ATI Technologies Radeon X600 User manual

ATI
RADEON™ X600
User’s Guide
P/N 137-40384-10

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LIMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
•Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should
be read before the product is operated.
•Retain Instructions - The safety and operating instructions should
be retained for future reference.
•Heed Warnings - All warnings on the product and the operating
instructions should be adhered to.
•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 installed only in products equipped
with a three-wire grounding plug, a plug having a third (grounding)
pin. This plug will only fit into a grounding-type power outlet. This is a
safety feature. If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet,
contact your electrician to replace the obsolete outlet. Do not defeat
the safety purpose of the grounding-type plug.
•Secure Attachment - All card securement pins shall be completely
tightened as to provide continuous bonding between the option card
and the PC chassis.
•Outdoor Antenna Grounding - Since an outdoor antenna or cable
system is connected to the product, be sure that the antenna or cable
system is grounded so as to provide some protection against voltage
surges and built-up static charges. Article 810 of the National
Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70, provides information with regard to
proper grounding of the mast and supporting structure, grounding of
the lead-in wire to the antenna discharge unit, size of grounding
conductors, location of antenna-discharge unit, connection of
grounding electrodes, and requirements for the grounding electrode.
•Lightning - For added protection for this product during a lightning
storm, or when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of
time, unplug it from the wall outlet, and disconnect the antenna or
cable system. This will prevent damage to the product due to
lightning and power-line surges.
•Power Lines - An outside antenna system should not be located in
the vicinity of overhead power lines or other light or power circuits, or
where it can fall into such power lines or circuits.
•Antenna Installation - When installing an outside antenna system,
extreme care should be taken to keep from touching such power lines
or circuits, as contact with them may be fatal.
•Note to CATV System Installer - This reminder is provided to call
the CATV systems installer’s attention to Section 820-40 of the NEC,
which provides guidelines for proper grounding and, in particular,
specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding
system of the building, as close to the point of cable entry as
practical.

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Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
RADEON™ X600 Features 1
Graphic Features 1
External Connections 1
Using Multiple Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Connecting Your Monitors 3
Display Configurations 5
ATI’s CATALYST™ Software Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Introduction 7
Features 7
Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming 7
HYDRAVISION™ 7
Accessing the CATALYST™ Software Suite 7
ATI Displays Tab 8
ATI Color Tab 10
Hotkeys 14
Color Hotkeys Settings 15
ATI Options Tab 17
Options Details Tab 18
ATI Rotation Tab 19
Rotation HotKeys 21
ATI Overlay Tab 22
Video Overlay 22
Clone Mode Settings 23
ATI 3D Tab 25
Custom Properties Dialog 27
Direct 3D® Compatibility Settings 30
OpenGL® Compatibility Settings 31
ATI VPU Recover Tab 32
Using TV Display and Capture Features . . . . . . . 35
Using TV Out 35
View your PC’s display on a TV 35
Starting Windows® with TV Display Enabled 36
Using SCART Connectors for European TVs 37
How To Enable/Disable The TV Display 38

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Using and Adjusting TV Display Features 38
How TV Display Cannot Be Used 38
Using a Monitor vs. Using TV Display 38
Adjusting Monitor Display 38
Viewing Text on a TV 39
Reducing Edge Distortion 39
Using TV Display Alone 40
Using Games and Applications 40
Select your TV broadcast format 40
Adjust your TV screen size 41
Adjust your TV screen position 42
Adjust the composite sharpness of your TV display 42
Adjust the S-Video sharpness of your TV display 43
Adjust the composite dot crawl on your TV Display 43
Adjust the chroma flicker removal setting on your TV Display (if
available) 44
Adjust the luma flicker removal setting on your TV Display 44
Reset the advanced settings on your TV Display(if available) 45
Connect to a TV, VCR, or Camcorder
for video capturing 46
Windows® Volume Control 46
Capturing video using Windows® Movie Maker 47
Compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
FCC Compliance Information 49
Industry Canada Compliance Statement 49
CE Compliance Information 50
L’Information de conformité de la CE 50
CE-befolgungInformationen 50
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

RADEON™ X600 Features 1
CHAPTER 1:
Introduction
RADEON™ X600 Features
Graphic Features
• Four parallel rendering pipelines.
• SMARTSHADER™ 2.1
• Full hardware-based support for Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0/9.1
programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware.
• Shadow volume rendering acceleration.
• Complete feature-set support for OpenGL® 1.5 and 2.0
extensions.
• SMOOTHVISION™ 2.1
• Full-scene anti-aliasing method that smooths uneven edges and
improves blurred images.
• 2x/4x/6x Anti-aliasing modes with aloss-less compression up to a
ratio of 6:1 at all resolutions.
• 2x/4x//8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes with up to 128-tap
texture filtering.
• HYPER Z™ III
• Ensures optimal hardware performance by discarding irrelevant
object data that is not visible to the user.
• Conserves video memory bandwidth.
• Loss-less Z-buffer compression
• Z Cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering.
• VIDEOSHADER™
• Seamlessly integrates pixel shaders with video in real time.
• All format DTV/HDTV decoding.
• Adaptive Per-Pixel- De-interlacing and Frame Rate Conversion.
External Connections
• 15-pin D-shell (female) VGA output.
• DVI-I output.

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• S-Video output or Video In/Video Out (VIVO) connection.

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CHAPTER 2:
Using Multiple Displays
[Following content object needs to be changed (or added to) since the DVI-
I-VGA adapter is presumably not included - KSR]
Connecting Your Monitors
YourRADEON™ X600provideshardware supportfor oneDVI-I monitor
or two VGA monitors using the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter. It also
provides TV output via a S-Video Out or Composite Out connector.
Connections and Adapters for the RADEON™ X600 Card
XStandard VGA Monitor Connector. To connect a VGA monitor
to the DVI-I connector, plug the supplied DVI-I-to-VGA adapter
into the DVI-I connector, then plug your monitor cable into the
adapter.

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Note: If you use multiple monitors, the RADEON™ X600 card
must be the primary graphics card. Normally, the system BIOS
determines which graphics card will be the primary.
To connect your monitors
1Power off your computer and monitors.
2Plug the monitor cables into their appropriate connectors.
YDVI-I-to-VGA Adapter.
ZDVI-I Backplate Connection. To connect a flat panel, plug the
monitors DVI-I connector into the DVI-I connection.
XDVI-I Backplate Connection. To connect a flat panel, plug the
monitors DVI-I connector into the DVI-I connection.
YDVI-I Backplate Connection. To connect a flat panel, plug the
monitors DVI-I connector into the DVI-I connection.
Connections and Adapters for the RADEON™ X600 Card