ASROCK 775XFIRE-ESATA2 - INSTALLATION GUIDE 02-2006 Installation Manual page 15

2.5 CrossFire 2.5 CrossFire 2.5 CrossFire Operation Guide Operation Guide Operation Guide
2.5 CrossFire 2.5 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 mechanism,
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CrossFire enables the highest possible level of performance and image quality in
any 3D application. Currently CrossFire
XP with Service Pack 2; it may be supported with other OS in the future.
What graphics cards work with CrossFire
A complete CrossFire
a CrossFire TM
(CrossFire TM
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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a CrossFire
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
CrossFire TM 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
ASRock 775XFire-eSATA2 Motherboard
TM
feature. CrossFire
TM
feature is only supported with Windows
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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
Cards For PCI Express Slot
Radeon X1800 CrossFire
Radeon X1600 Series
Radeon X1300 Series
Radeon X850 CrossFire
TM . All three CrossFire
TM Ready graphics card, a CrossFire
TM Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed
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TM Edition card with a 16-pipe card, both
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cards that ATI has released or will
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Ready motherboard,
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TM Ready motherboard and
multi-GPU platform.
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