Sli Tm , 3-Way Sli Tm , 4-Way Sli Tm And Quad Sli Tm; Operation Guide; Graphics Card Setup; Installing Two Sli - ASROCK Fatal1ty X79 Champion series User Manual

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2.8 SLI , 3-Way SLI
Guide
This motherboard supports NVIDIA
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SLI (Scalable Link Interface) technology that allows you to install up to four
identical PCI Express x16 graphics cards. Currently, NVIDIA
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supports Windows Vista
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4-Way SLI and Quad SLI
/ 7 / 7 64-bit OS only. Please follow the installation procedures in this section.
Requirements
1. For SLI
cards that are NVIDIA
have three, whereas for 4-Way SLI
Quad SLI
graphics cards that are NVIDIA
2. Make sure that your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA
(driver version 280.41 and later). Download the driver 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

2.8.1 Graphics Card Setup

2.8.1.1 Installing Two SLI

Step 1. Install identical SLI
cause different types of graphics cards will not work together properly. (Even
the GPU chips version shall be the same.) Insert one graphics card into
PCIE1 slot and the other graphics card to PCIE5 slot. Make sure that the
cards are properly seated on the slots.
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SLI , 3-Way SLI
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/ Vista 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS. NVIDIA
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technology supports Windows
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technology, you should have two identical SLI
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certified. For 3-Way SLI
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technology, you should have two identical Quad SLI
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-Ready Graphics Cards
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-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA
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SLI
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Vista
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technology you should
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technology you should have four. For
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certified.
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website for details.
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and Quad
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3-Way SLI ,
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/ Vista 64-bit
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