MSI H57M-ED65 Series - Page 39

Hardware Setup ▍
MS-7587
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Hardware Setup ▍
MS-7587
Important
Manboard photos shown n ths secton are for demonstraton only. The appearance
of your manboard may vary dependng on the model you purchase.
If you ntend to nstall
TWO graphcs cards for CrossFreX
TM
mode, make sure that
these two graphcs cards are of the same brand.
Make sure that you connect an adequate power supply to the power connector on the
graphcs card to ensure stable operaton of the graphcs card.
Only Wndows
®
XP wth Servce Pack 2 (SP2)& Wndows
®
XP Professonal x64 Ed-
ton & Wndows
®
Vsta / 7 support the CrossFreX
TM
functon.
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ATI CrossFreX
TM
(Mult-GPU) Technology
ATI CrossFreX
TM
s the ultmate mult-GPU performance gamng platform. Enablng
game-domnatng power, ATI CrossFreX
TM
technology enables two dscrete graphcs
processors to work together to mprove system performance. ATI CrossFreX
TM
technol-
ogy allows you to expand your system’s graphcs capabltes. It allows you the ablty to
scale your system’s graphcs horsepower as you need t, supportng two ATI Radeon
TM
HD graphcs cards, makng ths the most scalable gamng platform ever. The manboard
can auto detect the CrossFreX
TM
mode by software, therefore you don’t have to enable
the CrossFreX
TM
n BIOS by yourself. The followng detals the CrossFreX
TM
nstalla-
ton.
Install one ATI Radeon
TM
HD graphcs card n 󰘰rst PCIE x16 slot , then nstall one
ATI Radeon
TM
HD graphcs card n second PCIE x16 slot.
Wth two cards nstalled, an CrossFreX
TM
Vdeo Lnk cable s requred to connect
the golden 󰘰ngers on the top of these two graphcs cards (refer to the pcture be-
low). Please note that although you have nstalled two graphcs cards, only the
vdeo outputs on the graphcs card nstalled n 󰘰rst PCIE x16 slot wll work. Hence,
you only need to connect a montor to ths graphcs card.
1.
2.
CrossFreX
TM
Vdeo Lnk cable