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5 installing the device drivers, 6 enabling the ati® crossfirex™ technology, Installing the device drivers -4 – Asus Sabertooth X58 User Manual

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Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology support

Chapter 5

5.1.5

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).

If you are using a Triple CrossFireX system, ensure to install the ATI Catalyst

®

driver

under Windows

®

Vista™ OS. The ATI Triple CrossFireX technology is currently

supported by Windows

®

Vista™ only.

5.1.6

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.