ATI 100-505141 User Guide - Page 40

34 ATI VPU Recover Tab Custom Properties Dialog: SMARTSHADER™ Effects SMARTSHADER™ Effects drop-down list Defaults button SMARTSHADER™ applies preset pixel effects on OpenGL® or Direct 3D® applications. Choose the desired effect and click OK. Restores the default settings. ATI VPU Recover Tab Hardware crashes may occur when 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 arises, the display driver will reset the graphics card. Depending on the current state of the system when VPU Recover is activated, applications that are running may be able to fully recover from this reset. In other cases, running applications may be closed, and the user will be returned to the Windows® desktop.