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English, 2 driver installation and setup – ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 User Manual

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The Catalyst Uninstaller is an optional download. We recommend using this

utility to uninstall any previously installed Catalyst drivers prior to installation.

Please check AMD website for AMD driver updates.

Step 3. Install the required drivers to your system.

For Windows

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XP OS:

A. AMD recommends Windows

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XP Service Pack 2 or higher to be

installed (If you have Windows

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XP Service Pack 2 or higher installed

in your system, there is no need to download it again):

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/default.mspx

B. You must have Microsoft .NET Framework installed prior to

downloading and installing the CATALYST Control Center. Please

check Microsoft website for details.

For Windows

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8 / 7 / Vista

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OS:

Install the CATALYST Control Center. Please check AMD website for de-
tails.

Step 4. Restart your computer.
Step 5. Install the VGA card drivers to your system, and restart your computer.

Then you will find “ATI Catalyst Control Center” on your Windows

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taskbar.

ATI Catalyst Control Center

2.5.2 Driver Installation and Setup

Step 1. Power on your computer and boot into OS.
Step 2. Remove the AMD driver if you have any VGA driver installed in your sys-

tem.

Step 6. Double-click “ATI Catalyst Control Center”. Click “View”, select “CrossFi-

reX

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”, and then check the item “Enable CrossFireX

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”. Select “2 GPUs”

and click “Apply” (if you install two Radeon graphics cards).