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ATI Technologies RADEON MAC EDITION manual Specifications, System Requirements, Operating System

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Specifications

System Requirements

•Power Macintosh or Mac OS compatible computer with an AGP slot

Operating System

•Mac OS software (version 9.0 or higher)

•QuickTime (version 4.0 or higher)

•Apple OpenGL 1.1.5 or higher

Graphics Controller

•ATI RADEON — graphics and multimedia accelerator chip

Video Display Buffer

•32MB memory

•256-bit memory interface

Bus

•AGP: AGP 2x

•PCI: 32-bit PCI local bus compliant with PCI version 2.1 specification 33 or 66MHZ compatible.

Sync Signals

•Separate horizontal and vertical sync at TTL levels

•Composite sync at TTL levels

Video Memory Address

•Supports PCI Multimedia Standard

•Supports 64MB relocatable memory aperture

Display Connector

•DVI-I connector

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ATI Technologies RADEON MAC EDITION manual Specifications, System Requirements, Operating System, Graphics Controller

Contents

USER’S GUIDE RADEON MAC EDITIONPrinted in Canada RADEON MAC EDITION User’s Guide Version 2.0 - June P/NMultimedia Support DisclaimerPage Installing Your Software Table of ContentsInstalling Your Hardware Multimedia FeaturesPage Getting Started IntroductionWhat Youll Need Related Documentation2 Installing Your Hardware Installing your RADEON MAC EDITION 3 Choose the AGP or PCI expansion slot you wish to use 6 Close the computer case 7 Connect the monitor cable to the card Page About Monitor Sensing Page Page ATI Displays Control Panel 3 Installing Your SoftwareAbout ATI Software ATI Multimedia ComponentsInstalling Software 4 Multimedia Features Viewing 3D Graphics ATI Displays Control Panel Status AreaIdentify Displays Display DetailsMonitors Keyboard ShortcutsVGA Monitors You cannot select the monitor resolution using theTo Select a VGA Monitor To open the 3D Memory Monitor Using the 3D Memory Monitor3D Memory Monitor DisplayTextures BuffersATI HELP Customer SupportOptimizing Video Playback Using QuickTime PlaybackTry manually scaling the video slightly off exactly double the size Using Mac2TV Video Out To check the format of a videoUsing RADEON MAC EDITION’s TV/Video Out Connector To output your computer’s display to a TVTo connect your computer’s display to a VCR to record to video tape If you are connecting your RADEON MAC EDITION to a VCR, make sure that your VCR is connected to a television that you can use as your computer’s display. For information about connecting a television to your VCR, see the documentation supplied with your VCR Enabling Mac2TV Using a TV as your only display Changing Display ConfigurationsOptimizing Mac2TV Hue, saturation, and brightness are the three qualities which constitute what we normally refer to as “color” Viewing Text on Television Using Digital Flat Panel DVI-I SupportReducing Edge Distortion To change your font sizeTo output your computer’s display to a DVI-I digital flat panel Using RADEON MAC EDITION DVI-I ConnectorYour DVI digital flat panel is automatically enabled 5 Locate the DVI-I connector on your DVI-I flat panelPage Solutions to Common Problems A Troubleshooting TipsWhy cant I get a resolution higher than 640x480? Before Contacting Customer SupportI have a monitor with five BNC connectors. Why wont it I have a monitor with three BNC connectors. Why wont itPage Does the RADEON MAC EDITION work in all Power Macintosh computers? Page Mac OS 2D Resolutions B SpecificationsVideo Mode Table Supported VESA/VGA 2D Modes Page3D Mode Table Page Display Connector SpecificationsSync Signals System RequirementsVideo Interrupt PowerSafety EnvironmentC Compliance Information FCC Compliance InformationIndustry Canada Compliance Statement CE Compliance InformationPage Page blending D GlossaryAlpha Anti-aliasingBuffer Color DepthFrame GouraudTrilinear TextureMapping z-bufferPage Troubleshooting InstallationMonitor Resolution IndexVideo Card Page