Chapter 4
AMD CrossFire™ Technology
Note:
AMD C”ossFi”e techno–ogy featu”es a”e avai–ab–e on–y fo” syste—s insta––ed
with —o”e than one co—patib–e AMD Radeon g”aphics ca”ds and a”e intended fo”
app–ications ”unning in fu––-sc”een —ode.
4.1 AMD CrossFire™ Overview
AMD C”ossFi”e techno–ogy is designed to enhance the g”aphics “ua–ity and
pe”fo”—ance of 3D ga—es and app–ications by co—bining the p”ocessing powe” of
—u–tip–e AMD Radeon g”aphics ca”ds, essentia––y c”eating a —u–ti-GPU pe”fo”—ance
ga—ing p–atfo”—. A typica– AMD C”ossFi”e setup invo–ves two g”aphics ca”ds.
Fo” —o”e info”—ation, visit the AMD C”ossFi”e techno–ogy Web page at
sites.a—d.co—/us/ga—e/techno–ogy/Pages/c”ossfi”ex.aspx
.
4.2 Installing Additional Graphics Cards for
AMD CrossFire™
Befo”e insta––ing an additiona– g”aphics ca”d, —ake su”e that you” syste— —eets the
”eco——ended syste— ”e“ui”e—ents fo” AMD C”ossFi”e techno–ogy. If needed,
consu–t you” syste— bui–de” o” OEM to confi”— that you” syste— has an ade“uate
powe” supp–y.
Fo” opti—a– pe”fo”—ance, it is ”eco——ended that each AMD Radeon R9 Fu”y X
g”aphics ca”d be sepa”ated by at –east one e—pty expansion s–ot. Fo” —o”e
info”—ation, see the insta––ation inst”uctions fo” you” g”aphics ca”d.
4.3 Enabling and Configuring AMD CrossFire™
Once a–– you” g”aphics ca”ds a”e p”ope”–y insta––ed, you can begin enab–ing and
configu”ing AMD C”ossFi”e techno–ogy suppo”t using the
AMD Cata–yst Cont”o– Cente” softwa”e app–ication, which is a co—ponent of the
AMD Cata–yst softwa”e engine that can be down–oaded f”o— the D”ive”s and Suppo”t
AMD C”ossFi”e settings can be found on the
AMD CrossFire
page, which is –ocated
unde” the
Gaming
and
Performance
g”oups in both the Standa”d and Advanced views
in AMD Cata–yst Cont”o– Cente”.
When AMD C”ossFi”e is enab–ed, the g”aphics p”ocesso” in one of the ca”ds acts as the
p”i—a”y p”ocesso”; this ca”d is known as the p”i—a”y g”aphics ca”d. G”aphics-
”ende”ing tasks a”e sha”ed between a–– avai–ab–e p”ocesso”s to acce–e”ate disp–ays that
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