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Control Center interface., Filtering AF.

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CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 33 pattern that does a better job of anti-aliasing near-horizontal and near-vertical edges, resulting in better overall image quality. Two of the new Super Anti-aliasing modes use a combination of MSAA and SSAA to achieve the ultimate in image quality. They work by not only using different multi-sample locations on each GPU, but also by offsetting the pixel centers slightly. In effect, each GPU renders the image from a different viewpoint, about half a pixel width apart. The new 10x and 14x Super Antialiasing modes operate in this manner, combining 2x SSAA with 4x and 6x MSAA, respectively. Both of these modes work together with SmoothVision™ 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), disables performance enhancing multi-GPU rendering to provide better image quality.

Section	Page
Radeon® X1950 Pro Users Guide	1
Table of Contents	5
Getting Started	7
System Requirements	7
External Connections	7
Installing Your Graphics Cards	8
Using Multiple Displays	9
Display Configurations	9
Connecting Your Monitors	11
To connect your monitors	12
To set up a multi-monitor display	12
Using TV Display and Capture Features	13
Using TV Out	13
Viewing Your PC Display on a TV	13
Connecting to a TV or VCR	13
To connect S-video Out	14
Using a Monitor vs. Using TV Display	14
Viewing Text on a TV	15
Using a TV as the Only Display	15
Using Games and Applications	15
Connecting to HDTV	15
Installing your ATI HDTV video cable	17
Using Your ATI HDTV Video Cable	17
Using SCART Connectors for European TVs	17
S-video to composite cable with adapter	18
S-video to composite adapter	19
Capturing Video	21
Connecting your media device for video capture	22
To capture video to your computer	22
Setting the Windows® Volume Control	22
To display the Line Input settings	22
Catalyst® Control Center	25
Launching Catalyst® Control Center	25
Launching Catalyst® Control Center Using the Start Menu	25
Other Quick Launch Access Points	26
Launching Catalyst® Control Center Using the System Tray	26
Launching Catalyst® Control Center Using the Desktop Shortcut	26
Launching Catalyst® Control Center Using Hot Keys	26
Help	27
To access Help	27
CrossFire’	28
To access CrossFire’	28
Enable CrossFire’	28
CrossFire’ FAQ	29
Welcome to CrossFire’	33
CrossFire’ Overview	33
Allowable Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire’ System Components	33
CrossFire’ Rendering Modes	33
SuperTiling	34
Scissor Mode	35
Alternate Frame Rendering (AFR) Mode	36
Super Anti-aliasing Mode	36
Reference	41
Troubleshooting	41
Product Registration	45
Customer Care	45
Additional Accessories	46
Compliance Information	47
FCC Compliance Information	47
Industry Canada Compliance Statement	47
CE Compliance Information	48
Informations de conformité de la CE	48
Electrical Safety	48
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive Compliance	49
Glossary	51
2D	51
3D	51
3Dc’	51
AGP	51
Alpha Blending	52
Alternate Frame Rendering	52
Anisotropic Filtering	52
Anti-aliasing	52
Aspect	53
Aspect Ratio	53
ATI Overdrive	53
Back Buffer	53
Bilinear Filtering	53
Bit Depth	54
Bitmap	54
Brightness	54
Buffer	54
Catalyst® Control Center	54
Color Component	55
Color Correction	55
Color Curve	55
Component Video	55
Composite Video	56
Control Point	56
CRT	56
Dashboard	56
Direct 3D®	56
Dithering	57
Dot pitch	57
DVI	57
EDTV	57
Flat Shading	58
Fog	58
Frame Buffer	58
Frames Per Second	58
Gamma	58
Gouraud Shading	59
HDTV	59
Hue	59
HydraVision’	59
Keyframe Interpolation	60
KTX Buffer Region Extension	60
Lighting	60
Mipmapping	60
NTSC	61
Offscreen Memory	61
OpenGL®	61
PAL	61
PCI	61
PCI Express® (PCIe’)	62
Pipeline	62
Pixel	62
Refresh Rate	62
Rendering	62
Resolution	63
Saturation	63
SCART	63
Scissor Mode	63
SDTV	64
SECAM	64
Shadow Mask	64
SmartShader’ HD	64
SmoothVision’ HD	65
Specular Highlight	65
Super Anti-aliasing	65
SuperTiling	65
S-Video	66
Texel	66
Texture Mapping	66
Texture Preference	66
Transition Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS)	66
Trilinear Filtering	67
Vertex Shader	67
VGA Connector	67
VPU Recover	68
YPbPr	68
Z-buffer	68
Index	69
Numerics	69
A	69
B	69
C	69
D	70
E	71
F	71
G	71
H	71
I	71
K	71
L	72
M	72
N	72
O	72
P	72
R	72
S	73
T	73
U	74
V	74
W	74
X	74
Y	74