ASROCK Fatal1ty X99 Professional Series User Manual

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Fatal1ty X99 Professional Series
2.11 CrossFireX
TM
, 3-Way CrossFireX
TM
, 4-Way CrossFireX
TM
and Quad CrossFireX
TM
Operation Guide
is motherboard supports CrossFireX
TM
, 3-way CrossFireX
TM
, 4-way CrossFireX
TM
and Quad CrossFireX
TM
that allows you to install up to four identical PCI
Express x16 graphics cards. Currently CrossFireX
TM
, 3-way CrossFireX
TM
, 4-way
CrossFireX
TM
and Quad CrossFireX
TM
are supported with Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / 8
/ 8 64-bit / 8.1 / 8.1 64-bit OS.
*If you install CPU with 28 lanes, 4-Way CrossFireX
TM
is not supported.
2.11.1 Installing Two CrossFireX
TM
-Ready Graphics Cards
Step 1
Insert one graphics card into PCIE1 slot
and the other graphics card to PCIE4 slot.
Make sure that the cards are properly
seated on the slots.
Step 2
Connect two graphics cards by installing
a CrossFire Bridge on the CrossFire Bridge
Interconnects on the top of the graphics
cards. (e CrossFire Bridge is provided
with the graphics card you purchase, not
bundled with this motherboard. Please
refer to your graphics card vendor for
details.)
1. You should only use identical CrossFireX
TM
-ready graphics cards that are AMD certied.
2. Make sure that your graphics card driver supports AMD CrossFireX
TM
technology.
Download the drivers from the AMD’s website: www.amd.com
3. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power
your system requires. It is recommended to use a AMD certied PSU. Please refer to the
AMD’s website for details.
4. If you pair a 12-pipe CrossFireX
TM
Edition card with a 16-pipe card, both cards will oper-
ate as 12-pipe cards while in CrossFireX
TM
mode.
5. Dierent CrossFireX
TM
cards may require dierent methods to enable CrossFireX
TM
.
Please refer to AMD graphics card manuals for detailed installation guide.
CrossFire Bridge

ASROCK Fatal1ty X99 Professional Series Specifications

General

Chipset	Intel X99
CPU Socket	LGA 2011-v3
Memory Slots	8 x DIMM
Maximum Memory	128GB
Memory Type	DDR4
SATA 6Gb/s Ports	10
M.2 Slots	1
Form Factor	ATX
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
PCI Express x1 Slots	1 x PCIe 2.0 x1
Storage Interface	SATA 6Gb/s
LAN	Dual Gigabit LAN
Audio	Realtek ALC1150
Multi-GPU Support	AMD 3-Way CrossFireX
USB Ports	10 (6 rear, 4 via headers)
Ethernet	Dual Gigabit LAN