Asrock 880g extreme3 User Manual

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1. If a customer incorrectly configures their system they will not see the
performance benefits of CrossFireX

. All three CrossFireX

components, a

CrossFireX

Ready graphics card, a CrossFireX

Ready motherboard and a

CrossFireX

Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed correctly to

benefit from the CrossFireX

multi-GPU platform.

2. If you pair a 12-pipe CrossFireX

Edition card with a 16-pipe card, both cards

will operate as 12-pipe cards while in CrossFireX

mode.

2.6

CrossF

CrossFireX

ireX

, 3-

, 3-W

Way CrossF

ay CrossF

ay CrossFireX

ireX

and Quad

CrossFireX

Operation Guide

This motherboard supports CrossFireX

, 3-way CrossFireX

and Quad

CrossFireX

feature. 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

enables the highest

possible level of performance and image quality in any 3D application. Currently
CrossFireX

feature is supported with Windows

XP with Service Pack 2 / Vista

/ 7 OS. 3-way CrossFireX

and Quad CrossFireX

feature are supported with

Windows

Vista

/ 7 OS only. Please check AMD website for ATI

CrossFireX

driver updates.

2.6.1 Graphics Card Setup

2.6.1.1 Installing T

2.6.1.1 Installing Two CrossF

wo CrossF

wo CrossFireX

ireX

-R

-Ready Graphics

eady Graphics

Cards

Different CrossFireX

cards may require different methods to enable CrossFireX

feature. In below procedures, we use Radeon HD 3870 as the example graphics card.
For other CrossFireX

cards that ATI

has released or will release in the future, please

refer to ATI

graphics card manuals for detailed installation guide.

Step 1. Insert one Radeon graphics card into PCIE2 slot and the other Radeon

graphics card to PCIE3 slot. Make sure that the cards are properly seated
on the slots.