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TM
TM
2.7 SLI
and Quad SLI
This motherboard supports NVIDIA
technology that allows you to install up to two identical PCI Express x16 graphics
®
TM
cards. Currently, NVIDIA
SLI
TM
TM
Vista
/ Vista
64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS. NVIDIA
®
TM
TM
Windows
Vista
/ Vista
64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS only. Please follow the installation
procedures in this section.
Requirements
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1. For SLI
technology, you should have two identical SLI
cards that are NVIDIA
have two identical Quad SLI
graphics card) that are NVIDIA
2. Make sure that your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA
technology. Download the driver from NVIDIA
(www.nvidia.com).
3. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the
minimum power required by your system. It is recommended to use
®
NVIDIA
certifi ed PSU. Please refer to NVIDIA
2.7.1 Graphics Card Setup
2.7.1.1 Installing Two SLI
Step 1. Install the identical SLI
because different types of graphics cards will not work together properly.
(Even the GPU chips version shall be the same.) Insert one graphics card
into PCIE2 slot and the other graphics card to PCIE3 slot. Make sure that
the cards are properly seated on the slots.
Step2.
If required, connect the auxiliary power source to the PCI Express
graphics cards.
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Operation Guide
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TM
SLI
and Quad SLI
(Scalable Link Interface)
®
technology supports Windows
®
TM
Quad SLI
technology support
®
TM
certifi ed. For Quad SLI
technology, you should
TM
-ready graphics cards (dual-GPU on each
®
certifi ed.
®
website
®
website for details.
TM
-Ready Graphics Cards
TM
-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA
XP / XP 64-bit /
TM
-ready graphics
®
TM
SLI
®
certifi ed
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