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