3 software information, 1 installing the device drivers, 2 enabling the ati® crossfirex™ technology – Asus M4A79 Deluxe User Manual

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ASUS M4A79 Deluxe

5-5

Chapter 5

5.3

Software information

5.3.1

Installing the device drivers

Refer to the documentation that came with your graphics card package to install the device

drivers.

•

Ensure that your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the ATI

®

CrossFireX™

technology. Download the latest driver from the AMD website at www.amd.com.

•

If you are using a Triple or Quad CrossFireX system, ensure to install the ATI Catalyst

®

driver under Windows

®

Vista™ OS. The ATI Triple or Quad CrossFireX technology is

currently supported by Windows

®

Vista™ only.

5.3.2

Enabling the ATI

®

CrossFireX™ technology

After installing your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the CrossFireX™ feature

through the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center in Windows environment.

Launching the ATI Catalyst Control Center

To launch the ATI Catalyst Control Center

1.

Right-click on the Windows

®

desktop and select

Catalyst(TM) Control Center. You can also right-

click the ATI icon in the Windows notification area

and select Cayalyst Control Center.

2.

The Catalyst Control Center Setup

Assistant appears when the system

detects the existance of multi-graphics

cards. Click Go to continue to the

Catalyst Control Center Advanced

View window.

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