ATI Technologies RADEON 7000 User manual

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RADEON
™
7200
RADEON
™
7000
User’s Guide
Version 3.0
P/N 137-40299-30 Rev. B
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Table of Contents
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features At A Glance .................................................................................. 2
Radeon™ 7000....................................................................................... 2
Radeon™ 7200....................................................................................... 2
ATI’s Catalyst Software Suite .................................................................... 3
3D Gaming Experience .......................................................................... 3
Direct 3D®and OpenGL®..................................................................... 3
HydraVision™ ....................................................................................... 3
Display Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Catalyst™ Software Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
ATI Displays Tab......................................................................................... 6
Monitor Attributes Tab........................................................................... 7
Monitor Adjustments Tab ...................................................................... 8
Monitor Advanced Tab .......................................................................... 9
Multiple Monitors................................................................................. 10
Installing a Second ATI Graphics Card ............................................... 10
Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays .............................................. 11
Enabling Extended Desktop Mode....................................................... 11
Dynamic Display Reassignment .......................................................... 11
Virtually Repositioning Your Displays................................................ 12
Ratiometric Expansion ......................................................................... 13
ATI Color Tab ........................................................................................... 14
ATI Options Tab........................................................................................ 16
ATI Overlay Tab ....................................................................................... 17
Video Overlay ...................................................................................... 17
Direct 3D®Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Main and Custom Settings........................................................................ 19
Direct 3D®Compatibility Settings........................................................... 22
OpenGL®Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Main and Custom Settings........................................................................ 24
OpenGL®Compatibility Settings ............................................................ 27
Using TV Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
View your PC’s display on a TV.......................................................... 28
Connecting to a TV or a VCR .................................................................. 28
Starting Windows®with TV Display Enabled..................................... 30
Using SCART Connectors for European TVs ..................................... 30

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How To Enable/Disable The TV Display ............................................ 30
Using and Adjusting TV Out................................................................ 31
Using a Monitor vs. Using the TV Display.......................................... 31
Adjusting Monitor Display................................................................... 31
Viewing Text on a TV.......................................................................... 32
Reducing Edge Distortion .................................................................... 32
Changing Display Configurations ........................................................ 33
Using Games and Applications ............................................................ 34

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Introduction
The RADEON™ 7000 series of graphic accelerators
delivers ground breaking 3D graphics performance.
• Designed and built by ATI Technologies Inc.
• Powered by the RADEON Graphics Processing
Unit (GPU).
• Awesome 3D gaming performance.
• Support for OpenGL®applications.
• Support for Direct 3D®applications.
• High resolution in 3D up to 2048x1536.
• Best performance for today’s and tomorrow’s
applications.
• Optional S-Video Out to connect your PC to your
TV or VCR.

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Features At A Glance
Radeon™ 7000
The RADEON™ 7000 provides high performance
acceleration for today's demanding 3D graphic
applications. Its main features are:
• VIDEO IMMERSION™ which provides industry-
leading DVD playback and digital TV decode
capability
• Hyper Z™ technology, which reduces memory
bandwidth consumption, resulting in improved 3D
performance
• PIXEL TAPESTRY™ which can apply 3 textures
at once to a complex 3D gaming scene
• 64MB double data rate (DDR) memory, PCI and
AGP versions
• 32MB double data rate (DDR) memory, PCI and
AGP versions
• Optional TV output support (The 64MB AGP
version provides an S-Video Out connector).
Radeon™ 7200
In addition to the features of the RADEON™ 7000,
the RADEON™ 7200 also provides:
• CHARISMA ENGINE™ which is the main GPU,
providing full Transformation, Clipping and
Lighting at 30 million triangles per second,
necessary to accelerate today’s 3D games and
applications.
• 64MB of single data rate (SDR) memory.
The RADEON™ 7200 is available as AGP only.

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ATI’s Catalyst Software Suite
3D Gaming Experience
ATI’s Catalyst™ Software Suite activates the
advanced graphic features, such as PIXEL
TAPESTRY™, for advanced 3D gaming capability.
For help on installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite,
refer to the Getting Started Guide.
The Catalyst™ Software Suite installs the ATI
display tabs. These tabs are accessed through the
Windows®Display Control Panel, through the
Advanced... button located on the Settings tab. For a
detailed explanation of each ATI tab, refer to
Catalyst™ Software Suite on page 6.
Direct 3D®and OpenGL®
The Catalyst™ Software Suite also supports the
latest versions of Direct 3D®and OpenGL®. Many
new 3D game titles, and the latest versions of older
titles, will virtually come to life as they utilize their
advanced Direct 3D®or OpenGL® features. Gamers
can tweak their settings for the ultimate experience in
3D image quality or 3D gaming performance.
ATI’s Direct 3D®and OpenGL® tabs are available
through the Windows®Display Control Panel,
through the Advanced... button located on the
Settings tab.
For a detailed explanation of the Direct 3D®and
OpenGL®tabs, refer to Direct 3D® Control Panel
on page 19, and OpenGL® Control Panel on
page 24.
HydraVision™
With an additional ATI graphics card installed in
your system, you can also use HydraVision™ for
advanced multi-monitor management. For more

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information on HydraVision™, please refer to the
HydraVision™ User’s Guide PDF located on your
ATI Installation CD.

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Display Connectors
The RADEON™ 7200 provides an IBM standard
analog VGA connector.
The RADEON™ 7000 64MB PCI, 32MB PCI and
32MB AGP versions also provide an IBM standard
analog VGA connector.
The RADEON™ 7000 64MB AGP version provides
an IBM standard analog VGA connector and an
S-Video Out connector.
For information on how to use the S-Video Out
connector, refer to Using TV Out on page 28.
If you install an additional ATI graphics card, you
can take advantage of Windows®multiple display
support. When you use multiple displays, one display
will always be Primary. Any additional display(s)
will be designated as Secondary.
S-VIDEO OUT
IBM STANDARD VGA
MONITOR CONNECTOR
S-VID OUT
IBM STANDARD VGA
MONITOR CONNECTOR
RADEON 7200
RADEON 7000 RADEON 7000
64MB AGP

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Catalyst™ Software Suite
The following section provides an explanation of
each ATI tab available after installing the Catalyst™
Software Suite.
ATI Displays Tab
The ATI Display tab provides information on the
current screen resolution and refresh rate your
monitor is set to.
Clicking the monitor button accesses additional
monitor information, properties and controls.
Features presented in the following pages may not
be supported in all operating systems and/or may
appear differently.
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Monitor Attributes Tab
The Attributes tab provides display data channel
(DDC) information.
DDC is the technology whereby the monitor
communicates to the graphics card all the resolutions
and refresh rates it supports. The RADEON™ family
of graphics cards are all DDC compliant.
By unchecking Use DDC information, you can
manually select the maximum resolution and refresh
rate of your monitor. However, this is only
recommended for older or non DDC compliant
monitors.

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Monitor Adjustments Tab
The Adjustments tab provides the controls to adjust
the monitor’s screen position and screen size.
Use the arrow buttons to shift your display left, right,
up or down.
Use the plus or minus buttons to increase or decrease
the vertical and horizontal size of your display.

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Monitor Advanced Tab
The Advanced tab provides horizontal and vertical
synchronization controls.
Clicking the plus buttons adjusts the monitor’s
horizontal and vertical synchronization.
Checkmarking the Composite button combines the
horizontal and vertical signals supplied by the
RADEON™ graphics card to your monitor.
Composite should be checked only if you are using a
composite sync monitor. Consult your monitor’s user
guide for information on your monitor type.
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Multiple Monitors
With an additional ATI graphics card installed in
your system, the ATI Displays tab now provides the
multi monitor features. Here you can enable/disable
secondary display devices and swap the assignment
of Primary and Secondary displays.
Installing a Second ATI Graphics Card
1 Turn off your PC and install the second graphics
card into an available PCI or AGP slot. For more
help and information, refer to the Getting
Started Guide.
2 Connect your additional display into the graphics
card.
3 Turn on your PC. Windows®will detect the new
graphics card and install the appropriate drivers.

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Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays
1 Access 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.
4 Click the enable/disable button for the
display device you want to enable/disable.
5 Click OK or Apply to save the changes.
Enabling Extended Desktop Mode
1 With an additional graphics card installed, access
the Windows®Control Panel. Double-click
Display.
2 Click on the Settings tab.
3 Click the monitor icon for the display onto which
you want to extend your desktop.
4 Click Yes to enable the selected display.
5 Checkmark the Extend my Windows desktop
onto this monitor check box (Windows®may
automatically place it there).
6 Click OK or Apply to save the changes.
Dynamic Display Reassignment
You can change the assignment of your Primary and
Secondary display on the fly, without rebooting.
However, before you can change the assignment of
the Primary display, at least one Secondary display
must be enabled, and Extended Desktop mode must
be enabled.

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To enable a Secondary display, refer to the section
Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays.
To enable Extended Desktop Mode, refer to the
section Enabling Extended Desktop Mode.
1 Access 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.
The ATI Displays tab shows you the display(s) that
are active. The Primary display has the button
depressed. To change the display assignment, you
can click the Primary display’s button or you can
click the button of the other display device.
In Windows®2000 and Windows® NT4.0, clicking
on the button will reassign the Primary and
Secondary monitors. Clicking on the button
creates a clone or mirror image of the Primary
display onto the Secondary display.
Clicking on the button extends your desktop to a
Secondary display located to the right of the Primary
display. Clicking on the button extends your
desktop to a Secondary display located below the
Primary display.
4 Click OK or Apply to save the changes.
Virtually Repositioning Your Displays
1 On the Settings tab, click and drag the
appropriate monitor icon to the desired position.
For example, the secondary display can be
dragged to the left of the primary display,
allowing it to be virtually on the left, as shown
below.

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2 Click OK or Apply to save the changes.
Ratiometric Expansion
Your RADEON™ card 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, ratiometric expansion is
only available on the Primary display. Therefore, if
a flat panel display (FPD) is set as Secondary, the
Extended Desktop mode is disabled and the
resolution is less than the FPD’s native resolution.
This causes the FPD to default to center mode.

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ATI Color Tab
The ATI Color tab is used to adjust the color settings.
You can change the red, green and blue display
colors. Desktop brightness and Game Gamma
(brightness) can also be changed.
ATI Color Tab
Desktop
Brightness
This increases or decreases the brightness of your
desktop. The higher the gamma value, the higher the
brightness of your display.
Color Curve This adjusts the selected color (red, green or blue check
button) by moving the color curve with your mouse.
Game Gamma
button This accesses Game Gamma Properties.
Defaults
button
This allows you to reset the desktop brightness and
color settings to default values.

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Clicking the Game Gamma button accesses the
Game Gamma Properties.
Game Gamma Properties
Red Green
Blue sliders
These controls allow you to increase or decrease the
color brightness of Direct 3D and OpenGL games
played in fullscreen mode. (NOTE: Game Gamma is
NOT supported in Windows NT4.0)
RGB Lock Uncheck this to adjust the RGB sliders individually.
Check this to adjust all three sliders at the same time.
Defaults
button
This allows you to reset the Game Gamma settings to
default values.

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ATI Options Tab
The ATI Options tab provides detailed driver
information and access to the card’s specifications.
You can also enable or disable the ATI taskbar icon.
ATI Options Tab
Version Information Provides the Catalyst version number, 2D version
number and the driver build information.
Details button Provides access to the Details tab which lists the
card’s hardware details and driver information.
Reactivate all
warning messages
This allows you to reactivate any disabled
graphics warning messages.
Enable ATI taskbar
icon application
Unchecking this allows you to disable the ATI
taskbar applications and removes the ATI icon
from your system tray.