ATI Technologies X600 Bedienungsanleitung

AT I RADEON™ X600 User ’s Guide P/N 137-40384-1 0[...]

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iii L IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • Read Instructions - All the safet y and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. • Retain Instructions - The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. • Heed Warnings - All warnings on the product and the operating instructions should be adher[...]

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v T able of Content s Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 RADEON™ X600 Features 1 Graphic Features 1 External Connections 1 Using Multiple Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Connecting Your Monit ors 3 Display Configurations 5 ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suit e . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 [...]

vi Using and Adjusting TV Disp lay Features 38 How TV Display Cannot Be Used 38 Using a Monitor vs. Using TV Display 38 Adjusting Monitor Display 38 Viewing Text on a TV 39 Reducing Edge Distorti on 39 Using TV Display Alone 40 Using Games and Applications 40 Select your TV broadcast format 40 Adjust your TV screen size 41 Adjust your TV screen pos[...]

RADEON™ X600 Features 1 CHAPTER 1: Introduction RADEON™ X600 Features Graphic Features • Four parallel rendering pipelines. • SMAR TSHADER™ 2.1 • Full hardware-based support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0/9.1 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware. • Shadow volume rendering accel erati on. • Complete feature-set suppor t f[...]

2 RADEON™ X600 Features • S-V ideo output or V ideo In/V ideo Out (VIVO) connection.[...]

3 CHAPTER 2: Using Multiple Displays [Following content object needs to be changed (or added to) since the DVI- I-VGA adapter is presumab ly not included - KSR] Connecting Y our Monitors Your RADEON™ X600 provides hard wa re support for on e DVI-I monitor or two VGA moni tors using the supplie d DVI- I-to-VGA adapter. It also provides TV output v[...]

4 Note: If you use multiple monitors, the RADEON™ X600 card must be the primary graphics car d. Normally , the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary . T o connect your monitors 1 Power off your compu ter and monitors. 2 Plug the monitor cables into th eir appropriate connectors. Y DVI-I-to-VGA Adapter . Z DVI-I Backplate [...]

Display Configurations 5 3 Power on you r monitors first, and then restart your com puter so that W indows® can detect the new hardware settings. 4 When the New Hardware Found W izard appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the A T I Installatio n CD to lo ad the drivers for your RADEON™ X600 card. T o set up a multi-mon itor display (optional[...]

6 Display Configurations Single TV S-Video Out The S-Video out can also support a composite connection via the S- Video-to-Composite adapter . CRT display + TV VGA connector + S-Video Out UNSUPPORTED CONFIGURA TION if the CRT display is attached to the DVI-I connector via the DVI-I-to-VGA adapter . DFP display + TV DVI-I connector + S-Video out CRT[...]

Introduction 7 CHAPTER 3: A TI’ s CA T AL YST ™ Sof tware Suite Introduction This chapter describes using the advanced multip le-m onitor and 3D graphics features in ATI’ s CATALYST™ Software Suite. Features Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming ATI’s CATALYST ™ S oft ware Suit e provides multiple-display functionality, and its advanced graph[...]

8 ATI Displays Tab To access the Display Properties dialog, right-click on the desktop or navigate through Win dows® Control Panel , which is located in the Star t menu. A T I Displays T ab The ATI Displays tab provides control over mult ipl e-monit or features. Here you can enable/disable display devices and swap the assignment of Primary and Sec[...]

ATI Displays Tab 9 A TI Displ ays T ab A TI Displays T ab Scheme Displays the drop-down list of available d ispla y-device configurations that have previously been created. New configurations can be entered here and then saved using the Save button. Hotkey Associates a hotkey with a scheme. T o input the hotkey , highlight the field and press the a[...]

10 ATI Color Tab T o enable or disab l e a di sp l ay If the enable/disable butto n is green, it indicates the device is enabled. If it is red, it indicates the device is disabl ed. If the button is greyed out, the device is not an option. For example, if there is only one monitor connected, all buttons will be grey. 1 Click the enable/disable butt[...]

ATI Color Tab 11 A TI Colo r T ab: Desktop Settings[...]

12 ATI Color Tab A TI Color T ab: Full Screen 3D Settings A TI Color T a b Desktop radio button Select Desktop to configure your desktop color settings. Full Screen 3D radio butto n Select Full Screen 3D to configure the color settings for your 3D application. Note that the configured sett ings will only be apparent within a full screen 3D applicat[...]

ATI Color Tab 13 T o create a De skt op or Full Screen 3D profile 1 Choose either the Desktop or Full Screen 3D radio button, as desired. Save button Saves your current color settings to a Desktop or Full Screen 3D profile, using the nam e you specified in the list box. T o r esto re these settings later , simply select the Profile name from the li[...]

14 ATI Color Tab 2 Adjust the Gamma , Brightness , and Contrast sliders to the desired settings, either individually or using the All Colors checkbox. 3 T ype a profile name in the Pr of ile list box. 4 Click Save . T o apply the sett ings for a specific Desktop prof ile 1 Choose the Desktop radio button. 2 Select the profile name from the drop-dow[...]

ATI Color Tab 15 Some 3D applications allo w you to switch easily between ful l-screen mode and windowed mode, and do not load th eir own color settings. In win dowed mode, you can make slider adjustments or select a differ ent profile on the Color tab, then switch back to fu ll-screen mode to see the effects immediately. Color Hotkeys Settings Som[...]

16 ATI Color Tab T o assign color se ttings hotkeys for full scre en 3D applications 1 Select a modifier key from the Modifier Key list. 2 Select a hotkey from the Hotkey list . 3 Select the action you want from th e Hotkey Action list. 4 Click Add to create the hotkey comb ination. This combinati on wi ll appear in the Assigned Hotkeys text box. O[...]

ATI Options Tab 17 To disable hotkeys (so th at you do not accidentally ac tivate them, for example), click the Disable Hotkeys checkbox. If you plan to use hotkeys, make sure this box is unchecked. The easiest way to apply your own color set tings from within a full screen 3D application is to create a Full Sc reen 3D profile and save it, assign h[...]

18 ATI Options Tab Options Det ails T ab Clicking the Details butto n opens the Det a ils tab whi ch contains both hardware and software information. A TI Optio ns T ab V ersion Information Shows the Catalyst version number , 2D version number , and the driver build information. Details button Gives access to the Details tab, which lists the card?[...]

ATI Options Tab 19 AT I R o t a t i o n Ta b Use the Rotation tab to ro tate the imag e on your disp lay up to 180 degrees. This feature is useful when using a flat panel display that can be physically rotated to differen t positions. A TI Op tions Details T ab[...]

20 ATI Options Tab A TI Rotation T ab A TI Rotation T ab Rotation buttons Rotates the display by the preset amount. Configure Hotkeys drop- down list Lists the rotation actions with which you can associate a hotke y . Hotkey field Associates a hotkey with a rotation. T o input the h otkey , click on the field and press the appropriate key combinati[...]

ATI Options Tab 21 T o rotate a single display 1 Select one of the four rotation settings by clicking the appropriate button. 2 Optionally , check the Mouse T rack Rot ation checkbox to have the mouse pointer match the disp lay image. 3 Click OK or Apply . T o rota te multiple displays 1 Select the Settings tab in the W indows® Display Properties [...]

22 ATI Overlay Tab A T I Overlay T ab The ATI Overlay tab allows you to configure the brightness, cont rast, saturation, hue, and gamma prop erties of your video overlay . Video Overlay Video overlay allows for the viewing of streaming video on your PC. However, there is only one video overlay, which is only available on the Primary display . The v[...]

ATI Overlay T ab 23 Clone Mode Settings Clone Mode Options are available under the followin g conditions: • Y our A TI graphics accelerator ha s dual controllers to support Primary and Secondary (Clone) displays. • Y o ur A T I vid eo adapter has dual display functio nalit y by providing a standard VGA connector and a digital flat panel connect[...]

24 ATI Overlay Tab Clone Mode Options t ab Clone Mode Optio ns Stan d ar d 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 d[...]

ATI 3D Ta b 25 AT I 3 D Ta b This tab allows you to fine-tune settings for both Direct 3D® and OpenGL® applications. It displays existing set tin gs and allows you to create unique app lication profiles. Full Screen Video The source video is scaled so t hat your display is showing full screen. Note: if the sour ce video contains horizontal black [...]

26 ATI 3D Tab AT I 3 D Ta b 3D Settings for radio butto ns Select s either Direct 3D® or OpenGL® as the format to be altered in the workspace. Performance/Quality slider Controls the overall per formance/image quality of your graphic application. Moving the slider to the left will maximize application performance, while moving the slider to the r[...]

ATI 3D Ta b 27 Custom Properties Dialog Custom Properties Dialo g Custom Properties Dialog: Op en GL® or Direct 3D® SMOOTHVISION™ HD Anti-Aliasing slider SMOOTHVISION™ (Anti-Aliasing) improves image quality by removing jagged edges from 3D images, resulting in smoother , more natural-looking objects. Anti- Aliasing can be applied using differ[...]

28 ATI 3D Tab SMOOTHVISION™ HD Anisotropic Filtering slider Anisotropic filtering uses a texture filtering technique that blends multiple texture samples together . The number of samples taken when 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 i[...]

ATI 3D Ta b 29 Custom Prop erties Di al og: SMARTSHADER™ Effect s SMARTSHADER™ Effects drop-down list SMARTSHADER™ applies preset pixel effects on OpenGL® or Direct 3D® applications. Choose the desired effect and click OK . Defaults button Restores the default settings.[...]

30 Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings Direct 3D® Comp atibility Settings Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings Dialog Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings Support DXT texture formats There are a few applications that can only support a limited number of texture formats. By selecting Disabled, the driver will not support DXT texture formats, thus reduci[...]

Direct 3D® Compat ibility Settings 31 OpenGL® Compatibility Settings OpenGL® Compatibility Settings Dialog OpenGL® Comp atibility Sett ing s Force Z-buffer depth Explicitly set the Z-Buffer depth. Most applications will work best when Disabled is select ed T riple Buffering Improves the frame rate of games when Wait for V ertical Sync is enable[...]

32 ATI VPU Recover Tab A TI VPU Recover T ab Hardware crashes may occur wh en a hardware device and the corresponding software device driver are no longer able to communicate with each other. VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics card is no longer able to respond to display driver commands. When this situation arise[...]

ATI VPU Recover Tab 33 Prepare an Error Report checkbox When VPU Recover is ac tivated a dialog will prompt you to submit an automatically generated error report to A T I. This error report will help A TI to determine the cause of the problem and help create more stable drivers. T o disable this feature, deselect the Prepare an Error Report checkbo[...]

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Using TV Out 35 CHAPTER 4: Using TV Display and Capture Features Using TV Out V iew your PC’ s display on a TV The RADEON™ X600 has TV Out cap ability. You can attach your card to a TV and monitor at the same tim e. Or you can connect it to your VCR and record your monitor’s displ ay. TV display is ideal for playing games, giving presentation[...]

36 View your PC’s display on a TV OR St arting Windows® with TV Display Enabled The TV screen may becom e scrambled during the initial Windows® logo display. This distortion is on ly a tem porary effect, and your screen will be restored within a few seconds. During start up, your RADEON™ X600 will go throu gh a seq uence of mode settings, dur[...]

Using SCART Conne ctors for European T Vs 37 4 Click the enable button or disable button accordingly . 5 Click OK or Apply to save the changes. Using SCART Connectors for European TVs OR The above illustration shows how to connect your PC to a European TV using the SCART. The SCART connector supports only the Composite video format, which means you[...]

38 How To Enable/Disable The T V Disp lay How T o Enable/Disable The TV Display 1 Access the W indows ® Contr ol Panel . Dou ble-click Display . 2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button. 3 Click on the A TI Displays tab. Click on the TV button. 4 Click the enable/disable button. 5 Click OK or Apply to save the changes. Using and[...]

How TV Display Cannot Be Used 39 Viewing T ext on a TV A TV is designed primarily to show moving images. The large d ot pitch of a TV will yield poor q uality static im ages. The small text sizes commonly used for PC desktops can appear bl urred or unclear on a TV. You can compensate for this degradat ion by using larger font s. Switching to a larg[...]

40 How TV Display Cannot Be Used Increasing t he contra st of a TV display 1 Access the Display Properties dialog by right-clicking on the desktop or navigating thro ugh W indows® Control Panel . 2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced button. 3 Click on the A TI Displays tab. 4 Click on the TV button. 5 Drag the Contrast slider to the r[...]

How TV Display Cannot Be Used 41 7 Click the Format tab. 8 In the Forma t box, select a country (for example, Germany) from the list. 9 Select the Format (f or example, P AL). 10 Click OK or Apply to save the changes you have made and exit to the Displays page. 11 Click Close . 12 If prompted, click Ye s to restart your computer . Adjust your TV sc[...]

42 How TV Display Cannot Be Used Place a check here to expand your television display to the outermost edges of the television screen, leaving no black bord er aro und the edges. Note: This will disable your controls for Screen Position and Screen Size. Adjust your TV screen position 1 Click S tart , point to Control Panel . 2 If your Control Panel[...]

How TV Display Cannot Be Used 43 7 Click the Advanced tab. 8 In the Composite Sharpness box, select a value from the list. 9 Click OK or Apply to save the changes you h ave made. Note: Composite Sharpness is not available if your TV is connected via an S-V ideo inp ut. Note: If your TV has both Composite and S-V ideo connectors, use S-V ideo (since[...]

44 How TV Display Cannot Be Used 5 Click the Displays tab. 6 Click the TV button. Y our TV must be enabled before you can change its di sp lay properties. 7 Click the Advanced tab. 8 In the Composite Dot Crawl box, select a value from the list. 9 Click OK or Apply to save the changes you h ave made. Note: The Standard setting is recommended for v i[...]

How TV Display Cannot Be Used 45 Select Appearance and Themes, then c lick Display icon . If your Control Panel is in Classic V iew : Double-click Display . 3 Click the Advanced button. 4 Click the Displays tab. 5 Click the TV button. Y our TV must be enabled before you can change its di sp lay properties. 6 Click the Advanced tab. 7 Drag the Luma [...]

46 Connect to a TV, VCR, or Camcorder for video capturing Connect to a TV , VCR, or Camcorder for video capturing Some versions of the RADEON™ X600 have video capturing capabili ties 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, camcorde[...]

Capturing video using Wi ndows® Movie Maker 47 4 Click the Line-In volume control checkbox, then click OK . If the Mute checkbox is checked, clic k it to cancel muting. Capturing video using Windows ® Movie Maker To capture video with Windows ® Movie Maker: 1 Click St a r t then All Programs then Accessories then Windows ® Movie Maker . 2 Click[...]

48 Capturing video using Windows® Mo vie Maker[...]

49 Compliance Information FCC Compliance Information This equipment has b een tested and found to comply with the limit s for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of t he FCC Rules. These limit s are des igned to provide reasonable pr otection against harmf ul interference in a residential in stallation. This e quipment generates, uses and[...]

50 CE Compliance Information EMC Directive 89/336/EEC and Amendment s 92/31/EEC and 9 3/68/EEC, for Class B Digital Device. EN 55022:1998/CISPR 22: 1997, - Class B - Limits an d Methods of Measurement of Radio Disturbance Characteristics of Informat ion Technology Equipment. EN55024:1998/CIS PR 22:1997, - Information Technolo gy Equipment - Immunit[...]

51 Index Numerics 3D 10 custom settings 26 performance 26 profiles 26 quality 26 3D applications settings 15 A adjusting overlays 22 application profiles creating 25 ATI Overlay tab 22 ATI taskbar applications disabling 17, 18 enabling 17, 18 B brightness 13, 14 color settings 10 video overlay 22 C card specification information 17 Catalyst version[...]

52 color preview 13 contrast 10 desktop 12 gamma 10 Hotkeys 14 profiles 12 Compliance in formation Low Voltage Directive for TV-tuner-equipped products 50 contrast 13, 14 color settings 10 TV display 39 video overlay 22 custom settings 3D 26 D desktop color settings 12 display corruption DVI 18 high resolution 18 displays Hotkey 9 primary 8 scheme [...]

53 H horizontal size TV display 39 Hotkeys color settings 14 hue video overlay 22 M multiple displays rotate 21 O Options tab 17 overlay adju stments 22 overlay sett ings Clone Mode 23 P performance 3D 26 primary display 8 clone mode 23 profiles 3D 26 color 12 color settings 12 Q quality 3D 26 R resetting graphics card 32 rotate multiple displays 2[...]

54 Overlay 22 Theater Mode 23 Triple Buffering 31 TV display 39, 40 contrast 39 games 40 horizontal size 39 V VGA 23 Video overlay definition 22 video overlay 22 brightness 22 contrast 22 gamma 22 hue 22 saturation 22 Volume control 46 VPU Recove r 32 W Windows volume control 46 Z Z-Buffer depth explicitly setting 31[...]