ASROCK 4Core1333-eSATA2, Manual

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ASRock 4Core1333-eSATA2 Motherboard
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Operation Guide Operation Guide
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Operation Guide
This motherboard supports CrossFire TM feature. CrossFire TM 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 TM enables the highest possible level of performance and image quality in
any 3D application. Currently CrossFire TM feature is supported with Windows ® XP
with Service Pack 2 and Vista TM OS. Please check AMD website for ATI TM CrossFire TM
driver updates.
1. If a customer incorrectly configures their system they will not see the
performance benefits of CrossFire TM . All three CrossFire TM components, a
CrossFire TM Ready graphics card, a CrossFire TM Ready motherboard and a
CrossFire
TM
Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed correctly to
benefit from the CrossFire
TM
multi-GPU platform.
2. If you pair a 12-pipe CrossFire TM Edition card with a 16-pipe card, both cards will
operate as 12-pipe cards while in CrossFire TM mode.
What graphics cards work with CrossFire TM ?
A complete CrossFire TM system requires a CrossFire TM Ready motherboard, a
CrossFire
TM
Edition graphics card and a compatible standard Radeon (CrossFire
TM
Ready) graphics card from the same series, or two CrossFire
TM
Ready cards. This
applies to cards from ATI TM or any of its partners.
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Radeon X2600Pro Series Radeon X2600Pro Series
Radeon X2600XT Series Radeon X2600XT Series
Radeon X1950Pro Series Radeon X1950Pro Series
Radeon X1950XTX Series Radeon X1950XTX CrossFire TM Edition
Radeon X1800 Series Radeon X1800 CrossFire TM Edition
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Currently, ATI TM has released Radeon X2600Pro, X2600XT, X1950Pro, X1950XTX
and X1800 CrossFire
TM
cards, which require different methods to enable CrossFire
TM
feature. In below procedures, we use Radeon X2600XT as the example graphics card.
For other CrossFire TM cards that ATI TM has released or will release in the future, please
refer to ATI TM graphics card manuals for detailed installation guide.
It is recommended to use 500-Watt power supply or greater
to perform the benefit of CrossFire TM feature.
Step 1. Connect to the system power supply. Please connect a hard disk power
connector to SLI/XFIRE Power connector on this motherboard.