Overview; Requirements; Asus Certified Sli Graphics Cards - Asus Motherboard A8N-SLI Premium User Manual

6.1

Overview

The motherboard supports the NVIDIA
technology that allows you to install two identical PCI Express™ x16
graphics cards. Follow the installation procedures in this section.
6.1.1

Requirements

• You should have two identical SLI-ready graphics cards that are
NVIDIA certified.
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• Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) for a list of qualified SLI-ready
graphics cards for this motherboard.
• Make sure that your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI
technology. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website
(www.nvidia.com).
• Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least
the minimum power required by your system. See "8. ATX power
connectors" on page 2-26 for details.
• The NVIDIA SLI technology supports Windows
system only.
• Visit the NVIDIA website for the supported 3D applications.
• Visit the NVIDIA zone website (http://www.nzone.com) for the
latest certified graphics card list.
6.1.2 ASUS Certified SLI Graphics cards
Use only ASUS certified PCI Express x16 SLI graphics cards to ensure
optimum peformance.
GeForce 6800 Ultra models
Vendor
ASUS
BFG
eVGA
Gainward
Gigabyte
Leadtek
MSI
XFX/Pine
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium
SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface)
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Model Number
Extreme N6800Ultra (EN6800Ultra)
BFGO68256UX
256-P2-N377-AX/BX
PowerPack! Ultra/2600 PCX "Golden Sample"
GV-NX68U256D-B
WinFast PX6800 Ultra
MS-8974
XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra
XP™ operating
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