Diamond Multimedia 9600 PRO manual Introduction, System Requirements, External Connections

CHAPTER 1:

Introduction

The Radeon® 9600 PRO PC & Mac Edition is a graphics accelerator card that delivers maximum programmability and entertainment value to both gamers and developers. It includes flexible dual-display support for multiple combinations of Digital Flat Panel and CRT monitors. Your new graphics card provides:

•Flexible dual-display support enabling many combinations using digital and analog displays.

•OpenGL® acceleration providing superior 3D rendering performance, advanced imaging, and filtering techniques.

•Quartz® Extreme and Core Image.

•Industry leading DVD acceleration for High Bitrate, low CPU usage, and playback of the latest movies at any resolution.

The Radeon® 9600 PRO PC & Mac Edition can also be installed in a Microsoft® Windows® based computer. For more information see the PC Getting Started guide that was shipped with your graphics card. A PC- specific version of the User’s Guide can be found on the PC installation CD-ROM.

System Requirements

Hardware	• AGP 4X capable G4 or G5 computer.
	• Minimum 512MB of system memory.
Operating	• Mac OS® X version 10.3.6 or higher.
System
Monitor	• Compatible display devices: DVI or VGA display (using
	the supplied DVI-to-VGA adapter).
	• ADC Style Display Panel requires an adapter (sold
	separately).

External Connections

•One Dual Link DVI output.

•One Single Link DVI output.