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Appendix
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Appendix - ATI Hybrid Crossfire™
Technology
Introduction
AMD’s pioneering ATI Hybrid CrossFire™ Technology can be used for scalable
gaming action. The ATI Hybrid CrossFire™ Technology can provide significant
performance boost to AMD based systems by enabling the ability for both discrete
GPU and IGP graphics cores to render simultaneously in CrossFire™ mode. ATI
Hybrid CrossFire™ technology can transform your mainstream PC into a perfor-
mance gaming rig.
Using ATI Hybrid CrossFire™ Technology
1. Press <Del> to enter the BIOS. Select “Advanced Chipset Features”, Set the
“UMA Frame Buffer Size” to “256MB”, and the “Surround View” to “Enable”. Press
[F10] to save the change and exit the BIOS settings.
2. Enter the OS, from the Drivers menu, click AMD Chipset Driver to Install it. Follow
the instructions to finish the installation. and restart your computer.
Before using ATI Hybrid CrossFire
™
, ensure your computer meets the
following basic requirements:
■
Operating System: Windows
® Vista
■
Memory capacity: Minimum 1GB
■ CPU: AM3
■ On-board graphics card RAM: Minimum 256MB
■ Add-on graphics cad: ATI Radeon HD 2400 Series / Radeon HD 3400 Series
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Appendix
CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc.
Advanced Chipset Features
Northbridge Chipset Configuration
Help Item
► Memory Configuration
[Press Enter]
► DRAM Timing Configuration
[Press Enter]
CAS Latency
:9 CLK, N/A
RAS/CAS Delay
:9 CLK, N/A
Row Precharge Time
:9 CLK, N/A
Min Active RAS
:24 CLK, N/A
RAS/RAS Delay
:4 CLK, N/A
Row Cycle
:33 CLK, N/A
Internal Graphics Configuration
Internal Graphics Mode
[UMA]
UMA Frame Buffer Size
[Auto]
Primary Video Controller
[PCI-GFX0-IGFX]
Surround View
[Auto]
AMD 880 HD Audio
[Enabled]
↑↓←→:Move Enter:Select +/-/:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F9:Optimized Defaults
[Press Enter]