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Page 1: Crossfire Up To 20 Percent Faster
Page 2: The Graphics Chips Compared
Page 3: PCI Express Connections With X16, X8 And X4
Page 4: Crossfire X8 + X8 Versus X16 + X16
Page 5: Going From PCI Express 1.0a To 2.0
Page 6: Benchmark Results
Page 7: Call Of Duty 4
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Page 9: Doom 3
Page 10: Half Life 2 Episode 2
Page 11: Microsoft Flight Simulator X SP1
Page 12: World In Conflict
Page 13: Conclusion - Switching To PCI Express 2.0 Yields No Improvement

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