Installing Two Sli - ASROCK X58 EXTREME Installation Manual

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This motherboard supports NVIDIA
technology that allows you to install up to two identical PCI Express x16 graphics
cards. Currently, NVIDIA ® SLI
TM
and Vista 64-bit OS. NVIDIA
TM
and Vista 64-bit OS only. Please follow the installation procedures in this section.
Requirements
1. For SLI TM or Quad SLI
SLI TM -ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA
2. Make sure that your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA
technology. Download the driver version 181.20 or later 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
®
NVIDIA certified PSU. Please refer to NVIDIA
2.5.1 Graphics Card Setup 2.5.1 Graphics Card Setup
2.5.1 Graphics Card Setup 2.5.1 Graphics Card Setup 2.5.1 Graphics Card Setup
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2.5.1.1 Installing Two SLI

2.5.1.1 Installing T wo SLI wo 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.
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