ASROCK SP55M PRO -, Installation Manual

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ASRock P55M Pro Motherboard
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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and Quad CrossFireX and Quad CrossFireX
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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 and Vista TM OS. Quad
CrossFireX TM feature are supported with Windows ® Vista TM OS only. Please check
AMD website for ATI TM CrossFireX TM driver updates.
2.5.1 Graphics Cards Setup 2.5.1 Graphics Cards Setup
2.5.1 Graphics Cards Setup 2.5.1 Graphics Cards Setup
2.5.1 Graphics Cards Setup
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.
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Step 1. Insert one Radeon graphics card into PCIE1 slot and the other Radeon
graphics card to PCIE3 slot. Make sure that the cards are properly seated
on the slots.