Rosewill G03-ATI9000 - Manual

3 Installing Your RADEON™ Now that you have prepared your computer, you are ready to install your RADEON™ graphics accelerator card. To install your graphics accelerator card 1. Power off the computer and monitor , then disconnect the display cable from the back of your computer. 2. Remove the compu...

4 the motherboard. For more information, see your computer documentation. 4. Locate the AGP slot. If necessary, remove the metal cover from this slot; then align your RADEON™ with the AGP slot, and press it in firmly until the card is fully seated. 5. Replace the screw to fasten the card in place, a...

5 Connecting your monitor(s) The RADEON Series, depending on the graphic card configuration, provides hardware support for one VGA monitor and one flat panel monitor, or two VGA monitors using a DVI-I-to-VGA adapter*, or only one VGA monitor. It also provides TV Output via a S-Video out connector. P...

7 Installing Your RADEON ™ Soft Driver New hardware will be detected after you restart your computer. To finish below steps click Yes when prompted to restart. 1. Insert your CD, 3D Graphics Series Driver CD , into CD-ROM drive. 2. It auto run menu, 3D GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR , as below picture: 3. Cli...

8 Windows ® “New Hardware Found” To identify new hardware in Windows ® 98 or Windows ® Me 1. Windows ® 98 or Windows ® Me may launch the “Update Device Driver Wizard” to install the Standard VGA Driver. If it does, follow the step-by-step instructions below to allow Windows ® to correctly identify y...

9 To install the ATI driver for Windows ® 98 or Windows ® Me 1. Insert the ATI INSTALLATION CD into your CD-ROM drive. If Windows ® runs the CD automatically, proceed to step 6. 2. Click Start . 3. Select Run . 4. Type the following: D:\ATISETUP (If D is not your CD-ROM drive, substitute D with the ...

11 Catalyst™ Software Suite The following section provides an explanation of each ATI tab available after installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite. ATI Displays Tab The ATI Displays tab provides the multi monitor features. Here you can enable/disable display devices and swap the assignment of Primary...

12 3 Click on the ATI Displays tab. In Windows ® XP, Windows ® Me The ATI Displays tab shows you the display(s) that are active. The Primary display has the button depressed. To change the display assignment, you can click the Primary display’s button or you can click the button of the other display...

13 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) can also be changed. ATI Color Tab Desktop Brightness This increases or decreases the brightness of your desktop. The higher ...

14 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...

16 Clone Mode Settings Clone Mode Options Standard Video content is displayed on your Primary display only. Theater Mode Video content is displayed on your Primary and Secondary displays. Video content is displayed on your Secondary display(s) is always in full screen mode. Note: your computer must ...

17 Direct 3D ® Control Panel Using this tab, gamers can fine-tune the settings for Direct 3D ® 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 the right. Main ...

19 OpenGL ® Control Panel Using this tab, gamers can fine-tune the settings for OpenGL ® 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 the right. Main Settin...

21 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 ...

22 View your PC’s display on a TV Your RADEON Series 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 browsing t...

24 When using a TV for your PC’s display, you may see some edge distortion on the left and right side of your TV screen. This effect depends on your TV and the PC application you are running. To reduce edge distortion, you can increase the TV display’s horizontal size. To Increase the Horizontal Siz...

28 The Hot Keys Dialog Create/Remove Hot Keys To create custom hot key sequences, select a Modifier key (Shift, Alt, etc.), a Hot key , and the Hot key function you want this key combination to perform. Click Add to enter your new combination in the Assigned hot keys list box. Click Apply to activat...

29 HydraVision™ software supports multiple desktops. With MultiDesk, one active desktop will always be visible, while up to eight active desktops can reside in the background. When MultiDesk is running, the MultiDesk icon in the system tray displays the number assigned to the current desktop. MultiD...