Asus P5B Premium Series - 6.1 Overview of CrossFire Technology; CrossFire System Requirements; Before You Begin: Uninstall Graphics Drivers

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 Crossre™ 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.