ATI Technologies FIRE GL1 User's Guide

User's Guide

103INSTALLING FIRE GL1♦ INSTALLING THE HARDWARE♦ INSTALLING SOFTWAREINSTALLING THE HARDWARENotes:♦ If you plan to set up a multi-monitor system you m

Installing Fire GL1 11System Requirements and ToolsTo use this card, you must have the following:♦ a motherboard with free PCI/AGP 1.X slots for the n

12It is recommended that you set your display driver to StandardVGA before you shut down your computer and remove theinstalled (AGP, PCI, or ISA) VGA

Installing Fire GL1 136. Click Close and OK as often as necessary to accept thechanges.7. Windows asks you if you want to restart your computer. Click

14Installing the CardTo install your Fire GL1 PCI or AGP card, follow these steps:1. Locate the AGP or an available PCI slot.View of the AGP slot (dar

Installing Fire GL1 15Installation in an AGP or PCI expansion slotacbaFire GL1 cardb Card edge connectorc Expansion slotReassembling Your Computer♦ Se

16Connecting the Monitor CableSecurely attach your monitor's data cable to the 15-pin VGAoutput connector (3) on the card. Attach the cable to th

Installing Fire GL1 17After Installing the CardIf you have correctly installed the card, operating system messageswill appear on your monitor when the

18Additional Instructions♦ Switch on your monitor before you switch on your computer.Failing to do so could damage your monitor.♦ Note that your monit

Installing Fire GL1 19INSTALLING SOFTWARENow that you have installed the Fire GL1 hardware and rebootedyour computer, complete your installation using

2 DISCLAIMER The manufacturer (MFR) reserves the right to make changes to this document and the products which it describes without notice. The MFR s

20Tips and HintsThe software installation procedure later in this chapter describeshow to install the drivers for your graphics card after you haveins

Installing Fire GL1 212. Click Start Installation.Note: The installation routine now checks if your Windows NT 4.0is correctly updated with Service Pa

224FIRE GL1SOFTWARE UTILITIES♦ CHANGING THE VIDEO SETTINGS♦ MODIFYING APPLICATION PROFILESAs part of its Windows NT drivers, Fire GL1 installs additi

Fire GL1 Software Utilities 23CHANGING THE VIDEO SETTINGSThe dialogs in the Display Properties menu allow setting andadjusting the video settings to s

24Setting Resolution and Color DepthSelect the Settings dialog in the Display Properties window.♦ Set the resolution and color depth that best suit yo

Fire GL1 Software Utilities 25Choosing Monitors and Display RefreshRates1. Select the Monitor dialog in the Display Properties window.For each Fire GL

263. Set the desired operation mode for the selected monitor.Custom ModesUse resolution and refresh rates for this monitor as specified in theSettings

Fire GL1 Software Utilities 27DDC MonitorSelect this option and click the Apply or OK button if you want thedriver to automatically decode the monitor

283. Monitor Tuning: With the buttons in the Move and Sizesections you can tune the position and size of the monitor'sdisplay for the indicated r

Fire GL1 Software Utilities 29♦ Sync Polarity: If you do not get a satisfactory display withthe default sync polarity setting for the current resoluti

Table of Contents31ABOUT FIRE GL1... 5HARDWARE FEATURES...

304. Gamma Correction Adjustment: Adjust the monitor'sgamma correction for optimal brightness with the red, greenand blue slider bars.Note: You c

Fire GL1 Software Utilities 31Setting Multiple Monitor Configuration1. Select the MultiScreen dialog in the Display Propertieswindow.Refer to the cont

322. Select your monitor combination in the Define Desktop drop-down list. Click the Apply or OK button to enable your multi-monitor setting.Notes:Cli

Fire GL1 Software Utilities 33MODIFYING APPLICATION PROFILESUsing the Configuration dialog in the Display Properties menuyou can individually configur

34For some of the most popular applications the optimalconfiguration profile is factory-set by default. Select theapplication from the list in the Con

Fire GL1 Software Utilities 351. Click the Add button in the Configuration Profiles sectionand enter the new application for which you want to set the

365REMOVING THEFIRE GL1 DRIVERSThis section describes how to properly remove your graphics cardsoftware from your system should you need to do so.To i

Troubleshooting 37 6 TROUBLESHOOTING Your board is a complex electronic device and can only be repaired by authorized technical personnel with speci

38Screen image defects appearCheck if your monitor supports the resolution, horizontal (kHz) andvertical (Hz) refresh rates as required by the graphic

Troubleshooting 39Checking for address and interrupt conflicts♦ It is necessary to ensure that the I/O and memory addressesreserved for the graphics b

Table of Contents 4 6 TROUBLESHOOTING...37 COMMON PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS... 3

40 A TECHNICAL DETAILS ♦ FEATURES AND PERFORMANCE ♦ HARDWARE PERFORMANCE ♦ PIN ASSIGNMENTS ♦ VIDEO MODES ♦ BLOCK DIAGRAM FEATURES AND PERFORMANCE H

Technical Details 41♦ 32 MB SGRAM used for unified framebuffer, Z-, Alpha-, Overlay-, Window ID and Clip/Stencil buffers, and texture storage ♦ 100

42 Hardware Performance (As tested on an Intel Xeon 450, 128M RAM, 1280x1024, TrueColor, 60 Hz.) ♦ 4 Million Polygons/s (25 pixels) sustained ♦ 15

Technical Details 43VIDEO MODES All video modes comply with VESA DMT (Discrete Monitor Timing) or VESA GTF (General Timing Format) standards. Windows

44 BLOCK DIAGRAM AGP2x (PCI) System InterfaceOASIS Graphics EngineFlashROM64KBFrame buffer32 MBytes SGRAMUtility Bus Interface Frame Buffer Interface

Glossary 45 B GLOSSARY 3D Three-dimensional 3D-DDI 3D device driver interface, software interface (3D-API) from Microsoft, higher level 3D-APIs like

46 Artifacts Blurred or "blocky" portions of degraded image quality in a digital video. ASCII American Standards Committee on Information

Glossary 47CGA IBM Color Graphics Adapter, one of the first color graphics standards. Either 320x200 pixels with four colors or 640x200 pixels with tw

48 Digital Display Also called TTL. A type of monitor that switches signals ON or OFF to determine display color. Types of digital displays include t

Glossary 49EEPROM Electrically erasable programmable read only memory; used like a ROM permanent memory chip, but can be programmed and erased to repl

About Fire GL1 51ABOUT FIRE GL1♦ HARDWARE FEATURES♦ SOFTWARE FEATURES♦ PROFESSIONAL 3D RENDERING♦ CARD LAYO UTDiamond Fire GL1 is based upon the IB

50 Gamma Correction The brightness produced at the face of the display is proportional to the input voltage raised to the power gamma. This nonlinear

Glossary 51Horizontal Frequency Rate at which a monitor displays each scan line, usually measured in kilohertz (kHz). The value must be set depending

52 Line Drawing This is a hardware function of the graphics processor chip. The CPU supplies only the starting and ending coordinates of a line. The

Glossary 53Palette Selection of colors from which to choose. Your board provides as many as 16.7 million simultaneous colors from a palette of 16.7 mi

54 RAM Random Access Memory - memory that can be read from and written to. Rasterization Rendering 3D images to a 2D screen is called rasterization

Glossary 55Saturation Amount of gray in a color determining the intensity and purity of a color. A color with a high saturation value is optically ver

56 V-Sync Length of the vertical synchronization pulse for a monitor, given in microseconds. Variable Frequency Display (VFD) Monitor that is capab

Trademarks 57 C TRADEMARKS Trademarks Adobe and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated, which may be registered in certain jurisdiction

58 D EMI COMPLIANCE INFORMATION FCC Compliance Information FCC - DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY FOR A CLASS B DIGITAL DEVICE We, the Responsible Party

EMI Compliance Information 59CE Compliance Information EMC Directive 89/336/EEC and Amendments 92/31/EEC and 93/68/EEC, Class B Digital Device EN 5502

6HARDWARE FEATURES♦ IBM 256-bit Graphics Rasterizer♦ 32 MB SGRAM used for unified framebuffer, Z-, Alpha-,Overlay-, Window ID and Clip/Stencil buffers

About Fire GL1 7♦ Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions (70 New Instructions) inthe new Intel Processors♦ Customized application settings for individual

8CARD LAYOUTFire GL1 with AGP bus interface1 IBM 256-bit Graphics Rasterizerwith fan4 Flash BIOS PROM2SG-RAM chips- also on solder side5 Oscillator3 D

How to Use this Manual 92HOW TO USE THISMANUALFor your convenience, this online User’s Guide has been formattedas an Adobe® Acrobat® PDF file. This fo