Ati Crossfirex; Requirements; Technology - ECS A790GXM-A Manual

Chapter 5

ATI CrossFireX

Technology & Hybrid Graphics
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Technology Support
This motherboard supports ATI CrossFireX
multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. Follow the installation proce-
dures in this section.

Requirements

1 You should have a CrossFireX
tion graphics card and a CrossFireX
2 Visit the ECS website (www.ecs.com.tw) for a list of qualified CrossFireX
ready graphics card for this motherboard.
3 Make sure that your graphics card driver supports the ATI CrossFireX
technology. Download the latest driver from the ATI website
(www.ati.com).
4 Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the
minimum power required by your system.
Installation and Use of CrossFireX
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1. Insert the CrossFireX graphics cards into the PCIE16X_1 and PCIE16X_2 slots.
Make sure that the card is properly seated on the slot.
2. Connect an external cable to the CrossFireX
PCIE16X_2 slot.
External Cable
ATI CrossFireX
Technology Support
TM Technology that allows you to install
TM Ready motherboard, a CrossFireX
TM ready graphics card.
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Technology

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ready graphics card installed on the
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