Foxconn FlamingBlade GTI User Manual

Appendix
111
ATI
®
CrossFireX
TM
Technology
Introduction
ATI
®
CrossFireX
TM
technology takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI
Express
TM
bus architecture, and features intelligent hardware and software solutions to
deliver earth-shattering PC performance in a multi ATI
®
GPU solution. It allows up to
four identical PCI Express
TM
x16 graphics cards.
The CrossFireX
TM
requires the following components to be available in order to appear
as an option within Catalyst
TM
Control Center :
■ CrossFireX
TM
Ready motherboard, such as Foxconn’s Flaming Blade/ Flaming
Blade GTI.
■ 2, 3 or 4 CrossFireX
TM
graphics cards
For the detailed CrossFireX
TM
Graphic Card support list on this motherboard, please
visit the website: http://www.foxconnchannel.com
Using CrossFireX
TM
Technology
1. Please uninstall any existing graphics card drivers which would possibly create a
conict before attempting to install this display card.
2. Install the rst Radeon CrossFireX
TM
graphics card to PCI-E1_16X slot.
3. Install the second Radeon CrossFireX
TM
graphics card to PCI-E2_16X slot.
4. If you wish to use 3 graphics cards we recommend using the lower 2 PCIE 16x slots
to keep the rst card running at 16x lanes while the second and third will run at 8x
each.
5. Align and rmly insert the CrossFire bridge onto the edge connector of each graphics card.
Make sure that the bridge is rmly in place.

Foxconn FlamingBlade GTI Specifications

General

Brand	Foxconn
Model	FlamingBlade GTI
Category	Motherboard
Language	English