ASRock A770CrossFire User Manual - Page 19

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What graphics cards work with CrossFireTM? A complete CrossFireTM system requires a CrossFireTM Ready motherboard, a CrossFireTM Edition graphics card and a compatible standard Radeon (CrossFireTM Ready) graphics card from the same series, or two CrossFireTM Ready cards. This applies to cards from ATITM or any of its partners. Please refer to below table for CrossFireTM VGA card support list according to the OS you install. For Windows® XP Vendor Chipset ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 Radeon HD 3870 Radeon HD 3850 Radeon HD 3650 Radeon HD 3450 Radeon HD2900XT Radeon HD 2600XT Radeon HD 2600PRO Radeon X1950XTX Radeon X1950PRO Model Driver POWERCOLOR AX3870X2 1GBD3-H Catalyst 8.2 POWERCOLOR AX3870 512MD4-H Catalyst 8.2 GIGABYTE GV-RX385256H-B Catalyst 8.2 POWERCOLOR AX3650 512MD3-XP Catalyst 8.2 POWERCOLOR AX3450 256MD2-S Catalyst 8.2 MSI RX2900XT-VT2D512E Catalyst 7.11 Gigabyte GV-RX26T256HP-B Catalyst 7.9 MSI RX2600PRO-T2D256EZ Catalyst 7.9 GeCube RX1950XTX Catalyst 7.11 Gecube Radeon X1950Pro 256MB Catalyst 7.11 For Windows® Vista Vendor Chipset ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 Radeon HD 3870 Radeon HD 3850 Radeon HD 3650 Radeon HD 3450 Radeon HD2900XT Radeon HD 2600XT Radeon HD 2600PRO Radeon X1950XTX Radeon X1950PRO Radeon X1600PRO Radeon X1300 PRO Model Driver POWERCOLOR AX3870X2 1GBD3-H Catalyst 8.2 POWERCOLOR AX3870 512MD4-H Catalyst 8.2 GIGABYTE GV-RX385256H-B Catalyst 8.2 POWERCOLOR AX3650 512MD3-XP Catalyst 8.2 POWERCOLOR AX3450 256MD2-S Catalyst 8.2 MSI RX2900XT-VT2D512E Catalyst 7.11 Gigabyte GV-RX26T256HP-B Catalyst 7.9 MSI RX2600PRO-T2D256EZ Catalyst 7.9 GeCube RX1950XTX Catalyst 7.11 Gecube Radeon X1950Pro 256MB Catalyst 7.11 MSI RX1600PRO-TD256E Catalyst 7.3 MSI RX1300PRO-TD256E Catalyst 7.3 1. If a customer incorrectly configures their system they will not see the performance benefits of CrossFireTM. All three CrossFireTM components, a CrossFireTM Ready graphics card, a CrossFireTM Ready motherboard and a CrossFireTM Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed correctly to benefit from the CrossFireTM multi-GPU platform. 2. If you pair a 12-pipe CrossFireTM Edition card with a 16-pipe card, both cards will operate as 12-pipe cards while in CrossFireTM mode. Enjoy the benefit of CrossFireTM Different CrossFireTM cards may require different methods to enable CrossFireTM feature. In below procedures, we use Radeon 2600XT as the example graphics card. For other CrossFireTM cards that ATITM has released or will release in the future, please refer to ATITM graphics card manuals for detailed installation guide. 19

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1. If a customer incorrectly configures their system they will not see the
performance benefits of CrossFire
TM
. All three CrossFire
TM
components, a
CrossFire
TM
Ready graphics card, a CrossFire
TM
Ready motherboard and a
CrossFire
TM
Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed correctly to
benefit from the CrossFire
TM
multi-GPU platform.
2. If you pair a 12-pipe CrossFire
TM
Edition card with a 16-pipe card,
both cards will
operate as 12-pipe cards while in CrossFire
TM
mode.
What graphics cards work with CrossFire
TM
?
A complete CrossFire
TM
system requires a CrossFire
TM
Ready motherboard, a
CrossFire
TM
Edition graphics card and a compatible standard Radeon (CrossFire
TM
Ready) graphics card from the same series, or two CrossFire
TM
Ready cards. This
applies to cards from ATI
TM
or any of its partners. Please refer to below table for
CrossFire
TM
VGA card support list according to the OS you install.
For Windows
®
XP
Vendor Chipset
Model
Driver
ATI
Radeon HD 3870 X2
POWERCOLOR AX3870X2 1GBD3-H
Catalyst 8.2
Radeon HD 3870
POWERCOLOR AX3870 512MD4-H
Catalyst 8.2
Radeon HD 3850
GIGABYTE GV-RX385256H-B
Catalyst 8.2
Radeon HD 3650
POWERCOLOR AX3650 512MD3-XP
Catalyst 8.2
Radeon HD 3450
POWERCOLOR AX3450 256MD2-S
Catalyst 8.2
Radeon HD2900XT
MSI RX2900XT-VT2D512E
Catalyst 7.11
Radeon HD 2600XT
Gigabyte GV-RX26T256HP-B
Catalyst 7.9
Radeon HD 2600PRO
MSI RX2600PRO-T2D256EZ
Catalyst 7.9
Radeon X1950XTX
GeCube RX1950XTX
Catalyst 7.11
Radeon X1950PRO
Gecube Radeon X1950Pro 256MB
Catalyst 7.11
For Windows
®
Vista
Vendor Chipset
Model
Driver
ATI
Radeon HD 3870 X2
POWERCOLOR AX3870X2 1GBD3-H
Catalyst 8.2
Radeon HD 3870
POWERCOLOR AX3870 512MD4-H
Catalyst 8.2
Radeon HD 3850
GIGABYTE GV-RX385256H-B
Catalyst 8.2
Radeon HD 3650
POWERCOLOR AX3650 512MD3-XP
Catalyst 8.2
Radeon HD 3450
POWERCOLOR AX3450 256MD2-S
Catalyst 8.2
Radeon HD2900XT
MSI RX2900XT-VT2D512E
Catalyst 7.11
Radeon HD 2600XT
Gigabyte GV-RX26T256HP-B
Catalyst 7.9
Radeon HD 2600PRO
MSI RX2600PRO-T2D256EZ
Catalyst 7.9
Radeon X1950XTX
GeCube RX1950XTX
Catalyst 7.11
Radeon X1950PRO
Gecube Radeon X1950Pro 256MB
Catalyst 7.11
Radeon X1600PRO
MSI RX1600PRO-TD256E
Catalyst 7.3
Radeon X1300 PRO
MSI RX1300PRO-TD256E
Catalyst 7.3
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TM
TM
TM
TM
TM
Different CrossFire
TM
cards may require different methods to enable CrossFire
TM
feature. In below procedures, we use Radeon 2600XT as the example graphics card.
For other CrossFire
TM
cards that ATI
TM
has released or will release in the future, please
refer to ATI
TM
graphics card manuals for detailed installation guide.