MSI 890FXA-GD70 series User Manual page 38

Hardware Setup Hardware Setup
ATI CrossFreX
ATI CrossFreX
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game-domnatng power, ATI CrossFreX
graphcs processors to work together to mprove system performance. ATI CrossF-
reX technology allows you to expand your system's graphcs capabltes. It allows you
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the ablty to scale your system's graphcs horsepower as you need t, supportng two or
more ATI Radeon
ever. The motherboard can auto detect the CrossFreX
you don't have to enable the CrossFreX
2-way CrossFreX
1. Install two ATI Radeon
2. Wth two cards nstalled, an CrossFreX
the golden fingers on the top of these two graphcs cards (refer to the pcture be-
low). Please note that although you have nstalled two or more graphcs cards, only
the vdeo outputs on the graphcs card nstalled n PCI_E1 wll work. Hence, you
only need to connect a montor to ths graphcs card.
Important
• If you ntend to nstall TWO graphcs cards for CrossFreX
a. these two graphcs cards are of the same brand and specficatons;
b. these two cards are nstalled on both PCIE x16 (PCI_E1 & PCI_E5) slots that sup-
port up to PCIE x16 speed.
• Make sure that you connect an adequate power supply to the power connector on the
graphcs card to ensure stable operaton of the graphcs card.
Only Wndows
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ton, Wndows
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(Mult-GPU) Technology
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s the ultmate mult-GPU performance gamng platform. Enablng
HD graphcs cards, makng ths the most scalable gamng platform
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nstallaton.
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HD graphcs cards nto PCI_E1 & PCI_E5 slots.
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XP wth Servce Pack 2 (SP2)& Wndows
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Vsta & Wndows 7 support the CrossFreX
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technology enables two or more dscrete
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mode by software, therefore
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n BIOS by yourself. The followng detals the
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Vdeo Lnk cable s requred to connect
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CrossFreX
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Vdeo Lnk cable
mode, make sure that:
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XP Professonal x64 Ed-
functon.
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