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ATI™ CrossFire™ Pro

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Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installing ATI CrossFire Pro Graphics Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Enabling ATI CrossFire Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

ATI CrossFire Pro FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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ATI™ CrossFire™ Pro

User Guide

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ATI™ CrossFire™ Pro

User Guide

Important Safety Instructions

Note: This product is for use only with

compatible UL-listed personal computers that

have installation instructions detailing user

installation of this class of product.

Read all instructions before beginning

installation. All safety and installation

instructions should be read before the

product is installed or operated.

Retain all instructions. Safety, installation,

and operating instructions should be retained

for future reference.

Heed all warnings. All warnings regarding the

product and its operating instructions should

be obeyed.

Use appropriate grounding.

CAUTION:

For continued protection against

the risk of electric shock and fire,

install this accessory only in

products equipped with a

three-wire grounding plug, a plug

having a third (grounding) pin. This

is a safety feature. Do not remove

the grounding pin of a three-pin

plug.

Attach product securely. All product-securing

screws or fasteners should be completely

tightened in order to provide continuous

bonding between the product and the PC

chassis, as appropriate.

ATI™ CrossFire™ Pro

User Guide

Introduction

ATI™ CrossFire™ Pro leverages ATI CrossFireX™

technology to scale professional OpenGL

applications in a windowed mode by

combining the computational power of two

discreet ATI FirePro

cards to drive a single display. Note that

unlike ATI CrossFireX, ATI CrossFire Pro does

not allow more than two discreet cards

to be combined.

™

workstation graphics

Figure 1–1 ATI CrossFire Pro Diagram

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