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5Which slot does the CrossFire™ Master card go into on the
motherboard?
The CrossFire™ Master card must go into the primary PCI Express®
slot (slot zero) on the motherboard.
Note: To determine which PCIe™ slot is the primary slot, consult
your motherboard manual.
Alternately, to determine whether or not a CrossFire™ Edition card is
in the correct slot, connect your display directly to the DVI-I
connection on the Master graphics card instead of using the
CrossFire™ DMS-59™/VHDCI connector, with both graphics cards
seated in their respective slots on the motherboard. If an image
appears on the screen upon boot-up, the card has been placed in the
primary slot on the motherboard.
6Are there any software settings required for CrossFire™ to work?
Yes, there is a setting in the Catalyst™ Control Center that needs to be
enabled for CrossFire™ to operate. When all of the hardware and
software has been properly set up and installed, the CrossFire™ aspect
appears in Catalyst™ Control Center:
To access and enable CrossFire™ in Catalyst™ Control Center, do the
following:
•Click CrossFire™ in Advanced View. Then, select Enable
CrossFire™.
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.
To change to Advanced View:
• Click the Dashboard View button and select Advanced View.
• Select Displays Manager in the tree view.
7What is the difference between a CrossFire™ Edition graphics
card and a standard graphics card from the same family?
CrossFire™ Edition graphics cards include a “compositing engine”, a
chip that takes the partially rendered image from the Slave graphics
card and merges it with the partially rendered image from the Master