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Table of Contents
Using TV Display and Capture Features
Using the Radeon® X1950 XTX
with CrossFire™
Glossary
CHAPTER 1:
Introduction
VideoShader™
512-bitRing Bus Memory Controller
Ultra-ThreadedShader Engine
High Dynamic Range (HDR) Rendering
System Requirements
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Before You Begin
Before you begin installing your new graphics card, please do the following
Record Your Serial and Part Numbers
Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers
To uninstall previous drivers
2Navigate to the Control Panel and select Add/Remove Programs
Add/Remove
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CHAPTER 2:
Installing Hardware
Installing the graphics card
1Turn off the computer, monitor, and other peripheral devices
WARNING
3Remove the computer cover
If necessary, consult your computer’s manual for help in removing the cover
Connecting Devices
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CHAPTER 3:
Using Multiple Displays
• Refer to your Windows
online help and documentation for further information on using the
Settings
tab
When you use multiple monitors with your card, one monitor will always be
Display Configurations
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CHAPTER 4:
Installing Software and Drivers
Run the
ATISETUP
a)Click the Start button in the task bar
b)Click Run
Monitor Configuration
Warning
To configure your primary display
Properties
Advanced
To set up a multi-monitordisplay
3Click Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor
Reinstalling Drivers
ATI Easy Install
Next
Installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite
To install the Catalyst™ software suite
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CHAPTER 5:
Catalyst™ Control Center
Video
To access the Video aspect
Video
Display Options
Force TV Detection
Color
Display the Color aspect
Color
Monitor Properties
Component Video Properties
Digital Panel Properties
Force
Hotkeys Manager
To access Hotkeys Manager
Hotkeys
Preferences
To access Preferences
Preferences
Access CrossFire™
CrossFire
Enable CrossFire™
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CHAPTER 6:
Using TV Display and Capture Features
Using a Monitor vs. Using TV Display
Viewing Text on a TV
Using a TV as the Only Display
Using Games and Applications
Connecting to HDTV
Note: Input and output cables lengths should not exceed 50 feet (15m)
Installing your ATI HDTV video cable
1Turn on your component input device, and set it to YPbPr input
Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable
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CHAPTER 7:
Using the Radeon® X1950 XTX with CrossFire™
SuperTiling
Scissor Mode
Alternate Frame Rendering (AFR) Mode
Super Anti-aliasingMode
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CHAPTER 8:
CrossFire™ FAQ
5Which slot does the CrossFire™ Master card go into on the motherboard
6Are there any software settings required for CrossFire™ to work
Enable CrossFire
What is the difference between a CrossFire
8How are the graphics cards connected on a CrossFire™ system
9Which games/applications work with CrossFire™
10Is a driver profile required to make CrossFire™ work
What happens if you pair a two CrossFire
What happens if the CrossFire
15How many independent displays can be connected to a CrossFire™ system
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CHAPTER 9:
Reference
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Product Registration
To activate Customer Care you must register your product with ATI at:
ati.com/online/registration
Customer Care
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Additional Accessories
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Compliance Information
This section details the compliance information for this product
FCC Compliance Information
Industry Canada Compliance Statement
CE Compliance Information
Informations de conformité de la CE
Electrical Safety
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive Compliance
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CHAPTER 10:
Glossary
Adaptive Anti-aliasing
AGP
Alpha Blending
Alternate Frame Rendering
Anisotropic Filtering
Anti-aliasing
Aspect
Aspect Ratio
Avivo™ Color
Back Buffer
Bilinear Filtering
Bit Depth
Bitmap
Brightness
Buffer
Catalyst™ Control Center
Color Component
Color Correction
Component Video
Composite Video
Compositing Engine
Control Point
CRT
Dashboard
Direct 3D®
DirectX
Dithering
Dot pitch
DVI
EDTV
Flat Shading
Fog
Frame Buffer
Frames Per Second
Gamma
Gouraud Shading
HDCP
HDMI™
HDTV
Hue
HydraVision™
HyperZ™ HD
Keyframe Interpolation
KTX Buffer Region Extension
Lighting
Mipmapping
NTSC
Offscreen Memory
OpenGL®
ATI Overdrive
PAL
PCI
PCI Express® (PCIe™)
Pipeline
Pixel
Refresh Rate
Rendering
Resolution
Saturation
SCART
Scissor Mode
SDTV
SECAM
Shadow Mask
SmoothVision™ HD
Specular Highlight
Super Anti-aliasing
SuperTiling
S-Video
Texel
Texture Mapping
Texture Preference
Transition Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS)
Trilinear Filtering
Vector Adaptive Deinterlacing
VersaVision™
Vertex Shader
Vertex shader units
VGA Connector
Video Immersion™
VideoShader™ HD
VPU Recover
YPbPr
Z-buffer
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Index
3D 23, 36, 37, 39, 46, 51, 52, 59, 68, 74 3Dc 59
Anti-aliasing 24, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 60, 61, 73
brightness 23, 50, 61, 63, 67
Catalyst Control Center 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 36, 44, 45, 46, 52
Color 17, 23, 39, 50
CrossFire 4, 23, 24, 35, 38, 39, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 51, 52
CrossFire Edition 4, 24, 35, 38, 43, 44, 45, 46
Direct 3D 22, 61, 65, 72
Dot pitch 31, 65, 73 dot pitch 31 driver installation 15 drivers
DVD 4, 15, 51, 64, 67
DVI 13, 24, 44, 46, 51, 52
DVI-I 13, 44, 46, 50, 51
gamma 23, 39, 61
GPU 36, 37, 38, 39
HDTV 31
Help 17, 21
Hue 61, 68
Master graphics card 4, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 51, 64
motherboard 4, 24, 35, 44, 51
NTSC 59, 66, 69
OpenGL 22, 69
PAL 70
Resolution 4, 17, 31, 40, 50
Scissor Mode 35, 37, 38, 39, 72
SuperTiling 35, 36, 37, 38, 39
TV 21, 23, 30, 31
VCR 64, 67
VGA 4, 13
Video 22, 50, 52
Windows 15, 17, 18, 53
YPbPr 13, 53, 64
