ASROCK 775XFire-eSATA2 Operation Manual

CrossFire CrossFire CrossFire Operation Guide Operation Guide Operation Guide
CrossFire CrossFire Operation Guide Operation Guide
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This motherboard supports CrossFire
most advantageous means available of combining multiple high performance
Graphics Processing Units (GPU) in a single PC. Combining a range of different
operating modes with intelligent software design and an innovative interconnect
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mechanism, CrossFire enables the highest possible level of performance and
image quality in any 3D application. Currently CrossFire
with Windows XP with Service Pack 2; it may be supported with other OS in the
future.
What graphics cards work with CrossFire
A complete CrossFire
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Ready cards if they are software enabled. This applies to cards from ATI or
any of its partners.
Cards For AGI Express Slot
Radeon X1800 Series
Radeon X1600 Series
Radeon X1300 Series
Radeon X850 Series
1. If a customer incorrectly configures their system they will not see the
performance benefits of CrossFire
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correctly to benefit from the CrossFire
2. If you pair a 12-pipe CrossFire
cards will operate as 12-pipe cards while in CrossFire
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Currently, ATI has released Radeon X850XT, X1800XT, X1300, and X1600
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CrossFire cards, which require different methods to enable CrossFire
feature. In the below procedures, we use Radeon X850XT as the example
graphics card. For other CrossFire
release in the future, please refer to ATI graphics card manuals for detailed
installation guide.
Step 1. Connect to the system power supply. Please connect a hard disk power
connector to SLI/XFIRE Power connector.
It is recommended to use 500-Watt power supply or greater
to perform the benefit of CrossFire
X850XT.
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feature. CrossFire
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system requires a CrossFire
Edition graphics card and a compatible standard Radeon
Ready) graphics card from the same series, or two CrossFire
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Radeon X1800 CrossFire
Radeon X1600 Series
Radeon X1300 Series
Radeon X850 CrossFire
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. All three CrossFire
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Ready graphics card, a CrossFire
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Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed
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Edition card with a 16-pipe card, both
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cards that ATI has released or will
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multi-GPU platform.
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mode.
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