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2.6 SLI , 3-Way SLI and Quad SLI
This motherboard supports NVIDIA
Link Interface) technology that allows you to install up to three identical PCI Express
x16 graphics cards. Currently, NVIDIA
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XP 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS. NVIDIA
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SLI technology support Windows
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 three identical 3-Way SLI
certifi ed. For Quad SLI
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SLI -ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA
2. Make sure that your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA
(driver version 280.41 and later). Download the driver from NVIDIA website
(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
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NVIDIA certifi ed PSU. Please refer to NVIDIA
2.6.1 Graphics Card Setup
2.6.1.1 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 PCIE1 slot and the other graphics card to PCIE4 slot. Make sure that
the cards are properly seated on the slots.
Step2. If required, connect the auxiliary power source to the PCI Express graph-
ics cards.
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SLI , 3-Way SLI and Quad SLI
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SLI technology supports Windows
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3-Way SLI
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Vista / Vista 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS only.
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certifi ed. For 3-Way SLI technology, you should
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-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA
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technology, you should have two identical Quad
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certifi ed.
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website for details.
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-Ready Graphics Cards
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-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA
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(Scalable
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XP /
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and Quad
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SLI technology
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