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103 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. 7 What 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 graphics card. The result is a complete frame rendered at up to twice the performance of a single graphics card. 8 How are the graphics cards connected on a CrossFire™ system? The two cards are connected by an external cable. The cable is attached from the Slave graphics card's DVI-I connection to the CrossFire™ Edition's CrossFire™ connection, which is used to convey information from the Slave graphics card to the Master graphics card and transmit the combined signal to a display device. 9 Which games/applications work with CrossFire™? CrossFire™ works with all full-screen 3D games and applications. Catalyst™ A.I. is enabled by default in the Catalyst™ Control Center software. This automatically selects the optimal rendering mode for the application. 10 Is a driver profile required to make CrossFire™ work? No. CrossFire™ is enabled by default for all full-screen 3D games and applications. 11 What happens if you pair a two CrossFire™ Edition graphics cards with different architectures? In this scenario both graphics cards will operate at the speed of the slower graphics cards while in CrossFire™ mode. You will be required to restart your computer for this matching to take place.

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103
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.
7
What 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
graphics card. The result is a complete frame rendered at up to twice
the performance of a single graphics card.
8
How are the graphics cards connected on a CrossFire™ system?
The two cards are connected by an external cable. The cable is
attached from the Slave graphics card’s DVI-I connection to the
CrossFire™ Edition’s CrossFire™ connection, which is used to
convey information from the Slave graphics card to the Master
graphics card and transmit the combined signal to a display device.
9
Which games/applications work with CrossFire™?
CrossFire™ works with all full-screen 3D games and applications.
Catalyst™ A.I. is enabled by default in the Catalyst™ Control Center
software. This automatically selects the optimal rendering mode for
the application.
10
Is a driver profile required to make CrossFire™ work?
No. CrossFire™ is enabled by default for all full-screen 3D games
and applications.
11
What happens if you pair a two CrossFire™ Edition graphics
cards with different architectures?
In this scenario both graphics cards will operate at the speed of the
slower graphics cards while in CrossFire™ mode. You will be
required to restart your computer for this matching to take place.