CrossFire™ Xpress 3200 for AM2: Backbone of the Enthusiast Platform

ATI CrossFire™ Xpress 3200 Platform Chipset is a defining milestone for the PC industry, as it is the only true, unrestricted 2x16 PCI Express® platform. 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. Combined with the feature-rich ATI SB600, the CrossFire Xpress 3200 is the enthusiast dream solution for AMD AM2 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.
 
 - Total of 40 lanes of PCI Express: a true information highway
 - Enables high-end graphic solutions even without a 'CrossFire Edition' GPU
 - Perfectly mated with ATI SB600 for serious peripheral performance

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.

 - 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.
 
 - 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.

 - 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 and the ATI SB600 provide the definitive enthusiast platform for AMD AM2 configuration.

For more information regarding ATI's Crossfire Xpress 3200 chipset ... please visit ATI's website.