Owner's Manual

- 19 - Hardware Installation
(Note) The bridge connectors may be needed or not depending on your graphics cards.
1-6 Setup of ATI CrossFireX
™
/SLI Conguration
A. System Requirements
- The CrossFireX/SLItechnology currently supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 operating systems
- A CrossFireX/SLI-supported motherboard with two/three PCI Express x16 slots and correct driver
- Two CrossFireX/SLI-ready graphics cards of identical brand and chip and correct driver
- One CrossFireX
(Note)
/SLI bridge connector
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B. Connecting the Graphics Cards
Step 1:
Observe the steps in "1-5 Installing an Expansion Card" and install two CrossFireX/SLI graphics cards on the PCI Express
x16 slots.
Step 2:
Insert the CrossFireX
(Note)
/SLI bridge connector(s) in the CrossFireX/SLI gold edge connectors on top of the two cards.
Step 3:
Plug the display cable into the graphics card on the PCIEX16_1 slot.
Procedure and driver screen for enabling CrossFireX/SLI technology may differ by graphics cards.
Refer to the manual that came with your graphics cards for more information about enabling Cross-
FireX technology.
C. Conguring the Graphics Card Driver
C-1. To Enable CrossFireX Function
C-2. To Enable SLI Function
For CrossFireX:
After installing the
graphics card driver in the operating system, go to the Catalyst Control Center. Browse
to the CrossFireX menu and select the Enable
CrossFireX
™
check box. Click OK to apply.
For SLI:
After installing the graphics card driver in the operating system, go to the NVIDIA Control
Panel. Browse to the Set SLI and PhysX conguration screen and ensure PhysX and
SLI are enabled.