game Gamma is NO T suppor ted in Windows NT4.
16 AT I O p t i o n s Ta b The A TI Options tab provides detailed dri ver information and access to the card’ s specifications. Y ou can also enable or disable the A TI taskbar icon. A TI Options T ab V ersion Inf ormation Provides the Catalyst v e rsion number , 2D v ersion number and the driv er build inf or mation.
17 Clicking the Details b utton provides access to the Details tab . A TI Overla y T ab The A TI Overlay tab allo ws you to configure the brightness, contrast, saturation, hue and gamma properties of your video ov erlay . Video Overla y V ideo ov erlay allo ws for the vie wing of full-motion video on your PC.
18 ov erlay , which is only av ailable on the Primary display . The video o verlay controls are automatically acti v ated during playback of an y video file type that supports ov erlay adjustments. A TI Overla y T ab Brightness Use this slider to adjust the brightness of the video image.
19 Direct 3D ® Contr ol P anel Using this tab, gamers can tweak the settings of their Direct 3D ® games. Main and Custom Settings In the Main Settings you can maximize ov erall performance by mo ving the slider to the left, or you can enhance ov erall image quality by moving the slider to the right.
20 Main Settings slider This allows y ou to emphasiz e what kind of application e xperience you’ d like to ha ve . Moving the slider to the left will maximize application perf or mance, while moving the slider to the right will provide e xcellent 3D image quality .
21 T exture Preference slider Selecting this decides whet her your application should use high quality or high pe rf ormance textures . Moving the slider to the right delivers the highest quality e xperience. Moving the slider to the left emphasiz es a high perf or mance solution while still providing good visuals.
22 Direct 3D ® Compatibility Settings Support W - bu f fe r This will enable W -Buff er suppor t f or 3D games. It is recommended to disable this f or games that do not suppor t this feature . Cer tain applications require the increased precision of W -Buffering and will e xhibit ar tifacts unless the W -Buff er is enabled.
23 Alpha dithering method When applications use both dithering and alpha blending, visual artifacts can occur . This option allows yo u to select how the appl ication should handle both f eatures at the same time.
24 OpenGL ® Contr ol P anel Using this tab, gamers can tweak the settings of their OpenGL ® games. Main and Custom Settings In the Main Settings you can maximize ov erall performance by mo ving the slider to the left, or you can enhance ov erall image quality by moving the slider to the right.
25 Main Settings slider This allows y ou to emphasiz e what kind of application e xperience you’ d like to ha ve . Moving the slider to the left will maximize application perf or mance, while moving the slider to the right will provide e xcellent 3D image quality .
26 T exture Preference slider Selecting this decides whet her your application should use high quality or high pe rf ormance textures . Moving the slider to the right delivers the highest quality e xperience. Moving the slider to the left emphasiz es a high perf or mance solution while still providing good visuals.
27 OpenGL ® Compatibility Settings Force Z-b uffer depth This allows y o u to e xplicitly set the Z-Buff er depth. Most applications will work best when Disabled is selected Alpha dithering method When applications use both dithering and alpha blending, visual artifacts can occur .
28 Using TV Out View y our PC’ s display on a TV The RADEON™ 7000 64MB A GP version has TV Out capability . Y ou can connect this card to a TV and monitor at the same time.
29 TVs (and VCRs) ha ve a Composite video input, in which case you can use an S-V ideo-to-Composite adapter . If your TV has cable input only , you can connect your card to your TV through your VCR or an RF modulator (a v ailable in most electronics stores).
30 Star ting Windows ® with TV Displa y Enabled The TV screen may become scrambled during the initial W indo ws ® logo display . This is only a temporary ef fect and your screen will be restored within a fe w seconds.
31 3 Click on the A TI Displays tab . Click on the TV b utton. 4 Click the enable/disable b utton. 5 Click OK or Ap p l y to sa ve the changes. Using and Adjusting TV Out For information about ho w to use TV display , right click the A TI taskbar icon , point to Help , then point to A TI T elevision Display .
32 Viewing T e xt on a TV A TV is designed primarily to sho w mo ving, rather than static, images. The lar ge dot pitch of a TV (which is f ine for moving video) will yield poor quality static images such as te xt. The small text sizes commonly used for PC desktops can appear blurred or unclear on a TV .
33 2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... but t on . 3 Click on the A TI Displays tab . 4 Click on the TV b utton. 5 Click the Adjustments tab . 6 In the Scr een Size section , click on the plus ( + ) b utton beside the horizontal arro wheads to increase the horizontal size of the TV display .
34 and a higher mode is selected, the display on your TV will disappear . Using Games and Applications Some older games and applications may program your RADEON™ card directly , to run under a specif ic display mode. This may cause your TV display to turn of f automatically or become scrambled (the PC monitor will not be af fected).
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