CrossFire™ Xpress
3200: Backbone of the Enthusiast PC
ATI CrossFire™ Xpress 3200 Platform Chipset is a defining milestone
for the PC industry, as it is the first to unleash true, unrestricted 2x16
PCI Express® interfaces. Designed from the ground up for the enthusiast
and professional, this advanced CrossFire chipset pumps an unparalleled bandwidth
of up to 8 GB/s to each GPU. The result is astonishing performance with brilliant
and intense 3D graphics. This architecture increases bandwidth and dataflow
and reduces the bottleneck that occurs in other pseudo x16 solutions.
The unique, high bandwidth architecture of ATI CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset
offers the utmost flexibility and options: from support of the fastest GPUs
to connector-free CrossFire graphics cards; from one to multiple GPUs. The
advanced semiconductor technology and supreme architecture allows for extreme
overclocking and unprecedented control of the enthusiast user over system
behavior and performance – while delivering rock-solid stability and
thermal efficiency. Indeed CrossFire Xpress 3200 is the enthusiast dream
platform.
- Performance Leader
Unrivalled bandwidth from the only true 2x16 PCI-Express
single chip, CrossFire Xpress 3200 delivers the performance promise
of 2x16 PCI-e slots.
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- Total of 40 lanes of PCI Express: a true information highway
- Enables high-end graphic solutions even without a 'CrossFire
Edition' GPU
- Maximum Flexibility
Start with a backbone of CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset,
and then shape a GPU solution to an ever-moving performance target.
CrossFire Xpress 3200 allows the flexibility and freedom to always
stay above the competition
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- Allows for flexible modular multi-GPU solutions: start with
one GPU and when performance demands it, add a second
- Supports connector and connector-free CrossFire graphics cards
- Build a CrossFire platform for every need and style
- Ready for the next generation CrossFire graphics cards
- OverDrive: Unprecedented Control
Built by ATI’s outstanding engineers and with devotion
to the enthusiast community, CrossFire Xpress 3200 offers maximum
control over system and graphics performance - with a highly tuneable
architecture and plenty of headroom for overclocking.
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- Enthusiast-friendly BIOS allows tuning of every possible motherboard
component for maximum overclocking potential
- Ability to adjust multiplier, front side bus, HyperTransport™ option,
memory, CPU, and the PCI Express interfaces
- High overclockability without voltage adjustments: default
voltage setting on the platform offers high tunability without
the need to increase voltage
- Robust, Quiet and Elegant
CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset is designed for cool, quiet,
and crisp operation.
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- Fabricated in an advanced semiconductor process by the most
respected semiconductor manufacturing company in the world: TSMC,
and by ATI’s superb engineers, CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset
provides greater headroom for overclocking.
- No active cooling required: no need for complicated thermal
solutions
- Ample design margin for maximum stability and performance
Enthusiast Dream Platform
CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset is one of the best chipsets
ever built: unrestricted 2x16 PCI-Express interfaces for outstanding
performance, flexibility to support any modern graphics card, maximum
control over performance parameters, and robust and quiet operation.
Specially designed from the ground up, CrossFire Xpress 3200 is the
definitive enthusiast platform.
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