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RADEON
9000 PRO MAC
EDITION
User's Guide
P/N: 137-40360-00
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- Page 1 Copyright © 2002, ATI Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. ATI and all ATI product and product feature names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ATI Technologies Inc. All other company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
- Page 2 ATI hardware, software, or other products and documentation provided herein. ATI Technologies Inc. reserves the right to make changes without further notice to a product or system described herein to improve reliability, function or design. With respect to ATI...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
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Page 4: Introduction
Introduction The RADEON 9000 PRO MAC EDITION represents the next generation in 3D and video acceleration for your Power Macintosh computer. It includes 64MB of DDR memory for fast 32-bit true color 3D graphics. Flexible dual-display support for multiple combinations of CRT and Digital Flat Panel monitors. -
Page 5: What You'll Need
What You'll Need The RADEON 9000 PRO MAC EDITION runs with the following minimum system requirements: • Any Power Macintosh computer with an AGP expansion slot. • Mac OS 9.2.1 or higher or Mac OS X version 10.1.3 or higher. •... -
Page 6: Related Documentation
Related Documentation The README file summarizes the latest product revisions. Click the README icon on the installation disk to open this file. Help is available in both Mac OS X and OS 9 by simply clicking on the button in the ATI Displays control panel or through the Apple Help Center. -
Page 7: Multimedia Features
Multimedia Features Your RADEON 9000 PRO MAC EDITION turns your Mac computer into a 3D and 2D graphics powerhouse. You can use your new graphics accelerator card to do the following: • Enjoy true-color 32-bit 2D or 3D graphics up to 2048x1536. -
Page 8: Viewing 3D Graphics
Viewing 3D Graphics RADEON 9000 PRO MAC EDITION’s 3D Acceleration features supports the following advanced 3D graphics capabilities: • OpenGL Support. • QuickDraw 3D RAVE Support. • Twin Cache Architecture. • Single Pass Multi-texturing. • Triangle Setup Engine. • Bilinear/Trilinear Filtering. •... - Page 9 ™ HYPER Z makes Z-buffer bandwidth usage more efficient by decreasing the amount of information sent to the frame buffer. ™ CHARISMA ENGINE is a transform and lighting technology which controls changing shapes and lighting while maintaining fast 3D game performance. ™...
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Page 10: Ati Displays Control Panel
ATI Displays Control Panel The ATI Displays control panel provides access to the advanced features that RADEON 9000 PRO MAC EDITION has to offer. To open the ATI Displays control panel using Mac OS X: 1 Click the Hard Disk icon. 2 Click Applications folder. - Page 11 The Display Info dialog presents the current settings of your monitor. The Profile dialog presents information on the specific RADEON graphics card and video driver installed in your computer. Even if the ATI Displays cannot identify your ATI product it will still provide display configuration, driver version and other related information.
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Page 12: 3D Memory Monitor
3D Memory Monitor The 3D Memory Monitor, available in Mac OS 9 only, shows how available memory in the accelerator card is allocated when displaying 3D graphics. Using the 3D Memory Monitor When you open 3D graphics on your Mac OS computer, run the 3D Memory Monitor to see how your RADEON 9000 PRO MAC EDITION has allocated 3D memory. -
Page 13: Display
Display The Screen bar indicates the amount of graphics memory is allocated to the display’s resolution and color depth. The Desktop Pattern bar indicates the amount of memory used by your desktop pattern. To reduce the memory allocated to Display memory: •... -
Page 14: Ati Displays Preferences
ATI Displays Preferences From the ATI Displays drop down menu in Mac OS X only, you can set the Preferences for the ATI Displays control panel. Here you can configure how the ATI Displays control panel starts and exits. ATI HELP ATI HELP is an additional source of information when you are using the ATI Displays control panel. -
Page 15: Using Quicktime Playback
Using QuickTime Playback The RADEON 9000 PRO MAC EDITION’s QuickTime playback acceleration allows you to stretch even the smallest movies to full screen size without compromising frame rate or image quality. RADEON 9000 PRO MAC EDITION’s hardware scaler maintains the original quality of your QuickTime movie when scaling to a larger size –... -
Page 16: Using Digital Flat Panel (Dvi-I)
Using Digital Flat Panel (DVI-I) RADEON 9000 PRO MAC EDITION’s DVI-I support feature allows you to output your computer’s display to your DVI-I digital flat panel, providing you with: • Crisper, clearer images. • A true flat screen. • Virtually no eye strain from prolonged viewing. Using RADEON 9000 PRO MAC EDITION DVI-I Connector Your RADEON 9000 PRO MAC EDITION includes support... - Page 17 DVI-I Connector DVI-I monitor port ADC monitor port ADC Connector Turn on your DVI-I flat panel and your Mac. The DVI-I connector is hot swappable. You no longer need to shut down your computer before attaching a digital flat NOTE panel.
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Page 18: Video Mode Table
Specifications Video Mode Table The video mode table below lists the color depth capabilities for the supported resolutions on your RADEON 9000 PRO MAC EDITION. Please consult your monitor’s specifications to determine which resolutions are available with your display. Supported 2D Modes Display Maximum Resolution... -
Page 19: Digital Flat Panel
Digital Flat Panel Possible resolution and refresh rate TMDS Resolution Freq Hz Frequency 165MHz 1920 x 1200 140MHz 1600 x 1200 140MHz 1600 x 1024 125Mhz 1280 x 1024 Maximum digital transmission frequency of the RADEON 9000 PRO MAC EDITION is a function of the receiver type in the attached flat panel display. -
Page 20: Specifications
Specifications System Requirements • Power Macintosh computer with an AGP expansion slot. Operating System • Mac OS 9.2.1 or higher or Mac OS X version 10.1.3 or higher. • QuickTime version 5.0 or higher. • Apple OpenGL 1.2.2 or higher. Graphics Controller •... - Page 21 Power ± • %, @ 1.3A typical. Environment • Ambient Temperature: 50° to 122° F (10° to 50° C) operation. 32° to 162° F (0° to 70° C) storage. • Relative Humidity: 5% to 90% non-condensing operation, 0% to 95% storage. MTBF •...
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Page 22: Glossary
Glossary Alpha blending When an image has an alpha value for each pixel, this tells how much to blend the colors from the image with the background colors. The lower the alpha values the more transparent the image looks. Anti-aliasing Method used to remove the jagginess of an image. - Page 23 Buffers Your ATI accelerator card includes on-board memory which is used in a number of ways. Buffers are portions of this memory used as temporary storage on your card. One large buffer is always used to display the screen you see;...
- Page 24 Pixel, Pel Picture element. Smallest addressable area of the computer screen. Pixels on computer displays are square; pixels on NTSC televisions have a 4:3 aspect ratio. PIXEL A 3D rendering engine which uses four rendering ™ TAPESTRY pipelines to process 2 gigatexels per second for high fill rates in 32-bit color at high resolutions.
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Page 25: Index
Index 3D Memory Monitor Numerics ATI Guide 3D Graphics 2, 17 requirements memory usage supported features 3D Memory Monitor Video Card description features 2, 17 requirements specifications Apple Displays using DVI adapter 2, 17 using VGA adapter ATI Guide 3, 7, 11 accessing description DVI-to-VGA adapter...