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This allows you to emphasize what kind of application

 

experience you’d like to have. Moving the slider to the

Main Settings

left will maximize application performance, while moving

the slider to the right will provide excellent 3D image

slider

quality. Moving this slider from one position to the next

 

 

changes the individual Custom Settings sliders found

 

below.

 

When Custom Settings is checked, the Main Settings

Custom

slider is disabled, allowing you to move each individual

slider in the Custom Settings section below. Setting the

Settings

individual sliders gives you complete control over your

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application experience. Using Custom Settings is

 

 

recommended for advanced users only.

 

Anisotropic filtering uses a texture filtering technique

Anisotropic

that blends multiple texture samples together. Selecting

Filtering

Application Preference will result in high quality

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textures, with a negligible reduction in the application’s

 

performance.

 

 

 

The number of samples taken when anisotropic filtering

 

is performed can vary. By moving this slider to the right,

Anisotropic

as the number of samples taken increases, the quality

Filtering slider

of the final image increases significantly. 16X provides

 

extremely detailed, crisp-looking images as a result of

 

the largest number of texture samples possible.

 

SmoothVision (Anti-Aliasing) improves image quality by

SMOOTH

removing jagged edges from 3D images, resulting in

smoother, more natural-looking objects. Selecting

VISION

Application Preference will result in high quality

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images, with a negligible reduction in the application’s

 

 

performance.

SMOOTH

Select Performance for the best possible 3D gaming

VISION

performance at a slight reduction in 3D image quality.

Performance

The maximum screen resolution possible will

button

automatically be indicated.

SMOOTH

Select Quality for the best possible 3D image quality at

a slight reduction in 3D gaming performance. The

VISION

maximum screen resolution possible will automatically

Quality button

be indicated.

 

 

SmoothVision (Anti-Aliasing) can be applied using

SMOOTH

different sample patterns and sample points such as 2X

VISION slider

or 4X. Moving this slider to the right increases sampling

 

to provide the most realistic 3D image.

 

 

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Contents Radeon 9000 PRO Disclaimer Product NoticeTable of Contents Page Introduction Features At a Glance Radeon 9000 PRODirect 3D and OpenGL ATI’s Catalyst Software SuiteMultiple Displays and 3D Gaming Experience HydraVisionPage Connecting Your Monitors Multiple DisplaysDisplay Configurations Display Connectors Used Comments ConfigurationCatalyst Software Suite ATI Displays TabDynamic Display Reassignment Enabling Extended Desktop ModeEnabling/Disabling Secondary Displays Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows 98SE Virtually Repositioning Your Displays Ratiometric ExpansionATI Color Tab Button by moving the color curve with your mouseBlue sliders Game Gamma PropertiesRed Green RGB LockATI Options Tab ATI Overlay Tab Video OverlaySaturation ATI Overlay TabContrast HueMain and Custom Settings Direct 3D Control PanelSlider Main SettingsSettings CustomMipmap Detail TexturePreference Level sliderBuffer Direct 3D Compatibility SettingsSupport W Support 32-bitMethod AlphaDithering Support DTXOpenGL Control Panel Smooth Applications OpenGL Compatibility Settings View your PC’s display on a TV Using TV OutConnecting to a TV or a VCR Connecting Your TV Output to a TV or VCR Starting Windows with TV Display Enabled Using Scart Connectors for European TVsUsing a Monitor vs. Using the TV Display How To Enable/Disable The TV DisplayUsing and Adjusting TV Out How TV Display Cannot Be UsedAdjusting Monitor Display Viewing Text on a TVReducing Edge Distortion Changing Display Configurations Using Games and Applications