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Fatal1ty X79 Professional Series Motherboard
English
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.
2.6 CrossFireX
TM
, 3-Way CrossFireX
TM
, 4-Way CrossFireX
TM
and
Quad CrossFireX
TM
Operation Guide
This motherboard supports CrossFireX
TM
, 3-way CrossFireX
TM
, 4-way CrossFireX
TM
and Quad CrossFireX
TM
. 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
is supported with Windows
®
XP with Service
Pack 2 / Vista
TM
/ 7 OS. 3-way CrossFireX
TM
, 4-way CrossFireX
TM
and Quad
CrossFireX
TM
are supported with Windows
®
Vista
TM
/ 7 OS only. Please check AMD’s
website for ATI
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 CrossFireX
TM
feature. In below procedures, we use Radeon HD 5770 as the example graphics
card. For other CrossFireX
TM
cards that AMD has released or will release in the
future, please refer to AMD graphics card manuals for detailed installation guide.
Step 1. Insert one Radeon graphics card into PCIE1 slot and the other Radeon
graphics card to PCIE4 slot. Make sure that the cards are properly seated
on the slots.