AMD ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series Manuel d'utilisateur

User Manual

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 61.4 Monitor Compatibility The ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 series will work with any VGA, Super VGA or Multisync mon

Appendix B: CrossFire™ FAQ 9712. What happens if you pair a 12-pipeline CrossFire™ Edition graphics card with a CrossFire™ Ready 16-pipeline graphi

Radeon™ HD 3800 CrossFire™ Edition User Manual 98(This page was intentionally blank.)

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation 7CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 What’s Included in the Package The VGA card package includes the followin

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 8Note: If the computer has a graphics chip soldered down on the motherboard, refer to the manual for the syst

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation 92.3 Board Layout  HD3870XTG4 Note

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 10 HD3850PG3 Note: • Specialized PCI Express® 500 watt or greater power supply recommended. • A 550 wa

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation 11 XHD3870XTG4 Note: • Specialized PCI Express® 500 watt or greater power supply recommended. • A 550 watt o

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 12 XHD3870XTG3 Note: • Specialized PCI Express® 500 watt or greater power supply recommended. • A 550

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation 13 XHD3850PG3 Note: • Specialized PCI Express® 500 watt or greater power supply recommended. • A 550 watt or

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 14 HD385P3 Note: • Specialized PCI Express® 500 watt or greater power supply recommended. • A 550 wat

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation 15 HD383P3 Note: • Specialized PCI Express® 500 watt or greater power supply recommended. • A 550 watt or g

This Manual applies to the following VGAs: HD3870XTG4 (PCI Express) HD3850PG3 (PCI Express) XHD3870XTG4 (PCI Express) XHD3870XTG3 (PCI Expr

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 16 XHD3870X2 System Requirements CrossFire™ technology works on AMD 790FX, AMD 790X, Intel 975X, P965, P3

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation 17 XHD3850X2 System Requirements CrossFire™ technology works on AMD 790FX, AMD 790X, Intel 975X, P965, P35 and

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Chapter 2: Hardware Installation 19Using a module type power supply to run crossfire mode with two HD3850X2/HD3870X2 graphic card, it requires 4PCS

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 20 HD3870X2 System Requirements CrossFire™ technology works on AMD 790FX, AMD 790X, Intel 975X, P965, P35

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation 21 HD387XT3 Note: • Specialized PCI Express® 500 watt or greater power supply recommended. • A 550 watt or

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 22 RX385PA3 Note: • Specialized PCI Express® 500 watt or greater power supply recommended. • Use power

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation 232.4 Power Supply Requirements Power supplies with 500-Watt capacity and 30A current on 12V rail is recommended

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 24 2. Remove the power cable from the hard drive 3. Connect p of the power extension cable to the graphics

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation 25HDTV uses YPbPr connector to receive input. YPbPr stands for the following: • Y= Green • Pb= Blue • Pr=Red

Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION...1 1.1 System Requirements ...

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 26Connecting your DVI-to-HDMI dongle (optional)

Chapter 2: Hardware Installation 272.5 Multiple Monitors Your ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 series provides dual display functionality and TV Out from a sing

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Chapter 2: Hardware Installation 292.6 ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Display Configurations The following table lists the different ways you can connect dis

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 30CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION The ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 series is 100% VGA compatible and as such needs

Chapter 3: Software Installation 313.1 Uninstall Old Graphics Drivers To ensure successful installation of the graphics card driver, you must unin

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 323.2 Installing on Windows XP Caution: The Catalyst® Control Center requires that Microsoft's .NET F

Chapter 3: Software Installation 338. The License Agreement dialog box appears. Click on “Yes” button. 9. The Select Components dialog box appea

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 343.3 Installing on Windows VISTA 1. Install the VGA card drivers from the ATI Installation CD-ROM by doing

Chapter 3: Software Installation 355. Clicking the Customized language button enables the CIM to install localized resources and help files various

3.7 Display Options... 48 3.8 Using the CRT/TV Features ...

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 36 7. During an express install, the only other window the user needs to interact with is the End User Lic

Chapter 3: Software Installation 37Note: The UI does not show all the packages that are installed in the system. Some of the packages are invisible

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 389. Close and reboot dialogs Typically a restart message is displayed. This message is displayed when the f

Chapter 3: Software Installation 393.4 Displays Manager The Displays Manager is the central location for configuring your display devices and arr

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 403.5 Displays Manager Standard View To enable additional displays for connected display devices, you can R

Chapter 3: Software Installation 41Access Display Manager Standard View 1. Click the View button to switch to Standard View. 2. From the menu pane

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 423.6 Displays Manager Advanced View Use Displays Manager Advanced View to set your desktop resolution, th

Chapter 3: Software Installation 433.6.2 Enable Stretch Main Vertically If the secondary display is disabled: 1. Click Displays Manager in Advan

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 443.6.4 Swap displays in Extended Mode Use Swap displays to switch your desktops when using multiple monito

Chapter 3: Software Installation 453.6.5 Change desktop size 1. Click Displays Manager in Advanced View. 2. Select a size from the Desktop Area d

Chapter 1: Introduction 1CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series of GPUs allow you to experience the power of HD with graphics proce

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 463.6.8 Force changes to a specific display setting You can force the Catalyst® Control Center to override

Chapter 3: Software Installation 47Extended Desktop Mode In this mode, the desktop area is spread across both displays. This mode can be set for mu

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 483.7 Display Options The Display Options gives you additional control to optimize performance of OpenGL®

Chapter 3: Software Installation 49Select a refresh rate override Some applications may have a default refresh rate lower than the optimal setting f

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 50Force TV detection Use Force TV detection if your TV is not automatically detected by the CATALYST® Contro

Chapter 3: Software Installation 513.8 Using the CRT/TV Features (TV-out function optional) 3.8.1 How to use TV-out cables correctly 1. Power o

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 523.8.2 How to change the TV settings Your graphics accelerator has TV-Out functionality. Using this featur

Chapter 3: Software Installation 53Enable Clone Mode If the secondary device is disabled: 1. Click Displays Manager in Advanced View. 2. Click a

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 543.8.3 TV Properties If your graphics card has support for TV Out use the TV Properties to configure your

Chapter 3: Software Installation 553.8.4 TV Adjustments Use Screen Adjustments to establish the attributes, such as maximum resolution and refresh

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 2• ATI PowerPlay™ energy conserving technology • Dynamic geometry acceleration • Game physics processing

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 563.8.5 To select your TV format by country Use TV Formats to determine how the TV signal is detected. S

Chapter 3: Software Installation 573.8.6 To set your TV output to PAL Select by TV signal format 1. Expand TV Properties in Advanced View. 2. Cli

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 583.9 Using the HDTV Features View computer output directly on your High Definition Television (HDTV) or ot

Chapter 3: Software Installation 593.9.3 HDTV Support Use HDTV Support when your CRT or DFP device supports one or more HDTV modes that are not i

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 603.9.4 Add an HDTV format The Predefined and Custom HDTV Formats list box should list any standard and op

Chapter 3: Software Installation 616. Click Add button. 7. A group of four arrow buttons and a large rectangle is overlaid on the screen. Use thes

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 6211. Click Apply button to add your new HDTV format to the Predefined and custom HDTV Formats list and the

Chapter 3: Software Installation 633.10 Color Desktop Adjust the overall richness of color by using the Gamma control. To adjust the overall brig

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 64Adjust Color Brightness 1. Click Color in Advanced View. 2. Click and drag the Control slider to your pre

Chapter 3: Software Installation 653.11 ATI Overdrive (optional) Use the ATI Overdrive to maximize the performance of the graphics processing unit

Chapter 1: Introduction 31.1 System Requirements Hardware • Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon®. • 1GB of system memory • Optical drive for installati

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 66Unlock ATI Overdrive The first time ATI Overdrive is accessed all the features are unavailable. You must “

Chapter 3: Software Installation 67Change the memory clock speed 1. From the menu pane, click ATI Overdrive. 2. Move the Memory Clock slider to t

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 683.12 HDMI Video and Audio (optional) ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 series build in HD audio chip on the cards and t

Appendix A: Specifications 69APPENDIX A SPECIFICATIONS A.1 Hardware Specifications Generic Classification Video Display Adapter/Fixed Function Gr

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 70Graphics Accelerator HD3870XTG4 for ATI Radeon™ HD 3870 HD3850PG3 for ATI Radeon™ HD 3850 XHD3870XTG4 for

Appendix A: Specifications 71A.2 Programming Information The ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 series supports all VGA modes. This is the default configuration

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 72 LCD resolutions and color depth table. GRAPHICS RESOLUTION COLOR DEPTH FRAME BUFFER SIZE 640x480 8bpp 16b

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Table of Contents CHAPTER 5 INTRODUCTION...77 CHAPTER 6 HARDWARE INSTALLATION...

ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series User Manual 4Connections The following illustrates the connections on the ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series graphics card. ATI

Chapter 5: Introduction 77CHAPTER 5 INTRODUCTION New ATI CrossFireX™ multi-GPU technology takes your gaming experience to the next level with more

Radeon™ HD 3800 CrossFire™ Edition User Manual 78CHAPTER 6 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 6.1 System Requirements Hardware • Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Ath

Chapter 6: Hardware Installation 79graphics card with a peak dissipation above 150 watts. External Connections The following connection types are a

Radeon™ HD 3800 CrossFire™ Edition User Manual 806.2 CrossFireX™ Power Supply Requirements ¾ HD3870X2 Power supplies with 500-Watt capacity, 30A c

Chapter 6: Hardware Installation 816.2.1 Additional Power Connection Requirements Note: • Use power supply 6-pin cable (note, power supply cable

Radeon™ HD 3800 CrossFire™ Edition User Manual 823. Connect either two 2x3-pin PCIe™ power connectors, or one 2x3-pin and one 2x4-pin PCIe™ power c

Chapter 6: Hardware Installation 836.3 To uninstall previous graphics drivers and software To ensure the successful installation of your

Radeon™ HD 3800 CrossFire™ Edition User Manual 846.4 Dual ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 card CrossFireX™ setup Only one CrossFireX™ bridge interconnect “f

Chapter 6: Hardware Installation 856.5 Connecting devices for ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 CrossFire™ The ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 series provides hardware Cr

Radeon™ HD 3800 CrossFire™ Edition User Manual 866.6 Graphics cards with different amounts of memory Graphics card with different amounts of memory

Chapter 1: Introduction 51.2 Performance The ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 series is a graphics accelerator card. Computer functions like disk access and n

Chapter 7: Software Installation 87CHAPTER 7 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 7.1 Installing on Windows XP Caution: The Catalyst® Control Center requires

Radeon™ HD 3800 CrossFire™ Edition User Manual 887.2 Displays Manager Advanced View Use Display Manager Advanced View to set your desktop resolut

Chapter 7: Software Installation 897.3 Component Video Properties The Component Video Properties aspect of the Catalyst® Control Center adds furt

Radeon™ HD 3800 CrossFire™ Edition User Manual 90Use the scaling values instead of the customized settings when the desktop resolution does not matc

Chapter 7: Software Installation 917.4 Digital Panel Properties Use the Digital Panel Properties aspect to configure the DVI settings and Image Sc

Radeon™ HD 3800 CrossFire™ Edition User Manual 927.5 CrossFireX™ The CrossFireX™ aspect requires the following components to be available in order

Chapter 7: Software Installation 93 To access CrossFireX™ • Select CrossFireX™ in Advanced View. Enable CrossFireX™ 1. Click CrossFireX™ in Advan

Radeon™ HD 3800 CrossFire™ Edition User Manual 94APPENDIX B CrossFire™ FAQ 1. What combination of products are required to build a working Cross

Appendix B: CrossFire™ FAQ 956. What happens when your CrossFire Edition card and and a compatible standard Radeon (CrossFire Ready) graphics card

Radeon™ HD 3800 CrossFire™ Edition User Manual 9610. Are there any software settings required for CrossFire™ to work? Yes, there is a setting in th