Fire GL2
User's Guide
Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
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Страница 1: ...Fire GL2 User s Guide Information in this document is subject to change without notice 2000 Fire GL Graphics All rights reserved ...
Страница 2: ...tions 5 Viewing the User s Guide Online 6 Do you Need a Printout of the Online User s Guide 6 QUICK INSTALLATION 7 Installation Steps 7 INSTALLING THE FIRE GL2 8 INSTALLING THE HARDWARE 8 Preparing your Computer 9 Installing the Card 13 Connecting the Cables and Completing the Installation 15 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE 18 Before you Start Information Tips and Hints 19 Software Installation for Window...
Страница 3: ... your Monitor 26 Adjusting the Monitor Display 29 MODIFYING APPLICATION PROFILES 32 REMOVING THE FIRE GL2 DRIVERS 35 TROUBLESHOOTING 36 COMMON PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS 36 TECHNICAL DETAILS 39 FEATURES AND PERFORMANCE 39 Hardware 39 Software 42 PIN ASSIGNMENTS 42 VIDEO MODES 44 BLOCK DIAGRAM 45 TRADEMARKS AND REGULATORY 46 TRADEMARKS 46 DISCLAIMER 47 EMI COMPLIANCE INFORMATION 48 ...
Страница 4: ...56 bit graphics rasterizer provides the functionality of a VGA controller a 2D 3D raster engine with geometry pipeline setup processor and a 300 MHz RAMDAC It also supports video streaming by providing color space conversion and a bilinear scaling unit The GT1000 hardware geometry engine is a complete tranformation and lighting engine with hardware implementation of the full open OpenGL pipeline a...
Страница 5: ...C 6 2 How to obtain Linux drivers Download from www ati com support Service Pack Information for Windows NT 4 0 You must be running Windows NT 4 0 updated with Service Pack 6 or newer prior to installing the Fire GL2 drivers The Service Pack is available from Microsoft s web page www microsoft com For most languages you can perform the Service Pack 6 update from the Fire GL CD when you run the Qui...
Страница 6: ...ation DCC Business Economic Modeling 3D Game Development System Requirements and Tools What do you need to install and use your Fire GL2 Motherboard with free AGP slot Pentium II CPU or better System interrupt IRQ which is free This may have to be reserved in the computer s BIOS For help with this theme refer to the manual for your mainboard Supported operating system Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 with...
Страница 7: ... Hz refresh rates 24 bit Z buffer 8 bit double buffer 8 bit single buffer overlay Video engine supports YUV conversion point and bilinear scaling Software Features Multiprocessor system support ThreadSafe OpenGL 1 2 ICD support for dual processors Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions SSE in Intel Processors Supports AMD Athlon processor based systems with 3DNow technology Customized application sett...
Страница 8: ... useful in a printed format too a hyperlinked table of contents and page numbers are provided Because it was designed to be used online and printed some of the images may not print clearly or appear very clearly on screen Manual Conventions Your Fire GL2 User s Guide is organized in a standard familiar way A few icons are used to point out important information This icon marks useful tips or impor...
Страница 9: ... an active link Displaying the provided bookmark and thumbnail views may help you with the orientation and navigation in the User s Guide This manual might be displayed with slightly reduced magnification in your Reader If you experience any difficulty reading certain files online use the Reader s Zoom To feature from the View menu and increase the magnification to about 133 To view some screensho...
Страница 10: ...sections of the Fire GL2 User s Guide Installation Steps 1 De install the drivers and software for your old graphics card 2 Set the display driver to Standard VGA Disable any on board graphics solution on the motherboard 3 Shut down and disconnect your computer system 4 Remove the installed AGP PCI or ISA VGA card 5 Install the new Fire GL2 card 6 Reassemble and connect your computer system 7 Inst...
Страница 11: ...G THE FIRE GL2 INSTALLINGTHE HARDWARE INSTALLINGTHE SOFTWARE INSTALLING THE HARDWARE The hardware installation includes the following steps Preparing your Computer Installing the Card Connecting the Cables and Completing the Installation ...
Страница 12: ...000 A screwdriver to remove and reinstall the PC cover screws and card mounting screws See your PC manual for specific requirements Fire GL CD ROM for Fire GL2 What type of monitor do you need Your Fire GL2 is optimally configured to be combined with digital flat panel DFP TFT LCD displays and digital CRT displays You can also connect the Fire GL2 to high resolution MultiSync or multi frequency mo...
Страница 13: ...our old card if necessary If no uninstall program is available install the standard VGA driver via the Display Properties applet For more information refer to Setting the Display Driver to Standard VGA Do you have an integrated graphics solution on the motherboard Please refer to the manual or contact your motherboard manufacturer to determine how to disable your on board graphics Plug n Play The ...
Страница 14: ...er as not every application may permit the configuration of its video mode from the operating system level Installing the Standard VGA Driver for Windows NT 4 0 1 From the Start menu go to Start Settings Control Panel then double click on Display The Display Properties sheet appears 2 Click the Settings tab then click the Display Type button 3 Under Adapter Type click the Change button The Change ...
Страница 15: ... place to ground yourself Make as few movements as possible to avoid building up static electricity from your clothing carpets and furniture 1 Switch off your computer and all external options printer display and others and unplug all power cables from the electrical source Physically remove the power cable from the system and wait 15 30 seconds for Flea Power to dissipate Damage can occur to add ...
Страница 16: ... above the AGP slot AGP cards are designed to fit one way only Be sure your card is properly aligned 4 Insert your Fire GL2 card firmly into the AGP slot Take care to press it evenly and snugly into its slot Do not force 5 Align the slot in the mounting bracket of the card with the screw hole in the rear panel of the computer case Use the screw you removed from the expansion slot cover or a previo...
Страница 17: ...ible overheating risk if you whenever possible leave the PCI expansion slot immediately next to the AGP slot free Reassembling your Computer 1 Secure ribbon cables and gently push them down and out of the way before you replace the system cover 2 Replace the computer cover 3 Reconnect any peripheral equipment cables you may have disconnected ...
Страница 18: ...to the card the analog monitor is automatically active and the digital monitor is automatically inactive VGA Monitor Securely attach your monitor s data cable to the 15 pin VGA output connector 1 on the card Attach the cable to the monitor according to the monitor s instructions Digital Flat Panel TFT LCD Monitor or Digital CRT Monitor Securely attach your monitor s data cable to the 24 pin DVI ou...
Страница 19: ...itor display Connecting the Stereo Glasses You need this information only if you want to use StereoGraphics CrystalEyes or compatible stereoviewing eyewear Please note that stereo glasses are optional equipment and not included in the Fire GL2 package Connect your stereoviewing eyewear to the 3 pin Mini DIN stereo sync connector 3 on the card Note If the connector on your stereoviewing eyewear doe...
Страница 20: ...were properly followed Check that the system BIOS has assigned a system interrupt to the AGP slot where the card is installed Check the system configuration utility of your operating system for the interrupt assignments Inspect your system BIOS setup for an option that says Assign IRQ to VGA or something similar and ensure that this option is enabled Some older ISA legacy add in cards with jumpers...
Страница 21: ...our operating system Note To install or remove the Fire GL2 drivers you need administrator rights or you must be logged on as a user with administrator rights under Windows NT and Windows 2000 Information for Windows NT 4 0 You must have the Microsoft Windows NT Service Pack Service Pack 6 or higher installed prior to installing the Fire GL2 drivers The Service Pack is available from Microsoft s w...
Страница 22: ... a manual installation You can always install the drivers using the Quick Start utility on the Fire GL CD The Quick Start utility will start automatically if you insert the Fire GL CD into your CD ROM drive after the operating system has started If your CD ROM auto run is not enabled and or the Quick Start program does not start automatically Click the Start button in the task bar click Run and th...
Страница 23: ...Quick Start utility The Quick Start utility will start automatically if you insert the Fire GL CD into your CD ROM drive after the operating system has started If your CD ROM auto run is not enabled and or the Quick Start program does not start automatically Click the Start button in the task bar click Run and then select START EXE from the root directory of the Fire GL CD 2 Click Start Installati...
Страница 24: ...l Panel Display Settings or right click on the Windows desktop select Properties and Settings 8 Set the resolution color depth and refresh rate that best suit your requirements and your monitor s performance 9 Click OK Software Installation for Windows 2000 1 Start your system When the Found New Hardware Wizard comes up click Cancel When the System Settings Change window asks you to restart your c...
Страница 25: ... computer 8 After Windows 2000 reboots the Found New Hardware message displays the Digital Signature Not Found dialog and prompts you Do you want to continue the installation Click Yes to install and start the drivers 9 Click Start Settings Control Panel Display Settings or right click on the Windows desktop select Properties and Settings 10 Set the resolution Screen area and color depth that best...
Страница 26: ...stment Configuration and Information Windows 2000 Adjustment Configuration and Information Use the Configuration dialog to customize application profiles for individual application settings The Information dialog displays some card specific hardware and driver information These data may be helpful when contacting the TechSupport Use the Monitor and Adjustment dialogs together with the Settings dia...
Страница 27: ...ol Panel 3 Double click the Display icon The Display Properties window appears Notes 1 You can also display the Display Properties window by right clicking the Windows Desktop background and then selecting the Properties option from the pop up menu 2 If you have made a modification that causes your screen to go blank or to be unreadable the keyboard shortcut for Undo is Alt U 3 Windows 2000 only C...
Страница 28: ...ay Properties Settings Advanced Monitor 4 In the Monitor Settings section set the refresh rate for each monitor connected to the graphics accelerator s in your system Note Refer to your Windows 2000 online help and documentation for further information on using the Monitor dialog Notes 1 Check the documentation of your monitor and make sure that the monitor supports the planned resolution refresh ...
Страница 29: ...ing your Monitor Windows NT 4 0 1 Select the Monitor dialog in the Display Properties window You can customize the settings of the connected monitor For more information on setting up the monitor refer to the context sensitive online help ...
Страница 30: ...ght the manufacturer in the list Click on the sign and select your monitor A list on the right menu pane displays resolutions and for each resolution the maximum refresh rate as supported by the selected monitor If the current video mode specified in the Settings dialog is not supported by the selected monitor the resolution refresh rate setting will be automatically reduced B Click the Apply or O...
Страница 31: ...tart To detect a new DDC monitor immediately click the Detect now button An error message will be displayed if the connected monitor does not support DDC 3 Click the Apply or OK button to enable your monitor settings Windows 2000 1 Select the Monitor dialog via Display Properties Settings Advanced Monitor 2 Refer to your Windows 2000 online help and documentation for further information on using t...
Страница 32: ...splay of the connected monitor For more information on adjusting the monitor s display refer to the context sensitive online help 1 Windows NT 4 0 Select the Adjustment dialog in the Display Properties window Windows 2000 Select the Adjustment dialog via Display Properties Settings Advanced Adjustment ...
Страница 33: ...of your monitor for information on refresh rate tolerances Sync Polarity If you do not get a satisfactory display with the default sync polarity setting for the current resolution you may try and change the settings Undo Click this button to undo the last change you made when you clicked Apply If you have made a modification that causes your screen to go blank or to be unreadable the keyboard shor...
Страница 34: ...must be compensated to achieve correct reproduction of the image s brightness The effect of display gamma is to darken the midtones relative to the dark and light regions The gamma correction adjustment affects the entire screen display The possible setting range is 0 3 4 0 The default setting is 1 0 With Link sliders selected the three sliders move together as you drag any individual slider With ...
Страница 35: ...NG APPLICATION PROFILES Using the Configuration dialog you can individually configure each application s settings Windows NT 4 0 Select Display Properties Configuration Windows 2000 Select Display Properties Settings Advanced Configuration ...
Страница 36: ... problems with your application or if you want to try to optimize the performance of your system on specific applications you may modify the configuration settings Notes 1 The configuration default settings typically require modification only for the following diagnostic purposes fine tuning a specific application system configuration specific settings recommended by your hardware or software docu...
Страница 37: ... a configuration profile select or clear the checkboxes the Settings section according to your requirements Overlay Planes 8 Bit double buffered Use 8 bits of each 32 bit frame buffer pixel as double buffered overlay planes 8 Bit single buffered Use 8 bits of each 32 bit frame buffer pixel as single buffered overlay planes Force copy swap Force blit copy from back to front buffer Wait for vertical...
Страница 38: ...om the Start menu click Start Programs Diamond then click DIAMOND Install Uninstall The Diamond Install dialog appears Click Next 2 Click Remove the product Note Make sure that only those components are selected that you want to remove now Click Back and Add Remove components to select specific software components for removal Then click Next 3 Click Next to remove the software and shut down your c...
Страница 39: ...e on how to solve your problem FAQs Frequently Asked Questions and their answers may be found at the Web sites of ATI Inc Go to www ati com and select Support No image appears on monitor when computer system is turned on Make sure that the Fire GL2 is firmly seated and lined up properly in its AGP slot and that the monitor cable is firmly and correctly connected to the card For more information pl...
Страница 40: ...rong or there is no picture Try adjusting the brightness sharpness contrast and color balance controls of your monitor Try adjusting the centering and positioning controls of your monitor to position the picture on the screen Note The Monitor Tuning settings in Display Properties Adjustment tune the position of the picture on the screen via the video signal Set the monitor s RGB inputs and sync sw...
Страница 41: ...ard is installed However there may be problems if your graphics card does not receive an interrupt or a system interrupt is used for more than one device In case of problems try the following Check the system configuration utility of your operating system for the interrupt assignments Inspect your system BIOS setup for an option that says Assign IRQ to VGA or something similar and ensure that this...
Страница 42: ...t including side band signalling support Controller IBM Chipset IBM RC 1000 256 bit graphics rasterizer and IBM GT 1000 hardware geometry engine with integrated features VGA controller 2D 3D Raster Engine including dual texture unit Video Overlay Unit 2 DMA BLIT Units Polygon Setup Processor 300 MHz 30 bit PaletteDAC including 4 color lookup tables and gamma correction table 256 bit DDR memory int...
Страница 43: ...ear supports StereoGraphics CrystalEyes shutter glasses Hardware Performance 32 bit RGBα True color 2D and 3D acceleration TrueColor screen resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 double buffered 24 bit Z 8 bit stored alpha 8 bit overlay 8 bit WID 8 bit clip stencil planes Performance test on a 733 MHz single Pentium III 512 MB RAMBus 1280x1024 TrueColor 60 Hz 31 Million antialiased vertices per second sust...
Страница 44: ...pha blending Fogging and depth cueing Anti aliased lines and sorted polygons Scissoring and stippling Overlay and stencil buffers Z buffering Hardware Geometry Acceleration 100 OpenGL geometry pipeline Full geometry transform processing Full lighting calculations for 16 sources including directional positional and spot Broadcast Video Bilinear scaling up down YUV RGB converter for video and textur...
Страница 45: ...ow support for NT4 0 and Windows 2000 DDC2B monitor support on all operating systems ACPI Power Management support Customized application settings for individual ISV applications PIN ASSIGNMENTS VGA Output Connector Pin Function DDC Display Data Channel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Red Green Blue not connected ground analog Red Return ground Green Return ground Blue Return ground 5V fused 7...
Страница 46: ...ntial Signal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 T M D S Data2 T M D S Data2 T M D S Data2 4 Shield T M D S Data4 T M D S Data4 DDC Clock DDC Data not connected T M D S Data1 T M D S Data1 T M D S Data1 3 Shield T M D S Data3 T M D S Data3 5V Power ground for 5V Hot Plug Detect T M D S Data0 T M D S Data0 T M D S Data0 5 Shield T M D S Data5 T M D S Data5 T M D S Clock S...
Страница 47: ...24 24 8 52 7 63 8 79 8 91 1 107 0 50 60 75 85 100 1600 x 1024 24 8 63 6 81 3 60 76 1600 x 1200 24 8 75 0 93 8 106 3 60 75 85 1792 x 1344 24 8 83 6 60 1920 x 1200 24 8 74 5 94 0 95 0 60 75 76 TrueColor 32 bit 24 color 8 α DFP Monitors using the DVI D interface Resolution Color Bits α α α α Bits Refresh Rate Hz 640 x 480 24 8 60 800 x 600 24 8 60 1024 x 768 24 8 60 1280 x 1024 24 8 60 1600 x 1200 24...
Страница 48: ...s Rasterizer Flash ROM 64KB Frame buffer RGB Out Sync Out DDC2B Ctl Digital Output Utility Bus Interface Frame Buffer Interface System Bus Interface DMA BLT Unit Raster Texture Engine Palette DAC Display Timing Generator Pixel Cache VGA Unit Video Engine Geometry Engine ...
Страница 49: ...ws 2000 DirectDraw and Direct3D are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Pentium is a registered trademark and AGP Accelerated Graphics Port is a trademark of the Intel Corporation IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation OpenGL is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics Inc AutoCAD Au...
Страница 50: ...issions made herein not for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing performance or use of this material The MFR makes no representation that the interconnection of products in the manner described herein will not infringe on existing or future patent rights nor do the descriptions contained herein imply the granting of license to make use or sell equipment constructed in ...
Страница 51: ...ause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to ensure compliance with FCC regulations Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s autho...
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