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ASUS M5A99X EVO

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Chapter 5

5.1.4

Installing the device drivers

Refer to the documentation that came with your graphics card package to install the device
drivers.

Ensure that your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the ATI

®

CrossFireX™

technology. Download the latest driver from the AMD website (www.amd.com).

5.1.5

Enabling the ATI

®

CrossFireX™ technology

After installing your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the CrossFireX™ feature
through the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center in Windows environment.

Launching the ATI Catalyst Control Center

To launch the ATI Catalyst Control Center

1.

Right-click on the Windows

®

desktop and select

Catalyst(TM) Control Center. You can also right-

click the ATI icon in the Windows notification area
and select

Cayalist Control Center.

2.

The

Catalyst Control Center Setup

Assistant appears when the system

detects the existance of multi-graphics
cards. Click

Go to continue to the

Catalyst Control Center Advanced

View window.

Enabling CrossFireX settings

1.

In the Catalyst Control Center window,
click

Graphics Settings > CrossFireX >

Configure.

2.

From the Graphics Adapter list, select
the graphics card to act as the display
GPU.

3.

Select

Enable CrossFireX.

4.

Click

Apply, and then click OK to exit

the window.

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