ATI Technologies X1950 PRO User Manual

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What motherboards support CrossFire

™

?

Motherboards from other manufactures will be certified as CrossFire

™

Ready when they become available. For a comprehensive list of

qualified motherboards, please consult the CrossFire

™

Web site at:

ati.com/crossfire

3

Are there specific CMOS motherboard settings for CrossFire

™

?

On some motherboards, the CMOS may be set by default to support only

a single PCI Express

®

x16 slot. Ensure that both PCIe

™

x16 slots are

enabled in the CMOS.

4

Are there any software settings required for a Radeon

®

X1950 Pro

CrossFire

™

to work?

When all of the hardware and software has been properly set up and

installed, you can access the CrossFire

™

aspect in Catalyst

™

Control

Center:

To access and enable CrossFire

™

in Catalyst

™

Control Center, do the

following:

• In Advanced View, click

CrossFire

™

and check the

Enable

CrossFire

™

box.

When CrossFire

™

is successfully enabled, all display devices except the

one used by CrossFire

™

will be disabled. Multiple monitors/displays

that are disabled when CrossFire

™

is enabled reappear after CrossFire

™

is disabled.

If you installed your Radeon

®

X1950 Pro cards in the primary and

secondary PCIe

™

slots and enabled CrossFire

™

, when you restart your

computer CrossFire

™

will automatically be enabled. Otherwise, you

must again enable CrossFire

™

upon restart.

Note: In order to enable CrossFire

™

, the two Radeon

®

X1950 Pro cards

must be connected together using two CrossFire

™

Bridge Interconnects.

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