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1 overview, 1 requirements, 2 before you begin – Asus P5B User Manual

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ASUS P5B Premium Series

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

Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the

minimum power required by your system. See 10. ATX Power connectors

on page 2-32 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 32-bit (Home or Professional) with Service

Pack 2 (SP2)

- Windows

®

XP Professional 64-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™ X850 CrossFire™ Edition is 1600 x

1200 at 65 MHz when you use DVI output.

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