Radeon X1550 Series
User’s Guide
Disclaimer
Macrovision
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
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Table of Contents
Installing Hardware
Using Multiple Displays
Introduction
Installing Software and Drivers
Using TV Display and Capture Features
CrossFire FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Reference
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Radeon X1550 Series Features
Introduction
CHAPTER
SmoothVision
VideoShader
512-bit Ring Bus Memory Controller
Ultra-Threaded Shader Engine
CrossFire Ready
High Dynamic Range HDR Rendering
System Requirements
Before You Begin
External Connections
Record Your Serial and Part Numbers
Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers
To uninstall previous drivers
2 Navigate to the Control Panel and select Add/Remove Programs
6 Before You Begin
Installing Hardware
Basic Graphics Card Installation
Graphics Card Bus Types
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Installing the graphics card
Advanced Installation AGP
Graphic Card Installation
Installing the graphics card
10 Advanced Installation AGP
Advanced Installation PCIe
Advanced Installation PCIe
12 Advanced Installation PCIe
Graphics Card Installation
3 Remove the computer cover
Connecting Devices
14 Connecting Devices
Connector Types
Using Multiple Displays
Connecting Your Monitors
CHAPTER
1 Power off your computer and monitors
2 Plug the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors
To connect your monitors
Connectors
Configuration
Display
Comments
18 Display Configurations
Connectors
Configuration
Display
Connectors
Configuration
Display Configurations
Display
20 Display Configurations
Installing Software and Drivers
Installing Drivers and Software in Windows
To install ATI drivers and software
CHAPTER
Monitor Configuration
To set up a multi-monitor display
Reinstalling Drivers
To configure your primary display
To manually reinstall drivers
Installing the Catalyst Software Suite
To install the Catalyst software suite
Express or Custom Install
Installing the Catalyst Software Suite
26 Installing the Catalyst Software Suite
Catalyst Control Center
Launching Catalyst Control Center
Launching Catalyst Control Center Using the Start Menu
CHAPTER
Other Quick Launch Access Points
Launching Catalyst Control Center Using the System Tray
Launching Catalyst Control Center Using the Desktop Shortcut
Launching Catalyst Control Center Using Hot Keys
Launching Catalyst Control Center
Catalyst Control Center Standard View
Catalyst Control Center Dashboard
Catalyst Control Center Views
Switch Views
Basic View
Advanced View
Hotkeys Manager
Enable Hotkeys feature
1 Open Hotkeys Manager 2 Select the Enable Hotkeys feature check box
Create a Custom View
Profiles Manager
Create a list of active hot keys
1 Open Hotkeys Manager
See a list of active hot keys only
Display Profiles Manager
2 Select Profiles Manager
Create a profile
2 Open the Profiles Manager
Preferences
Activate an application, file, or shortcut when a profile is started
1 Open the Profiles Manager
3 Click opens the following application, file or shortcut
2 Click Always on Top
Hide or show Tooltips
Show or hide text that appears on the toolbar buttons
Hide the Catalyst Control Center Splash Screen
Restore Catalyst Control Center to the factory default settings
Change Catalyst Control Center language
Change the appearance of the Catalyst Control Center
Help
Display help for the aspect or feature you are using
2 Click Help Contents
Create a Problem Report
Information Center
To access the Information Center
Displays Manager
To access system information
Displays Manager Advanced View
Access Displays Manager
Enable a secondary display device
3 Click Yes to the Enable this display dialog
Enable Extended Mode
3 Click Yes to the Enable this display? dialog
4 Click Yes to the Enable this display? dialog
Enable Stretch Main Vertically
Enable Stretch Main Horizontally
2 Click Clone Main with display device
3 Click Stretch vertically onto display device in the pop-up menu
Swap displays in Extended Mode
3 Select Swap displays
Swap displays in all other modes
3 Select Swap display mapping
Force changes to a specific display setting
Apply your settings
Discard your settings
Rotate the desktop
Display Options
46 Display Options
Select a refresh rate override
Set resolution modes for devices with limited resolution capabilities
Determine how display devices are detected
Detect whenever Catalyst Control Center is opened
Use manual detection only I must click Detect Displays button
Monitor Properties
Apply your settings
Discard your settings
Restore default settings
Enable Extended Display Identification Data EDID
Monitor Attributes
2 Click Attributes
Apply your settings
Restore default settings
2 Click Defaults
Discard your settings
Attributes
Set Image Scaling
2 Click Attributes
Adjust the DVI Settings
Apply your settings
Restore default settings
2 Click Defaults
Avivo Color
Set Color Temperature
Apply your settings
Restore default settings
HDTV Support
Discard your settings
Add 720p mode to the Displays Manager Force button
2 Click HDTV Support
Add 1080i mode to the Displays Manager Force button
Add 1080p mode to the Displays Manager Force button
2 Click HDTV Support
3 Click Add 1080i standard format to the Displays Manager
Add an HDTV format
2 Click HDTV Support
4 Click Apply formats
2 Click HDTV Support
Apply your settings
Restore default settings
2 Click Defaults
Discard your settings
Standard Settings
Adjust your Standard settings
Apply your settings
Discard your settings
Restore default settings
2 Click Defaults
Anti-aliasing
Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually
Set Temporal anti-aliasing using SmoothVision HD
Set the Anti-Aliasing preference manually
Apply your settings
Discard your settings
Restore default settings
2 Click Defaults
Adaptive Anti-aliasing
Anisotropic Filtering
Set the level of adaptive anti-aliasing
2 Click Adaptive Anti-Aliasing
2 Click Anisotropic Filtering 3 Select Enable High Quality AF
Apply your settings
Set the Anisotropic Filtering to automated preference
2 Click Anisotropic Filtering
Catalyst A.I
Discard your settings
Restore default settings
2 Click Defaults
Apply your settings
Discard your settings
Restore default settings
2 Click Defaults
Adjust the Mipmap detail level
Mipmap Detail Level
Apply your settings
Set the Mipmap detail level
All Settings
Discard your settings
Restore default settings
2 Click Defaults
2 Click All Settings
2 Click All Settings
2 Click All Settings
Set the Transparent Anti-Aliasing
Set the Catalyst A.I. setting
2 Click All Settings
2 Click All Settings 3 Scroll to Mipmap Detail Level
Set Wait for vertical refresh setting
API Specific
Discard your settings
Restore default settings
2 Click Defaults
Set Support DXT texture formats for Direct 3D
2 Click API Specific
Set Alternate pixel center for Direct 3D
2 Click API Specific
Color
Apply your settings
Restore default settings
2 Click Defaults
Color Desktop
Display Color page to configure Desktop
2 Select Desktop from the Set color correction for drop-down menu
Set Gamma, Brightness, and Contrast simultaneously
Revert to last known All Channel settings
Reactivate your color settings
2 Select Desktop in Set color correction for 3 Select All Channels
2 Click Reactivate ATI color controls button
Apply your settings
Restore default settings
2 Click Defaults
Discard your settings
Color - FullScreen 3D
Display Color page to configure FullScreen 3D
Set Color Gamma
Set Color Contrast
Avivo Video for Radeon X1000 Series
Apply your settings
Restore default settings
2 Click Defaults
Standard Settings
2 Click Standard Settings
Select a Video Preset
2 Click Standard Settings
Apply your settings
Restore default settings
2 Click Defaults
Discard your settings
2 Click Adjustments
2 Click Adjustments
2 Click Adjustments
2 Click Adjustments
Restore default settings
2 Click Defaults
Discard your settings
Select an Overlay Display when in Clone Mode
2 Click Theater Mode
Apply your settings
Restore default settings
2 Click Defaults
Select a deinterlacing mode
Apply your settings
Restore default settings
2 Click Defaults
All Settings
Let the application control video adjustments
2 Click All Settings 3 Scroll to Video Adjustments
Adjust Gamma
2 Click All Settings 3 Scroll to Video Adjustments
Adjust Saturation
2 Click All Settings 3 Scroll to Video Adjustments
Adjust Hue
3 Scroll to Overlay Display Mode
2 Click All Settings 3 Scroll to Theater Mode Settings
Select a deinterlacing mode
2 Click All Settings 3 Scroll to Deinterlacing
VPU Recover
Restore default settings
2 Click Defaults
Discard your settings
Enable VPU Recover
2 Click Enable VPU Recover
Prepare an error report
Apply your settings
Restore default settings
2 Click Defaults
Discard your settings
Apply your settings
Discard your settings
92 VPU Recover
Using TV Display and Capture Features
Using TV Out
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To connect S-Video Out
Using a Monitor vs. Using TV Display
Connecting to HDTV
Using a TV as the Only Display
Using Games and Applications
Viewing Text on a TV
Installing your ATI HDTV video cable
Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable
98 Connecting to HDTV
CrossFire FAQ
3 Are there specific CMOS motherboard settings for CrossFire?
4 Are there any software settings required for CrossFire to work?
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5 How are the graphics cards connected on a CrossFire system?
6 Which games/applications work with CrossFire?
7 Is a driver profile required to make CrossFire work?
11 On what basis are different rendering modes chosen?
12 What type of performance improvement is expected?
Troubleshooting
Reference
CHAPTER
104 Troubleshooting
General Troubleshooting
Problem
Possible Solution
Product Registration
Customer Care
HDTV/HDTV Adapter Troubleshooting
Problem
Service
Access
ati.com
Availability
Additional Accessories
Compliance Information
ati.com/online/accessories
FCC Compliance Information
Electrical Safety
Industry Canada Compliance Statement
CE Compliance Information
Informations de conformité de la CE
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE Directive Compliance
Compliance Information
110 Compliance Information
Glossary
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Pulldown
Alpha Blending
Alternate Frame Rendering
Adaptive Anti-aliasing
Anisotropic Filtering
Anti-aliasing
Aspect
Aspect Ratio
Back Buffer
Bilinear Filtering
Bit Depth
Bitmap
Brightness
Buffer
Catalyst Control Center
Color Component
Component Video
Composite Video
Compositing Engine
Control Point
Dashboard
Direct 3D
DirectX
Dithering
EDTV
Flat Shading
Frame Buffer
Frames Per Second
Gamma
Gouraud Shading
HDCP
HDTV
HydraVision
HyperZ HD
Keyframe Interpolation
KTX Buffer Region Extension
Lighting
Mipmapping
Offscreen Memory
OpenGL
ATI Overdrive
PCI Express PCIe
Pipeline
Pixel
Refresh Rate
Resolution
Scissor Mode
Saturation
SCART
SDTV
SECAM
Shadow Mask
SmartShader HD
Specular Highlight
Super Anti-aliasing
SuperTiling
S-Video
Transition Minimized Differential Signaling TMDS
Texel
Texture Mapping
Texture Preference
Trilinear Filtering
Vector Adaptive Deinterlacing
VersaVision
Vertex Shader
VGA Connector
VPU Recover
Video Immersion
VideoShader HD
Z-buffer
Index
1080i 56, 57, 120
3Dc 111
480i 105, 120, 125 480p 105, 125
Clone Mode 42, 43, 82
Aspect Ratio 57, 78, 83, 87
Catalyst A.I. 58, 65, 90, 100
Catalyst Control Center 23, 24, 27, 30, 31, 99, 100, 101
contrast 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 85, 104
CrossFire 99, 100, 101, 102
CRT 4, 105, 116, 117
Customer Care 38, 103, 105, 106
Direct 3D 46, 70, 71, 72, 101, 113, 117, 124
Dot pitch 95, 117
DVD 4, 21, 116, 119 DVI 51, 52, 53
DVI-I 104
Extended Mode 42, 43, 44, 82
gamma 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 80, 113
HDTV 95
Help 23, 27, 31, 38
Hue 54, 78, 80, 81, 86, 113, 120
Lighting 111, 112
NTSC 111, 118, 121
OpenGL 39, 46, 47, 70, 71, 121
Resolution 4, 23, 41, 48, 50, 53, 95, 104
PAL 122 PCI 122
Pipeline 100, 101 Pixel 72, 101
Saturation 54, 80, 81, 86, 113, 120
Theater Mode 78, 82, 83, 86
TV 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 94, 95
VCR 116, 119
VGA 4
Video 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 104
Windows 21, 23, 24, 105
Wizard 38, 78