Ati ® Hybrid Crossfirex; System Requirements; Before You Proceed - Asus Motherboard M3A78-EM User Manual

ATI Hybrid CrossFireX™
®
The motherboard supports the ATI
to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) CrossFireX cards.
A.1. System.requirements
Before using ATI Hybrid CrossFireX, ensure that your system meets the following
basic requirements:
Operating.System:.Windows
Memory.capacity:. Minimum 1GB
CPU:. AM2+
On-board.graphics.card.RAM: 256MB
Add-on.GPU:.HD2400 PRO/HD2400 XT/HD3450/HD3470
We recommend that you use a graphics card with an HD2400 PRO GPU.
A.2. Before.you.proceed
Configure the BIOS settings for the graphics card to support ATI Hybrid
CrossFireX.
To set Internal Graphics:
1. Press <Del> during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS Setup
utility.
2. Select Advanced > Chipset > Internal.Graphics, set the UMA.Frame.
Buffer.Size to [256M], and set the Surround.View to [Enabled].
Internal Graphics
Primary Video Controller
UMA Frame Buffer Size
Surround View
3. Press <F10> to save the changes and exit BIOS settings. Select OK to
confirm.
A-2
Hybrid CrossFire™ technology that allows you
®
Vista
®
[GFX0-GPP-IGFX-PCI]
[256M]
[Enabled]
GFX0-GPP-IGFX-PCI
GPP-GFX0-IGFX-PCI
PCI-GFX0-GPP-IGFX
IGFX-GFX0-GPP-PCI
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