User`s guide

CrossFire™ Overview 27
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 are covered in more detail in other chapters of this
manual.
Allowable Radeon
®
X1950 Pro CrossFire™ System
Components
The basic requirements of a Radeon
®
X1950 Pro CrossFire™ system are:
• Two Radeon
®
X1950 Pro CrossFire™ graphics cards
• Two internal CrossFire™ bridge interconnects
• A CrossFire™ -ready motherboard
• A 550-watt power supply
For an up-to-date listing of CrossFire™ certified motherboards and power
supplies, and CrossFire™ configurations see:
ati.com/crossfire.
CrossFire™ Rendering Modes
A CrossFire™ system has four possible display modes:
• SuperTiling
• Scissor Mode
• Alternate Frame Rendering
• Super Anti-aliasing
The first three display modes are performance-oriented modes, while Super
Anti-aliasing is a quality-oriented mode. Each mode uses a different method
for dividing the workload required to render a 3D image across multiple
GPUs. Only one mode can be in operation at any given time.
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