Sli Tm And Quad Sli; Graphics Card Setup; Installing Two Sli - ASROCK Fatal1ty Z77 Professional Series User Manual

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2.7 SLI and Quad SLI
This motherboard supports NVIDIA
technology that allows you to install up to two identical PCI Express x16 graphics
cards. Currently, NVIDIA
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Vista / Vista 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS. NVIDIA
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Windows Vista / Vista
procedures in this section.
Requirements
1. For SLITM technology, you should have two identical SLITM-ready graphics
cards that are NVIDIA
have two identical Quad SLITM-ready graphics cards (dual-GPU on each
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

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 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
graphics cards.
Fatal1ty Z77 Professional Series Motherboard
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Operation Guide
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SLI and Quad SLI
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SLI technology supports Windows
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64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS only. Please follow the installation
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certified. For Quad SLITM technology, you should
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®
certified PSU. Please refer to NVIDIA
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-Ready Graphics Cards
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-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA
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(Scalable Link Interface)
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Quad SLI technology support
certified.
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website
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website for details.
XP / XP 64-bit /
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SLI
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certified
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