MSI RX1900 CrossFire Install Manual

Hardware Installation

Follow the steps to install the VGA card :

1. Remove the computer case.

2. Locate the PCI Express slot on your
mainboard.

Warning: Inserting the VGA card into a wrong

slot (e.g. AGP slot) may damage your card
(refer to your mainboard manual for more
Information).

3. Put the card directly over the slot

press one end of the card into the slot
first. Gently but firmly press the other end
until it is fully seated in the slot.

4. Follow the steps listed above to insert another
VGA card, and then secure both cards with
bracket screws.

5. Using the supplied CrossFire cable to connect
the DMS connector of

DVI connector of

. Install all other cards and devices and connect

all necessary cables, and then install the case.

7. Connect the monitor. Now, you are ready to
install the software on your computer.

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PCI Express

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CrossFire Edition card
to the Standard RADEON
card. (Refer to Figure 2)

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Complete feature set also supported in OpenGL via extensions

* 2x/4x/6x Anti-Aliasing modes & 2x/4x/8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes

High quality 4:1 Normal Map Compression
Works with any two-channel data format
3-level Hierarchical Z-Buffer with Eany Z Test
Lossless Z-Buffer Compression (up to 48:1)
Fast Z-Buffer Clear and Z Cache optimized for real-time shadow rendering

* Optimized for performance at high display resolutions, including widescreen HDTV

resolutions
Seamless integration of pixel shaders with video in real time
FULLSTREAM video de-blocking technology for Real, DivX, and WMV9 formats
VIDEOSOAP noise removal filtering for captured video
MPEG1/2/4 decode and encode acceleration
Adaptive Per-Pixel De-Interlacing and Frame Rate Conversion (temporal filtering)

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CrossFire Edition card

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DMS Connector

DVI Output

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Standard RADEON card

DVI Connector

CrossFire

Cable

Software Installation (for )

Windows XP/ 2000

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To install the driver of the VGA card to your computer running CDWindows XP or 2000,
please follow the steps below:

1. Turn on the computer.

2. Insert the into the CD-ROM drive. The Autorun program will start the Setup
program, and show the setup screen as follows:

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Tip : If, on your computer, the
Autorun program does not execute
automatically, please 1) enable the
CD-ROM drive Auto-detect function
from Control Panel; or 2) find and
run the setup.exe file manually from
the CD.

3. Click ATi VGA Drivers. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the
installation.

4. After finishing the installation, restart the computer as instructed.

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MSI Live VGA Driver Update

This service enables you to update the latest VGA driver for your VGA card.

1. To update the MSI Live VGA Driver , click Live VGA Driver item on the left
column of the main page.

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2. This utility will start checking your platform and the information on the VGA card, and
display the information in a list.

3. Click the graph button on the bottom to connect MSI Live Update Series Server.
Then, it will automatically connect the Internet and compare the version of the driver
in the database.

4. It may take several minutes to detect the required drivers. Please wait while
proceeding detection.

5. Click the InstallShield Wizard button on the right side of the table to download and
update the driver. All actions will proceed automatically.

6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the updating procedure.

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MSI Live Update 3 is a useful utility for you to upgrade your MSI mainboard and
VGA card. Thanks to the powerful capacity of this utility, you can conveniently
download and automatically update the BIOS and the drivers on-line, without spending
much time in searching many Web sites to find the BIOS or drivers you want.

Installing from the CD-Title

1. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive, and start the Setup program.

2. Click the Utility tab on the setup screen.

3. Click the MSI Live Update 3 . Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the
installation.

Installing from the MSI Web Site

1. Link to MSI's website at http://www.msi.com.tw

2. Select /Download/ VGA on the upper part of the MSI's homepage to enter
the Download page.

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3. Select Utility under the selections of VGA on the left side of the web page.

The page of the MSI Live Update 3

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4. Find and click MSI Live Update to download the utility.

5. Unzip the downloaded utility first and then install this utility by clicking on LiveUpdate.exe.

6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

7. Launch MSI Live Update and to enter the main page of this utility as shown below.

Getting Started

System Requirements

Card Features

Please check out the following items to make sure that you get the complete product:
VGA card
CDs

- Drivers and documentation on CD

- Applications on CD

Consult your dealer immediately if anything is missing or damaged.

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MSI Live VGA BIOS Update

This service enables you to update the latest VGA BIOS for your VGA card.

1. To update your VGA BIOS, click Live VGA BIOS item on the left column of the main page.

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2. If your VGA card does not support the Live VGA BIOS function, you will receive a warning
message on the screen.

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3. If your VGA card do support the Live VGA BIOS function, please pay attention to the message
shown on the screen telling you that in what circumstance flashing BIOS may fail to reboot.

4. Click Yes if you would like to try it at your own risk or No to return to the main page with
everything unchanged.

5. If you click Yes to continue, it will check the information and BIOS version of your VGA card,
and list them in a table.

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6. Click the graph button at the bottom to connect the MSI Live Update 3 Server.

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7. The MSI Live VGA BIOS will automatically connect the Internet and search the supported

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BIOS in the database of MSI .

8. If it has found one (or several) supported BIOS for your VGA card, click the InstallShield
Wizard button on the right side of the table to have the new BIOS downloaded and updated
automatically.

9. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the updating procedure.

* All trademarks used in this manual are the sole property of their respective owners.

VGA is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

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* Support CorssFire --the CorssFire aspect requires the following components to be

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available in order to appear as an option within Catalyst Control Center:

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- A CorssFire Ready motherboard with two PCI Express X16 slots

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- A CorssFire Edition Series graphics card.

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- The Radeon X1900 CorssFire Edition can be pared with any standard Radeon
X1900-based graphics card, or

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- An interconnect cable, supplied with the CorssFire Edition graphics card, connecting
the two cards to a single monitor.

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* DirectX 9.0 Vertex Shaders

- Vertex programs up to 65,280 instructions with flow control

- Single cycle trigonometric operations (SIN & COS)

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Support for Microsoft DirectX 9.0 programmable vertex and pixel shaders in hardware

DirectX Extended 9.0 Pixel Shaders

Up to 1,536 instructions and 16 textures per rendering pass
32 temporary and constant registers
Facing register for two-sided lighting
128-bit, 64-bit & 32-bit per pixel floating point color formats
Multiple Render Target (MRT) support

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To install the VGA card, your computer system needs to meet the following requirements:

Intel Pentium III (and above), AMD K7 (and above), or compatible with PCI Express slot
128MB of system memory
Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
DVD playback requires DVD drive
Interactive Program guide requires Internet connection for listing updates
Remote control receiver requires available USB port
500MHZ minimum processor speed for MPEG-2 video capture
Operation System Support: Windows XP
Power supply of 350 (and up) watt is highly recommended for system stability.

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Macrovision Corporation Product Notice

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other right owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision
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For reference only

Note: The VGA card shown here
may vary from the actual card.
For further information, please
visit MSI website at
www.msi.com.tw

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512MB DDR3 memory or
256MB DDR3 memory

Fan Connector

RX1900 CrossFire series

ATI Radeon X1900 series inside!!!

PCI Express Interface

ATI Radeon X1900 series

PCI Express interface

DVI-I port

VHDCI Port

Power Connector