ATI Technologies Workstation x1000 User manual

Fire GL4

User's Guide

Version 1.0 P/N 137-50000-10 Rev. A

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Table of Contents

Introducing the Fire GL4 .......................................................1

About your Fire GL4................................................................................................1

Hardware Design............................................................................................... 1

Operating Systems ............................................................................................2

Typical Application Environments ...................................................................3

System Requirements and Tools ....................................................................... 3

Performance Overview......................................................................................4

How to Use this User's Guide................................................................................... 5

Manual Conventions .........................................................................................5

Viewing the User's Guide Online......................................................................6

Do you Need a Printout of the Online User's Guide?........................................ 6

Quick Installation ..................................................................................................... 7

Installation Steps ............................................................................................... 7

Installing the Fire GL4 ...........................................................8

Installing the Hardware ............................................................................................8

Preparing your Computer .................................................................................. 8

Installing the Card ........................................................................................... 12

Connecting the Cables and Completing the Installation .................................15

Installing the Software ........................................................................................... 19

Before you Start: Information, Tips, and Hints............................................... 20

Software Installation for Windows NT4.0 ...................................................... 21

Software Installation for Windows 2000......................................................... 22

Fire GL4 Software Utilities ..................................................24

Changing the Video Settings..................................................................................25

How to Switch to the Display Properties?....................................................... 25

Setting Resolution and Refresh Rate...............................................................25

Setting a DualScreen Configuration................................................................ 27

Selecting your Monitor ...................................................................................30

Adjusting the Monitor Display........................................................................33

Using Application Profiles and Advanced Functions............................................. 36

Configuring Application Profiles .................................................................... 36

Setting Advanced Functions............................................................................ 39

Reference..............................................................................42

Removing the Fire GL4 Drivers.............................................................................42

Troubleshooting ..................................................................................................... 44

Technical Details.................................................................................................... 47

Features and Performance ............................................................................... 47

Pin Assignments.............................................................................................. 50

Video Modes ................................................................................................... 52

Block Diagram ................................................................................................54

Compliance Information ........................................................................................55

CHAPTER 1

Introducing the Fire GL4

IN THIS CHAPTER

About your Fire GL4

How to Use this User's Guide

Quick Installation

About your Fire GL4

Hardware Design

The Fire GL4 is an AGP/ATX card based upon the IBM RC 1000/

GT 1000 chipset. With the ability to support two monitors and

128 MB of on-board memory the Fire GL4 is ideal for digital content

creation, high-end CAD and other sophisticated 3D applications.

The RC1000 256 bit graphics rasterizer provides the functionality of

a VGA controller, a 2D/3D raster engine with geometry pipeline

setup processor, and a 300 MHz RAMDAC. It also supports video

streaming by providing color space conversion and a bilinear scaling

unit.

The GT1000 hardware geometry engine is a complete transformation

and lighting engine with hardware implementation of the full open

OpenGL pipeline and most of the Direct3D geometry pipeline.

2 Introducing the Fire GL4

Operating Systems

The Fire GL4 supports the following operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6 (or higher)

• Microsoft Windows 2000

• Linux - 2.2.x kernels, C Library 1.2 (LibC 6.2)

Download Linux drivers and installation instructions from

www.ati.com/support

Service Pack

Information for

Windows NT 4.0

You must be running Windows NT 4.0,

updated with Service Pack 6 (or higher) prior

to installing the Fire GL4 drivers. The Service

Pack is available from Microsoft's web page,

www.microsoft.com. For most languages you

can perform the Service Pack 6 update from

the Fire GL CD when you run the Quick Start

utility.

Introducing the Fire GL4 3

Typical Application Environments

Fire GL4 offers outstanding 2D/3D performance in Windows NT,

Windows 2000, and Linux. Fire GL4 is optimized and certified for

professional 3D graphics in the following business environments.

• Mechanical Engineering Analysis (MEA)

• Mechanical Computer Aided Design (MCAD)

• Electrical Design Automation (EDA)

• Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE)

• Digital Content Creation (DCC)

• Business Economic Modeling

• 3D Game Development

System Requirements and Tools

What do you need to install and use your Fire GL4?

• Motherboard with free AGP slot.

Note: The bracket of the Fire GL4 also covers the expansion slot

next to the AGP slot.

• Pentium II CPU or better

• System interrupt (IRQ) which is free. This may have to be

reserved in the computer’s BIOS. For help with this subject, refer

to the manual for your mainboard.

• Supported operating systems:

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6 (or higher)

Microsoft Windows 2000

Linux - 2.2.x kernels, C Library 1.2 (LibC 6.2)

• CD-ROM drive

• A screwdriver to remove and reinstall the PC cover screws and

card mounting screws. See your PC manual for specific

requirements.

• Fire GL CD-ROM for Fire GL4

4 Introducing the Fire GL4

Performance Overview

Hardware Performance

• 32-bit RGBαTrueColor 2D and 3D acceleration

Note: The Fire GL4 does not support 8-bit or 16-bit video modes

• Accelerated, double-buffered 32-bit TrueColor up to

1920 x 1200, at 75 Hz refresh rates

• 24-bit Z-buffer, 8-bit double-buffer, 8-bit single-buffer overlay

• Video engine supports YUV conversion, point and bilinear

scaling

Software Features

• Multiprocessor system support

• ThreadSafe OpenGL 1.2 ICD support for dual processors.

• Supports Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE) in Intel Processors

• Supports AMD Athlon™processor-based systems with 3DNow!

technology

• Customized application settings for individual ISV applications

• Dual monitor support - with a single card

• DDC2B monitor support on all operating system platforms

Note: For more detailed information on features and

performance please refer to the section Technical Details

Introducing the Fire GL4 5

How to Use this User's Guide

For your convenience, this online User’s Guide has been formatted as

an Adobe®Acrobat®PDF file. This format gives you great flexibility

when using this documentation.

Many hyperlinks provide easy access to any information you may

want. To make it useful in a printed format, too, a - hyperlinked -

table of contents and page numbers are provided.

Because it was designed to be used online and printed, some of the

images may not print clearly or appear very clearly on screen.

Manual Conventions

Your Fire GL4 User’s Guide is organized in a standard, familiar way.

A few icons are used to point out important information:

This icon marks useful tips or important operational notes.

This icon is a warning about possible electrical/software

hazards or problems

6 Introducing the Fire GL4

Viewing the User's Guide Online

You can also read the User's Guide online—important hypertext

links, such as Table of Contents entries, World Wide Web, and email

addresses are active.

Place your mouse cursor over Table of Contents entries or main

headings. If the hand icon changes to a pointing index finger, simply

click and you will move to that place in the document. Some email or

World Wide Web addresses inside this manual may be active as well.

Go directly to a Web, FTP site, or email program simply by clicking

on an active link. Displaying the provided bookmark and thumbnail

views may help you with the orientation and navigation in the User's

Guide.

This manual might be displayed with slightly-reduced magnification

in your Reader. If you experience any difficulty reading certain files

online, use the Reader’s Zoom To feature from the View menu and

increase the magnification to about 150%. To view some screenshot

images perfectly clear you may need a larger magnification.

Do you Need a Printout of the Online User's

Guide?

You can easily print this User's Guide to access it off-line. The

manual then will look like any standard document with a table of

contents and page numbers.

For printing the User’s Guide, a print resolution of 600 dpi -or higher

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