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... a high-end graphics card with a peak dissipation above 75 watts. A second Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. • Two CrossFire™ bridge interconnects. • A specialized PCI Express® 550 watt or greater power supply recommended. We hope that includes the Radeon® X1950 Pro, the following are required: • A CrossFire... purchase of your computer system manual to ensure the power supply is designed to ati.com/crossfire. Consult your ATI Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. External Connections • Dual-link DVI-I output • Dual-link DVI-I output •...
... a high-end graphics card with a peak dissipation above 75 watts. A second Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. • Two CrossFire™ bridge interconnects. • A specialized PCI Express® 550 watt or greater power supply recommended. We hope that includes the Radeon® X1950 Pro, the following are required: • A CrossFire... purchase of your computer system manual to ensure the power supply is designed to ati.com/crossfire. Consult your ATI Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card. External Connections • Dual-link DVI-I output • Dual-link DVI-I output •...
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Your Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card provides hardware support for more information see the SurroundView™ manual) or an additional PCI graphics card. digital flat panel display. High Definition Television It also provides TV output via the SVideo-to-Composite adapter. DFP - cathode ray tube analog display. HDTV - If additional displays are rendered inactive. The S-video out...
Your Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics card provides hardware support for more information see the SurroundView™ manual) or an additional PCI graphics card. digital flat panel display. High Definition Television It also provides TV output via the SVideo-to-Composite adapter. DFP - cathode ray tube analog display. HDTV - If additional displays are rendered inactive. The S-video out...
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... the Super Anti-aliasing mode in Catalyst® Control Center. 22 CrossFire™ CrossFire™ The CrossFire™ aspect requires the following components to be available in order to automatically select the preferred rendering mode for target applications. is successfully enabled,...Center 3D settings aspect. For the latest information, see the CrossFire™ Web page at least two PCI Express® x16 slots. • Two Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ graphics cards, one used . to appear as an option within Catalyst® Control Center: • A CrossFire...
... the Super Anti-aliasing mode in Catalyst® Control Center. 22 CrossFire™ CrossFire™ The CrossFire™ aspect requires the following components to be available in order to automatically select the preferred rendering mode for target applications. is successfully enabled,...Center 3D settings aspect. For the latest information, see the CrossFire™ Web page at least two PCI Express® x16 slots. • Two Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ graphics cards, one used . to appear as an option within Catalyst® Control Center: • A CrossFire...
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23 CrossFire™ FAQ The following components are required: • Two Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics cards. • Two CrossFire™ bridge interconnects. • A CrossFire™-ready motherboard with two PCIe™ x16 slots. • A...they become available. The following are required to build a working CrossFire™ system based on the requirements for each of qualified motherboards, please consult the CrossFire™ Web site at: ati.com/crossfire More information on the Radeon® X1950 Pro? Radeon® X1950 Pro using CrossFire™ bridge interconnects ...
23 CrossFire™ FAQ The following components are required: • Two Radeon® X1950 Pro graphics cards. • Two CrossFire™ bridge interconnects. • A CrossFire™-ready motherboard with two PCIe™ x16 slots. • A...they become available. The following are required to build a working CrossFire™ system based on the requirements for each of qualified motherboards, please consult the CrossFire™ Web site at: ati.com/crossfire More information on the Radeon® X1950 Pro? Radeon® X1950 Pro using CrossFire™ bridge interconnects ...
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Are there any software settings required for CrossFire™? When CrossFire™ is disabled. Otherwise, you can access the CrossFire™ aspect in Catalyst® Control Center: To access ...; is successfully enabled, all of the Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ implementation. Two Radeon® X1950 Pro cards are located on the Radeon® X1950 Pro cards, see where the DVO ports are connected by default to support only a single PCI Express® x16 slot. 24 Are there specific CMOS motherboard settings for a Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ to work? To see ...
Are there any software settings required for CrossFire™? When CrossFire™ is disabled. Otherwise, you can access the CrossFire™ aspect in Catalyst® Control Center: To access ...; is successfully enabled, all of the Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ implementation. Two Radeon® X1950 Pro cards are located on the Radeon® X1950 Pro cards, see where the DVO ports are connected by default to support only a single PCI Express® x16 slot. 24 Are there specific CMOS motherboard settings for a Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ to work? To see ...
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...are the rendering modes, and what are available: • SuperTiling - Is a driver profile required to render alternate frames of frames. each card processes the complex 3D objects in a fine-grained checkerboard pattern. CrossFire™ works with CrossFire...ATI's Catalyst® Control Center. The following dynamic rendering modes are their specific advantages? 25 CrossFire™ bridge interconnect To install the CrossFire™ bridge interconnects, see the Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ Getting Started Guide. Which games/applications work ? the two graphics cards...
...are the rendering modes, and what are available: • SuperTiling - Is a driver profile required to render alternate frames of frames. each card processes the complex 3D objects in a fine-grained checkerboard pattern. CrossFire™ works with CrossFire...ATI's Catalyst® Control Center. The following dynamic rendering modes are their specific advantages? 25 CrossFire™ bridge interconnect To install the CrossFire™ bridge interconnects, see the Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ Getting Started Guide. Which games/applications work ? the two graphics cards...
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... multi-GPU performance gaming platform, using ATI CrossFire™ ready motherboards and ATI graphics cards. These topics are : • Two Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ graphics cards • Two internal CrossFire™ ...ati.com/crossfire. Each mode uses a different method for CrossFire™. Only one mode can be in other chapters of the main features and configurations for dividing the workload required to render a 3D image across multiple GPUs. Allowable Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ System Components The basic requirements of a Radeon® X1950 Pro...
... multi-GPU performance gaming platform, using ATI CrossFire™ ready motherboards and ATI graphics cards. These topics are : • Two Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ graphics cards • Two internal CrossFire™ ...ati.com/crossfire. Each mode uses a different method for CrossFire™. Only one mode can be in other chapters of the main features and configurations for dividing the workload required to render a 3D image across multiple GPUs. Allowable Radeon® X1950 Pro CrossFire™ System Components The basic requirements of a Radeon® X1950 Pro...
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...; X1950 Pro Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 4 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 5 Final Rendered Frame on Display SuperTiling has the advantage of the two GPUs. 28 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes The ATI Catalyst® display... method does a good job of balancing the workload across each of being rendered on the display, doing so without requiring user intervention. Each tile is started, without any 3D application. You can be rendered is divided into a number ...
...; X1950 Pro Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 4 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 5 Final Rendered Frame on Display SuperTiling has the advantage of the two GPUs. 28 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes The ATI Catalyst® display... method does a good job of balancing the workload across each of being rendered on the display, doing so without requiring user intervention. Each tile is started, without any 3D application. You can be rendered is divided into a number ...
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...has two main disadvantages: it requires rendering many more effective sample 32 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 1 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 4 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 5 Final Rendered Frame on ...can make use . CrossFire™'s Super Antialiasing overcomes both of the second GPU to render the additional pixels required for each frame, so there is then downsampled to use of a more pixels than that which is not...
...has two main disadvantages: it requires rendering many more effective sample 32 CrossFire™ Rendering Modes 1 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 2 Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 3 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 4 Partial Frame Rendered on Radeon® X1950 Pro Graphics Card 5 Final Rendered Frame on ...can make use . CrossFire™'s Super Antialiasing overcomes both of the second GPU to render the additional pixels required for each frame, so there is then downsampled to use of a more pixels than that which is not...
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...or No Picture Operating System Warns that both video card and monitor support resolution and refresh rates you installed your enhanced driver. • Check if your monitor supports the resolution, horizontal (kHz) and vertical (Hz) refresh rates as required by the graphics card. • Check your current resolution, ...monitor's documentation for the appropriate cable and connector to your operating system and applications. • Remove and re-install the ATI drivers for your Radeon® X1950 Pro card. Incompatible resolution/refresh rate selection may result in monitor damage.
...or No Picture Operating System Warns that both video card and monitor support resolution and refresh rates you installed your enhanced driver. • Check if your monitor supports the resolution, horizontal (kHz) and vertical (Hz) refresh rates as required by the graphics card. • Check your current resolution, ...monitor's documentation for the appropriate cable and connector to your operating system and applications. • Remove and re-install the ATI drivers for your Radeon® X1950 Pro card. Incompatible resolution/refresh rate selection may result in monitor damage.