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2.6 CrossFireX and Quad CrossFireX
This motherboard supports CrossFireX
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CrossFireX 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
possible level of performance and image quality in any 3D application. Currently
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CrossFireX feature is supported with Windows
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7 OS. Quad CrossFireX feature are supported with Windows
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1. If a customer incorrectly confi gures their system they will not see the
performance benefi ts of CrossFireX
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CrossFireX Ready graphics card, a CrossFireX
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CrossFireX Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed correctly to
benefi t from the CrossFireX
2. If you pair a 12-pipe CrossFireX
will operate as 12-pipe cards while in CrossFireX
2.6.1 Graphics Card Setup
2.6.1.1 Installing Two CrossFireX
Different CrossFireX
feature. In below procedures, we use Radeon HD 3870 as the example graphics
card. For other CrossFireX
future, please refer to AMD graphics card manuals for detailed installation guide.
Step 1. Insert one Radeon graphics card into PCIE2 slot and the other Radeon
graphics card to PCIE4 slot. Make sure that the cards are properly seated
on the slots.
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 Motherboard
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and Quad CrossFireX
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XP with Service Pack 2 / Vista
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CrossFireX driver updates.
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. All three CrossFireX
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multi-GPU platform.
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Edition card with a 16-pipe card, both cards
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-Ready Graphics Cards
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cards may require different methods to enable CrossFireX
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cards that AMD has released or will release in the
Operation Guide
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feature.
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enables the highest
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Vista / 7 OS only.
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components, a
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Ready motherboard and a
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mode.
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