Diamond Multimedia 9600 PRO manual

Radeon® 9600 PRO PC & Mac Edition User ’ s Guide P/N 137-40864-10[...]

ii Copyright © 2005, A TI T echnologies In c. All rights reserved. A TI, t he A TI logo, and A TI product and produc t-featu re names are tradem arks and/or registered trademarks of A TI T echnologies Inc. All other company and/or prod uct names are trademarks and /or registered trademarks of their res pective owners. Feat ures, perform ance and s[...]

iii T able of Content s Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 System Requirements 1 External Connections 1 Related Documentation 2 Multimedia Features 2 Viewing 3D Graphics 2 TV Out Support 3 ATI Displays Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Introduction 5 Open the ATI Displays control panel 5[...]

iv Compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 FCC Compliance Information 23 Industry Canada Compl iance Statement 23 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive Compliance 24 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

1 CHAPTER 1: Introduction The Radeon® 9600 PRO PC & Mac Edi tion is a graphics accelerator card that delivers maximum programma bility and entert ainment value to both gamers and developers. It includ es fl exible dual-display support for multiple combinatio ns of Digital Flat Panel and CRT monitors. You r new graphics card provides: • Flexi[...]

2 Related Documentation 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. Related Document ation The README file summarizes the la test product revisions. Click the README icon on the installation disk to open this file. Detailed help and [...]

TV Out Support 3 In addition, the Radeon® 9600 PRO PC & Mac Editi on offers the following graph ics technologies: SmoothVision™ 2.1 is an antialiasing solution that raises th e bar for imag e quality using programmable multi -sam pling methods to post-p rocess graphics before they are displayed. SmartShader™ 2.0 contains advan ced vertex a[...]

4 TV Out Su pport[...]

Introduction 5 CHAPTER 2: A TI Displays Control Panel Introduction The ATI Displays control panel provides access to the advanced features of that the Radeon® 9600 PRO PC & Mac Edition has to offer. Open the A TI D isplays control p anel 1 Open the Apple® System Preferences . 2 Click the AT I D i s p l a y s icon. or 1 Click the Hard Disk ico[...]

6 ATI Displays Control Panel A TI Displays Control Panel Display Info dialog shows the current display settings for the displa y. Detect Displays button detects all connected displays. This feature is useful when a second VGA monitor is co nnected to your gr aphics adapter. Detect Displays removes the n eed to restart your computer. Note: Y our dis[...]

Advanced Display Op tions 7 To access the Advanced features open the ATI Displays control panel and click the ADVANCED button. V ersaVision™ T ab Use the VersaVision™ tab to rotate your display while maintaini ng the full feature set of other ATI 2D and 3D technologies. ATI’s hard ware accelerated display rotation and scaling technology provi[...]

8 Advanced Display Op ti ons If the computer desktop, toolbar or dock exceeds the physical size of your display select Standard Underscan (87%) in the Desktop Size drop down menu. You can also create a unique desktop size by selecting Custom and adjusting the slider t o the desired setting.[...]

Advanced Display Op tions 9 Display Control T ab Force Single Display Operation , when using a dual display video card , causes all display modes to appear as a single list of sup ported resolutions in the Apple® Displays Properties. Only one display is on when this feat ure is enabled. The default settin g is Disabled. Enable GTF Modes for CRT pr[...]

10 Advanced DFP Tab Advanced DFP T ab The features on this tab are intended to support Digital Flat Panels (D FP) only. Enable ATI Hardware Scaler on non-Apple panels can be used with flat panels with fixed resoluti ons. Use this feature to change video modes usin g the ATI Scaler. Enable frequency reduction on high resolution displays may correct [...]

3D OpenGL® Overrid es 11 Add an Application Profile To add an application to the Applicat ion Profile list: 1 Click the 3 D icon in A TI Displays . 2 Click Add . 3 Browse to the desired application. 4 Click Choose . Select or Create a Preset ATI Displays includes a number of pr edefined OpenGL® presets that can be applied to any applicati on. You[...]

12 Enabling Mac2TV™ 4 Configure the preset by making ad justme nts to th e Performance, FSAA, Anisotropic Filt erin g, and V ertical Sync sliders. Note: The preset selections and adju stments are saved automatically as they are made. Enabling Mac2TV™ The Mac2TV™ options are available when a TV is detected by the graphics card. Mac2TV™ is on[...]

Optimizing Mac2TV™ 13 Extra Set up: Hard Sync to TV , when enabled, removes a black line that may appear at the bottom of the screen of high end TV equipment. This process slightly alters th e color across the screen. This color alteration may or may not be vi sible. Unless you notice a black line on your TV screen, it is recommended to leave Har[...]

14 Ratio/Size Tab The Anti-Flicker slider reduces the amount of display fl i cker. Display flicker is both a distract ion and tiring to you r eyes, and is mo st pronounced when text is being displayed. The Brightness slider is related to the amount of light emitted by your display or reflected from an object. The Contrast slider is a ratio of how f[...]

Ratio/Size T ab 15 Use Aspect Ratio to select between a fully adju stable display or one locked to a specific aspect ratio. 4:3 Stan dard, 16.9 Widescreen, and Current screen resolution are all fixed modes. Overscan increases the vertical and horizontal size to fill you r TV. Use Movie Mode for the best results view ing TV or DVDs. Use Display P os[...]

16 ATI Displays Preferences A TI Displays Preferences From the ATI Disp lays drop down menu you can set the Preferences for the ATI Displays control panel. Here you can con figure how the ATI Displays control panel starts and exits. A T I Displays Help ATI Displays Help is an additional source of information when you are using the ATI Displays cont[...]

Using Digital Flat Panel (DVI) 17 Using Digit al Flat Panel (DVI) Use Radeon® 9600 PRO PC & Mac Edition’s DVI support feature to output your compu ter’s display to y our DVI digita l flat panel, p roviding you with: • Crisper , clearer images. • A true flat screen. • V irtually no eye strain from prolong ed viewing. Using Radeon® 96[...]

18 Using Digital Flat Panel (DVI) 3 T urn on your DVI flat panel and your Mac. Note: The DVI connector is hot swappa ble. Y ou no longer need to shut down your computer before attach ing a digital flat panel. A dual-link DVI transmits up to twice the amount of pixel information of single link DVI connection. Use the du al-link DVI connector for ext[...]

Video Mode Table 19 CHAPTER 3: S pecifications V ideo Mode T able The video mode table below lists the color depth capabilities fo r the supported resolution s on your Rad eon® 9600 PRO PC & Mac Edition. Please consult your monit or’s specifications to determin e which resolutions are available with your display. Supported Modes Display Reso[...]

20 Video Mode Table The minimum refresh rate for the above modes is 56Hz. Digit al Flat Panel *Using a reduced blanki ng interval co mpatible with Apple®’s Cin ema HD ADC Display. This timing is not comp atible with VESA’s 1920 x 120 0 resolution when attached to an ADC connector. 2048 X 1536 100 Connection T ype Resolution Example Produ c t S[...]

Product Registration 21 CHAPTER 4: Reference Product Registration To activate Customer Care you must register your prod uct wit h ATI at: ati.com/onlin e/registrat ion Customer Care For detailed instructions on how to use your ATI product, refer to the Online User’s Guide included on you r ATI inst allation CD-ROM. If you require fu rther assist [...]

22 Customer Care ATI Customer Care will work to resolve your issue and help you to get your ATI product up and running. If your issue is not resolved , our techni cians will determine whether the difficulty you are exp eriencing is the result of the ATI product, whether your product contains a defect, and whether you r product is under warranty. ?[...]

23 CHAPTER 5: Compliance Information FCC Compliance Information This equipment has b een tested and found to comply with the limit s for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of t he FCC Rules. These limit s are des igned to provide reasonable pr otection against harmf ul interference in a residential in stallation. This e quipment generat [...]

24 W aste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive Compliance This product was manu factured by ATI Technolo gies Inc.[...]

25 Glossary 2D Acronym for “two dimensional,” a term applied to computer graphics that are “flat.” Typical desktop applica tions such as wo rd processors, spreadsheet programs, or other program s that manipulate print or simple graphics (such as pictures or line art) are generally considered to be operating within a 2D environment, ev en wh[...]

26 This makes 3D objects appear more r ealistic as the detail of their surface texture is retained in a smooth, seamle ss fashion on the sections that move or fade away into the background. Anti-alias ing A method that smooths out the jagged edg es of a curved object. A black curved line on a white background disp layed on a computer screen will ha[...]

27 memory can only encode to either “0” or “1.” So a graphical bit depth of 1 means that the display can only show two colors, the black and white of a monochrome display. Four-bit color dept h is capable of displaying 16 colors because there are on ly 16 different combinat ions of 4 bits (“0000”, “0001”, “0010”... to “1111”[...]

28 Color Correction Use Color Correction to co rrect discrepancies between the real color value and the way a screen displays it. Color discrepancies can be caused by a variety of sources, including the lighting conditio ns in the work area and gradual shifts in color over time on monitors or flat panel displays. Color Curve A color curve represent[...]

29 Dot pitch Dot pitch specifies the sharpness of a m onitor’s display. It is measured in millimeters (mm) and is the distance b etween the individual phospho r sub- pixels in a CRT di splay or cells of th e same color within an LCD display. The smaller the number, the sharper the image. The most common dot pitches for monitors range from .2 4 mm[...]

30 Frames Per Se cond In terms of 3D graphics, refers to the rate at which the graphic processor can render new screens per second. Higher rates equals better, more naturalistic performance fo r such things as games set in a 3D environment. Sometimes abbreviated to “fps.” Gamma Sometimes confused with brightness, gam ma actual ly refers to th e[...]

31 Keyframe Interpolation This feature is also known as “morphing.” In an animation, a start and end point are picked as the key frames. In a 3D rendering, the start point could have a character with a neutral expr ession, and the end point could have that same character smili ng. Additional frames are interpol ated (inserted) between the two k[...]

32 flicker-free. The acronym refers to the National Televi sion Systems Committee, which devised this color video standard in 1953. Offscr een Memory An area of memory used to preload im ages so that they can be quickly drawn to the screen. Offscreen memory refers to all of the remaining video memory not taken up by the front buffer, which hol ds t[...]

33 Pixel T apestry™ II Pixel Tapestry™ II uses four parallel, highly optimized rendering pipelines, each capable of ha ndling two textures simultaneously. It provides advanced texturin g, making 3D surfaces look even more detailed and realistic. Refresh Rate Also referred to as “vertical refresh rate .” This is the rate at which a monitor o[...]

34 Shadow Mask In CRT monitors, the shadow mask is a metal plate full of tiny holes that is attached to the inside of the glass screen. It focuses the beams from the electron guns at the back of the CRT. The distance between these holes is called the dot pi tch. SmartShader™ SmartShader™ is ATI’s pat en ted sh ader technology, providing custo[...]

35 Trans ition Minimized Differe ntial Signaling (TMDS) A technology designed to reduce el ectromagnetic inte rference (EMI) and improve the digital signal delivered to flat panel displ ays. Its encoding algorithm converts the original 8-bit graphic data int o a more fault-tolerant 10-bit signal, which is then converted b ack to its original 8-bit [...]

36 VGA Connector A type of graphics connector, someti mes also called an analog connector. It is the most common type of video connector available, co nsisting 15-pins set in three rows. The “VGA” is an acronym for “Video Graphics Array,” which is also the name for the video resolut ion mode of 640x480 pixels, the lowest standard resolu tio[...]

37 Index Numerics 2D 7, 25, 26, 28, 33, 34, 35 3D 3, 7, 10, 11, 16, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 3D Graphics 2 3D OpenGL Ove rrides 10 A ADC 20, 25 ADC connector 20 Add an Application Profile 11 Advanced Display Options 6 Anisotropic Filtering 12, 25 Anisotropic filtering 25 Anti-aliasing 26 Anti-Flicker 14 Apple Cinema HD 20 Apple Di[...]

38 C Charisma Engine II 27 Color 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35 Color component 27, 28 Color correction 28 Color curve 28 Contrast 14 Control Panel 5 Controls Tab 13 Core Image 1 Create Apple Sy stem Profiler Re port 6 CRT 1, 28, 29, 34 Customer Care 21, 22 D Detect Displays 6 Display Control Tab 9 Display Info 6 Display Scaling 7 Display Size 15 D[...]

39 Frames per second (fps) 30 Frozen Dot Cra wl 13 Full-Screen Anti-Aliasing (FSAA) 12 G gamma 30 Gouraud Shading 29, 30 GPU 3 Graphic Card features 2 H Hard Sync 13 Hard Sync to TV 13 Help 22 Hue 14, 30, 33 HyperZ 3, 30 I IBM T221 display 20 Industry Cana da Com plian c e 23 K Keyframe interpolation 31 KTX Buffer Region Extension 31 L Lighting 25,[...]

40 Product Registration 21 Profile dialog 6 Q Quartz Extreme 1, 3 QuickTime 3, 16 R Radeon 6 Ratio/Size Tab 14 Red Green Blue (RGB) 30, 33, 35 Refresh Rate 31, 32, 33 Related Documentation 2 Relative Rotation 7 Rendering 33 Resolution 29, 31, 32, 33, 36 rotation 7, 35 S Saturation 14, 30, 33 scaling 35 Select or Create a Preset 11 Set Up Tab 12 Sha[...]

41 Vertical Sync 12 VGA 33, 36 VGA connector 36 Video 29, 36 Video Card features 2 Video Output 12 Viewing 3D Graphics 2 W Warranty 22 Waste Electrical and Electron ic Equipment (WEEE) Compliance 24 Windows 32 X XGA 33 Z Z-buffer 36[...]

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