Hardware Installation
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Enabling the ATI Hybrid CrossFireX Function
Combining the onboard GPU with a discrete graphics card, ATI Hybrid CrossFireX can provide
significantly advanced display performance for AMD platform. This section give instructions on config-
uring an ATI Hybrid CrossFireX system.
A. Before you begin--
1. Operation System Requirement:
Windows Vista and Windows XP*.
2. BIOS Setup:
Enter BIOS Setup to set the following items under the
Advanced BIOS Features
menu:
• Set
Internal Graphics Mode
to
UMA
.
• Set
UMA Frame Buffer Size
to
256MB
.
• Set
Surround View
to
Disabled
.
• Set
Init Display First
to
Onboard
.
3. Graphics Card Requirement:
An ATI Hybrid CrossFireX-supported graphics card.
B. ATI Hybrid CrossFireX Driver Installation and Setup
Insert the motherboard driver disk and select
Installing Chipset Drivers
. Click
Xpress Install
for
installation. Restart your system when completed. Follow the steps below to enable ATI Hybrid
CrossFireX.
*
For Windows XP, you must install AMD chipset driver version 8.51 or later.
Step 1:
The ATI icon
appears in the system tray
after the system restarts. Right-click the icon to
enter the
Catalyst Control Center
.
Step 2:
Enter the
CrossFire
menu and select the
En-
able CrossFire
checkbox.
•
You do not have to install the graphics card driver if the motherboard chipset driver has been
installed.
•
To change the
Internal Graphic Mode
or
UMA Frame Buffer Size
setting in BIOS Setup,
be sure to disable the CrossFire function in the operating system first.
