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RADEON

 9200 FSC Series

User’s Guide

P/N 137-40465-10

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Содержание 9200 - Radeon 128MB Video Graphics Card

Страница 1: ...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 change without notice Product may not be exactly as shown in the diagrams Reproduction of this manual or parts thereof in any form without the express written permission of ATI Technologies Inc is strictly prohi...

Страница 2: ...oducts 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 particular purpose and non infringement Product Notice MACROVISION A Apparatus Claims of U S Patent Nos 4 631 603 4 577 216 4 819 098 and 4 907 093 licensed for limited viewing users only B In the printed col...

Страница 3: ...xtended Desktop Mode optional 8 Dynamic Display Reassignment optional 8 Virtually Repositioning Your Displays optional 9 ATI Color Tab 10 ATI Options Tab 12 ATI Overlay Tab 14 Video Overlay 14 Clone Mode Settings 15 OpenGL Control Panel 17 Main and Custom Settings 17 OpenGL Compatibility Settings 20 Direct 3D Control Panel 22 Main and Custom Settings 22 Direct 3D Compatibility Settings 25 Using TV...

Страница 4: ... the TV Display 32 Adjusting Monitor Display 32 Viewing Text on a TV 33 Reducing Edge Distortion 33 Changing Display Configurations 35 Using Games and Applications 35 Connect to a TV VCR or Camcorder for video capturing 37 Windows Volume Control 38 Capturing video using Windows Movie Maker 40 ...

Страница 5: ...by ATI Technologies Inc Powered by the RADEON 9200 Series Graphics Processing Units GPU Awesome 3D gaming performance Support for OpenGL applications Support for Direct 3D applications High resolution in 3D up to 2048x1536 Best performance for today s and tomorrow s applications Supports TV out to connect your PC to your TV or VCR ...

Страница 6: ...he 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 3D depth by rendering the object s shadows SMOOTHVISION which provides users with various degrees of jagged edge removal from 3D images allowing users to configure their own high quality or high performance ...

Страница 7: ... the Settings tab For a detailed explanation of each ATI tab refer to Catalyst Software Suite on page 7 Direct 3D and OpenGL The Catalyst Software Suite also supports the latest versions of Direct 3D and OpenGL Many new 3D game titles and the latest versions of older titles will virtually come to life as they utilize their advanced Direct 3D or OpenGL features Gamers can fine tune their settings f...

Страница 8: ...h ATI s Catalyst Software Suite for those computers with support for more than one installed monitor you can also use HydraVision for advanced multi monitor management For more information on HydraVision please refer to the HydraVision User s Guide PDF located on your ATI Installation CD ...

Страница 9: ...lso provides TV Output via a S Video out or a Composite out connector Plug the monitor cable into your card then turn on the PC and monitor s Or VGA CONNECTOR FROM MONITOR STANDARD VGA MONITOR CONNECTOR S Video Composite Composite S Video VGA CONNECTOR FROM MONITOR STANDARD VGA MONITOR CONNECTOR S Video ...

Страница 10: ...figuration Connector s Used Comments One CRT display VGA connector CRT cathode ray tube analog display One TV TV Output Cards with S Video out also support Composite out via a S Video to Composite adapter Cards with Composite out DO NOT support connection to TVs with S Video Input CRT display TV VGA connector TV Output ...

Страница 11: ...ys Tab The ATI Displays tab provides the multi monitor features for those computers with support for more than one installed monitor 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 i ...

Страница 12: ...monitor 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 automatically place it there 6 Click OK or Apply to save the changes Dynamic Display Reassignment optional You can change the assignment of your Primary and Secondary display on the fly without rebooting...

Страница 13: ...play has the button depressed To change the display assignment you can click the Primary display s button or you can click the button of the other display device 4 Click OK or Apply to save the changes Virtually Repositioning Your Displays optional 1 On the Settings tab click and drag the appropriate monitor icon to the desired position For example the secondary display can be dragged to the left ...

Страница 14: ...p 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 blue check button by moving the color curve with your mouse Game Gamma button This accesses Game Gamma Properties Defaults button This allows you to reset the desktop brightness and color settings to de...

Страница 15: ... 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 adjust all three sliders at the same time Defaults button This allows you to reset the Game Gamma settings to default values ...

Страница 16: ...ls button Provides access to the Details tab which lists the card s hardware details and driver information Reactivate all warning messages This allows you to reactivate any disabled graphics warning messages Enable ATI taskbar icon application Unchecking this allows you to disable the ATI taskbar applications and removes the ATI icon from your system tray Show ATI icon on taskbar Unchecking this ...

Страница 17: ... Checking this option disables the feature Reduce DVI frequency on high resolution optional Resolves display corruption or no image at high resolutions for example 1280x1024 75Hz using a digital DVI display This setting has no effect when using a DVI to VGA adapter Alternate DVI operational mode optional Use this option if you are experiencing display corruption on your DVI flat panel ...

Страница 18: ...es of your video overlay Video Overlay Video overlay allows for the viewing of full motion video on your PC However there is only one video overlay which is only available on the Primary display The video overlay controls are automatically activated during playback of any video file type that supports overlay adjustments ...

Страница 19: ...mode Defaults button This allows you to reset the Overlay settings to default values Clone Mode Options Standard Video content is displayed on your Primary display only Theater Mode Video content is displayed on your Primary and Secondary displays Video content is displayed on your Secondary display s is always in full screen mode Note your computer must be set for 16 bit color depth or higher to ...

Страница 20: ...ovies the full screen video will also contain black bars 4 3 Standard TV Select this option if the aspect ratio of the display device showing full screen video has the standard 4 3 aspect ratio standard TVs and monitors 16 9 Widescreen Select this option if the aspect ratio of the display device is showing full screen video has a 16 9 aspect ratio widescreen HDTVs ...

Страница 21: ...gamers 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 quality by moving the slider to the right ...

Страница 22: ...n anisotropic filtering is performed can vary By moving this slider to the right as the number of samples taken increases the quality of the final image increases significantly 16X provides extremely detailed crisp looking images as a result of the largest number of texture samples possible SMOOTH VISION checkbox SmoothVision Anti Aliasing improves image quality by removing jagged edges from 3D im...

Страница 23: ...the left selects a lower quality mipmap delivering the highest application performance 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 Selecting Application Preference allows the application to decide whether or not it should display its frames at the refresh rate of the monitor Sele...

Страница 24: ... 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 Support KTX buffer region extension Enabling this feature allows rapid updates of those portions of your screen that have changed Note that most applications will not be affected by activating this f...

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Страница 26: ...gamers 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 image quality by moving the slider to the right ...

Страница 27: ...n anisotropic filtering is performed can vary By moving this slider to the right as the number of samples taken increases the quality of the final image increases significantly 16X provides extremely detailed crisp looking images as a result of the largest number of texture samples possible SMOOTH VISION checkbox SmoothVision Anti Aliasing improves image quality by removing jagged edges from 3D im...

Страница 28: ... left selects a lower quality mipmap delivering the highest application performance 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 Selecting Application Preference allows the application to decide whether or not it should display its frames at the refresh rate of the monitor Selecti...

Страница 29: ...Bit Depth can be 16 bits 24 bits or 32 bits 16 and 24 are selected by default to achieve optimum performance Very few applications require a 32 bit Z Buffer so in most cases this feature should be disabled Alpha dithering method When applications use both dithering and alpha blending visual artifacts can occur This option allows you to select how the application should handle both features at the ...

Страница 30: ...mats thus reducing the number of texture formats supported Alternate pixel center This may eliminate problems with some D3D games which display vertical and horizontal lines around textures or text that appears incorrect However this setting should only be used if you are experiencing the symptoms mentioned as it may cause problems with other games Defaults button This button allows you to reset t...

Страница 31: ... TV 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 documentation supplied with your monitor to see if your monitor supports a refresh rate of 50Hz If your monitor does not support 50 Hz or if you are not sure then turn off your monitor before turning on your PC...

Страница 32: ...or 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 or VCR has a S Video In or Composite In connection 3 The TV Output on your card will be a S Video connector or Composite connector If your system shipped with a 4 to1 adapter cable connect this cable and an additional S Video or Composite cable...

Страница 33: ...29 OR OR Composite Cable S Video Cable or RADEON 9200 FSC Series S Video Cable RADEON 9200 FSC Series RADEON 9200 FSC Series Composite Cable S Video to composite Adapter Cable ...

Страница 34: ...lps program the TV display Using SCART Connectors for European TVs OR The above illustration shows how to connect your PC to a European TV using the SCART Audio In Right red Left white SCART CONNECTOR Audio Cable Composite Cable or Connect to PC Audio Out Connect to PC TV Output Connect to TV or VCR Composite Video In yellow S Video to Composite Adapter Cable Audio In Right red Left white SCART CO...

Страница 35: ...S NOT support connection to TVs with S Video In How To Enable Disable The TV Display 1 Access the Windows Control Panel Double click Display 2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced button 3 Click on the ATI Displays tab Click on the TV button 4 Click the enable disable button 5 Click OK or Apply to save the changes Using and Adjusting TV Out For information about how to use TV display ri...

Страница 36: ...uency monitors may not work with TV display enabled If you experience problems when TV display is enabled disable TV display to restore your monitor s display Adjusting Monitor Display The size of the display on your monitor may be smaller and not perfectly centered when you have TV display enabled These effects are caused by the changes required to provide a proper display on the TV Use the contr...

Страница 37: ...ings tab the Advanced button then the General tab 3 In the Font Size box select the size you want your displayed fonts to be 4 Click Apply If prompted click Yes to restart your PC Reducing Edge Distortion When using a TV for your PC s display you may see some edge distortion on the left and right side of your TV screen This effect depends on your TV and the PC application you are running To reduce...

Страница 38: ... save the changes you have made You can also reduce edge distortion by increasing the TV s contrast To Increase the TV Contrast 1 Access the Windows Control Panel Double click Display 2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced button 3 Click on the ATI Displays tab 4 Click on the TV button 5 Drag the Contrast slider to the right to increase the contrast 6 Click OK or Apply to save the chang...

Страница 39: ...t in a virtual desktop If a TV is your only display device and a higher mode is selected the display on your TV will disappear Using Games and Applications Some older games and applications may program the card directly to run under a specific display mode This may cause your TV display to turn off automatically or become scrambled the PC monitor will not be affected Your TV display will be restor...

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Страница 41: ...ideo capturing capabilities from your camcorder VCR or TV Use your favorite video editing application to add effects make edits or stream your video on the internet Connect a TV camcorder or VCR to your RADEON 9200 FSC Series graphics card as shown Or RADEON 9200 FSC Series Composite Cable S Video Cable or ...

Страница 42: ...Line Input setting in the Windows Volume Control panel 1 Right click the speaker icon in the Taskbar usually in the lower right corner of your screen 2 Click Open Volume Controls 3 If the Line In volume slider is not visible click Options then click Properties RADEON 9200 FSC Series Composite Cable S Video Cable or ...

Страница 43: ...ick OK If the Mute checkbox is checked click it to cancel muting If the volume icon is not in your Taskbar do the following Click Start then click Control Panel Double click Sounds and Audio Devices In the Volume tab check Place volume icon in the taskbar ...

Страница 44: ...og 3 Select Record both to record video and audio 4 Choose record quality a Click Change device b Click Configure c Locate the Video Standard selection box d Choose the video standard appropriate for your country PAL for most of Europe NTSC for North America 5 Start playback from your camcorder or VCR 6 Click Record button For detailed information on using Windows Movie Maker see the application s...

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