Asus P5W - Manual (Page 193)

ASUS P5W 6-1
6.1 Overview
The motherboard supports the ATI ® CrossFire™ technology that allows you to
install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. Follow the installation
procedures in this section.
6.1.1 Requirements
• CrossFire™ Edition graphics card (Master)
• CrossFire™-ready graphics card (Slave)
• CrossFire™-ready motherboard, such as the ASUS P5W motherboard.
• Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the
minimum power required by your system. See “. Power connectors”
on page 2-0 for details.
6.1.2 Before you begin
Uninstall other graphics card drivers in your system
To uninstall other graphics card drivers:
1. Close all current applications.
2. Go to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
3. Select your current graphics card driver/s.
4. Select Add/Remove.
5. Restart your system.
• Visit the ATI website or download the Radeon ® X850 Crossfire™
Edition User’s Guide from the support CD for detailed hardware
requirements and installation procedures.
• The ATI CrossFire™ technology supports only the following operating
systems:
- Windows ® XP 2-bit (Home or Professional) with Service
Pack 2 (SP2)
- Windows ® XP Professional -bit Edition.
• Make sure that your graphics card driver supports the ATI ®
CrossFire™ Technology. Download the latest driver from the ATI
website (www.ati.com)
• The maximum resolution of Radeon™ X50 CrossFire™ Edition is
00 x 200 at 5 MHz when you use DVI output.