ATI Technologies X1950 PRO manual Welcome to CrossFire

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CHAPTER 5:

Welcome to CrossFire™

ATI CrossFire™ is the ultimate multi-GPU performance gaming platform, using ATI CrossFire™ ready motherboards and ATI graphics cards.

CrossFire™ Overview

This section provides an overview of the main features and configurations for

CrossFire™. These topics will be covered in more detail in other chapters of this manual.

Allowable Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ System Components

The basic requirements of a Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ system are:

•Two Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ graphics cards.

•A CrossFire™ Ready motherboard.

For an up-to-date listing of CrossFire™ certified motherboards see:

ati.com/crossfire.

CrossFire™ Rendering Modes

A CrossFire™ system has four possible display modes:

•SuperTiling

•Scissor Mode

•Alternate Frame Rendering

•Super Anti-aliasing.

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Contents Radeon X1950 Pro CrossFire Disclaimer Important Safety Instructions Page Table of Contents Reference Getting Started External Connections System RequirementsTo uninstall previous drivers Uninstall Previous Graphics Card DriversPage Installing CrossFire Graphics Cards Page Installing the CrossFire Bridge Interconnects Display Configurations Windows New Hardware Found Installing Software and DriversTo install the Catalyst software suite Other Quick Launch Access Points Launching Catalyst Control Center Using the Start MenuEnabling CrossFire Launching Catalyst Control Center Using Hot Keys Allowable Radeon X1950 Pro CrossFire System Components Welcome to CrossFireCrossFire Rendering Modes CrossFire FAQ What motherboards support CrossFire? CrossFire Bridge Interconnect Cable How are the graphics cards connected on a CrossFire system?On what basis are different rendering modes chosen? Page Page Properly Not Boot-UpReference Computer DoesAppear ConfiguredNo Display Screen DefectsBefore Be enabled, youCrossFire is Not FunctioningNot Work or is Unavailable Video displays Software modeScreen Rotation Function DoesFCC Compliance Information Additional AccessoriesCE Compliance Information Industry Canada Compliance StatementInformations de conformité de la CE