ATI Technologies X1650 manual Welcome to CrossFire, CrossFire Overview

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CrossFire™ Overview 101

CHAPTER 7:

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 CrossFire™ System Components

The basic requirements of a CrossFire™ system are a CrossFire™ certified motherboard with two PCI Express® x16 slots, a CrossFire™ Edition graphics card, and a compatible CrossFire™ Compatible graphics card.

A CrossFire™ Edition graphics card works with all members of the same

brand-family. Thus a Radeon® X1650 PRO CrossFire™ Edition graphics card can be used with any Radeon X1650 product.

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

ati.com/crossfire

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Contents Radeon X1650 PRO Page Iii Disclaimer Important Safety Instructions Page Table of Contents Glossary Index Features Radeon X1650 PRO FeaturesIntroduction Ring Bus Memory ControllerAvivo Video and Display Platform Advanced Image Quality FeaturesCrossFire System Requirements Uninstall Previous Graphics Card DriversTo uninstall previous drivers System Requirements Connecting Your Monitors Using Multiple DisplaysTo connect your monitors Display Connectors Comments Configuration Used Display ConfigurationsDisplay Configurations Using TV Out Using TV Display and Capture FeaturesViewing Your PC Display on a TV To connect S-Video Out Connecting to a TV or VCRConnecting Your S-Video Out to a TV or VCR Using a Monitor vs. Using TV DisplayUsing a TV as the Only Display Connecting to HdtvUsing Games and Applications Viewing Text on a TVATI Hdtv Cable Installing your ATI Hdtv video cableUsing Your ATI Hdtv Video Cable Installing Drivers and Software in Windows Installing Software and DriversSoftware Installation Prerequisites To install ATI drivers and softwareMonitor Configuration Reinstalling Drivers To set up a multi-monitor displayTo configure your primary display To manually reinstall drivers Express or Custom Install Installing the Catalyst Software Suite Launching Catalyst Control Center Catalyst Control CenterOther Quick Launch Access Points Launching Catalyst Control Center Using the Start MenuLaunching Catalyst Control Center Using the System Tray Launching Catalyst Control Center Using Hot KeysWhat graphics cards work with CrossFire? CrossFire FAQPage Is a driver profile required to make CrossFire work? On what basis are different rendering modes chosen? CrossFire Overview Welcome to CrossFireAllowable CrossFire System Components CrossFire Rendering Modes SuperTiling Scissor Mode Alternate Frame Rendering AFR Mode Super Anti-aliasing Mode CrossFire Overview CrossFire Overview Reference TroubleshootingScreen Defects CrossFire -Specific Troubleshooting CrossFire-Specific Troubleshooting Problem Possible Solution Compliance Information Additional AccessoriesFCC Compliance Information Industry Canada Compliance Statement Electrical SafetyCE Compliance Information Informations de conformité de la CEThis product was manufactured by ATI Technologies Inc 3Dc GlossaryAGP Adaptive Anti-aliasingAlpha Blending Alternate Frame RenderingAnti-aliasing Anisotropic FilteringAspect Aspect RatioBilinear Filtering Back BufferBit Depth BitmapCatalyst Control Center BufferColor Component Color CorrectionComposite Video Component VideoCompositing Engine Control PointCRT Edtv DVIFlat Shading FogGamma Frames Per SecondGouraud Shading HdcpHue HdtvHydraVision HyperZ HDKTX Buffer Region Extension Keyframe InterpolationLighting MipmappingPAL NtscPCI Pipeline PCI Express PCIePixel PulldownRefresh Rate ResolutionRendering SaturationSdtv Scissor ModeSecam Shadow MaskSmoothVision HD SmartShader HDSpecular Highlight Super Anti-aliasingVideo SuperTilingTexel Texture MappingTrilinear Filtering Transition Minimized Differential Signaling TmdsVector Adaptive Deinterlacing VersaVisionVertex shader units VGA ConnectorVideo Immersion VideoShader HDYPbPr VPU Recover