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(Note) The bridge connector(s) may be needed or not depending on your graphics cards.
Procedure and driver screen for enabling CrossFireX/SLI technology may differ by graphics cards
and driver version. Refer to the manual that came with your graphics cards for more information
about enabling CrossFireX/SLI technology.
A. System Requirements
- Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP operating system
- A CrossFireX/SLI-supported motherboard with two PCI Express x16 slots and correct driver
- Two CrossFireX/SLI-ready graphics cards of identical brand and chip and correct driver
- One CrossFire
(Note )
/SLI bridge connector
- A power supply with sufcient power is recommended (Refer to the manual of your graphics cards for
the power requirement)
B. Connecting the Graphics Cards
Step 1:
Observe the steps in "1-5 Installing an Expansion Card" and install two CrossFireX/SLI graphics cards on the
PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2 slots.
Step 2:
Insert the CrossFire
(Note)
/SLI bridge connector in the CrossFireX/SLI gold edge connectors on top of the two
cards.
Step 3:
Plug the display cable into the graphics card on the PCIEX16_1 slot.
C. Conguring the Graphics Card Driver
C-1. To Enable CrossFireX Function
After installing the graphics card driver in the operating system, go to the Cata-
lyst Control Center. Browse to Performance\AMD CrossFireX Congura-
tions and ensure the Enable CrossFireX
™
check box is selected and click
Apply.
1-6 Setup of AMD CrossFireX
™
/NVIDIA SLI Conguration
C-2. To Enable SLI Function
After installing the graphics card driver in the operating system, go
to the NVIDIA Control Panel. Browse to the Set SLI and Physx
Configuration screen and ensure Maximize 3D performance is
selected.
- GA-990FXA-D3 1
- Motherboard 2
- May 20, 2011 2
- Copyright 3
- Disclaimer 3
- Documentation Classications 3
- Table of Contents 4
- Box Contents 6
- Optional Items 6
- 1-1 Installation Precautions 9
- 1-2 Product Specications 10
- 1-3-1 Installing the CPU 13
- CPU Socket 14
- Locking Lever 14
- 1-4 Installing the Memory 16
- 1-4-2 Installing a Memory 17
- PCI Slot 18
- PCI Express x1 Slot 18
- 1-6 Setup of AMD CrossFireX 19
- /NVIDIA SLI Conguration 19
- 1-7 Back Panel Connectors 20
- 1-8 Internal Connectors 22
- 8) BAT (Battery) 25
- System Status LED 26
- S1 Blinking 26
- S3/S4/S5 Off 26
- - 29 - Hardware Installation 29
- Hardware Installation - 30 30
- Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 31
- 2-1 Startup Screen 32
- 2-2 The Main Menu 33
- DCTs Mode 37
- DDR3 Timing Items 37
- DRAM Conguration 37
- 2-4 Standard CMOS Features 41
- Halt On 42
- Memory 42
- 2-5 Advanced BIOS Features 43
- 2-6 Integrated Peripherals 45
- OnChip SATA Port as ESP 46
- Onboard LAN Function 46
- Onboard LAN Boot ROM 46
- Cable Length= 30m 47
- 2-7 Power Management Setup 48
- 2-8 PC Health Status 50
- 2-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults 52
- 2-10 Load Optimized Defaults 52
- 2-12 Save & Exit Setup 54
- 2-13 Exit Without Saving 54
- 3-2 Application Software 56
- 3-3 Technical Manuals 56
- 3-4 Contact 57
- 3-5 System 57
- 3-6 Download Center 58
- 3-7 New Utilities 58
- Chapter 4 Unique Features 59
- 4-2 BIOS Update Utilities 62
- B. Updating the BIOS 63
- A. Before You Begin 65
- B. Using @BIOS 65
- C. After Updating the BIOS 65
- 4-3 EasyTune 6 66
- 4-4 Easy Energy Saver 67
- C. Stealth Mode 68
- B. Total Mode 68
- 4-5 Q-Share 69
- 4-6 SMART Recovery 70
- 4-7 Auto Green 71
- 4-8 Cloud OC 72
- Chapter 5 Appendix 73
- A. Installing Windows 7/Vista 79
- B. Installing Windows XP 80
- A. Conguring Speakers 83
- B. Conguring Sound Effect 84
- 5-2-2 Conguring S/PDIF Out 85
- * Enabling Stereo Mix 87
- A. Recording Sound 88
- B. Playing the Recorded Sound 88
- 5-3 Troubleshooting 89
- Appendix - 90 90
- - 91 - Appendix 91
- Appendix - 92 92
- - 93 - Appendix 93
- Appendix - 94 94
- Contact Us 95
- Appendix - 96 96
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