Version 2.2 October 24, 2000
| Q1: |
What is Windows 2000™?
|
| A1:
| Windows 2000 is the latest Operating
System from Microsoft. It is positioned as a business
or corporate Operating System and is basically an upgrade
to Windows NT 4.0. The different Windows versions and
respective target audiences are listed below:
Windows Server Family
|
|
Windows Professional
|
Windows Server
|
Windows Advanced
Server |
Windows Datacenter
|
| Target Audience |
Business desktops
and notebooks |
file, print, intranet
and networking |
E-commerce |
Larger critical applications,
OLTP, data warehouses, ASPs and ISPs |
The Windows 2000 launch occurred on February
17, 2000. Please refer to Microsoft's website for detailed
information: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/default.asp
|
| Q2: |
Which Windows Operating
System is right for me, Windows 9x or 2000? |
| A2:
| For home computer users running Windows
98 or Windows 95, Microsoft strongly recommends waiting
for the next consumer operating system from Microsoft,
code named "Millennium." You may choose to delay your
upgrade to Windows 2000 if product features and capabilities
that are currently only available under Windows 98 are
critical to you.
Use the guidelines below to determine which Windows is
right for you:
|
Use Windows 2000 Professional
if you need...
|
Use Windows 98 Second Edition
if you need...
|
| The highest reliability
to keep your business running. |
The best support for
working with music and video. |
| Enhanced security
to protect your business data |
The best support for
PC gaming. |
| The best support for
mobile business computing. |
Easy home networking
and Internet setup. |
| The best platform
for next-generation business technology. |
The broadest support
for consumer hardware and software. |
Please go to http://www.microsoft.com/canada/mywindows/
for more information on the differences between Windows
98 and Windows 2000.
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| Q3: |
Which ATI Product
Drivers will be included on the MS Windows 2000 release
CD? |
| A3:
|
- The MS Windows 2000 release CD include
drivers for RAGE 128, RAGE XL, RAGE XC, RAGE PRO, RAGE
LT PRO, RAGE IIC, RAGE II+, RAGE II, and mach 64/VT.
This means that any board product using those chips
will be supported for the following features:
-
- DirectX7 (includes Direct 3D)
- 2D Acceleration (for modes up to
1600x1200 where possible)
- TV-out via ImpacTV2 (note: not
on Rage 128 based products)
- WDM Video Capture drivers (Bt829-based
Products only)
- Please note:
Drivers for RAGE 128 PRO™ boards are not included on the
Windows® 2000 release CD. However, Windows® 2000 beta
drivers for the RAGE 128 PRO™ are available from the
Special
Purpose Drivers site
Please note the following graphics
driver features is NOT included on the release CD:
-
- OpenGL ICD drivers
- Support for Hardware assisted DVD
(i.e. no IDCT or Motion Compensation support)
- AGP texturing
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| Q4: |
Which ATI board products
have Windows® 2000 drivers/support? What features are
supported? When will the drivers that enable features
that are not included on the Windows® 2000 CD be available?
|
| A4:
| All-in-Wonder Family
|
Product
|
Application used
currently |
Application that
will be used under Windows 2000 |
Availability of ATI Drivers and
Application support for Windows 2000 on the Web
|
| All-in-Wonder Radeon |
ATI Multimedia Center
|
ATI Multimedia Center
7.1 |
Included
with ATI CD |
| All-in-Wonder 128
PRO 32 MB |
ATI Multimedia Center
|
ATI Multimedia Center
7.1 |
Included
with ATI CD |
| All-in-Wonder 128
PRO 16 MB |
ATI Multimedia Center
|
ATI Multimedia Center
7.1 |
Included
with ATI CD |
| All-in-Wonder 128
32M |
ATI Multimedia Center
|
ATI Multimedia Center
7.1 |
Included
with ATI CD |
| All-in-Wonder 128
16M |
ATI Multimedia Center
|
ATI Multimedia Center
7.1 |
Included
with ATI CD |
| All-in-Wonder PRO
|
ATI Video Player |
ATI Multimedia Center
7.1 |
Included
with ATI CD |
| All-in-Wonder |
ATI Video Player |
None |
Basic RAGE II graphics
only under Windows® 2000 (supported by drivers
on the Windows® 2000 release CD )– Please
refer to ATI's Trade-up Program at the following:
See Question 12 |
All-in-Wonder 128 PRO Products
|
Board Product
|
Feature |
Supported on Windows
2000 CD? |
Future ATI Drivers support for
Windows 2000 Release Date*
|
| All-in-Wonder 128
PRO 16MB |
AGP texturing |
No |
Available Now |
| All-in-Wonder 128
PRO 32MB |
DirectX 7 |
No |
Available Now |
| |
OpenGL |
No |
Available Now |
| |
ACPI |
No |
Available Now |
| |
ATI Control Panels
|
No |
Available Now |
| |
Multi-Adapter |
No |
Available Now |
| |
High Res Modes (>=1920
wide) |
No |
Available Now |
| |
Hardware Assisted
DVD (IDCT & MC12) |
No |
Available Now |
| |
DVD 4.0 Player |
No |
Available Now |
| |
Video Capture (RAGE
THEATER) |
No |
Available Now |
| |
Video Out (RAGE THEATER) |
No |
Available Now |
| |
WDM TV Tuner Drivers
|
No |
Available Now |
| |
New ATI Multimedia Center Application |
- |
Available Now |
All-in-Wonder 128 Products
|
Board Product
|
Feature |
Supported on Windows
2000 CD? |
Future ATI Drivers support for
Windows 2000 Release Date*
|
| All-in-Wonder 128
16MB |
AGP texturing |
No |
Available Now |
| |
DirectX 7 |
Yes |
Available Now |
| |
OpenGL |
No |
Available Now |
| |
ACPI |
Yes |
Available Now |
| |
ATI Control Panels
|
No |
Available Now |
| |
Multi-Adapter |
No |
Available Now |
| |
High Res Modes (>=1920
wide) |
No |
Available Now |
| |
HARDWARE Assisted
DVD for RAGE 128 (IDCT) |
No |
Available Now |
| |
DVD 4.0 Player |
No |
Available Now |
| |
WDM TV Tuner Drivers
|
Yes |
Available Now |
| |
WDM/DirectShow Video
Input/Capture (Bt829) |
Yes |
Available Now |
| |
Video Out (ATI ImpacTV/2)
|
No |
Available Now |
| |
New ATI Multimedia Center Application |
- |
Available Now |
All-in-Wonder PRO Products
|
Board Product
|
Feature |
Supported on Windows
2000 CD? |
Future ATI Drivers support for
Windows 2000 Release Date*
|
| All-in-Wonder PRO
8MB |
AGP texturing |
No |
Beta Available Now |
| All-in-Wonder PRO
4MB |
DirectX 7 |
Yes |
Beta Available Now |
| |
OpenGL |
No |
Beta Available Now |
| |
ACPI |
No |
Beta Available Now |
| |
ATI Control Panels
|
No |
Beta Available Now |
| |
Multi-Adapter |
No |
Beta Available Now |
| |
DVD 4.0 Player |
No |
Beta Available Now |
| |
WDM TV Tuner Drivers
|
Yes |
Beta Available Now |
| |
WDM/DirectShow Video
Input/Capture (Bt829) |
Yes |
Beta Available Now |
| |
Video Out (ATI ImpacTV/2)
|
Yes |
Beta Available Now |
| |
ATI Video Player Application
|
No |
Use
ATI Multimedia Center |
| |
New ATI Multimedia Center Application |
- |
Beta Available Now |
ATI-TV WONDER, TV WONDER VE, and ATI-TV Products:
|
Product
|
Application used
currently |
Application that
will be used under Windows 2000 |
Future ATI Driver/Application
support for Windows 2000 Release Date
|
| TV WONDER VE |
ATI Multimedia Center |
ATI Multimedia Center
7.1 |
Beta Available Now |
| ATI-TV Wonder |
ATI Multimedia Center |
ATI Multimedia Center
7.1 |
Beta Available Now |
| ATI-TV (ISA/PCI/FM)
|
ATI Multimedia Center |
None |
No Support under Windows
2000 ¹ Please refer to ATI1's trade up program
at the following: See Question12 |
Other Multimedia Products
|
Board Products
|
Feature |
Supported on Windows
2000 CD? |
Future ATI Drivers support for
Windows 2000 Release Date*
|
| All-in-Wonder (RAGE
II/II+) |
not supported under
Windows 2000™ |
- |
- |
| ATI-TV (ISA/PCI/FM)
|
not supported under
Windows 2000™ |
- |
- |
| Video Basic |
not supported under
Windows 2000™ |
- |
- |
| Video-It! |
not supported under
Windows 2000™ |
- |
- |
Radeon Products
* VIVO = Video Input Video Output (TV Out)
RAGE 128 PRO Boards
|
Board Product
|
Feature |
Supported on Windows
2000 CD? |
Future ATI Driver support for
Windows 2000 Date
|
| RAGE FURY PRO 32MB
(VIVO*) |
AGP texturing |
No |
Available Now |
| RAGE FURY PRO 32MB
DVI |
DirectX 7 |
No |
Available Now |
| RAGE FURY PRO 32MB
|
OpenGL |
No |
Available Now |
| RAGE FURY PRO 16MB
|
Video Out (RAGE THEATER) |
No |
Available Now |
| |
ACPI |
No |
Available Now |
| |
ATI Control Panels
|
No |
Available Now |
| |
Multi-Adapter |
No |
Available Now |
| |
High Res modes (>=1920
wide) |
No |
Available Now |
| |
HARDWARE Assisted
DVD (IDCT) |
No |
Available Now |
| |
Video Capture (RAGE
Fury Pro VIVO) |
No |
Available Now |
| |
DVI (DVI-D) |
No |
Available Now |
| |
DVD 4.0 Player |
- |
Available Now |
* VIVO = Video Input Video Output (TV Out)
RAGE FURY MAXX
RAGE 128 Products
|
RAGE 128 Products
|
Feature |
Supported on Windows
2000 CD? |
Future ATI Driver support for
Windows 2000 Date
|
| RAGE FURY |
AGP texturing |
No |
Available Now |
| RAGE MAGNUM |
DirectX 7 |
Yes |
Available Now |
| XPERT 128 |
OpenGL |
No |
Available Now |
| XPERT 2000 |
TV Out (Impact TV2)
|
No |
Available Now |
| XPERT 99 |
ACPI |
Yes |
Available Now |
| |
ATI Control Panels
|
No |
Available Now |
| |
Multi-Adapter |
No |
Available Now |
| |
High Res modes (>=1920
wide) |
No |
Available Now |
| |
HARDWARE Assisted
DVD (IDCT) |
No |
Available Now |
| |
DVD 4.0 Player |
- |
Available Now |
RAGE XL Boards
|
Board Products
|
Feature |
Supported on Windows
2000 CD? |
Future ATI Driver support for
Windows 2000 Date
|
| XPERT 98 (RAGE XL)
|
AGP texturing |
No |
Available Now |
| |
DirectX 7 |
Yes |
Available Now |
| |
OpenGL |
No |
Available Now |
| |
ACPI |
Yes |
Available Now |
| |
ATI Control Panels
|
No |
Available Now |
| |
Multi-Adapter |
No |
Available Now |
| |
HARDWARE Assisted
DVD (IDCT) |
No |
Available Now |
RAGE PRO and LT PRO Boards
|
Board Products
|
Feature |
Supported on Windows
2000 CD? |
Future ATI Driver support for
Windows 2000 Date
|
| XPERT 98 (RAGE PRO)
|
AGP texturing |
No |
Available Now |
| XPERT @Play98 |
DirectX 7 |
Yes |
Available Now |
| XPERT @Play |
OpenGL |
No |
Available Now |
| XPERT XL |
TV Out (XPERT@Play98
& Xpert LCD) |
Yes |
Available Now |
| XPERT @Work |
ACPI |
Yes |
Available Now |
| XPERT LCD |
ATI Control Panels
|
No |
Available Now |
| |
Multi-Adapter |
No |
No |
| |
HARDWARE Assisted
DVD (IDCT) |
No |
No |
RAGE IIC Boards
|
Board Products
|
Feature |
Supported on Windows
2000 CD? |
Future ATI Driver support for
Windows 2000 Date
|
| 3D CHARGER |
AGP texturing |
No |
- |
| |
DirectX 7 |
2D Only |
- |
| |
OpenGL |
No |
- |
| |
ACPI |
Yes |
- |
| |
ATI Control Panels
|
No |
- |
| |
Multi-Adapter |
No |
- |
| |
HARDWARE Assisted
DVD (IDCT) |
Not Applicable |
- |
*Date refers to estimated date ATI will
make the required drivers available for download from
ATI web site.
|
| Q5: |
Is DVD supported
under Windows® 2000? |
| A5:
| Yes, ATI® Multimedia Center 7.1 (which
includes ATI® DVD PLAYER) supports Windows® 2000 for Rage
128, Rage 128 Pro and Radeon boards. The ATI DVD 4.0 PLAYER
supports Windows® 2000 for RAGE XL™, RAGE PRO™ and RAGE
LT PRO™ boards, but as a software only solution. So, for
optimal DVD playback performance, this solution should
be used with a fast Pentium II and Pentium III or equivalent
CPU.
Please note that earlier versions of ATI Video Player,
ATI Multimedia Center™, or ATI DVD Player will NOT work
under Windows® 2000.
|
| Q6: |
Is ATI's Modular
control panel included on the Windows® 2000 release CD?
|
| A6:
| ATI's modular control panels are not
included on the release CD of Windows® 2000. This is restriction
that Microsoft has placed on all graphics vendors. ATI
control panels, enabling such features as Direct3D and
OpenGL performance customization, monitor control, brightness
and color controls, and advanced options will be available
in separate driver releases.
|
| Q7: |
Is multi-adapter
support provided? |
| A7:
|
Drivers that support the RAGE LT PRO™ and RAGE XL™ will
be made available in a separate driver release.
Products based on the MACH 32/64™, RAGE II™, or RAGE PRO™
do not support multi-adapter and will not function properly
when used as the secondary adapter. They will function
properly when used as the primary adapter. This is a design
limitation with Windows® 2000 which cannot be rectified
with a driver update.
Windows® 2000 does not properly support video capture
on the secondary adapter. All-in-Wonder® products should
be used as the primary adapter to ensure that all multimedia
features function correctly
|
| Q8: |
Does TV Output work
with Windows® 2000? |
| A8:
| Basic TV output for products with the
ImpacTV2™ chip which include Xpert@PLAY98™, Xpert LCD™,
All-in-Wonder PRO™, will work with the drivers supplied
on the Windows® 2000 release CD.
Drivers that support TV output for products based on Radeon™
graphics technology are available on the CD that ships
with the product.
|
| Q9: |
Will the game bundles
I received with my purchase work when I upgrade to Windows
2000? |
| A9:
| The software bundles that accompanied
the product you purchased were selected based on the operating
systems that were shipping at time. Therefore, with the
exception of Expendable™, the games bundled with your
product will not run under Windows® 2000.
|
| Q10: |
Is there DVI-support
on the Windows 2000 release CD? |
| A10:
| Radeon™ (All-in-Wonder® Radeon™ and
Radeon™ 64MB DDR with DVI) products include drivers on
the ATI Installation CD that fully support the DVI feature.
The basic ATI drivers supplied on the Windows® 2000 release
CD do not support the DVI feature
|
| Q11: |
Is video capture
on Radeon™ 64MB DDR (VIVO*), All-in-Wonder Radeon™, RAGE
FURY PRO™, All-in-Wonder 128™, All-in-Wonder PRO™, TV
WONDER VE™ and ATI-TV WONDER™ products supported in Windows®
2000? |
| A11:
| Yes. This functionality is available
in ATI Multimedia Center™. The capture formats that are
available in Windows® 2000 will not include all the formats
available in Windows® 98. It is recommended that previously
captured video files be converted to an industry standard
format codec before upgrading to Windows® 2000 to ensure
that they can be used under Windows® 2000.
|
Product
|
AVI file Video Capture
Formats Supported under Windows 95/98 |
Video Capture Formats
to be Supported under Windows 2000 |
| All-in-Wonder Radeon |
YUV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2
(support under Win98 only**) |
YUV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 |
| All-in-Wonder PRO
|
YUV, ATI VCR1 and
ATI VCR2 |
YUV |
| All-in-Wonder 128
|
YUV, ATI VCR1, ATI
VCR2, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 |
YUV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2
|
| All-in-Wonder 128
PRO |
YUV, ATI VCR1, ATI
VCR2, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 |
YUV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2
|
| ATI-TV Wonder |
YUV, ATI VCR1, MPEG-1
|
YUV and MPEG-1 |
| TV WONDER VE |
YUV, ATI VCR1, MPEG-1 |
YUV and MPEG-1 |
| Radeon 64MB DDR (VIVO*) |
YUV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2
(support under Win98 only**) |
YUV, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 |
| RAGE FURY PRO |
YUV and ATI VCR1 |
YUV and MPEG-1 |
*VIVO = Video Input Video Output ** Radeon
products are NOT supported under Windows 95
|
| Q12: |
Will ATI enhanced
Windows 2000 drivers be available for legacy products?
|
| A12:
| Windows 2000 drivers will not be made
available for legacy or discontinued products. This includes
3D PRO Turbo PC2TV, 3D XPRESSION+ PC2TV, 3D XPRESSION+
-, original All-in-Wonder, ATI-TV, Video Basic, Video-It!
and ATI Modems.
ATI does have a trade
up program for specific legacy products. Please check
driver availability for the product you are interested
in before upgrading.
|
| Q13: |
Where can I get
Windows® 2000 drivers for the ATI graphics chip in my
laptop/notebook? |
| A13:
| Products based on ATI’s Mobility™ product
line, including RAGE Mobility P™, RAGE Mobility M™ and
RAGE LT PRO™, are supported by a generic graphics driver
included on the Windows® 2000 release CD. The basic driver
on the Windows® 2000 CD may not offer some of the custom
features provided by the manufacturer of your laptop.
Some examples are OpenGL or custom control panels. In
some cases, the generic driver may not function properly
to provide basic graphics support and a specific driver,
released by the laptop manufacturer, may be required for
any support under this operating system.
Please contact the manufacturer of your laptop/notebook
computer to determine whether Windows® 2000 is supported
on your system and to determine which drivers to use.
Due to the number of driver customizations required to
support each specific laptop/notebook computer design,
ATI is unable to provide laptop/notebook drivers direct
to end-users. Please check with your laptop/notebook manufacturer
for assistance.
|
| Q14: |
Why can't I set desktop
resolutions higher than 800x600? |
| A14:
| In some cases when Windows 2000 starts
for the first time with a product that has TV-out, Windows
incorrectly detects the presence of a TV. Please go to
the display properties and change your monitor type from
television to your monitor. Once the monitor type is set
correctly, you will be able to set modes higher than 800x600.
If you do have a TV connected, you will not be able to
set the mode higher than 800x600.
|
| Q15: |
Will the Rage Fury
MAXX be supported under Windows 2000? |
| A15:
| Windows® 2000 support will not be available
for the Rage Fury Maxx™. The Windows 2000® operating system
is the next generation of Windows NT. Since the Rage Fury
Maxx™ was not originally designed to support Windows NT,
Windows® 2000 driver support will not be available. The
drivers that ship with the Rage Fury Maxx can be installed
under Windows® 98, 98SE and Millenium.
|
| Q16: |
Where are the RAGE
PRO™, RAGE LT PRO™ and RAGE XL™ drivers? |
| A16:
| Driver support and ATI Multimedia Center™
for the RAGE PRO™, RAGE LT PRO™ and RAGE XL™ product lines
are available for download from the Special
Purpose Driver Site.
|
