Tm Tm; Crossfirex Tm Operation Guide; Graphics Card Setup - ASROCK Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 User Manual

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2.8 CrossFireX , 3-Way CrossFireX
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CrossFireX Operation Guide
This motherboard supports CrossFireX
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CrossFireX feature. CrossFireX
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, CrossFireX
enables the highest possible level of performance and image quality in any 3D
application. Currently CrossFireX
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Service Pack 2 / Vista / 7 OS. 3-way CrossFireX
are supported with Windows
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ATI CrossFireX driver updates.
1. If a customer incorrectly con gures their system they will not see the
performance bene ts of CrossFireX
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CrossFireX Ready graphics card, a CrossFireX
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CrossFireX Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed correctly to
bene t from the CrossFireX
2. If you pair a 12-pipe CrossFireX
will operate as 12-pipe cards while in CrossFireX

2.8.1 Graphics Card Setup

2.8.1.1 Installing Two CrossFireX
Different CrossFireX
feature. In below procedures, we use Radeon HD 3870 as the example graphics
card. For other CrossFireX
future, please refer to AMD graphics card manuals for detailed installation guide.
Step 1. Insert one Radeon graphics card into PCIE2 slot and the other Radeon
graphics card to PCIE4 slot. Make sure that the cards are properly seated
on the slots.
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and Quad
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, 3-way CrossFireX
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technology offers the most advantageous
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feature is supported with Windows
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and Quad CrossFireX
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Vista / 7 OS only. Please check AMD website for
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. All three CrossFireX
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multi-GPU platform.
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Edition card with a 16-pipe card, both cards
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-Ready Graphics Cards
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cards may require different methods to enable CrossFireX
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cards that AMD has released or will release in the
27
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and Quad
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XP with
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feature
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components, a
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Ready motherboard and a
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mode.
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