CrossFire
™
Overview 35
CHAPTER 7:
Using the Radeon
®
X1950 XTX
with CrossFire
™
The Radeon
®
X1950 XTX can be used as a Slave graphics card in a
CrossFire
™
system.
For the full system requirements necessary to put together a working
CrossFire
™
system, see the CrossFire
™
FAQ.
CrossFire
™
Overview
This section provides an overview of the main features and configurations
for CrossFire
™
. These topics will be covered in more detail in other chapters
of this manual.
Allowable CrossFire
™
System Components
The basic requirements of a CrossFire
™
system are a CrossFire
™
certified
motherboard with two PCI Express
®
x16 slots, a CrossFire
™
Edition
graphics card, and a compatible CrossFire
™
Compatible graphics card.
A CrossFire
™
Edition graphics card works with all members of the same
brand-family. Thus a CrossFire
™
Edition graphics card can be used with
any Radeon
®
X1950 product.
For an up-to-date listing of CrossFire
™
certified motherboards, see:
ati.com/crossfire
CrossFire
™
Rendering Modes
A CrossFire
™
system has four possible display modes:
• SuperTiling
• Scissor Mode
• Alternate Frame Rendering
• Super Anti-aliasing.