Overview; Requirements; Before You Begin - Asus P5WD2-E Premium User Manual

6.1

Overview

The motherboard supports the ATI
to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. Follow the
installation procedures in this section.
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Requirements

Requirements
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• CrossFire™ Edition graphics card (Master)
• CrossFire™-ready graphics card (Slave)
• CrossFire™-ready motherboard, such as the ASUS P5WD2-E Premium
motherboard.
• Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the
minimum power required by your system. See "6. Power connectors"
on page 2-36 for details.
• Visit the ATI website or download the Radeon
Edition User's Guide from the support CD for detailed hardware
requirements and installation procedures.
• The ATI CrossFire™ technology supports only the following operating
systems:
• Make sure that your graphics card driver supports the ATI
CrossFire™ Technology. Download the latest driver from the ATI
website (www.ati.com)
• The maximum resolution of Radeon™ X850 CrossFire™ Edition is
1600 x 1200 at 65 MHz when you use DVI output.
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Before you begin

Before you begin
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Uninstall other graphics card driver Uninstall other graphics card driver
Uninstall other graphics card driver Uninstall other graphics card drivers in your system Uninstall other graphics card driver
To uninstall other graphics card drivers:
1. Close all current applications.
2. Go to C o n t r o l P a n e l > A d d / R e m o v e P r o g r a m s C o n t r o l P a n e l > A d d / R e m o v e P r o g r a m s C o n t r o l P a n e l > A d d / R e m o v e P r o g r a m s C o n t r o l P a n e l > A d d / R e m o v e P r o g r a m s C o n t r o l P a n e l > A d d / R e m o v e P r o g r a m s.
3. Select your current graphics card driver/s.
4. Select A d d / R e m o v e A d d / R e m o v e A d d / R e m o v e. A d d / R e m o v e
A d d / R e m o v e
5. Restart your system.
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® CrossFire™ technology that allows you
- Windows ® XP 32-bit (Home or Professional) with Service
Pack 2 (SP2)
- Windows ® XP Professional 64-bit Edition.
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