Sli Tm And Quad Sli; Graphics Card Setup; Installing Two Sli; Tm -Ready Graphics Cards - ASROCK Z77 Extreme6 User Manual

TM
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
TM
Quad SLI technology supports Windows
installation procedures in this section.
Requirements
1. For SLI
cards that are NVIDIA
two identical Quad SLI ready graphics cards (dual-GPU on each graphics
card) that are NVIDIA certified.
2. Make sure that your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA
Download the driver from NVIDIA
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

2.7.1 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.
TM
Operation Guide
® TM
SLI and Quad SLI
® TM
SLI technology supports all Windows
®
TM
technology, you should have two identical SLI
®
certified. For Quad SLI technology, you should have
TM
-Ready Graphics Cards
TM
-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA
ASRock Z77 Extreme6/TB4 Motherboard
TM
(Scalable Link Interface)
TM
Vista / 7 / 8 OS only. Please follow the
®
website (www.nvidia.com).
®
website for details.
® ®
OS. NVIDIA
TM
-ready graphics
® TM
SLI technology.
®
®
certified
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