ASROCK S870 EXTREME3, Installation Manual

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ASRock 870 Extreme3 Motherboard
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1. If a customer incorrectly configures their system they will not see the
performance benefits 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
benefit 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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2.5 CrossFireX CrossFireX
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and Quad CrossFireX and Quad CrossFireX
and Quad CrossFireX and Quad CrossFireX
and Quad CrossFireX
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Operation Guide
This motherboard supports 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. Quad
CrossFireX
TM
feature are supported with Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ 7 OS only. Please
check AMD website for ATI
TM
CrossFireX
TM
driver updates.
Different CrossFireX
TM
cards may require different methods to enable CrossFireX
TM
feature. In below procedures, we use Radeon HD 3870 as the example graphics card.
For other CrossFireX 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.
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.
2.5.1 Graphics Card Setup 2.5.1 Graphics Card Setup
2.5.1 Graphics Card Setup 2.5.1 Graphics Card Setup
2.5.1 Graphics Card Setup