GV-RX13P256D-RH Graphics Accelerator - 26 • SMARTSHADERTM SMARTSHADER technology incorporates major advances in the area of Pixel Shaders, which are small programs that execute on every pixel rendered to the display device. With support for up to six textures in a single rendering pass, the memory bandwidth constraints associated with multi-pass rendering can be greatly reduced, which translates into better rendering performance. By doubling the maximum allowable length of the shader programs, more complex effects can be created to accurately model the visual properties of materials and surfaces, including hair, skin, wood, and water. • All Settings The All Settings page combines all of the principal 3D features onto a single page, without any preview window, allowing for quick access and adjustment. You can change the settings for the following 3D features as you normally would on each feature's own page: • Anti-aliasing • Anisotropic filtering • Texture preference • Mipmap detail level • Wait for display refresh • SmartShaderTM effects This page is useful when it is not necessary to preview the adjusted settings because the effect is already known or understood. English -27 -Software Installation English English • API-Specific The 3D API-Specific dialog helps to select settings that are exclusively for the Direct3D® and OpenGL® Application Programmable Interfaces (API). These settings are provided for resolving certain incompatibilities within 3D applications that use one of these APIs. Use this dialog when you are know which type of API (Direct3D® or OpenGL®) your 3D application uses, and you want to select a particular API- specific feature. If you are not sure which API your 3D application uses, consult the documentation of your 3D application. Color : The Color page helps to adjust the color properties of your Desktop and Full Screen 3D applications and games. Use the Color Correction Images to e preview the changes before applying them. The Color curve is a graphical representation of all the values of gamma, brightness, or contrast. The color curve line will reflect any changes made to these elements. • Color Desktop Adjust the overall richness of color by using the Gamma control. To adjust the overall brightness use the Brightness control, and the overall contrast use the Contrast control. • Color - Full-screen 3D Adjusting the Gamma control alters the overall richness of color. Adjusting the Brightness control alters the overall brightness. Adjusting the Contrast control alters the overall contrast. Adjusting the Gamma can be useful for CAD applications that rely heavily on color coding or applications that require realistic color. Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast can be useful for 3D games that display dimly lit scenes. GV-RX13P256D-RH Graphics Accelerator - 28 AvivoTM Video : Use the AvivoTM Video aspect to apply standard video settings with a Wizard or selecting a video preset. Use Adjustments to configure gamma, brightness, and hue. Use Theater Mode to set aspect ratio and overlay display mode. Preview your changes before applying them. • Standard Settings To quickly adjust your video settings choose one of the video presets or use the Video Wizard to configure your display devices. • Adjustments Use AvivoTM Video Adjustments to manually set Gamma, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and Hue. English -29 - Software Installation English English • Deinterlacing Deinterlacing creates a sharp image from the two video fields of interlaced video. Select one of five options for deinterlacing video for better viewing. Auto Detect lets the multimedia driver to select the best deinterlacing scheme for different video sources and sizes. Bob deinterlacing, when selected, removes every other line of the video image and is recommended for motion video. Adaptive deinterlacing, when selected, reacts to the amount of motion in the video and apply a media filter on a motion block and apply weave on the remaining blocks. Motion Adaptive deinterlacing, when selected, applies the advanced motion detection to deinterlace the video.Weave does not apply any deinterlacing. • Theater Mode Use Theater Mode to change the way you view streaming video. GV-RX13P256D-RH Graphics Accelerator - 30 • All Settings The All Settings page combines all of the prin cipal Video features onto a single page, without any preview window, allowing quick access and adjustment. This page is useful when it is not necessary to preview the adjusted settings because the effect is already known or understood. VPU Recover : VPU Recover enables the ATI display driver to detect when the graphics processor stops responding to display-driver instructions. When this happens, the display driver attempts to reset the graphics hardware. In most cases, VPU Recover will be able to reset the graphics processor without requiring a system restart. Should the computer be unable to recover from a crash, VPU Recover will switch the computer to software renderi...