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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. Step 1. Install one Radeon graphics card to PCIE2 slot. For the proper installation procedures, please refer to section "Expansion Slots". Step 2. Install the other Radeon graphics card to PCIE3 slot. For the proper installation procedures, please refer to section "Expansion Slots". Step 3. Connect two Radeon graphics cards by installing two CrossFireTM Bridge on CrossFireTM Bridge Interconnects on the top of Radeon graphics cards. (CrossFireTM Bridge is provided with the graphics card you purchase, not bundled with this motherboard. Please refer to your graphics card vendor for details.) 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.
Enjoy the benefit of CrossFire
Enjoy the benefit of CrossFire
Enjoy the benefit of CrossFire
Enjoy the benefit of CrossFire
Enjoy the benefit of CrossFire
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.
Step 1.
Install one Radeon graphics card to PCIE2 slot. For the proper installation
procedures, please refer to section “Expansion Slots”.
Step 2.
Install the other Radeon graphics card to PCIE3 slot. For the proper installa-
tion procedures, please refer to section “Expansion Slots”.
Step 3.
Connect two Radeon graphics cards by installing two CrossFire
TM
Bridge on
CrossFire
TM
Bridge Interconnects on the top of Radeon graphics cards.
(CrossFire
TM
Bridge is provided with the graphics card you purchase, not
bundled with this motherboard. Please refer to your graphics card vendor
for details.)