MSI RX1900 CrossFire series User manual

Hardware Installation
Follow the steps to install the VGA card :
1. Remove the computer case.
2. Locate the PCI Express slot on your
mainboard.
Warning: Inserting the VGA card into a wrong
slot (e.g. AGP slot) may damage your card
(refer to your mainboard manual for more
Information).
3. Put the card directly over the slot
press one end of the card into the slot
first. Gently but firmly press the other end
until it is fully seated in the slot.
4. Follow the steps listed above to insert another
VGA card, and then secure both cards with
bracket screws.
5. Using the supplied CrossFire cable to connect
the DMS connector of
DVI connector of
. Install all other cards and devices and connect
all necessary cables, and then install the case.
7. Connect the monitor. Now, you are ready to
install the software on your computer.
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PCI Express
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CrossFire Edition card
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Complete feature setalso supported inOpenGL via extensions
* 2x/4x/6x Anti-Aliasing modes & 2x/4x/8x/16x Anisotropic Filtering modes
High quality 4:1Normal Map Compression
Works with anytwo-channel data format
3-level Hierarchical Z-Bufferwith Eany ZTest
Lossless Z-Buffer Compression(up to 48:1)
Fast Z-Buffer Clearand Z Cacheoptimized for real-timeshadow rendering
* Optimized for performance at high display resolutions, including widescreen HDTV
resolutions
Seamless integration ofpixel shaders withvideo in realtime
FULLSTREAM video de-blocking technologyfor Real, DivX,and WMV9 formats
VIDEOSOAP noise removal filteringfor captured video
MPEG1/2/4 decode andencode acceleration
Adaptive Per-Pixel De-Interlacingand Frame RateConversion (temporal filtering)
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CrossFire Edition card
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DMS Connector
DVI Output
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Standard RADEON card
DVI Connector
CrossFire
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Software Installation (for ) Windows XP/ 2000
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To install the driver of the VGA card to your computer running
CD
Windows XP or 2000,
please follow the steps below:
1. Turn on the computer.
2. Insert the into the CD-ROM drive. The Autorun program will start the Setup
program, and show the setup screen as follows:
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Tip : If, on your computer, the
Autorun program does not execute
automatically, please 1) enable the
CD-ROM drive Auto-detect function
from Control Panel; or 2) find and
run the setup.exe file manually from
the CD.
3. Click ATi VGA Drivers. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the
installation.
4. After finishing the installation, restart the computer as instructed.
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MSI Live VGA Driver Update
This service enables you to update the latest VGA driver for your VGA card.
1. To update the MSI Live VGA Driver , click Live VGA Driver item on the left
column of the main page.
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2. This utility will start checking your platform and the information on the VGA card, and
display the information in a list.
3. Click the graph button on the bottom to connect MSI Live Update Series Server.
Then, it will automatically connect the Internet and compare the version of the driver
in the database.
4. It may take several minutes to detect the required drivers. Please wait while
proceeding detection.
5. Click the InstallShield Wizard button on the right side of the table to download and
update the driver. All actions will proceed automatically.
6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the updating procedure.
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MSI Live Update 3 is a useful utility for you to upgrade your MSI mainboard and
VGA card. Thanks to the powerful capacity of this utility, you can conveniently
download and automatically update the BIOS and the drivers on-line, without spending
much time in searching many Web sites to find the BIOS or drivers you want.
Installing from the CD-Title
1. Insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive, and start the Setup program.
2. Click the Utility tab on the setup screen.
3. Click the MSI Live Update 3 . Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the
installation.
Installing from the MSI Web Site
1. Link to MSI's website at http://www.msi.com.tw
2. Select /Download/ VGA on the upper part of the MSI's homepage to enter
the Download page.
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3. Select Utility under the selections of VGA on the left side of the web page.
The page ofthe MSI Live Update 3
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4. Find and click MSI Live Update to download the utility.
5. Unzip the downloaded utility first and then install this utility by clicking on LiveUpdate.exe.
6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
7. Launch MSI Live Update and to enter the main page of this utility as shown below.

Getting Started
System Requirements
Card Features
Please check out the following items to make sure that you get the complete product:
VGA card
CDs
- Drivers and documentation on CD
- Applications on CD
Consult your dealer immediately if anything is missing or damaged.
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MSI Live VGA BIOS Update
This service enablesyou to updatethe latest VGABIOS for your VGA card.
1. Toupdate your VGABIOS, click Live VGA BIOS item on theleft column ofthe main page.
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2. If your VGA card does not support the Live VGA BIOS function, you will receive a warning
message on thescreen.
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3. If your VGAcard do support the Live VGA BIOS function, please pay attention to the message
shown on thescreen telling youthat in whatcircumstance flashing BIOSmay fail toreboot.
4. Click Yes if you would like to try it at your own risk or No to return to the main page with
everything unchanged.
5. If you click Yes to continue, it will check the information and BIOS version of your VGA card,
and list themin a table.
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6. Click the graphbutton at thebottom to connectthe MSI Live Update 3 Server.
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7. The MSI Live VGA BIOS will automatically connect the Internet and search the supported
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BIOS in thedatabase of MSI .
8. If it has found one (or several) supported BIOS for your VGA card, click the InstallShield
Wizard button on the right side of the table to have the new BIOS downloaded and updated
automatically.
9. Follow the on-screeninstructions to completethe updating procedure.
* All trademarksused in this manual are the soleproperty of their respective owners.
VGA is atrademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
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* Support CorssFire --the CorssFire aspect requires thefollowing components tobe
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available in orderto appear asan option within Catalyst Control Center:
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- A CorssFire Ready motherboard withtwo PCI Express X16 slots
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- A CorssFire Edition Series graphics card.
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- The Radeon X1900 CorssFire Edition can be pared with any standard Radeon
X1900-based graphics card,or
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- An interconnect cable,supplied with theCorssFire Edition graphics card,connecting
the two cardsto a singlemonitor.
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* DirectX 9.0 Vertex Shaders
- Vertex programsup to 65,280instructions with flow control
- Single cycle trigonometricoperations (SIN & COS)
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Support for Microsoft DirectX 9.0 programmable vertex and pixel shadersin hardware
DirectX Extended 9.0Pixel Shaders
Up to 1,536instructions and 16textures per rendering pass
32 temporary andconstant registers
Facing register fortwo-sided lighting
128-bit, 64-bit &32-bit per pixelfloating point color formats
Multiple Render Target (MRT) support
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To install the VGA card, your computer system needs to meet the following requirements:
Intel Pentium III (and above),AMD K7 (and above), or compatible with PCI Express slot
128MB of systemmemory
Installation software requiresCD-ROM drive
DVD playback requiresDVD drive
Interactive Program guiderequires Internet connectionfor listing updates
Remote control receiverrequires available USBport
500MHZ minimum processorspeed for MPEG-2video capture
Operation System Support:Windows XP
Power supply of350 (and up)watt is highlyrecommended for systemstability.
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certain U.S. patentsand other intellectualproperty rights ownedby Macrovision Corporationand
other right owners.Use of thiscopyright protection technologymust be authorizedby Macrovision
Corporation, and isintended for homeand other limitedviewing uses onlyunless otherwise
authorized by MacrovisionCorporation. Reverse engineeringor disassembly isprohibited.
For reference only
Note: The VGAcard shown here
may vary from the actual card.
For further information, please
visit MSI website at
www.msi.com.tw
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512MB DDR3 memoryor
256MB DDR3 memory
Fan Connector
RX1900 CrossFire series
ATI Radeon X1900 series inside!!!
PCI Express Interface
ATI Radeon X1900 series
PCI Express interface
DVI-I port
VHDCI Port
Power Connector