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    i RADEON ™ 7200 RADEON ™ 7000 User’ s Guide Ve r s i o n 4 . 0 P/N 137-40299 -40 Re v . C Copyright © 2 002, A TI T echnologies Inc. All righ ts reserved. A TI and all A TI product and product feature na mes are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of A TI T echnologies Inc. Al l other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or re[...]

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    ii Disclaimer While ev ery precaution has been taken in the preparat ion of this document, A TI T echnologies Inc. assumes no li ability with respect to the operation or use of A TI hardware, software or other products and documentation described herein, for any act or omission of A TI concerning such produc ts or this documentation, for any interr[...]

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    iii T ab le of Contents Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features At A Glance .............. .............. .............. ........... .............. ............... 2 RADEON 7000 ............ ............ .. .............. ............ ... ........... ... .............. ... 2 RADEON 7200 ...........[...]

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    iv How To Enable/Disable The TV Displa y ................. ............ .............. . 29 Using and Adjusting TV Out ............ ........... ... ... ........... ... .............. ....... 30 Using a Monitor vs. Using the TV Display .... .............. ................. ....... 30 Adjusting Monitor Display .................. .............. ......[...]

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    1 Intr oduction The RADEON 7000 series of graphic accelerators deli vers ground breaking 3D graphics performance. • Designed and b uilt by A TI T echnologies I n c . • Po wered by the RADEON V i sual Processing Unit (VPU). • A wesome 3D gaming performance. • Support for OpenGL ® applications. • S upport for Direct 3D ® applications. •[...]

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    2 Features At A Glance RADEON 7000 The RADEON 7000 provides high performance acceleration for today's demanding 3D graphic applications. Its main features are: • V IDEO IMMERSION™ wh ich provides industry- leading D VD playback and digital TV decode capability • H yper Z™ technology , which reduces memory bandwidth consumption, resulti[...]

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    3 A TI’ s CA T AL YST™ Software Suite 3D Gaming Experience A TI’ s CA T AL YST Software Suite acti v ates the adv anced graphic features, such as PIXEL T APESTR Y , for advanced 3D gaming capability . For help on installing the CA T AL YST Software Suite, refer to the Getting Started Guide . The CA T AL YST Software Suite installs the A TI di[...]

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    4 Displa y Connector s The RADEON 7200 provides an IBM standard analog VGA connector . The RADEON 7000 64MB PCI, 32MB PCI and 32MB A GP versions also pro vide an IBM standard analog VGA connector . The RADEON 7000 64MB A GP v ersion provides an IBM standard analog VGA connector and an S-V ideo Out connector . For information on ho w to use the S-V [...]

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    5 CA T AL YST Software Suite The follo wing section provides an e xplanation of each A TI tab av ailable after installing the CA T AL Y ST Software Suite. A TI Displays T ab The A TI Display tab provides information on the current screen resolution and refresh rate your monitor is set to. Clicking the monitor b u tton accesses additional monitor in[...]

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    6 Monitor Attrib utes T ab The Attributes tab pro vides 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 inf ormation , you can manually select the ma[...]

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    7 Monitor Adjustments T a b The Adjustments tab pro vides the controls to ad just the monitor’ s screen position and screen size. Use the arro w b uttons to sh ift your display left, right, up or do wn. Use the plus or minus b utt ons to increase or decrease the vertical and horizontal size of your display .[...]

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    8 Monitor Adv anced T ab The Adv a nced tab provides horizontal and v ertical synchronization controls. Clicking the plus buttons adjusts the monitor’ s horizontal and verti cal synchronization. Checkmarking the Composite button comb ines the horizontal and vertical signals supplied b y the RADEON graphics card to your monitor . Composite should [...]

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    9 Multiple Monitors W ith an additional A TI gr aphics card installed in your system, the A TI Displays tab now pro vides the multi monitor features. Here you can enable/disable secondary display de vices and swap the assignment of Primary and Secondary displays. Installing a Second A TI Graphics Card 1 T urn of f your PC and install the second gra[...]

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    10 Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displa ys 1 Access the W indo ws ® Contr ol Panel . Double- click Display . 2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... b utton. 3 Click on the A TI Displays tab . 4 Click the enable/disable button for the display de vice you want to enable/disable. 5 Click OK or A pply to save the changes. Enabling Extende[...]

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    11 T o enable a Secondary display , refer to the section Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays . T o enable Extended Desktop Mode, refer to the section Enabling Extended Desktop Mode . 1 Access the W indo ws ® Contr ol Panel . Double- click Display . 2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... b utton. 3 Click on the A TI Displays tab . T[...]

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    12 2 Click OK or A pply to save the changes. Ratiometric Expansion Y our RADEON card offers ratiometric e xpansion (or digital panel scaling as it is commonly kno wn). This expands a lo w resolution image to fill a higher resolution panel. Ho weve r , ratiometric expansion is only av ailable on the Primary display . Therefore, if a flat panel displ[...]

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    13 AT I C o l o r Ta b The A TI Color tab is used to adjust the color settings. Y ou can change the red, green and blue display colors. Desktop bright ness and Game Gamma (brightness) can also be changed. A TI Color T ab Desktop Brightness This increases or decreases the brightne ss of your desktop . The higher the gamma value, the higher the brigh[...]

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    14 Clicking the Game Gamma b utton accesses the Game Gamma Properties. Game Gamma Properties Red Green Blue sliders These controls allow you to increase or decrease the color bri ghtness of Direct 3D and OpenGL games play ed in fullscre en mode. (NOTE: Game Gamma is NO T suppor ted in Windows NT4.0) RGB Lock Uncheck this to adjust the RGB sliders i[...]

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    15 AT I O p t i o n s T a b The A TI Options tab provides detailed dri ver information and access to the card’ s specifications. Y ou can also enable or di sable the A TI taskbar icon. A TI Options T ab V ersion Information Provides the CA T AL YST version number , 2D version number and the driver b uild informatio n. Details button Provides acce[...]

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    16 Clicking the Details button pro vides access to the Details tab . A TI Overlay T ab The A TI Overlay tab allo ws you to configure the brightness, contrast, sat uration, hue and gamma properties of your video ov erlay . Video Overlay V ideo overlay allo ws for th e vie wing of full-motion video on your PC. Ho we ver , there is only one video Show[...]

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    17 ov erlay , which is only av ailable on the Primary display . The video ov erlay controls are automatically acti vated during playback of any video f ile type that supports ov erlay adjustments. A TI Overlay T ab Brightness Use this slider to adjust the br ightness of the video image. Contrast Use this slider to adjust the contrast in the video i[...]

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    18 Direct 3D ® Contr ol P anel Using this tab, gamers can tweak the settings of their Direct 3D ® games. Main and Custom Settings In the Main Settings you can maximize o verall performance by mo ving the slider to the left, or you can enhance ov erall image quality by moving the slider to the right.[...]

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    19 Main Settin gs slider This allows you to emphasize what kind of application e x p erience you’ d like to hav e. Moving the slider to the left will maximize application performance, while moving the slider to the right will provide e xcellen t 3D imag e quality . Moving this slider from one position to the ne xt changes the indivi dual Custom S[...]

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    20 T exture Preference slider Selecting this decides whether your application should use high quality or high performance textures. Mo ving the slider to the right deli vers the highest quality e x p erience. Moving the slider to the left emphasizes a high performance solution while sti ll providing good visuals. Mipmap De tail Level slider This wi[...]

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    21 Direct 3D ® Compatibility Settings Support W - buf f er This will enable W-Buff er suppor t f or 3D g ames. It is recommended to disable this for games that do not suppor t th is feature. Cer t ain applications re quire the increased precision of W -Buff ering and will e xhibit ar tifacts unless the W -Buffer is enab led. Support 32-bit Z-buff [...]

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    22 Alpha dithering method When applications use both dither ing and alpha blending, visual artifacts can occur . This option allows you to select how the application should handle bo th f eatures at the same time . In most cases Error Diffusion will handle this situation quite well, but there are a f ew cases where selecting Or dered may be necessa[...]

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    23 OpenGL ® Contr ol P anel Using this tab, gamers can tweak the settings of their OpenGL ® games. Main and Custom Settings In the Main Settings you can maximize o verall performance by mo ving the slider to the left, or you can enhance ov erall image quality by moving the slider to the right.[...]

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    24 Main Settin gs slider This allows you to emphasize what kind of application e x p erience you’ d like to hav e. Moving the slider to the left will maximize application performance, while moving the slider to the right will provide e xcellen t 3D imag e quality . Moving this slider from one position to the ne xt changes the indivi dual Custom S[...]

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    25 T exture Preference slider Selecting this decides whether your application should use high quality or high performance textures. Mo ving the slider to the right deli vers the highest quality e x p erience. Moving the slider to the left emphasizes a high performance solution while sti ll providing good visuals. Mipmap De tail Level slider This wi[...]

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    26 OpenGL ® Compatibility Settings Force Z-b uffer depth This allows you to e xplicitly set the Z-Buff er depth. Most applications will work best wh en Disabled is selected Alpha dithering method When applications use both dither ing and alpha blending, visual artifacts can occur . This option allows you to select how the application should handle[...]

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    27 Using TV Out View y our PC’ s display on a TV The RADEON 7000 64MB A GP v ersion has TV Out capability . Y ou can connect this card to a TV and monitor at the same time. Or you can connect it to your VCR and record your monitor’ s display . TV display is ideal for playing games, gi ving presentations, watching mo vies, and browsing the Inter[...]

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    28 (and VCRs) hav e a Composite video input, in which case you can use an S-V ideo-to-Composite adapter . If your TV has cable in put only , you can connect your card to your TV through your VCR or an RF modulator (av ailable in most electronics stores). Connecting Y our S-Video Out to a TV or VCR 1 T urn of f your PC and your TV (or VCR). 2 Ensure[...]

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    29 Star ting Windows ® with TV Display Enab led The TV screen may become scrambled during the initial W indo ws ® logo display . This is only a temporary ef fect and your screen will be restored within a fe w seconds. During start up, your RADEON 7000 64MB A GP will go through a sequence of mode settings, during which your TV display will remain [...]

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    30 3 Click on the A TI Displays tab . Click on the TV button. 4 Click the enable/disable button. 5 Click OK or A pply to save the changes. Using and Adjusting TV Out For information about ho w to use TV display , right click the A TI taskbar icon , point to Help , then point to A TI T elevision Display . Using a Monitor vs. Using the TV Display Usi[...]

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    31 Viewing T ext on a TV A TV is designed primarily to sho w moving, rather than static, images. The large dot pitch of a TV (which is fine for mo ving video) will yield poor quality static images such as text. The small text sizes commonly used for PC desktops can appear blurred or unclear on a TV . Y ou can compensate for this b y using lar ger f[...]

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    32 2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... b utton. 3 Click on the A TI Displays tab . 4 Click on the TV button. 5 Click the Adjustments tab . 6 In the Screen Size section , click on the plus ( + ) button beside the horizontal arro wheads to increase the horizontal si ze of the TV display . 7 Click OK or A pply to save the changes you [...]

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    33 and a higher mode is selected, the display on your TV will disappear . Using Games and Applications Some older games and applications may program your RADEON card directly , to run under a specific display mode. This may cause your TV display to turn of f automatically or become scrambled (the PC monitor will not be af fected ). Y our TV display[...]