Fuzion Zone

What is Fuzion Technology?
MSI Fuzion Technology is an innovative platform solution that allows you to significantly scale the performance by combining multiple graphics cards from any vendor without the limitations of traditional multi-GPU solutions.
Fuzion Technology is powered by the Lucid processor; it supports cross-vendor & non-identical multi-GPU processing which contains 3 unique Fuzion modes - A-Mode, N-Mode, and X-Mode. Fuzion Technology can offer greater performance boosts by combining at least two graphics cards between any brand and level.
The Fuzion series of products are MSI mainboards equipped with the Lucid processor and more than 2 PCI-Express x16 slots to support multiple graphics cards. You can find all Fuzion Technology mainboards here.

How does Fuzion Technology work?
The dedicated chip on Fuzion products will intelligently execute load balance and share 3D workload between multiple graphics cards to achieve perfect performance scaling. User don’t have to use the exact same model of graphics card to enable Fuzion Technology; just plug in any 2 or 3 graphics card combinations on Fuzion mainboards, and it will work.

How much of a performance increase will I see with Fuzion technology?
The percentage of performance increase depends on the application or game title and its scaling ability on varied Fuzion combination modes. For the hottest game titles, we will use a 1.9x perfect performance scaling over a single card. Generally, games or application running higher resolutions and higher image quality will see a better performance benefit.

Does Fuzion solution work with all graphic cards vendors?
“Vendor agnostic” is the biggest benefit of Fuzion Technology. It’s a world first multi-GPU solution that works with any different graphics card vendor at the same time. Currently, MSI Fuzion Technology supports a wide range of ATI and NVIDIA graphics cards, so you can plug almost any 2 or 3 graphics card from ATI or NVIDIA and enjoy performance scaling.

What graphics cards support Fuzion technology?
Fuzion Technology support a very wide range of ATI and NVIDIA graphics card, including the hottest and latest NVIDIA GeForce GTX 400 and ATI Radeon HD 5000 series. We will keep updating the graphics card support list as newer GPUs are released. You can find the latest graphics card support list here.

What operating systems are supported with Fuzion technology?
MSI Fuzion Technology supports the following operating systems:

Windows Vista 32bit
Windows Vista 64bit
Windows 7 32bit
Windows 7 64bit

What applications are supported with Fuzion technology?
MSI Fuzion Technology can be activated for every DirectX 9/10/11 game or application. However, when a new game title is released, MSI will tune and optimize the driver to make sure you receive the best performance available.
You can find the full game support list here.

Can we see performance increases in every game?
You can see the highest performance scaling on the most GPU demanding applications with Fuzion Technology. However, under some older generation applications, the performance scaling is limited by other factors.
Fuzion Technology is a multi-GPU solution, which means you combine performance from multiple graphics card, and generally you need to have a decent CPU to maximize the 3D performance. If an application becomes CPU bound, the additional graphics power from Fuzion Technology can not improve the performance because the limitation is on the CPU, not GPU. The most common situation is due to lower resolution (1024x768) or lower image quality. Try to increase the resolution or image quality to shift the workload to graphics cards and you will see a bigger benefit from Fuzion Technology.
The other situation is a brand new game title that Fuzion Technology is not yet optimized for. We will update drivers very frequently to better suit the needs of gamers. You can find the latest driver here.

Can I mix and match graphics cards that have different GPUs?
Yes. MSI Fuzion Technology supports different GPUs. For example, a Geforce 9600GT can be paired with a Geforce GT240 in an N-Mode configuration or a Radeon HD 4850 can be paired with a Radeon HD 5770 in an A-Mode configuration. AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards even can be mixed in an X-Mode configuration.

Can I mix and match graphics cards from different manufacturers?
Any graphics cards from different manufacturers can be used together in MSI Fuzion Technology.
For example, a GeForce HD XXXX from manufacturer ABC can be matched with a GeForce XXXGT from manufacturer XYZ.

Can I mix and match graphics cards if one of them is overclocked by the manufacturer?
Yes. A graphics card that is overclocked can be mixed with a standard clocked graphics card.

Can I mix and match graphics cards with different sizes of memory?
MSI Fuzion technology offers the flexibility to run graphics cards with different sized memory.

How many monitors are supported when running in Fuzion Technology?
Fuzion technology supports each graphics card that has a monitor output.
For example, 2-way configuration support two monitors and 3-way configuration support a maximum of three monitors.

Does a game or application need to have specific Fuzion tuning in order to take advantage of this technology?
No. MSI Fuzion technology is supports multiple games natively since it is designed to the main APls used today - Direct3D (DX9 / DX10) and with VISTA and Windows 7. Many games share similar rendering engines. Fuzion technology works in parallel with these engines and includes optimizations that apply to a broad range of games. However, when a new title is released, MSI always experiments and tunes its drivers to make sure the new title provides the ultimate and desired performance.

Where can I buy Fuzion series products?
Available Now! Three of MSI Fuzion series products - Big Bang – Fuzion, P55A Fuzion & 870A Fuzion - have been released to the market. You can buy any Fuzion series products from your local computer component supplier!

How do I make sure I have the most recent Fuzion driver?
You can download the latest drive from here or the product driver page.