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CrossFire™ Overview 7

CHAPTER 2:

Welcome to CrossFire™

ATI's CrossFire™ propels gaming PCs with the ultimate multi-GPU
consumer graphics solution.

CrossFire™ Overview

This section provides an overview of the main features and configurations
for CrossFire™. These topics will be covered in more detail in other
chapters of this manual.

Allowable CrossFire™ System Components

The basic requirements of a CrossFire™ system are a CrossFire™ certified
motherboard with two PCI Express® slots, a Radeon® CrossFire™ Edition
graphics card (the Master graphics card), and a compatible Radeon®
graphics card (the Slave graphics card).

Compatible Slave graphics Cards for the Radeon® X850
CrossFire Edition

• Radeon® X850XT Platinum Edition
• Radeon® X850XT
• Radeon® X850 Pro

For an up-to-date listing of CrossFire™ certified motherboards, see:

ati.com/crossfire

.

CrossFire™ Rendering Modes

A CrossFire™ system has four possible display modes:

• SuperTiling
• Scissor Mode

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Summary of Contents for X850 - Radeon Xt Platinum Edition 256 Mb Agp

Page 1: ...Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition User s Guide P N 137 40863 10 ...

Page 2: ...cumentation provided herein ATI Technologies Inc reserves the right to make changes without further notice to a product or system described herein to improve reliability function or design With respect to ATI products 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...

Page 3: ... is a safety feature If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet contact your electrician to replace the obsolete outlet Do not defeat the safety purpose of the grounding type plug Secure Attachment All card securement pins shall be completely tightened as to provide continuous bonding between the option card and the PC chassis Lightning For added protection for this product during a ligh...

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Page 5: ...Requirements 15 External Connections 15 Before You Begin 16 Record Your Serial and Part Numbers 16 Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers 16 Installing Hardware 19 Installing the Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition Master Graphics Card 20 Using Multiple Displays 23 Connecting devices for CrossFire 23 Display Configurations 24 Connecting Your Monitors for Multiple Display 24 Enabling Multiple Displays ...

Page 6: ...s 39 Color 40 Monitor Properties 40 Component Video Properties 41 Digital Panel Properties 41 Hotkeys Manager 41 Profiles Manager 42 Preferences 42 CrossFire 43 Reference 45 Troubleshooting 45 Product Registration 49 Customer Care 49 Warranty Information 51 Hardware Warranty Service Statement 51 Warranty Service 51 Limitations 52 Getting Additional Accessories 52 Compliance Information 53 FCC Comp...

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Page 9: ...uirements for each of these components can be found within this FAQ 2 What graphics cards work with CrossFire A CrossFire graphics card works with all members of the same brand family Thus a Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition can be used as the Master graphics card with any Radeon X850 product 3 What motherboards support CrossFire The optimal configuration for a CrossFire system is one based on a Radeo...

Page 10: ... connection on the Master graphics card instead of using the CrossFire DMS 59 connector with both graphics cards seated in their respective slots on the motherboard If an image appears on the screen upon boot up the card has been placed in the correct slot on the motherboard 6 Are there any software settings required for CrossFire to work Yes there is a setting in the Catalyst Control Center that ...

Page 11: ...be disabled Multiple monitors displays that are disabled when CrossFire is enabled reappear after CrossFire is disabled 7 What is the difference between a CrossFire Edition graphics card and a standard graphics card from the same family CrossFire Edition graphics cards include a compositing engine a chip that takes the partially rendered image from the Slave graphics card and merges it with the pa...

Page 12: ...ossFire is enabled by default for all 3D games and applications 11 What happens if you pair a 12 pipeline CrossFire Edition graphics card with a CrossFire Ready 16 pipeline graphics card In this scenario both graphics cards will operate as 12 pipeline graphics cards while in CrossFire mode 12 What happens if the CrossFire Edition graphics card and the CrossFire Ready graphics card have different c...

Page 13: ...nter it determines the optimal rendering mode to use based on the application or game being used The default rendering mode is dependant on both the hardware configuration and the application being run typically it will be either Scissor or SuperTiling mode If Catalyst A I is not enabled any Direct 3D applications that are running on a system based on graphics cards with 16 pipeline graphics proce...

Page 14: ...a dedicated CrossFire display If the motherboard contains an integrated video connection and SurroundView is enabled more displays can be added Additional issues are covered in the Troubleshooting chapter in the User s Guide ...

Page 15: ...nents The basic requirements of a CrossFire system are a CrossFire certified motherboard with two PCI Express slots a Radeon CrossFire Edition graphics card the Master graphics card and a compatible Radeon graphics card the Slave graphics card Compatible Slave graphics Cards for the Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition Radeon X850XT Platinum Edition Radeon X850XT Radeon X850 Pro For an up to date listing...

Page 16: ...ormance modes when a 3D application is started without requiring user intervention The user can also choose to improve image quality by selecting the new Super Anti aliasing modes in the Catalyst Control Center SuperTiling In this mode each frame to be rendered is divided into a number of tiles in an alternating checkerboard pattern so that half of the tiles are assigned to each of the two GPUs Ea...

Page 17: ...s mode each frame is split into two sections with each section being processed by one GPU The split can be either horizontal or vertical and the split can be even 50 50 or uneven such as 60 40 or 70 30 The ideal configuration is determined automatically for each application 1 PCI Express Slave Graphics Card 2 Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition Master Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on PCI Expres...

Page 18: ...endered on one GPU while all odd frames are rendered on the other The completed frames from both GPUs are sent to the Compositing Engine on the CrossFire Edition card which then sends them on to the display By allowing both GPUs to work independently AFR provides the greatest potential performance 1 PCI Express Slave Graphics Card 2 Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition Master Graphics Card 3 Partial Fram...

Page 19: ...es since AFR generates successive frames simultaneously on different GPUs In these cases the SuperTiling or Scissor Mode is used instead Super Anti aliasing Mode Anti aliasing AA is a rendering technique designed to remove jagged edges shimmering and pixelation problems that are common in rendered 1 PCI Express Slave Graphics Card 2 Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition Master Graphics Card 3 Partial Fram...

Page 20: ...tions within each pixel and uses gamma correct sample blending for high quality smoothing of polygon edges The new CrossFire Super Anti aliasing mode takes advantage of the programmable sample capability of SmoothVision HD to provide higher quality anti aliasing on CrossFire systems It works by having each GPU render the same frame with anti aliasing enabled but uses different sample locations for...

Page 21: ...l and near vertical edges resulting in better overall image quality Two of the new Super Anti aliasing modes use a combination of MSAA and SSAA to achieve the ultimate in image quality They work by not only using different multi sample locations on each GPU but also by offsetting the pixel centers slightly In effect each GPU renders the image from a different viewpoint about half a pixel width apa...

Page 22: ... CrossFire Rendering Modes Note Super Anti aliasing is not available when any of the three CrossFire specific rendering modes are selected but regular anti aliasing values 2x 4x or 6x are still available ...

Page 23: ...Ie chipset driver Note The Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition is a dual slot solution that may obscure the adjacent slot See ati com crossfire for a list of CrossFire certified motherboards Optical drive for installation software CD ROM or DVD ROM drive Specialized PCI Express 500 watt or greater power supply recommended Consult your computer system manual to ensure the power supply is designed to acco...

Page 24: ... before installing your new ATI product Uninstall Previous Graphics Card Drivers To ensure the successful installation of your new Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition card you must uninstall the drivers for the existing graphics card before removing it from your computer To uninstall previous drivers With your current graphics card still in your computer 1 Close all applications that are currently runni...

Page 25: ...ct Add Remove The wizard will help you remove your current display drivers Note If the previously installed graphics card has any additional software installed it should also be removed at this point 4 Restart your system after the drivers have been removed ...

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Page 27: ...of your Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition graphics card The Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition will always be the Master graphics card due to its on board compositing engine and the associated DMS 59 connector For supported Slave graphics cards see Allowable CrossFire Display Configurations 1 Power Supply ...

Page 28: ...elp in removing the cover 2 Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition Graphics Card Master 3 CrossFire Compatible Graphics Card Slave 4 Power Cables L Consult your system builder or OEM to ensure that your system has an adequate power supply A 500 watt or greater power supply is recommended PCI Express compatible system comes with specialized 12V graphics card power connector Consult your computer system manu...

Page 29: ...n on the graphics card 8 Screw in or fasten the graphics card securely Make sure the cables are not interfering with anything inside the computer for example a cooling fan and replace the computer cover 9 Reconnect any cables you have disconnected and plug in the computer s power cord 10 Turn on the monitor and then your computer L Important To ensure proper ventilation for your Radeon X850 CrossF...

Page 30: ...22 Installing the Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition Master Graphics Card ...

Page 31: ...DVI I to VGA adapter It also has a DMS 59 connector for connection to a supported PCI Express graphics card for CrossFire support For supported Slave graphics cards see Allowable CrossFire System Components The following illustration shows how to connect your ATI CrossFire Edition Master graphics card to your PCI Express Slave graphics card 1 CrossFire Edition Graphics Card Master 2 CrossFire Comp...

Page 32: ...ed to the Slave graphics card The illustration below shows possible display connections to the Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition graphics card Display devices can also be added to the Slave graphics card For specific display support information see the user s guide that came with your Slave graphics card Note While two display connections are displayed below three is possible by attaching an additiona...

Page 33: ...raphics Card Master 2 CrossFire Compatible Graphics Card Slave 3 DVI I Connector 4 DMS 59 CrossFire Interconnect Cable 5 DVI I Connector 6 DVI I to VGA Adapter 7 CRT Display 8 Flat Panel Display 9 DVI I Connection can be used to add another display ...

Page 34: ...HDTV display If the HDTV display supports the connection type it can be used as a flat panel display using a DVI I connector Master Card using DVI I connector DFP display DFP digital flat panel display Digital HDTV display If the HDTV display supports the connection type it can be used as a flat panel display using a DVI I connector Analog HDTV If the HDTV display supports the connection type it c...

Page 35: ...e Card with two DVI I connectors DFP display DFP digital flat panel display using non TMDS connector Digital HDTV If the HDTV display supports the connection type it can be used as a flat panel display using a DVI I connector CRT using DVI I to VGA adapter CRT cathode ray tube analog display Analog HDTV Not supported using a smart dongle Slave Card with one DVI I and one Honda connector VIVO VIVO ...

Page 36: ...lay the settings view Enable a secondary display device 1 Click Displays Manager in Advanced View 2 Click the number 2 display icon in the right hand box 3 Click Yes to the Enable this display dialog Optionally right click the number 2 icon in the right hand box and click Enable in the pop up menu Note Repeat steps 2 and 3 above for each additional connected device The number on the display icon w...

Page 37: ...erating system This procedure applies to Windows XP Software Installation Prerequisites To install or remove the drivers you must have administrator rights or be logged on as a user with administrator rights Your operating system must be installed and running before you can install the Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition drivers Also make sure that you have installed Service Pack 2 for Windows XP Make s...

Page 38: ...ick Install under Software Install 4 Click Next 5 Click Yes to the license agreement ATI Easy Install will start the Installation Wizard 6 Follow the wizard s on screen instructions to complete the installation 7 When the Setup Complete message appears select Yes I want to restart my computer now and click Finish 8 After the system reboots the Found New Hardware message displays Digital Signature ...

Page 39: ...en Display Click the Settings tab to access the basic multi monitor configuration settings 2 Select the Monitor icon identified by the number 2 3 Click Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor 4 Set the Screen Resolution and Color Quality as appropriate for the second monitor Click Apply or OK to apply these new values Refer to your Windows online help and documentation for further information ...

Page 40: ...1 In the Windows task bar click Start 2 From the Start menu select Run 3 Browse to ATISETUP EXE on the root directory of the ATI Installation CD ROM 4 Click OK Installing the Catalyst Software Suite ATI s Catalyst Software Suite provides software required to enjoy all the features of your ATI graphicscard TheCatalyst SoftwareSuitehasseveral distinct software elements including Driver Catalyst Cont...

Page 41: ...l under Software Install 6 Click Next and click Yes to the license agreement 7 Click ATI Easy Install to begin the Installation Wizard 8 Follow the Wizard s on screen instructions then choose either Express or Custom Install Not all software components are installed using the Express installation Custom installation allows you to select individual software components for installation ...

Page 42: ...34 Installing the Catalyst Software Suite ...

Page 43: ...rol Center offers you two views of the software Standard View is a simplified view that includes wizards to get the inexperience user up and running Advance View allows the advanced user to access and configure the complete feature set of the software The Catalyst Control Center can be customized for easy access to the features you use most Use the Catalyst Control Center to access a comprehensive...

Page 44: ...ortcut When you first installed Catalyst Control Center the setup wizard provided you with the option of placing a shortcut on the desktop Double click the Catalyst Control Center desktop shortcut Launching Catalyst Control Center Using Hot Keys You can press predefined F7 help key or combination of keys such as Ctrl Alt C or you can define your hot key by using the Hotkey Manager Launching Cataly...

Page 45: ...version information To access Help Click the Help button in the Catalyst Control Center Dashboard or Press the F1 key at any time to get specific help on the feature or aspect you are using Displays Manager The Displays Manager aspect is the central location for configuring your display devices and arranging your desktop Use the Displays Manager Catalyst Control Center Dialog ...

Page 46: ...monitor environment and enable TV Out Those new to the Catalyst Control Center may use the Standard View wizard to help you configure your display preferences Experienced users who prefer to manually configure their desktop setting should use the Advanced View Catalyst Control Center Standard View ...

Page 47: ...ly adjust video overlay and choose a preferred viewing mode such as Widescreen or Fullscreen modes To access the Video aspect Select Video in either Standard or Advanced View Display Options The Display Options aspect gives you additional control to optimize performance of OpenGL and Direct 3D applications Catalyst Control Center Advanced View ...

Page 48: ...n Advanced View Color Use the Color aspect to adjust the color settings for your desktop and full screen games The Preview effects area shows your changes to gamma brightness and contrast in real time To access the Color aspect Select Color in Advanced View Monitor Properties Use the Monitor Properties aspect to configure your Display Data Channel DDC monitor s attributes to display information ab...

Page 49: ...EDID information containing information about the capabilities of the display about your connected HDTV display to the Force button in Displays Manager Note Catalyst Control Center loads aspects dynamically based on what device is attached to the graphics card If you have standard display device such as a CRT monitor or flat panel display Monitor Properties will appear instead of Digital Panel Pro...

Page 50: ...an one graphics card installed in your computer you need to select the appropriate card before creating loading or activating a profile To access the Profiles Manager Click the Profiles button in the Catalyst Control Center Preferences Use the Preferences page to restore factory defaults change skins or enable disable the System Tray icon The Catalyst Control Center Preferences page contains the f...

Page 51: ...t is recommended that Catalyst A I be enabled in order to automatically select the preferred rendering mode for target applications For applications that are not identified in Catalyst A I or when Catalyst A I is disabled default CrossFire rendering modes are used In addition Super Anti aliasing modes can be directly enabled in Catalyst Control Center For the latest information see the CrossFire W...

Page 52: ...44 CrossFire Catalyst Control Center CrossFire is Enabled ...

Page 53: ... troubleshooting information General Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution Computer Does Not Boot Up Properly Verify that the installation instructions were properly followed Check that the card is properly installed in your system and connected to your monitor If you have problems during start up restart your computer in Safe Mode While starting Windows XP press and hold F8 until you see the ...

Page 54: ...deo card and monitor support resolution and refresh rates you select Incompatible resolution refresh rate selection may result in monitor damage Refer to your monitor s documentation for recommended resolutions and refresh rates Off Center Screen Image Odd Colors or No Picture Try adjusting the brightness sharpness contrast and color balance controls of your monitor Try adjusting the centering and...

Page 55: ... you need to close the 3D application or video playback that is currently running You will not be able to start CrossFire if a 3D application game or video playback such as a DVD movie is running Close all open 3D applications games and movie player applications then enable CrossFire The CrossFire Edition card must be installed on the 1st boot up slot on your motherboard A message recommending the...

Page 56: ...omputer When disabling CrossFire you will be given the option to restart your computer to restore the original graphics memory size or continue with the reduced memory size Cannot Use ATI Overdrive ATI Overdrive is not an available feature on CrossFire systems Screen Rotation Function Does Not Work or is Unavailable Screen rotation is not an available feature on CrossFire systems Unable to get Cro...

Page 57: ...r and your HDTV are correct Y Green Pb Blue Pr Red There is no display on my TV Your TV will not display anything until Windows starts this may take several minutes Set your TV to YPbPr input Ensure that the HDTV Component Video Adapter is properly connected then restart your computer DVDs will not play in 720p or 1080i modes Copy protected DVDs restrict playback to 480i and 480p modes I can t see...

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Page 59: ...ent for a period of three years from the date of original purchase Should the product in ATI s opinion malfunction within the warranty period ATI will at its discretion repair or replace the product upon receipt with an equivalent Any replaced parts become the property of ATI This warranty does not apply to the software component of the installation usage not in accordance with product specificati...

Page 60: ... new or equivalent to new replacement parts Defective product will be sent in for repair or replacement only ATI makes no other representations or warranties as to fitness for a particular purpose merchantability or otherwise in respect of the product No other representations warranties or conditions shall be implied by statute or otherwise In no event shall ATI be responsible or liable for any da...

Page 61: ...Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Industry Canada Compliance Statement ICES 003 This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil numéri...

Page 62: ...54 Compliance Information Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE Directive Compliance This product was manufactured by ATI Technologies Inc ...

Page 63: ...rovided by the computer program and render it by using various lighting components applying textures and setting layers of transparency or opacity as required in order to produce a realistic representation of a three dimensional object on a two dimensional display 3Dc An ATI hardware based compression technology that reduces the size of 3D texture data rendering more finely grained texture surface...

Page 64: ...nfiguration increases the detail of the 3D objects each card can render as each card handles half of the total number of frames Essentially each card has more time to render a scene delivering a noticeable increase in 3D detail This type of graphical operation is only available in Radeon CrossFire graphics cards running Microsoft Direct 3D and OpenGL games or applications Anisotropic Filtering A t...

Page 65: ... 5 4 for LCDs and 16 9 for widescreen displays Back Buffer A type of offscreen memory used to provide smooth video and 2D graphics acceleration This technique uses two frame buffers so the process is often referred to as double buffering While the contents of one buffer are displayed a second buffer called the back buffer holds the frame being worked on In this way users will only see complete smo...

Page 66: ...individual pixels arranged horizontally in rows A monochrome bitmap uses one bit per pixel bpp Color bitmaps may use up to 32bpp depending on the color depth selected Brightness The amount of white or black that is applied to all colors onscreen By making the screen brighter you are adding more white to it This should not be confused with luminosity which measures the actual light level emitted fr...

Page 67: ...olor curve the horizontal axis represents the input value the color value a program wants to display while the vertical axis represents the output value the color value that the display driver will write to the screen A value of 0 in the lower left corner represents the complete absence of that particular color while a value of 255 in the upper right corner represents the full strength for that co...

Page 68: ...siting Engine A chip that is available only on CrossFire Edition graphics cards This chip takes the signals from the GPUs on both the Master graphics card and the Slave graphics card and combines the results according to the selected operating mode It then sends the final frames out to the display device It is capable of advanced blending operations without burdening either of the GPUs Control Poi...

Page 69: ...g the type of performance necessary for intensive 3D applications such as games Dithering A computer graphics technique that takes advantage of the human eye s tendency to mix two colors that are adjacent to each other to produce smooth boundary transitions Dithering adds intermediate color values between two or more boundaries producing smoother more natural look to 2D images or 3D objects Dot pi...

Page 70: ...nning a process which also removes the jaggies inherent in the interlaced television signals Flat Shading A lighting technique that shades each polygon of a 3D object based on where the source of the light is and the angle of the polygon in relation to it It enables relatively fast rendering of 3D objects although it can make those objects appear faceted as each visible polygon is set to a particu...

Page 71: ...oss a 3D object A specific color is used at each vertex of a triangle or polygon and interpolated across the entire face HDTV Acronym for High Definition Television a format that produces much greater picture quality than a standard television and in a wide screen format that matches that of a movie theater screen The two most popular formats are 1080i and 720p where the number represents how many...

Page 72: ...d as the key frames In a 3D rendering the start point could have a character with a neutral expression and the end point could have that same character smiling Additional frames are interpolated inserted between the two keyframes in order that morphs transforms the image so that there is a smooth transition between the key frames KTX Buffer Region Extension This OpenGL programming term refers to a...

Page 73: ...television signal used throughout the Americas except Brazil and in Japan It draws a total of 525 vertical interlaced frames of video at a refresh rate of 60 Hz making it relatively flicker free The acronym refers to the National Television Systems Committee which devised this color video standard in 1953 ATI Overdrive ATI Overdrive maximizes the performance of the GPU by dynamically altering its ...

Page 74: ...mponent Interconnect which is the specification for a type of computer bus used for attaching computer peripherals to a computer s motherboard PCI encompasses both integrated motherboard components such as built in graphical processors and peripherals that fit into an expansion card slot such as a separate graphics card PCI replaced the older ISA and VESA bus standards and was itself superseded by...

Page 75: ...This is the rate at which a monitor or television can redraw the screen from top to bottom NTSC television systems have a refresh rate of approximately 60 Hz whereas computer displays typically have refresh rates of 75 Hz or more At refresh rates of 70 Hz and lower screen flicker is often noticeable Rendering Rendering refers to the final drawing stages where the 2D image that appears on a display...

Page 76: ...op boxes It is sometimes referred to as Péritel or the Euroconnector Scissor Mode A graphical load balancing scheme where two graphics cards are used to render two halves of an image display One graphics card renders the top half of the screen while the second graphics card renders the bottom half This configuration offers a form of dynamic load balancing between the two cards as each only needs t...

Page 77: ...the CRT The distance between these holes is called the dot pitch SmartShader HD SmartShader HD contains advanced vertex and pixel shading capabilities A shader is a small program that runs on the GPU and describes how an image should be rendered Vertex shaders manipulate the individual polygons that make up 3D objects and pixel shaders operate on the individual pixels that fill in these polygons t...

Page 78: ...nes and shading effects SuperTiling A graphical load balancing scheme where two graphics cards are used to render alternate small 32x32 pixel squares in a fine grained checkerboard pattern This configuration increases image rendering quality as each card processes half of the complex 3D objects in the pixel squares SuperTiling is better optimized for most applications than Scissor Mode where two g...

Page 79: ...nce is a feature enabling the user to select the texture quality level for the surface of a 3D object Selecting the highest quality possible will provide the most realism although it may also have some impact on the performance of any 3D intensive application Transition Minimized Differential Signaling TMDS A technology designed to reduce electromagnetic interference EMI and improve the digital si...

Page 80: ...xtures such as hair and fur and more accurate surface deformations such as waves rippling in a pool or the stretching and wrinkling of a character s clothes as he or she moves VGA Connector A type of graphics connector sometimes also called an analog connector It is the most common type of video connector available consisting 15 pins set in three rows The VGA is an acronym for Video Graphics Array...

Page 81: ...hannels respectively both of which have the luminance value subtracted from them It is an equivalent color space to the chrominance based YCbCr which is used for digital video Z buffer The portion of video memory that keeps track of which onscreen elements can be viewed and which are hidden behind other objects In the case of a 3D image it keeps track of which elements are occluded by the foregrou...

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Page 83: ...56 66 accessories 52 Advanced View 28 38 39 40 41 Alternate Frame Rendering 5 Alternate Frame Rendering AFR 5 8 10 56 AMD Athlon 15 Anisotropic Filtering 13 Anisotropic filtering 56 69 Anti aliasing 5 8 11 12 13 43 56 69 70 anti aliasing 14 Aspect 57 Aspect Ratio 57 63 68 ATI Overdrive 48 65 ATISETUP utility 30 32 B Back Buffer 57 Bilinear Filtering 57 Bit depth 58 Bitmap 58 brightness 40 46 57 58...

Page 84: ...e Video 60 70 73 Compositing Engine 3 4 10 19 60 70 configuration multiple monitors 31 primary monitor 31 configuration tips 45 Connecting Devices 23 contrast 40 46 57 63 Control Panel 16 31 58 Control point 60 Copy protection DVDs 49 CPU 66 CrossFire 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 23 24 25 26 43 47 48 56 68 70 CrossFire aspect 43 CrossFire Edition 1 2 3 4 7 10 23 43 60 CrossFire F A Q 1 CrossFire inte...

Page 85: ...ction 15 Dot pitch 61 67 69 driver installation 29 drivers installing 29 uninstalling 16 DVD 15 29 32 47 59 60 68 71 DVI 2 4 23 24 25 26 27 41 47 48 62 71 DVI A 62 DVI D 62 DVI I 2 4 23 24 25 26 27 46 47 62 DVI I adapter 24 DVI I connection 15 DVI I to VGA adapter 24 E Electromagnetic Interference EMI 71 Enable CrossFire 43 Enhanced Definition Television EDTV 62 Euroconnector 68 Extended Display I...

Page 86: ...37 38 50 High Definition Television HDTV 26 27 40 41 49 59 63 68 Honda connector 27 Hotkeys Manager 41 Hue 64 68 HydraVision 30 32 64 I Industry Canada Compliance 53 installation tips 45 Installing drivers 29 interlaced 66 K Keyframe interpolation 64 KTX Buffer Region Extension 64 L Lighting 55 59 62 63 64 72 Linux 66 luminance 59 70 73 M Mac OS X 66 Master graphics card 1 2 3 4 7 9 10 11 13 19 20...

Page 87: ... 4 8 12 13 26 58 59 61 67 69 70 71 pixel shaders 69 power supply 15 19 20 Preferences 42 primary slot 2 20 Product Registration 49 profiles 42 Profiles Manager 42 R Radeon 7 68 RCA connection 60 Red Green Blue RGB 46 59 64 68 71 73 Refresh Rate 26 31 40 46 65 66 67 69 Refresh Rate Override 40 registration 16 Remote Wonder 32 Rendering 67 rendering modes 4 5 7 43 Resolution 13 15 31 46 61 62 65 67 ...

Page 88: ... SmoothVision HD 13 69 Specular highlight 70 Standard Definition Television SDTV 62 68 69 Super Anti aliasing 5 8 11 12 13 14 43 70 Super Anti aliasing Mode 11 Super Sample Anti Aliasing SSAA 13 SuperTiling 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 70 SurroundView 6 24 32 S Video 59 60 70 SXGA 67 system requirements 15 T Texel 71 Texture mapping 71 Texture Preference 71 Transition Minimized Differential Signaling TMDS 26 2...

Page 89: ...Video Out VIVO 27 48 VIVO 27 VIVO Video In Video Out 48 VPU Recover 72 W Warranty 51 warranty 45 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment WEEE Compliance 54 Widescreen mode 39 Windows 29 31 32 49 61 66 Windows Advanced Options Menu 45 Windows Control Panel 58 Windows XP 15 29 45 Windows XP Professional x64 Edition 48 X XGA 67 Y Y C 70 Y C video 70 YCbCr 73 YPbPr 49 59 73 Z Z buffer 73 ...

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