Diamond Multimedia Radeon 9600 PRO Manuel d'utilisateur

Radeon® 9600 PROPC & Mac EditionUser’s GuideP/N 137-40864-10

6 ATI Displays Control PanelATI Displays Control PanelDisplay Info dialog shows the current display settings for the display.Detect Displays button d

Advanced Display Options 7To access the Advanced features open the ATI Displays control panel and click the ADVANCED button. VersaVision™ TabUse the V

8 Advanced Display OptionsIf the computer desktop, toolbar or dock exceeds the physical size of your display select Standard Underscan (87%) in the D

Advanced Display Options 9Display Control TabForce Single Display Operation, when using a dual display video card, causes all display modes to appear

10 Advanced DFP TabAdvanced DFP TabThe features on this tab are intended to support Digital Flat Panels (DFP) only.Enable ATI Hardware Scaler on non-

3D OpenGL® Overrides 11Add an Application ProfileTo add an application to the Application Profile list:1 Click the 3D icon in ATI Displays. 2 Click Ad

12 Enabling Mac2TV™4 Configure the preset by making adjustments to the Performance, FSAA, Anisotropic Filtering, and Vertical Sync sliders.Note: The

Optimizing Mac2TV™ 13Extra 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 equi

14 Ratio/Size TabThe Anti-Flicker slider reduces the amount of display flicker. Display flicker is both a distraction and tiring to your eyes, and is

Ratio/Size Tab 15Use Aspect Ratio to select between a fully adjustable display or one locked to a specific aspect ratio. 4:3 Standard, 16.9 Widescreen

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16 ATI Displays PreferencesATI Displays PreferencesFrom the ATI Displays drop down menu you can set the Preferences for the ATI Displays control pane

Using Digital Flat Panel (DVI) 17Using Digital Flat Panel (DVI)Use Radeon® 9600 PRO PC & Mac Edition’s DVI support feature to output your computer

18 Using Digital Flat Panel (DVI)3 Turn on your DVI flat panel and your Mac.Note: The DVI connector is hot swappable. You no longer need to shut down

Video Mode Table 19CHAPTER 3: SpecificationsVideo Mode TableThe video mode table below lists the color depth capabilities for the supported resolution

20 Video Mode TableThe minimum refresh rate for the above modes is 56Hz.Digital Flat Panel*Using a reduced blanking interval compatible with Apple®’s

Product Registration 21CHAPTER 4: ReferenceProduct RegistrationTo activate Customer Care you must register your product with ATI at: ati.com/online/re

22 Customer CareATI 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,

23CHAPTER 5: Compliance InformationFCC Compliance InformationThis equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital

24 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive ComplianceThis product was manufactured by ATI Technologies Inc.

25Glossary2DAcronym for “two dimensional,” a term applied to computer graphics that are “flat.” Typical desktop applications such as word processors,

iiiTable of ContentsIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1System Requirements 1External Connections 1Related Do

26 This makes 3D objects appear more realistic as the detail of their surface texture is retained in a smooth, seamless fashion on the sections that

27memory 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

28 Color CorrectionUse Color Correction to correct discrepancies between the real color value and the way a screen displays it. Color discrepancies c

29Dot pitchDot pitch specifies the sharpness of a monitor’s display. It is measured in millimeters (mm) and is the distance between the individual ph

30 Frames Per SecondIn terms of 3D graphics, refers to the rate at which the graphic processor can render new screens per second. Higher rates equals

31Keyframe InterpolationThis feature is also known as “morphing.” In an animation, a start and end point are picked as the key frames. In a 3D render

32 flicker-free. The acronym refers to the National Television Systems Committee, which devised this color video standard in 1953.Offscreen MemoryAn

33Pixel Tapestry™ IIPixel Tapestry™ II uses four parallel, highly optimized rendering pipelines, each capable of handling two textures simultaneously

34 Shadow MaskIn 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

35Transition Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS)A technology designed to reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI) and improve the digital signal

iv Compliance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23FCC Compliance Information 23Industry Canada Compliance Statement 23Waste Electri

36 VGA ConnectorA type of graphics connector, sometimes also called an analog connector. It is the most common type of video connector available, con

37IndexNumerics2D 7, 25, 26, 28, 33, 34, 353D 3, 7, 10, 11, 16, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 363D Graphics 23D OpenGL Overrides 10AADC 20,

38 CCharisma Engine II 27Color 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35Color component 27, 28Color correction 28Color curve 28Contrast 14Control Panel 5Control

39Frames per second (fps) 30Frozen Dot Crawl 13Full-Screen Anti-Aliasing (FSAA) 12Ggamma 30Gouraud Shading 29, 30GPU 3Graphic Cardfeatures 2HHard Syn

40 Product Registration 21Profile dialog 6QQuartz Extreme 1, 3QuickTime 3, 16RRadeon 6Ratio/Size Tab 14Red Green Blue (RGB) 30, 33, 35Refresh Rate 31

41Vertical Sync 12VGA 33, 36VGA connector 36Video 29, 36Video Cardfeatures 2Video Output 12Viewing 3D Graphics 2WWarranty 22Waste Electrical and Elec

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1CHAPTER 1: IntroductionThe Radeon® 9600 PRO PC & Mac Edition is a graphics accelerator card that delivers maximum programmability and entertainm

2 Related DocumentationNote: Future references to Mac OS® X in this manual are intended to be generic and inclusive of their respective versions of t

TV Out Support 3In addition, the Radeon® 9600 PRO PC & Mac Edition offers the following graphics technologies:SmoothVision™ 2.1 is an antialiasing

4 TV Out Support

Introduction 5CHAPTER 2: ATI Displays Control PanelIntroductionThe ATI Displays control panel provides access to the advanced features of that the Rad