ATI RADEONX1900 User Guide - Page 5

1 CHAPTER 1: Introduction The RADEON® X1900 G5 MAC EDITION represents the next generation in 3D and video acceleration for your Power Macintosh® computer. It includes flexible dual-display support for multiple combinations of CRT and Digital Flat Panel monitors. Your new graphics accelerator provides: • Flexible dual-display support enabling many combinations utilizing 2 DVI connectors and 1 TV-Out connector, with or without VGA adapters, for analog and digital displays. • OpenGL® accelerator providing superior 3D rendering performance and advanced imaging and filtering techniques. • Industry leading DVD acceleration for High Bitrate, low CPU usage, playback of the latest movies at any resolution. • QuickTime® playback accelerator for full screen, full motion, DVD quality video. System Requirements Hardware Operating System Monitor • A Power Macintosh® G5 computer with an PCIe 4X, 8X, or 16X expansion slot. • QuickTime® 7.1 or higher. • Minimum 512MB of system memory. • Mac OS® X version 10.4.7 or higher. • Compatible display devices: DVI or ADC style digital flat panel using a DVI-to-ADC adapter. A VGA display using the supplied DVI-to-VGA adapter. A TV by using an optional DVI-to-TV adapter. External Connections • Two Dual Link DVI-I outputs. • One TV output. Note: Future references to Mac OS® X in this manual are intended to be generic and inclusive of their respective versions of the Macintosh® operating systems.