Crossfirex Tm And Quad Crossfirex Tm Operation Guide; Graphics Card Setup; Installing Two Crossfirex - ASROCK 970 Extreme3 R2.0 User Manual

2.5 CrossFireX
This motherboard supports CrossFireX
TM
CrossFireX technology offers the 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, CrossFireX
possible level of performance and image quality in any 3D application. Currently
TM
CrossFireX feature is supported with Windows
7 / 8 OS. Quad CrossFireX
only. Please check AMD website for AMD CrossFireX
1. If a customer incorrectly configures their system they will not see the
performance benefits of CrossFireX
CrossFireX
CrossFireX
to benefit from the CrossFireX
2. If you pair a 12-pipe CrossFireX
cards will operate as 12-pipe cards while in CrossFireX

2.5.1 Graphics Card Setup

2.5.1.1 Installing Two CrossFireX

Different CrossFireX
TM
reX feature. For other CrossFireX
in the 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 CrossFireX
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feature is supported with Windows
TM
Ready graphics card, a CrossFireX
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Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed correctly
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cards may require different methods to enable CrossFi-
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Operation Guide
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and Quad CrossFireX
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XP with Service Pack 2 / Vista
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driver updates.
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. All three CrossFireX
TM
Ready motherboard and a
multi-GPU platform.
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Edition card with a 16-pipe card, both
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-Ready Graphics Cards
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cards that AMD has released or will release
22
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feature.
enables the highest
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Vista / 7 / 8 OS
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components, a
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mode.
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