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| System Name | Work in progress |
|---|---|
| Processor | AMD 955---4Ghz |
| Motherboard | MSi GD70 |
| Cooling | OcZ Phase/water |
| Memory | Crucial2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-16000 |
| Video Card(s) | CrossfireX 2 X HD 4890 1GB OCed to 1000Mhz |
| Storage | SSD 64GB |
| Display(s) | Envision 24'' 1920x1200 |
| Case | Using the desk ATM |
| Audio Device(s) | Sucky onboard for now :( |
| Power Supply | 1000W TruePower Quattro |
Most people wonder what this stuff is, and what these settings do.
To get into Catalyst control right click on your desktop left click on ATi Catalyst.
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If this this pop up comes up, chose Advanced(Click never show again if you wish) and click next
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Once your inside Catalyst control you will see a list of tabs on the top
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When you click Hot-keys manager you will see Catalyst control with a drop down-box listing your video card.
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This options may be used to change settings with Catalyst control while being in game, or being on the desktop.
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Crossfire is when you connect multiple ATi video cards together. You must have a motherboard that has 2 or more PCi express that are speeds of 8x or 16x. This can be enabled by software or hardware. Unlike SLi, the crossfire can talk both directions at one time, can mismatch video cards, and can be enabled in any game.
For example you can take a x800pro and use a X850XT master card, but you can not swap generations of cards;for instance, you can not match a x800pro with a X1900 master card. Some cards do not need a master card, at the Moment this cards are the mid range cards. The X1300. X1600, and the X900Gt, do not require a special cable to work with. ATi has just released the new stile of CrossFire where the cables will be hidden inside of the PC.
With crossfire you get special settings within Catalyst Control center. Those settings are SuperTiling, Scissor, Alternate Frame Rendering, and CrossFire Super AA
SuperTiling
Works as a chest set, the multiple video cards spit up the data and only focus on its own part. For instance if there was 2 video cards one would do the red and the other would do the white spots. Then the two are combined after the process has been worked out to display on the screen. More than two video cards can be stringed together for this process. Note this only works with matching pipelines on Video cards. So if you have a X800pro(OR X1900GT) with 12 pipelines, you can not mach it with a X850XT crossfire master card(Nor a X1900mastercard).
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Ok I was working on this and have been putting it off, can someone upload me some pics of the crossfire settings?
More to edit on of course.
To get into Catalyst control right click on your desktop left click on ATi Catalyst.
Pic needed
If this this pop up comes up, chose Advanced(Click never show again if you wish) and click next
Pic needed
Once your inside Catalyst control you will see a list of tabs on the top
Pic needed
When you click Hot-keys manager you will see Catalyst control with a drop down-box listing your video card.
Pic needed
This options may be used to change settings with Catalyst control while being in game, or being on the desktop.
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Crossfire is when you connect multiple ATi video cards together. You must have a motherboard that has 2 or more PCi express that are speeds of 8x or 16x. This can be enabled by software or hardware. Unlike SLi, the crossfire can talk both directions at one time, can mismatch video cards, and can be enabled in any game.
For example you can take a x800pro and use a X850XT master card, but you can not swap generations of cards;for instance, you can not match a x800pro with a X1900 master card. Some cards do not need a master card, at the Moment this cards are the mid range cards. The X1300. X1600, and the X900Gt, do not require a special cable to work with. ATi has just released the new stile of CrossFire where the cables will be hidden inside of the PC.
With crossfire you get special settings within Catalyst Control center. Those settings are SuperTiling, Scissor, Alternate Frame Rendering, and CrossFire Super AA
SuperTiling
Works as a chest set, the multiple video cards spit up the data and only focus on its own part. For instance if there was 2 video cards one would do the red and the other would do the white spots. Then the two are combined after the process has been worked out to display on the screen. More than two video cards can be stringed together for this process. Note this only works with matching pipelines on Video cards. So if you have a X800pro(OR X1900GT) with 12 pipelines, you can not mach it with a X850XT crossfire master card(Nor a X1900mastercard).
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Ok I was working on this and have been putting it off, can someone upload me some pics of the crossfire settings?
More to edit on of course.