5 installing the device drivers, 6 enabling the ati® crossfirex™ technology, Installing the device drivers -4 – Asus Rampage II Extreme User Manual

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Chapter 5: Multiple GPU technology support

5.1.5

Installing the device drivers

Refer to the documentation that came with your graphics card package to install

the device drivers.

• Ensure that your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the ATI

®

CrossFireX™ technology. Download the latest driver from the AMD website

(www.amd.com).

• If you are using a Triple CrossFireX system, ensure to install the ATI

®

Catalyst™ driver under Windows

®

Vista™. The ATI Triple CrossFireX

technology is currently supported by Windows

®

Vista™ only.

5.1.6

Enabling the ATI

®

CrossFireX™ technology

After installing your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the CrossFireX™

feature through the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center in Windows environment.

Launching the ATI Catalyst Control Center

To launch the ATI Catalyst Control Center
1. Right-click on the Windows

®

desktop and

select Catalyst(TM) Control Center.

You can also right-click the ATI icon in

the Windows notification area and select

Cayalist Control Center.

2. The Catalyst Control Center Setup

Assistant appears when the system

detects the existance of multi-

graphics cards. Click Go to continue

to the Catalyst Control Center

Advanced View window.

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