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Numerics

3D Graphics

memory usage

supported features

3D Memory Monitor

description

Apple Displays

using DVI adapter

using VGA adapter

4, 35

ATI Displays control panel

description

ATI Guide

accessing

5, 10, 16, 25, 26

description

16, 26

DVI-to-VGA adapter

Graphic Card

features

requirements

4, 34

specifications

Monitor Resolution

2D video mode table

changing, Apple displays

changing, VGA displays

12, 13

QuickDraw 3D

supported features

QuickTime

requirements

4, 34

Software

3D Memory Monitor

ATI Displays

ATI Guide

16, 26

requirements

4, 34

Troubleshooting

contacting customer support

incorrect resolution

Video Card

features

requirements

4, 34

specifications

Index

Summary of Contents for RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION

Page 1: ...trademarks of 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...

Page 2: ...y profits or for punitive incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of the ATI hardware software or other products and documentation provided herein ATI...

Page 3: ...dual display support enabling many combinations utilizing the VGA DVI I and TV connectors OpenGL and QuickDraw 3D accelerator providing superior 3D rendering performance and advanced imaging and filte...

Page 4: ...2 1 Minimum 128MB of system memory required for Mac OS X version 10 1 OpenGL 1 2 2 or higher is required to obtain full 3D graphics functionality in Mac OS 9 2 1 applications OpenGL 1 2 2 is only ava...

Page 5: ...r card s features There are two methods of accessing the ATI Guide From the Mac OS menu bar under the ATI icon choose ATI Guide From the ATI Displays control panel you can access the ATI Guide by clic...

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Page 7: ...njoy true color 32 bit 2D or 3D graphics up to 2048x1536 Watch full screen full motion TV quality video using QuickTime playback acceleration Output your Mac s display to a digital flat panel Output y...

Page 8: ...ocesses 3D artwork being fed into the graphics accelerator by converting it from flat triangle data into curved surface data allowing much more highly detailed and realistically lit images with virtua...

Page 9: ...der 3D graphics produce atmospheric effects calculate light and color shading and determine which objects are in the foreground and which are in the background RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION only displays 3D...

Page 10: ...ATI Config Menu from the menu bar For detailed instructions on how to set up and use these features please refer to the ATI Guide ATI Help which can be accessed through the ATI Displays control panel...

Page 11: ...o card icon is displayed in the ATI Displays control panel You cannot make any changes to the generic video card using ATI Displays Display Details The Details window gives you information about speci...

Page 12: ...out exiting your current application You can configure enable or disable shortcut features when you click the Shortcut icon in the control panel The ATI Popup Menu only displays the recommended modes...

Page 13: ...active and you can use it to select your monitor from a list of standard monitors If the VGA icon is dimmed your computer has detected a DDC compliant VGA monitor connected to your RADEON 8500 MAC ED...

Page 14: ...run the 3D Memory Monitor to see how your RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION has allocated 3D memory To open the 3D Memory Monitor Choose Control Panels from the Apple Menu or choose ATI Displays from the ATI Co...

Page 15: ...add realism to 3D models and environments The Bitmap bar indicates the memory allocated to non 3D elements like 2D graphics To reduce the memory allocated to Texture memory reduce the amount of textu...

Page 16: ...ally select ATI HELP from the HELP CENTER Select a topic from the main ATI HELP window to get detailed instructions for a specific task To return to the main ATI HELP window click the HOME icon in the...

Page 17: ...the monitor is set to display in grayscale Mac OS 9 only QuickTime movies are not accelerated nor are they converted to color When playing movies in thousands or millions of colors the ATI card utili...

Page 18: ...pression Connect using Composite or S Video output capabilities RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION provides a big screen experience for playing games giving presentations and browsing the Internet Using RADEON 8...

Page 19: ...connector of your TV If you are using Composite connect the supplied Video Out Adapter to the S Video connector of the RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION Then attach one end of your Composite cable to the Compo...

Page 20: ...Video or Composite video input connection If you are using S Video attach one end of an S Video cable to the S Video Out connector of the RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION and the other end to the S Video In c...

Page 21: ...with your VCR Now that you have connected your RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION to a VCR you need to enable Mac2TV Enabling Mac2TV Open the ATI Displays control panel Click on the Mac2TV icon The Video Output...

Page 22: ...on your TV can be improved by changing the contrast brightness or size of your display To set the video out preferences click the Mac2TV icon on the ATI Displays Control Panel Hue saturation and brigh...

Page 23: ...st whites are from the blackest blacks If the contrast is too high the image may look stark like pure white squares on a jet black background If the contrast is too low the image may look gray or wash...

Page 24: ...n Mac OS 9 Click the Apple menu Select Control Panels Select Views Choose a larger font size To change your font size in Mac OS X Click the Apple menu Select System Preferences Select General Choose a...

Page 25: ...use these features please refer to ATI Help which can be accessed through the ATI Displays control panel The Display Info dialog presents the current settings of your monitor The Profile dialog prese...

Page 26: ...u you can set the Preferences for the ATI Displays control panel Here you can configure how the ATI Displays control panel starts and exits ATI HELP ATI HELP is an additional source of information whe...

Page 27: ...cally on the TV This default can be changed in the ATI Displays Preferences For more information see ATI Displays Preferences on page 26 Click on the TV button NTSC is the default setting A TV cannot...

Page 28: ...ou can use this feature to connect your RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION to a digital flat panel display To output your computer s display to a DVI I digital flat panel Turn off your computer and DVI I flat pa...

Page 29: ...Page 29 Turn on your DVI I flat panel and your Mac A third party adapter is required to support Apple branded digital flat panels with an ADC connector 6 NOTE...

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Page 31: ...sult your monitor s specifications to determine which resolutions are available with your display Supported VESA VGA 2D Modes Display Resolution Vertical Refresh Hz Horizontal Refresh kHz 640 x 480 60...

Page 32: ...024 60 63 98 75 79 98 85 91 38 1600 x 1024 76 81 32 1600 x 1200 60 75 00 65 81 25 70 87 50 75 93 75 85 106 25 1792 x 1344 60 83 64 75 106 27 1856 x1392 60 86 33 75 112 50 1920 x 1080 60 67 50 72 84 38...

Page 33: ...m 165MHz capability For more information please refer to the specifications of your Digital Flat Panel display The RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION has been used successfully without modification set as high a...

Page 34: ...Time version 5 0 or higher Apple OpenGL 1 2 2 or higher Graphics Controller ATI RADEON 8500 graphics and multimedia accelerator chip Video Display Buffer 64MB memory 256 bit memory interface Bus AGP 2...

Page 35: ...ut adapter included Video Interrupt PCI interrupt request enabled interrupt is auto configured by system Power 5V 1 3A typical Environment Ambient Temperature 50 to 122 F 10 to 50 C operation 32 to 16...

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Page 37: ...r in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to...

Page 38: ...ts and Methods of Measurements EN 61000 4 2 EN 61000 4 3 ENV 50204 EN 61000 4 6 Directive EMC 89 336 CEE et amendement 92 31 EEC et 93 68 EEC pour le dispositif de la Classe B Digital EN 55022 CISPR 2...

Page 39: ...und Methoden von Messen Warnung Dies ist ein Erzeugnis der Klasse B Dieses Erzeugnis kann Funkst rungen im Wohnbereich verursachen in diesem Fall k nnen entsprechende Ma nahmen seitens des Benutzers e...

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Page 41: ...med on them In order to increase performance all memory used for back buffers are on your ATI graphics accelerator card Bilinear Filtering When texture mapping is performed an image can become very bl...

Page 42: ...mooth lighting effect across a 3D object A specific color is used at each vertice of a triangle or polygon and interpolated across the entire face HYPER Z II A memory bandwidth saving technology that...

Page 43: ...e with a high refraction value Texture Mapping Mapping or placing an image onto an object Images of realistic surfaces are placed on 3D models to create a richer and more complex visual effect Triline...

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Page 45: ...VGA adapter 35 G Graphic Card features 7 requirements 4 34 specifications 34 M Monitor Resolution 2D video mode table 31 changing Apple displays 12 changing VGA displays 12 13 Q QuickDraw 3D supporte...

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