ASROCK Fatal1ty 990FX Professional, User Manual

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Fatal1ty 990FX Professional Series Motherboard
2.6 CrossFireX
TM
, 3-Way CrossFireX
TM
and Quad CrossFireX
TM
Operation Guide
This motherboard supports CrossFireX
TM
, 3-way CrossFireX
TM
and Quad
CrossFireX
TM
feature. CrossFireX
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, CrossFireX
TM
enables the highest possible level of performance and image quality in any 3D
application. Currently CrossFireX
TM
feature is supported with Windows
®
XP with
Service Pack 2 / Vista
TM
/ 7 OS. 3-way CrossFireX
TM
and Quad CrossFireX
TM
feature
are supported with Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ 7 OS only. Please check AMD website for
AMD
TM
CrossFireX
TM
driver updates.
2.6.1 Graphics Card Setup
2.6.1.1 Installing Two CrossFireX
TM
-Ready Graphics
Cards
Different CrossFireX
TM
cards may require different methods to enable CrossFi-
reX
TM
feature. In below procedures, we use Radeon HD 3870 as the example
graphics card. For other CrossFireX
TM
cards that AMD
TM
has released or will
release in the future, please refer to AMD
TM
graphics card manuals for detailed
installation guide.
Step 1. Insert one Radeon graphics card into PCIE2 slot and the other Radeon
graphics card to PCIE4 slot. Make sure that the cards are properly seated
on the slots.
1. If a customer incorrectly configures their system they will not see the
performance bene ts of CrossFireX
TM
. All three CrossFireX
TM
components, a
CrossFireX
TM
Ready graphics card, a CrossFireX
TM
Ready motherboard and a
CrossFireX
TM
Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed correctly
to bene t from the CrossFireX
TM
multi-GPU platform.
2. If you pair a 12-pipe CrossFireX
TM
Edition card with a 16-pipe card, both
cards will operate as 12-pipe cards while in CrossFireX
TM
mode.
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