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RADEON™ 9200 SERIESUser’s GuideP/N 137-40474-10Copyright © 2003, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved.ATI and all ATI product and product feature

6Display ConfigurationsThe following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your RADEON 9200 Series with multimonitor configuratio

7The following table lists the different ways you can connect displays to your RADEON 9200 Series with a single monitor (VGA) configuration.CRT displa

8Catalyst™ Software SuiteThe following section provides an explanation of each ATI tab available after installing the Catalyst™ Software Suite.ATI Dis

9Enabling/Disabling Secondary Displays1 Access the Windows® Control Panel. Double-click Display.2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... b

10To enable Extended Desktop Mode, refer to the section Enabling Extended Desktop Mode.1 Access the Windows® Control Panel. Double-click Display.2 Cli

112 Click OK or Apply to save the changes.Ratiometric ExpansionYour RADEON 9200 Series offers ratiometric expansion (or digital panel scaling as it is

12ATI Color TabThe ATI Color tab is used to adjust the color settings. You can change the red, green and blue display colors. Desktop brightness and G

13Clicking the Game Gamma button accesses the Game Gamma Properties.Game Gamma PropertiesRed Green Blue slidersThese controls allow you to increase or

14ATI Options TabThe ATI Options tab provides detailed driver information and access to the card’s specifications. You can also enable or disable the

15Clicking the Details button provides access to the Details tab.ATI Overlay TabThe ATI Overlay tab allows you to configure the brightness, contrast,

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16ATI Overlay TabBrightnessUse this slider to adjust the brightness of the video image.ContrastUse this slider to adjust the contrast in the video ima

17Clone Mode SettingsClone Mode OptionsStandardVideo content is displayed on your Primary display only.Theater ModeVideo content is displayed on your

18Direct 3D® Control PanelUsing this tab, gamers can fine-tune the settings for Direct 3D® games.Main and Custom SettingsIn the Main Settings you can

19Main Settings sliderThis allows you to emphasize what kind of application experience you’d like to have. Moving the slider to the left will maximize

20Texture Preference sliderSelecting this decides whether your application should use high quality or high performance textures. Moving the slider to

21Direct 3D® Compatibility SettingsSupport DXT texture formatsEnabling this allows applications to use this kind of texture format. There are a few ap

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23OpenGL® Control PanelUsing this tab, gamers can fine-tune the settings for OpenGL® games.Main and Custom SettingsIn the Main Settings you can maximi

24Main Settings sliderThis allows you to emphasize what kind of application experience you’d like to have. Moving the slider to the left will maximize

25Texture Preference sliderSelecting this decides whether your application should use high quality or high performance textures. Moving the slider to

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26OpenGL® Compatibility SettingsForce Z-buffer depthThis allows you to explicitly set the Z-Buffer depth. Most applications will work best when Disabl

27SMARTGART™SMARTGART is a suite of testing and diagnostics tools that perform a variety of bus tests to determine the optimal settings for your ATI g

28This setting is disabled for many computers because the motherboard is not capable of supporting this feature.Retest AllClick this button to retest

29Using TV OutView your PC’s display on a TVYour RADEON 9200 Series has TV Out capability. You can attach your card to a TV and monitor at the same ti

30Connecting to a TV or a VCRTo connect your RADEON 9200 Series to a TV or a VCR, use the available TV Output connector. Your card will support either

314 Turn on your PC and your TV (or VCR).Starting Windows® with TV Display EnabledThe TV screen may become scrambled during the initial Windows® logo

32Using SCART Connectors for European TVsThe above illustration shows how to connect your PC to a European TV using the SCART.The SCART connector supp

33Using and Adjusting TV OutFor information about how to use TV display, right click the ATI taskbar icon, point to Help, then point to ATI Television

34Use the controls available on the Adjustments tab on the Monitor Properties page (accessible by clicking on the Monitor button on the ATI Displays t

35To Increase the Horizontal Size1 Access the Windows® Control Panel. Double-click Display.2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced... button

iiiUsing TV Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29View your PC’s display on a TV...

36Changing Display ConfigurationsIf you move your PC to a place where you are using TV display only, make sure that you have the TV display feature en

1IntroductionThe RADEON 9200 Series graphic accelerators delivers ground breaking 3D graphics performance. • Designed and built by ATI Technologies In

2Features At A GlanceRADEON 9200 SeriesThe RADEON 9200 Series provides high performance acceleration for today's demanding 3D graphic application

3ATI’s Catalyst™ Software SuiteMultiple Displays and 3D Gaming ExperienceATI’s Catalyst Software Suite provides multiple display functionality, and th

4HydraVision™In addition to the multiple display functionality available with ATI’s Catalyst Software Suite, you can also use HydraVision for advanced

5Connecting your monitor(s)The RADEON 9200 Series, depending on the graphic card configuration, provides hardware support for one VGA monitor and one