10 Tips to improve your personal computing experience ati.com 10 Tips to improve your personal computing experience ATI Catalyst™
Tip 1: Install ATI Catalyst™ Tip 2: Update ATI Catalyst™ Tip 3: Choose the Look of ATI Catalyst™ Tip 4: Reduce Crashes with VPU Recover Tip 5: Maximize Your Refresh Rates Tip 6: Refresh Rate Tip 7: Performance Slider Tip 8: Set your card to Overdrive™ Mode Tip 9: Enable ATI Catalyst™ A.I. Tip 10: Check Frequently for New Versions of Catalyst
     
Tip 4: Reduce Crashes with VPU Recover


Action
 
Ensure VPU Recover is turned on at ATI Catalyst™ install time. This advanced rescue tool is usually automatically turned as a default.


Benefit
 
If your system hangs due to a graphics problem VPU Recover will intelligently identify a system that is no longer responding and attempt to recover the system. Turning this feature on improves system stability.



Checklist
 
a. Right click anywhere on your desktop
b. Left click on the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center option
c. Click the View Menu Option
d. Select the Advanced View Option (notice the list of items under Graphics Settings
e. Select the VPU Recover option under Graphic Settings
f. Ensure that Enable VPU Recover is selected
g. Optional Step: ATI can help determine the cause of a system crash. Ensure that “Prepare an error report if VPU Recover is activated, for submission to ATI Technologies” is also checked.
h. Click Apply


Improved System Stability
Top Ten Tips
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    1. Install ATI Catalyst™ from your CD
    2. Update ATI Catalyst™ from ati.com
    3. Choose the look of ATI Catalyst™
    4. Reduce Crashes with VPU Recover
    5. Maximize your refresh rate

    6. Ensure your refresh rate is being applied to games
        and applications

    7. Performance Slider
    8. Set your card to Overdrive™ Mode
    9. Enable ATI Catalyst™ A.I.
    10. Check Frequently for New Versions of ATI Catalyst™

 
 

Customization Customization

Improved System Stability Improved System Stability

Faster System Faster System

 

Reduced Eye Strain Reduced Eye Strain

New Features New Features