Diamond Multimedia 9000 - Manual

2 Features At A Glance The RADEON 9000 provides high performance acceleration for today's demanding 3D graphic applications. Its main features includes:• VIDEO IMMERSION™ which provides industry- leading DVD playback and digital TV decode capability. • CHARISMA ENGINE™ II performs complex transforma...

3 ATI’s Catalyst ™ Software Suite Multiple Displays and 3D Gaming Experience ATI’s Catalyst Software Suite provides multiple display functionality, and the advanced graphic features, such as TRUFORM, for the ultimate 3D gaming experience. For help on installing the Catalyst Software Suite, refer to ...

4 HydraVision™ In addition to the multiple display functionality available with ATI’s Catalyst Software Suite, you can also use HydraVision for advanced multi-display (CRT + TV) management. For more information on HydraVision, please refer to the HydraVision User’s Guide PDF located on your ATI Inst...

5 Connecting Your Monitor The RADEON 9000 provides hardware support for one VGA monitor. A TV can also be used to expand your desktop by using the S-Video out.Turn off computer before connecting monitor. Plug the monitor cable into your card then turn on the PC and monitor . S-VIDEO OUT VGA CONNECTO...

6 Display Configurations Your RADEON 9000 card provides support for TV Out. The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your card. Display Configuration Connector(s) Used Comments One CRT display VGA connector CRT- cathode ray tube analog display One TV S-Video Out The S...

7 Catalyst™ Software Suite The following section provides an explanation of each ATI tab available after installing the Catalyst Software Suite. ATI Displays Tab Here you enable/disable TV Out. For complete information see How To Enable/Disable The TV Display on page 28 . Ratiometric Expansion Your ...

8 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 in Direct3D ® and OpenGL ® ) can also be changed. ATI Color Tab Desktop Brightness This increases or decreases the brightness o...

9 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 Direct3D ® and Open GL ® games played in fullscreen mode. RGB Lock Uncheck this to adjust the RGB sliders individ...

10 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. Deta...

11 ATI Overlay Tab The ATI Overlay tab allows you to configure the brightness, contrast, saturation, hue and gamma properties of your video overlay. Video Overlay Video overlay allows for the viewing of full-motion video on your PC. The video overlay controls are automatically activated during playb...

13 Direct3D ® Control Panel Using this control panel, you can optimize the display settings for your Direct3D ® games. Main and Custom Settings In the Main Settings you can maximize overall performance by moving the slider to the left, or you can enhance overall image quality by moving the slider to...

23 SMARTGART™ SMARTGART is a suite of testing and diagnostics tools that perform a variety of bus tests to determine the optimal settings for your ATI graphics accelerator installed in your computer.SMARTGART automatically configures your graphics device to the optimal settings. SMARTGART does not a...

24 This setting is disabled for many computers because the motherboard is not capable of supporting this feature. Retest All Click this button to retest all graphic bus capabilities. All tests and diagnostics are initiated immediately following a system restart. Any settings that have previously bee...

25 Using TV Out View your PC’s display on a TV Your RADEON 9000 has TV Out capability. You can attach your 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, giving presentations, watching movies, and...

26 Connecting to a TV or a VCR To connect your graphics accelerator card to a TV or a VCR, use a S-Video cable. However, most TVs (and VCRs) have a Composite video input, in which case you can use the supplied S-Video-to-Composite video adapter. If your TV has cable input only, you can connect your ...

32 Using Games and Applications Some older games and applications may program your graphics accelerator card directly, to run under a specific display mode. This may cause your TV display to turn off automatically or become scrambled (the PC monitor will not be affected). Your TV display will be res...