Overview; Requirements; Asus Certified Sli Graphics Cards - Asus A8N-SLI - Motherboard - ATX 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.
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Requirements

Requirements Requirements Requirements Requirements
• You should have two identical SLI-ready graphics cards that are
NVIDIA ® certified.
• 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 2-24 for details.
• The NVIDIA SLI technology supports Windows
system only.
• Visit the NVIDIA website for the supported 3D applications and the
latest graphics card drivers.
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ASUS Certified SLI Graphics cards

ASUS Certified SLI Graphics cards ASUS Certified SLI Graphics cards
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Use only ASUS certified PCI Express x16 SLI graphics cards to ensure
optimum peformance. Visit the ASUS website for the latest certified SLI
graphics cards list.
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MSI
XFX/Pine
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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
SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface)
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