ATI 100 437807 User Guide
ATI 100 437807 - Radeon X1950 Pro HD PCI Express 256MB Video Card Manual
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Radeon® X1950 Pro User's Guide P/N 137-41129-20 - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 2
performance and specifications are subject to change without notice. Product may not be exactly as shown in diagrams. Reproduction of this manual, or parts for any act or omission of ATI concerning such products or this documentation, for any interruption of service, loss or interruption of business - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 3
• Compatibility - This option card is for use only with IBM AT or compatible UL Listed personal computers that have Installation Instructions detailing user installation of card cage accessories. • Grounding - For continued protection against risk of electric shock and fire, this accessory should be - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 4
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® Control Center 19 Launching Catalyst® Control Center 19 Help 21 CrossFire™ 22 CrossFire™ FAQ 23 Welcome to CrossFire 27 CrossFire™ Overview 27 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 27 Reference 35 Troubleshooting 35 Product Registration 39 Customer Care 39 Additional Accessories 40 - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 6
vi Glossary 45 Index 63 - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 7
Getting Started Congratulations on the purchase of your ATI Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. We hope that you will enjoy countless hours of trouble-free computing. System Requirements Hardware Operating System Monitor CrossFire™ Requirements • Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon®. • 512MB of system - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 8
Graphics Cards The instructions that follow assume that the Radeon®X1900 family CrossFire™-ready graphics card has already been successfully installed. If you have not already done so, see the Getting Started Guide that came with the graphics card for installation instructions. L Consult your system - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 9
rendered inactive. If additional displays are required when CrossFire™ is active, please use either SurroundView™ (for more information see the SurroundView™ manual) or an additional PCI graphics card. Your Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card provides hardware support for two DVI-I monitors and a VGA - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 10
VGA adapter + DVI-I connector + SVideo Out DVI-I connector with DVI-I to VGA adapter + DVI-I connector + SVideo Out to HDTV (YPrPb) cable The DVI-I connector can support a CRT display using the DVI-I-to-VGA adapter The TV display will "clone" the image of one of the other two displays - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 11
cable into the adapter. 2 DVI-I-to-VGA Adapter. 3 DVI-I Connection. To connect a digital display. Note: If you use multiple graphics cards, the Radeon® X1950 Pro card must be the primary graphics card. Normally, the system BIOS determines which graphics card will be the primary. Note: Both DVI - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 12
monitors first, and then restart your computer so that Windows® can detect the new hardware settings. 4 When the New Hardware Found Wizard appears, at the appropriate prompt insert the ATI Installation CD to load the drivers for your Radeon® X1950 Pro card. To set up a multi-monitor display 1 From - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 13
of your Radeon® X1950 Pro card. Using TV Out Your Radeon® X1950 Pro has TV Out capability. Viewing Your PC Display on a TV You can attach your Radeon® X1950 Pro to a with your monitor to see if your monitor supports a refresh rate of 50 Hz. • If your monitor does not support 50 Hz (or if you are not - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 14
8 Using TV Out To connect S-video Out 1 Power off your computer and your TV (or VCR). 2 Determine if your TV (or VCR) supports either an S-video or composite video connection. 3 Looking at the back of your PC, locate your S-video out. Using an S- video cable or the supplied - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 15
monitors may not work with TV display enabled. If you experience problems when TV display is enabled, disable TV display to restore your Applications Some older games and applications may program your Radeon® X1950 Pro directly to run under a specific display mode. This may cause your TV display to - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 16
have a monitor attached to your computer before installing the ATI HDTV. For proper operation of your ATI Component Video Adapter, ATI display drivers must be correctly installed. ATI HDTV Cable 1 ATI HDTV Video Output Cable 2 Backplate of the ATI Graphics Card 3 Male RCA Patch Cables - available - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 17
Installing your ATI HDTV video cable 1 Turn on your component input device, and set it to YPbPr input. Note: See your HDTV or component input device manual for configuration information specific to your device. 2 Turn on your computer. Note: Your TV will not display anything until Windows supports - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 18
12 Using SCART Connectors for European TVs S-video to composite cable with adapter S-video to Composite Adapter (Plus Audio Connections) 1 S-video out connection 2 S-video to composite adapter/cable 3 Composite cable 4 SCART adapter 5 Audio mini-jack connection 6 Left and right RCA audio connectors - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 19
Using SCART Connectors for European TVs 13 S-video to composite adapter S-video to Composite Cable Using an Additional Adapter (Plus Audio Connections) 1 S-video out connection 2 S-video to composite zdapter/cable 3 Composite cable 4 SCART adapter - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 20
14 Using SCART Connectors for European TVs S-video to Composite Cable Using an Additional Adapter (Plus Audio Connections) 5 Audio mini-jack connection 6 Left and right RCA audio connectors - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 21
15 Capturing Video The Radeon® X1950 Pro can capture video from your camcorder, VCR, or TV. Use S-video out. S-video out will provide better results. Connecting Your Video Device to Your Radeon® X1950 Pro Card A Composite in and out connectors. B S-video in and out connectors. Recommended - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 22
your Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card to the S-video connection a TV, VCR, or camcorder. To capture video to your computer 1 Connect the ATI video . Audio cables are available from consumer electronics dealers. Setting the Windows® Volume Control For correct audio performance, your sound card's line - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 23
17 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. 2 Click Open Volume Controls. 3 If the Line-In volume slider is not visible, click Options - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 24
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application providing access to the display features contained within the installed ATI hardware and software. Use the Catalyst® Control Center to ATI Web site. Launching Catalyst® Control Center Launch Catalyst® Control Center from one of the following access points: • Windows® Start Menu • Windows - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 26
® Control Center Using the System Tray 1 Right-click the ATI icon in the Windows® System Tray. 2 Select Catalyst® Control Center from the popup menu. Launching Catalyst® Control Center Using the Desktop Shortcut When you first installed Catalyst® Control Center, the setup wizard provided you with - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 27
the comprehensive online help system, generate a Problem Report, and get the installed Catalyst® Control Center 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 - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 28
™ The CrossFire™ aspect requires the following components to be available in order to appear as an option within Catalyst® Control Center: • A CrossFire™-ready motherboard with at least two PCI Express® x16 slots. • Two Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ graphics cards, one of which must be installed in - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 29
™ x16 slots. • A 550-watt or better power supply. More information on the requirements for each of these components can be found within this FAQ. Radeon® X1950 Pro using CrossFire™ bridge interconnects What motherboards support CrossFire™? Motherboards from other manufactures will be certified as - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 30
Are there specific CMOS motherboard settings for CrossFire™? On some motherboards, the CMOS may be set by default to support only a single PCI Express® x16 slot. Ensure that both PCIe™ x16 slots are enabled in the CMOS. Are there any software settings required for a Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ to - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 31
™ bridge interconnect To install the CrossFire™ bridge interconnects, see the Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ Getting Started Guide. Which games/applications work with CrossFire™? CrossFire™ works with all 3D games and applications. If Catalyst® A.I. is enabled in the Catalyst® Control Center software - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 32
patterns within each frame. What happens if you pair two CrossFire™ graphics cards with different architectures? In order for CrossFire™ to work, the Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card must be paired with another Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. On what basis are different rendering modes chosen - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 33
and ATI graphics cards. CrossFire™ Overview This section provides an overview of the main features and configurations for CrossFire™. These topics are covered in more detail in other chapters of this manual. Allowable Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ System Components The basic requirements of a Radeon - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 34
28 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes The ATI Catalyst® display driver automatically selects the best of the three performance modes when a 3D application is started, without requiring user intervention. You can also choose to improve image quality by selecting the new Super Anti-aliasing mode in the - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 35
Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 5 Final Rendered Frame on Display Although Scissor Mode is generally a less efficient means of splitting the workload than using SuperTiling, there are a few cases where it can be more efficient. It is supported by CrossFire™ in order to - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 36
30 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes Alternate Frame Rendering Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 3 Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 4 Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro jagged edges, shimmering, and pixelation problems that are common in rendered - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 37
together to determine the final color. The latest generation of ATI's Radeon® GPUs with SmoothVision™ HD technology uses a method known as both versions of the frame are completed, they are blended in the CrossFire Compositing engine. The resulting image has effectively twice the number of samples - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 38
32 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 1 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 4 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 5 Final Rendered Frame on Display Some types of textures, especially - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 39
CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 33 pattern that does a better job of anti-aliasing near-horizontal HD Anisotropic Filtering (AF). The new Super Anti-aliasing modes can be enabled by users through the ATI Catalyst® Control Center interface. Note: Enabling the Super Anti-aliasing modes (x8, x10, x12 x14), - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 40
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other valuable feature information. Please contact your dealer for more advanced troubleshooting information. General Troubleshooting Problem Computer Does Not Boot-Up Properly Possible Solution • Verify that the installation instructions were properly followed. • Check that the card is properly - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 42
36 Troubleshooting General Troubleshooting Problem No Display Screen Defects Appear Possible Solution driver installation and make sure that all software is correctly loaded corresponding to your operating system and applications. • Remove and re-install the ATI drivers for your Radeon® X1950 Pro - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 43
been correctly attached. The CrossFire™ aspect is only available when the two Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics cards have been correctly installed and connected together. This error occurred because CrossFire™ did not correctly detect your graphics hardware or there is a problem with the software. • Check - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 44
installing two Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics cards if neither card is installed in the primary PCI Express® slot. You can change the CrossFire™ mode in the Catalyst® Control Center. HDTV/HDTV Adapter Troubleshooting Problem input device supports it, try 720p mode. • Consult your HDTV user's manual. • - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 45
warranty and obtain product support through ATI Customer Care, register your product at: ati.com/online/registration Customer Care For detailed instructions on how to use your ATI product, refer to the User's Guide included on your ATI installation CD-ROM. If you require further assistance with - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 46
the right to limit support options for products that are not registered or are at End of Life. Additional Accessories Additional and replacement cables, installation CD-ROMs, manuals, and other accessories for ATI products can be purchased from the online ATI store at: ati.com/online/accessories - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 47
Information This Radeon®X1900 installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer's instructions to the graphics card is required to ensure compliance with ATI Research Inc. 62 Forest Street. Marlborough, MA - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 48
-1:2003, UL 60950:2000, 3rd Edition CAN/ CSA C22.2 No. 60950-1:2002, CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 60950-00, 3rd Edition (2000) To meet UL safety requirements, the computer's maximum room temperature should not exceed 40º C. - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 49
Compliance Information 43 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive Compliance This product was manufactured by ATI Technologies Inc. - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 50
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opacity as required in order to produce a realistic representation of a three-dimensional object on a two-dimensional display. 3Dc™ An ATI hardware- performance. AGP The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) is a slot on the computer motherboard designed specifically for 3D graphics cards. AGP runs 3D - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 52
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 technique that preserves the surface details of - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 53
include 4:3 for TVs and CRTs, 5:4 for LCDs, and 16:9 for widescreen displays. ATI Overdrive ATI Overdrive maximizes the performance of the GPU by dynamically altering its speed to an optimal level and less distinct. This is also a problem for computer-generated images, especially for surface details. - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 54
48 Bit Depth Refers to the number of data bits required to store color information about a pixel. Larger bit depth Center is the successor technology to the Catalyst® software formerly available only through the Windows® Control Panel. It has a new user interface, providing a more interactive means - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 55
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 - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 56
Center used to display a graphical representation of the features available in installed ATI hardware and software. The dashboard can be used to access all of Microsoft®'s DirectX API designed for rendering 3D graphics on Windows® systems. It provides software developers with low-level access to - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 57
displays. There are three types of DVI connections: DVI-A (analog), DVI-D (digital), and DVI-I (integrated, capable of either analog or digital). It supports high-bandwidth video signals over 160 Hz, so it is most often used for high-resolution displays. EDTV Acronym for "Enhanced Definition - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 58
52 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 - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 59
lines with a more square aspect ratio of 4:3. Hue Refers to a specific color within the visible spectrum of light, defined by its dominant wavelength. ™ HydraVision™ is ATI's multi-monitor management software, enabling users to manage the display of multiple windows and applications across two - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 60
54 Keyframe Interpolation This feature is also known as "morphing." In an animation, a start and end point are picked 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 - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 61
simpler, more "primitive" building blocks. Implementations currently exist under Windows®, Mac OS® X, and various forms of Unix, including for "Peripheral Component Interconnect", which is the specification for a type of computer bus used for attaching AGP standard for the main graphics card bus. - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 62
56 PCI Express® (PCIe™) The successor standard to the PCI and AGP bus standards, with a significantly faster serial communications system, further opening up bandwidth for more communications between such peripherals as graphics cards and the computer's CPU. - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 63
UXGA). Saturation Refers to the intensity of a specific hue (color). A highly saturated hue is vivid color model, a fully saturated color exists when you have 100% brightness in one of the three channels (say, red Radeon® CrossFire™ graphics cards running Microsoft® Direct 3D® and OpenGL® games or - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 64
™ HD is designed to alleviate the resource constraints of earlier shader hardware, paving the way for more complex, detailed, and realistic shader effects in applications requiring high-performance 3D rendering. - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 65
combining the results of full-screen anti-aliasing across two graphics cards in a CrossFire™ configuration. The two graphics cards work on different anti-aliasing patterns within operation is only available in Radeon® CrossFire™ graphics cards running Microsoft® Direct 3D® games or applications. - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 66
60 S-Video Short for "Separate Video," S-Video is a type of analog video interface that produces a higher-quality signal compared to composite video. The signal is split into two separate channels- luminance (Y) and chrominance (C). Sometimes referred to as "Y/C video" or "Y/C", the connectors - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 67
up to two TMDS links, with each "link" comprised of the number of signals required for standard RGB output. Higher resolutions and refresh rates than standard are possible if multiple TMDS video resolution mode of 640x480 pixels, the lowest standard resolution supported by virtually all video cards. - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 68
62 VPU Recover A feature designed to significantly reduce the number of system crashes caused by problems occurring with the graphics hardware. If the display driver detects that the graphics processor has hung, VPU Recover will attempt to reset the graphics processor, eliminating the need for a - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 69
480p 38, 58 5:4 (aspect ratio) 47 720p 38, 53 A Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) 45, 55, 56 Accessories 40 Alpha blending 46 Alternate Frame Rendering 25, 46 Alternate 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 46, 59 Aspect 47 Aspect Ratio 47 ATI Overdrive 47 B Back Buffer 47, 48 Bilinear Filtering 47 Bit depth 48 Bitmap - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 70
1, 2, 3, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 31, 37, 59 CrossFire ™ Bridge Interconnect 37 CrossFire aspect 22 CrossFire Edition 1, 22, 23 CrossFire F.A.Q. 23 CrossFire Ready 22, 23, 27 CrossFire-Specific Troubleshooting 37 CRT 1, 38, 50, 51, 58 Customer Care 35, 39, 40 D Dashboard 19, 50 Digital 36 - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 71
Interference (EMI) 60 Enable CrossFire ™ 22 Enhanced Definition Television 30, 31, 32, 33, 47, 58 H HDTV 9, 11 HDTV Adapter Troubleshooting 38 HDTV Component Video Adapter 10 Help 19, 21, 40 High Definition Television Installation tips 35 K Keyframe interpolation 54 KTX Buffer Region Extension 54 - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 72
66 L Lighting 45 Linux 55 Luminance 60, 62 M Mac OS X 55 Master graphics card 59 Microsoft DirectX 50 Mipmap 47 Mipmapping 54 Motherboard 1, 22, 45 Multi-monitor 53 Multi-Sample Anti-Aliasing (MSAA) 31, 32, 33 N NTSC 51, 55, 56 O Offscreen Memory 55 OpenGL 54, 55 P PAL 55, 58 PCI 3, 55, 56 PCI - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 73
57 RGB 49 Rotation 38 S Safe Mode 35 Safety instructions iii Saturation 53, 57 SCART 11, 12, 13, requirements 1 T Texel 60 Texture Buffer 48 Texture mapping 60 Texture Preference 60 Transition Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS) 60 Trilinear filtering 61 Troubleshooting 35, 38 CrossFire-specific - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 74
48 VMO 37 Volume control 16 VPU Recover 62 W Warranty 35, 40 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Compliance 43 Windows 38, 55 Windows Advanced Options Menu 35 Windows Control Panel 48 Windows volume control 16 Windows XP 1, 35 X XGA 57 Y Y/C 60 Y/C video 60 YCbCr 62 YPbPr 38, 49, 62 - ATI 100 437807 | User Guide - Page 75
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Radeon
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X1950 Pro
User’s Guide
P/N 137-41129-20