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  • ATI 100-436012 | User Guide - Page 1
    RADEON™ 9200 SERIES User's Guide P/N 137-40474-10 Copyright © 2003, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI and all ATI product and product feature names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. All other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or
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    of this document, ATI Technologies Inc. assumes no liability with respect to the operation or use of ATI hardware, software or other products and documentation described herein, for any act or omission of ATI concerning such products or this documentation, for any interruption of service, loss or
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    Table of Contents Disclaimer i Product Notice i MACROVISION i Introduction 1 Features At A Glance 2 RADEON 9200 Series 2 ATI's Catalyst™ Software Suite 3 Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming Experience 3 Direct 3D® and OpenGL 3 HydraVision 4 Connecting your monitor(s 5 Display Configurations
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    Using TV Out 29 View your PC's display on a TV 29 Connecting to a TV or a VCR 30 Starting Windows® with TV Display Enabled 31 Using SCART Connectors for European TVs 32 How To Enable/Disable The TV Display 32 Using and Adjusting TV Out 33 How TV Display Cannot Be Used 33 Using a Monitor vs.
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    delivers ground breaking 3D graphics performance. • Designed and built by ATI Technologies Inc. • Powered by the RADEON 9200 Series Visual Processing Unit (GPU). • Awesome 3D gaming performance. • Support for OpenGL® applications. • Support for Direct 3D® applications. • High resolution in 3D up to
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    2 Features At A Glance RADEON 9200 Series The RADEON 9200 Series provides high performance the necessary power to accelerate today's 3D games and applications • SMARTSHADER™ technology which can realistically create the visual properties of any material, like glass, rendering power • TV output support
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    Software Suite, refer to the Getting Started Guide. The Catalyst Software Suite installs the ATI display tabs. These tabs are accessed detailed explanation of each ATI tab, refer to Catalyst™ Software Suite. Direct 3D® and OpenGL® The Catalyst Software Suite also supports the latest versions of
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    HydraVision™ In addition to the multiple display functionality available with ATI's Catalyst Software Suite, 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.
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    5 Connecting your monitor(s) The RADEON 9200 Series, depending on the graphic card configuration, provides hardware support for one VGA monitor and one flat panel monitor, or two VGA monitors using a be Primary. Any additional monitor(s) will be designated as Secondary. *avialable from www.ati.com
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    table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your RADEON 9200 Series with multimonitor configuration Display Configuration Connector(s) Used Comments 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
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    DVI-I connector with DVI-I-to-VGA adapter* The DVI-I connector can support a CRT display using a DVI-I-to-VGA adapter* VGA connector + different ways you can connect displays to your RADEON 9200 Series with a single monitor (VGA) out also support Composite out via a S-Video-to-Composite adapter*.
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    after installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite. Features presented in the following pages may not i be supported in all operating systems and/or may appear differently. ATI Displays Tab The ATI Displays tab provides the multi monitor features. Here you can enable/disable display devices and swap the
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    Secondary Displays 1 Access the Windows® Control Panel. Doubleclick Display. 2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button. 3 Click on the ATI Displays tab. 4 Click the enable/disable button for the display device you want to enable/disable. 5 Click OK or Apply to save the changes
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    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. Windows® XP, Windows® Me The ATI Displays tab shows you the display(s) that are active. The Primary display has the button depressed. To change the display
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    11 2 Click OK or Apply to save the changes. Ratiometric Expansion Your RADEON 9200 Series offers ratiometric expansion (or digital panel scaling as it is commonly known). This expands a low resolution image to fill a higher resolution panel. However,
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    blue display colors. Desktop brightness and Game Gamma (brightness) can also be changed. Desktop Brightness Color Curve Game Gamma button Defaults button ATI Color Tab This increases or decreases the brightness of your desktop. The higher the gamma value, the higher the brightness of your display
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    13 Clicking the Game Gamma button accesses the Game Gamma Properties. Red Green Blue sliders RGB Lock Defaults button Game Gamma Properties These controls allow you to increase or decrease the color brightness of Direct 3D® and OpenGL® games played in fullscreen mode. Uncheck this to adjust the
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    and access to the card's specifications. You can also enable or disable the ATI taskbar icon. Version Information Details button Reactivate all warning messages Enable ATI taskbar icon application ATI Options Tab Provides the Catalyst version number, 2D version number and the driver build
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    your DVI flat panel. Clicking the Details button provides access to the Details tab. ATI Overlay Tab The ATI Overlay tab allows you to configure the brightness, contrast, saturation, hue and gamma are automatically activated during playback of any video file type that supports overlay adjustments.
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    16 Brightness Contrast Saturation Hue Gamma Clone mode options Defaults button ATI Overlay Tab Use this slider to adjust the brightness of the video image. Use this slider to adjust the contrast in the video image. Use
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    17 Clone Mode Settings Standard Theater Mode Same on all Theater Mode Settings Same as source video Full Screen Video 4:3 (Standard TV) 16:9 (Widescreen) Clone Mode Options Video content is displayed on your Primary display only. Video content is displayed on your Primary and Secondary displays.
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    18 Direct 3D® Control Panel Using this tab, 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.
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    19 Main Settings slider Custom Settings checkbox SMOOTH VISION AntiAliasing SMOOTH VISION slider SMOOTH VISION Anisotropic Filtering checkbox SMOOTH VISION Anisotropic Filtering slider This allows you to emphasize what kind of application experience you'd like to have. Moving the slider to the
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    run. Truform uses High Order Surface geometry to generate more detailed and realistic terrain and character models for applications that support this technology. Select Application Preference to enable Truform. Select Always Off to disable Truform. This button allows you to access advanced settings
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    a limited number of texture formats. By selecting Disabled, the driver will not support DXT texture formats, thus reducing the number of texture formats supported. This may eliminate problems with some Direct 3D® games which display vertical and horizontal lines around textures, or text that appears
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    23 OpenGL® Control Panel Using this tab, 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.
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    24 Main Settings slider Custom Settings checkbox SMOOTH VISION Anisotropic Filtering checkbox SMOOTH VISION Anisotropic Filtering slider SMOOTH VISION checkbox SMOOTH VISION slider This allows you to emphasize what kind of application experience you'd like to have. Moving the slider to the left
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    run. Truform uses High Order Surface geometry to generate more detailed and realistic terrain and character models for applications that support this technology. Select Application Preference to enable Truform. Select Always Off to disable Truform. This button allows you to access advanced settings
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    26 OpenGL® Compatibility Settings Force Z-buffer depth Alpha dithering method Support KTX buffer region extension Defaults button This allows you to explicitly set the Z-Buffer depth. Most applications will work best when Disabled is selected When
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    disable any AGP functionality in your computer's hardware. It simply instructs the ATI CATALYST driver not to use a specific AGP function if that to ON providing your motherboard's chipset supports Fast Writes. Some motherboard specifications may claim chipset support for Fast Writes but may not be
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    disabled for many computers because the motherboard is not capable of supporting this feature. Retest All Click this button to retest all previously been set to Off will be turned on, providing the test passes. Problems can arise if the user enables a secondary graphics accelerator (in a multiple
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    TV Out View your PC's display on a TV Your RADEON 9200 Series has TV Out capability. You can attach your 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
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    , you can connect your card to your TV through your VCR or an RF modulator (available in most electronics stores). The RADEON 9200 Series with the Composite out connector 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
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    the initial Windows® logo display. This is only a temporary effect and your screen will be restored within a few seconds. During start up, your RADEON 9200 Series will go through a sequence of mode settings, during which your TV display will remain blank. This process takes only a few seconds and
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    than the SCART connector if your RADEON 9200 Series supports the S-Video connector. How To Enable/Disable The TV Display 1 Access the Windows® Control Panel. Doubleclick Display. 2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button. 3 Click on the ATI
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    click the ATI taskbar icon, point to Help, then point to ATI Television Display. How TV Display Cannot Be Used A TV cannot be left connected to the RADEON 9200 monitors may not work with TV display enabled. If you experience problems when TV display is enabled, disable TV display to restore your
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    34 Use the controls available on the Adjustments tab on the Monitor Properties page (accessible by clicking on the Monitor button on the ATI Displays tab) to adjust the display on your monitor only. Click on the TV button to adjust the TV display only. Viewing Text on a TV A
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    Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button. 3 Click on the ATI Displays tab. 4 Click on the TV button. 5 Click the Adjustments tab. 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
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    a higher mode is selected, the display on your TV will disappear. Using Older Games and Applications Some older games and applications may program your RADEON 9200 Series directly, to run under a specific display mode. This may cause your TV display to turn off automatically or become scrambled (the
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RADEON
™
9200 SERIES
User’s Guide
P/N 137-40474-10
Copyright © 2003, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved.
ATI and all ATI product and product feature names are trademarks and/or registered
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performance and specifications are subject to change without notice. Product may not
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