Sli Tm And Quad Sli Tm Operation Guide; Graphics Card Setup - ASROCK P67 Extreme4 Gen3 User Manual

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2.7 SLI and Quad SLI
This motherboard supports NVIDIA
technology that allows you to install up to three identical PCI Express x16 graphics
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cards. Currently, NVIDIA SLI
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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
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1. For SLI technology, you should have two identical SLI
cards that are NVIDIA
have two identical Quad SLI
certifi ed.
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
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NVIDIA certifi ed PSU. Please refer to 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.
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Operation Guide
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SLI and Quad SLI
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technology supports Windows
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Quad SLI
64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS only. Please follow the installation
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certifi ed. For Quad SLI
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-ready graphics cards that are 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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XP / XP 64-bit /
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technology support
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technology, you should
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SLI
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website
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website for details.
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certifi ed