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Catalyst™ Software Suite

The following section provides an explanation of 
each ATI tab available after installing the Catalyst™ 
Software Suite.

ATI Displays Tab

The ATI Displays tab provides the multi monitor 
features. Here you can enable/disable display devices 
and swap the assignment of Primary and Secondary 
displays.

Features presented in the following pages may not 
be supported in all operating systems and/or may 
appear differently.

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Summary of Contents for 100-437009 - Radeon 9600 SE 128 MB DRR2 Video Adapter

Page 1: ...ATI Technologies Inc All other company and or product names are trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective owners Features performance and specifications are subject to change without...

Page 2: ...ducts which this document relates ATI disclaims all express or implied warranties regarding such products including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability fitness for a particula...

Page 3: ...I Displays Tab 8 Enabling Disabling Secondary Displays 9 Enabling Extended Desktop Mode 9 Dynamic Display Reassignment 9 Virtually Repositioning Your Displays 10 Ratiometric Expansion 11 ATI Color Tab...

Page 4: ...CART Connectors for European TVs 32 How To Enable Disable The TV Display 32 Using and Adjusting TV Out 33 How TV Display Cannot Be Used 33 Using a Monitor vs Using the TV Display 33 Adjusting Monitor...

Page 5: ...ies Inc Powered by the RADEON 9600 Series Visual Processing Unit VPU 128 bit DDR memory interface Awesome 3D gaming performance Support for OpenGL applications Support for Direct 3D applications High...

Page 6: ...viding the necessary power to accelerate today s 3D games and applications SMARTSHADER technology which can realistically create the visual properties of any material like glass metal wood and produce...

Page 7: ...ed explanation of each ATI tab refer to Catalyst Software Suite Direct 3D and OpenGL The Catalyst Software Suite also supports the latest versions of Direct 3D and OpenGL Many new 3D game titles and t...

Page 8: ...y functionality available with ATI s Catalyst Software Suite you can also use HydraVision for advanced multi monitor management For more information on HydraVision please refer to the HydraVision User...

Page 9: ...heir cables to the appropriate connectors then turn on the PC and monitor s To connect a flat panel directly to your card use the DVI I connector To connect a VGA monitor to the DVI I connector plug a...

Page 10: ...thode ray tube analog display One DFP display DVI I connector DFP digital flat panel display One TV TV Output Cards with S Video out also support Composite out via a S Video to Composite adapter Cards...

Page 11: ...DVI I to VGA adapter CRT display DFP display TV VGA connector DVI I connector TV Output The TV display will clone the image of one of the other two displays CRT display CRT display TV UNSUPPORTED CONF...

Page 12: ...Catalyst Software Suite ATI Displays Tab The ATI Displays tab provides the multi monitor features Here you can enable disable display devices and swap the assignment of Primary and Secondary displays...

Page 13: ...onitor icon for the display onto which you want to extend your desktop 4 Click Yes to enable the selected display 5 Checkmark the Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor check box Windows may auto...

Page 14: ...2000 Clicking on the button will reassign the Primary and Secondary monitors Clicking on the button creates a clone or mirror image of the Primary display onto the Secondary display Clicking on the bu...

Page 15: ...monly known This expands a low resolution image to fill a higher resolution panel However ratiometric expansion is only available on the Primary display Therefore if a flat panel display FPD is set as...

Page 16: ...Brightness This increases or decreases the brightness of your desktop The higher the gamma value the higher the brightness of your display Color Curve This adjusts the selected color red green or blu...

Page 17: ...controls allow you to increase or decrease the color brightness of Direct 3D and OpenGL games played in fullscreen mode RGB Lock Uncheck this to adjust the RGB sliders individually Check this to adjus...

Page 18: ...rsion number 2D version number and the driver build information Details button Provides access to the Details tab which lists the card s hardware details and driver information Reactivate all warning...

Page 19: ...ype that supports overlay adjustments Show ATI icon on taskbar Unchecking this allows you to remove the ATI icon from your system tray without disabling the ATI icon applications Disable quick resolut...

Page 20: ...all color and produces a black and white picture Hue Use this slider to adjust the pureness or tint of the red green and blue components of the color Gamma Use this slider to adjust the overall inten...

Page 21: ...able when Theater Mode is selected Same as source video The aspect ratio of the source video is maintained for full screen display Note that this option may result in black bars on either the horizont...

Page 22: ...amers can fine tune the settings for Direct 3D games Main and Custom Settings In the Main Settings you can maximize overall performance by moving the slider to the left or you can enhance overall imag...

Page 23: ...r more natural looking objects Selecting Application Preference will result in high quality images with negligible reduction in the application s performance SMOOTH VISION slider SmoothVision Anti Ali...

Page 24: ...selects a lower quality mipmap Wait for Vertical Sync Wait for vertical sync will lower the frame rate of full screen games but reduce the image tearing that can occur with the higher frame rate Sele...

Page 25: ...T texture formats thus reducing the number of texture formats supported Alternate pixel center This may eliminate problems with some Direct 3D games which display vertical and horizontal lines around...

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Page 27: ...amers can fine tune the settings for OpenGL games Main and Custom Settings In the Main Settings you can maximize overall performance by moving the slider to the left or you can enhance overall image q...

Page 28: ...a texture filtering technique that blends multiple texture samples together Selecting Application Preference will result in high quality textures with a negligible reduction in the application s perfo...

Page 29: ...eft selects a lower quality mipmap Wait for Vertical Sync Wait for vertical sync will lower the frame rate of full screen games but reduce the image tearing that can occur with the higher frame rate S...

Page 30: ...how the application should handle both features at the same time In most cases Error Diffusion will handle this situation quite well but there are a few cases where selecting Ordered may be necessary...

Page 31: ...TGART diagnostics test Set AGP Settings Experienced users can manually change the AGP speed You will need to reboot your computer for this change to take effect The possible AGP speed is dependent on...

Page 32: ...een set to Off will be turned on providing the test passes Problems can arise if the user enables a secondary graphics accelerator in a multiple monitor environment after the operating system has load...

Page 33: ...V display When you enable TV display in Europe the refresh rate for the monitor and TV is set to 50Hz Some monitors may not support this refresh rate and could be damaged Please check the documentatio...

Page 34: ...N 9600 Series with the Composite out connector DOES NOT support connection to TVs with S Video In Connecting Your TV Output to a TV or VCR 1 Turn off your PC and your TV or VCR 2 Determine if your TV...

Page 35: ...thin a few seconds During start up your RADEON 9600 Series will go through a sequence of mode settings during which your TV display will remain blank This process takes only a few seconds and helps pr...

Page 36: ...lectronic stores rather than the SCART connector if your RADEON 9600 Series supports the S Video connector How To Enable Disable The TV Display 1 Access the Windows Control Panel Double click Display...

Page 37: ...TV Display Using your TV for your PC s display is ideal for playing games giving presentations watching movies and browsing the Internet However the display on your monitor may change or looked squash...

Page 38: ...rred or unclear on a TV You can compensate for this by using larger fonts To Use Larger Display Fonts 1 Access the Windows Control Panel Double click Display 2 For Windows XP click the Appearance tab...

Page 39: ...ntal arrowheads to increase the horizontal size of the TV display 7 Click OK or Apply to save the changes you have made You can also reduce edge distortion by increasing the TV s contrast To Increase...

Page 40: ...ual desktop If a TV is your only display device and a higher mode is selected the display on your TV will disappear Using Older Games and Applications Some older games and applications may program you...

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