Asus M3A78-EM Computer Hardware User Manual


 
A-2 Appendix
ATI
®
Hybrid CrossFireX™
The motherboard supports the ATI
®
Hybrid CrossFire™ technology that allows you
to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) CrossFireX cards.
A.1 System requirements
Before using ATI Hybrid CrossFireX, ensure that your system meets the following
basic requirements:
Operating System:
Windows
®
Vista
Memory capacity:
Minimum 1GB
CPU:
AM2+
On-board graphics card RAM:
256MB
Add-on GPU: HD2400 PRO/HD2400 XT/HD3450/HD3470
We recommend that you use a graphics card with an HD2400 PRO GPU.
A.2 Before you proceed
Congure the BIOS settings for the graphics card to support ATI Hybrid
CrossFireX.
To set Internal Graphics:
1. Press <Del> during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS Setup
utility.
2. Select
Advanced > Chipset > Internal Graphics, set the UMA Frame
Buffer Size to [256M], and set the Surround View to [Enabled].
3. Press <F10> to save the changes and exit BIOS settings. Select
OK to
conrm.
Internal Graphics
Primary Video Controller [GFX0-GPP-IGFX-PCI]
UMA Frame Buffer Size [256M]
Surround View [Enabled]
GFX0-GPP-IGFX-PCI
GPP-GFX0-IGFX-PCI
PCI-GFX0-GPP-IGFX
IGFX-GFX0-GPP-PCI