AMD CrossFireX must now be enabled using Catalyst™ Control Center.
Enabling AMD CrossFireX™
When AMD CrossFireX support is enabled, the best possible GPU combination is
selected based on the current hardware configuration. If necessary, you can change
the existing AMD CrossFireX configuration using the following procedure. For more
information, see the help system for the Control Center application.
AMD dual-GPU graphics cards are designed based on AMD CrossFireX technology. As
a result, AMD CrossFireX support is always enabled for such cards.
1.
Navigate to the
AMD CrossFireX Configuration
page located under the following
groups:
➭
Standard View—
Performance
or
Gaming
▷
Performance
.
➭
Advanced View—
Performance
or
Gaming
.
If you are using an AMD FirePro™ graphics card, navigate to one of the following
pages instead:
•
Standard View—
AMD FirePro
▷
Graphics Performance
▷
AMD
CrossFireX Configuration
•
Advanced View—
AMD FirePro
▷
AMD CrossFireX Configuration
2.
From the GPU selection menu at the top of the page, select the desktop associated
with the GPU that you want to use as the Display GPU.
3.
Select
Enable CrossFireX
.
Note:
The
Choose from the following Rendered GPU combinations
drop-
down list automatically populates with all available render GPUs based on the
selected display GPU. The list displays only GPUs that can be enabled for
AMD CrossFireX. Other combinations are not listed here but may be listed on
the
AMD CrossFireX Diagnostics
page.
4.
From the list, select the appropriate combination.
Note:
If the selected combination is not the most optimal choice for your system,
a message appears at the bottom of the page notifying you of this.
5.
Click
Apply
.
When AMD CrossFireX is enabled, the GPU Accelerated Physics feature might be
automatically disabled for all cards and displays in the configuration except those used
by AMD CrossFireX.
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AMD Radeon™ HD 6500/6600 Series
©
2011
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
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