Asrock 4core1333-esata2 User Manual

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2.7 CrossFire

Operation Guide

This motherboard supports CrossFire

feature. CrossFire

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, CrossFire

enables the highest possible level of performance and

image quality in any 3D application. Currently CrossFire

feature is supported with

Windows

XP with Service Pack 2 and Vista

OS. Please check AMD website for

ATI

CrossFire

driver updates.

1. If a customer incorrectly configures their system they will not see the

performance benefits of CrossFire

. All three CrossFire

components, a

CrossFire

Ready graphics card, a CrossFire

Ready motherboard and a

CrossFire

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

benefit from the CrossFire

multi-GPU platform.

2. If you pair a 12-pipe CrossFire

Edition card with a 16-pipe card, both cards will

operate as 12-pipe cards while in CrossFire

mode.

What graphics cards work with CrossFire

A complete CrossFire

system requires a CrossFire

Ready motherboard, a

CrossFire

Edition graphics card and a compatible standard Radeon (CrossFire

Ready) graphics card from the same series, or two CrossFire

Ready cards. This

applies to cards from ATI

or any of its partners.

Cards For AGI Express Slot

Cards For PCIE2 Slot

Radeon X2600Pro Series

Radeon X2600XT Series

Radeon X1950Pro Series

Radeon X1950XTX Series

Radeon X1950XTX CrossFire

Edition

Radeon X1800 Series

Radeon X1800 CrossFire

Edition

Enjoy the benefit of CrossFire

Currently, ATI

has released Radeon X2600Pro, X2600XT, X1950Pro, X1950XTX

and X1800 CrossFire

cards, which require different methods to enable CrossFire

feature. In below procedures, we use Radeon X2600XT as the example graphics card.

For other CrossFire

cards that ATI

has released or will release in the future, please

refer to ATI

graphics card manuals for detailed installation guide.

It is recommended to use 500-Watt power supply or greater

to perform the benefit of CrossFire

feature.

Step 1.

Connect to the system power supply. Please connect a hard disk power

connector to SLI/XFIRE Power connector on this motherboard.