AMD CrossFire

AMD CrossFire (also known as CrossFireX) is a brand name for the multi-<a href="/facts/Graphics_processing_unit/PTK1RQVp">GPU</a> technology by <a href="/facts/Advanced_Micro_Devices/CB1G7QTb">AMD</a>, originally developed by <a href="/facts/ATI_Technologies/7hPl9Cqx">ATI Technologies</a>. The technology allows up to four <a href="/facts/GPU/PTK1RQVp">GPUs</a> to be used in a single computer to improve graphics performance.
Associated technology used in mobile computers with external graphics cards, such as in <a href="/facts/Laptop/3EFwTAb2">laptops</a> or notebooks, is called <a href="/facts/AMD_Hybrid_Graphics/byltnhWQ">AMD Hybrid Graphics</a>.
The CrossFire brand name was retired by AMD in September 2017, however the company continues to develop and support the technology for <a href="/facts/DirectX_11/jyy75wVN">DirectX 11</a> applications. For <a href="/facts/DirectX_12/jyy75wVN">DirectX 12</a> applications, AMD has the mGPU (also known as multi-GPU) branding, with the difference being that software developers must create mGPU compatible profiles for their applications where before AMD created the profiles for DirectX 11 applications.

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