Tm And Quad Crossfirex; Installing Two Crossfirex; Operation Guide - ASROCK X79 Extreme7 Quick Installation Manual

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2.6 CrossFireX , 3-Way 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
Service Pack 2 / Vista
are supported with Windows
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ATI CrossFireX driver updates.
1. If a customer incorrectly confi gures their system they will not see the
performance benefi ts of CrossFireX
CrossFireX
CrossFireX
benefi t from the CrossFireX
2. If you pair a 12-pipe CrossFireX
will operate as 12-pipe cards while in CrossFireX
2.6.1 Graphics Card Setup

2.6.1.1 Installing Two CrossFireX

Different CrossFireX
feature. In below procedures, we use Radeon HD 5770 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 PCIE1 slot and the other Radeon
graphics card to PCIE3 slot. Make sure that the cards are properly seated
on the slots.
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and Quad CrossFireX
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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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/ 7 OS. 3-way 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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Ready graphics card, a CrossFireX
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Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed correctly to
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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
ASRock X79 Extreme7 Motherboard
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and Quad
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XP with
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and Quad CrossFireX
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components, a
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Ready motherboard and a
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mode.
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feature
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