ASROCK CONROE1333-ESATA2, Quick Installation Manual

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ASRock ConRoe1333-eSATA2 Motherboard
2.5 CrossFire 2.5 CrossFire
2.5 CrossFire 2.5 CrossFire
2.5 CrossFire
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Operation Guide Operation Guide
Operation Guide Operation Guide
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. Please check ATI TM website for 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.
Enjoy the benefit of CrossFire Enjoy the benefit of CrossFire
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It is recommended to use 500-Watt power supply or greater
to perform the benefit of CrossFire
TM
feature for Radeon
X850XT, X1900 and X1950 series.
Step 1. Connect to the system power supply. Please connect a hard disk power
connector to SLI/XFIRE Power connector on this motherboard.
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 if they
are software enabled. This applies to cards from ATI TM or any of its partners.
Currently, ATI TM has released Radeon X850XT, X1800XT, X1900XT, X1950XT, X1950Pro,
X1950XTX, X1300, X1650 and X1600 CrossFire TM cards, which require different
methods to enable CrossFire
TM
feature. In the below procedures, we use Radeon
X850XT 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.
Cards For AGI Express Slot Cards For PCIE1 Slot
Radeon X1950Pro Series Radeon X1950Pro Series
Radeon X1950XTX Series Radeon X1950XTX CrossFire TM Edition
Radeon X1950 Series Radeon X1950 CrossFire
TM
Edition
Radeon X1900 Series Radeon X1900 CrossFire
TM
Edition
Radeon X1800 Series Radeon X1800 CrossFire TM Edition
Radeon X1650Pro Series Radeon X1650Pro Series
Radeon X1600 Series Radeon X1600 Series
Radeon X1300 Series Radeon X1300 Series
Radeon X850 Series Radeon X850 CrossFire
TM
Edition
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