Tm And Quad Sli Tm Operation Guide; Graphics Card Setup - ASROCK X79 Extreme9 User Manual

TM
2.8 SLI , 3-Way SLI
This motherboard supports NVIDIA
Link Interface) technology that allows you to install up to three identical PCI Express
x16 graphics cards. Currently, NVIDIA
TM
XP 64-bit / Vista / Vista
TM
SLI technology support Windows
Please follow the installation procedures in this section.
Requirements
1. For SLI
cards that are NVIDIA
have three identical 3-Way SLI
certiied. For Quad SLI
SLI
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

2.8.1 Graphics Card Setup

2.8.1.1 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 PCIE1 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 graph-
ics cards.
TM
and Quad SLI
®
SLI
®
SLI
TM
64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS. NVIDIA
®
Vista
TM
technology, you should have two identical SLI
certiied. For 3-Way SLI
®
TM
technology, you should have two identical Quad
TM
-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA
certiied PSU. Please refer to NVIDIA
®
TM
-Ready Graphics Cards
TM
-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA
TM
Operation Guide
TM TM
, 3-Way SLI and Quad SLI
TM
technology supports Windows
®
TM TM
/ Vista 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS only.
TM
TM
-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA
certiied.
®
®
website for details.
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TM
(Scalable
®
XP /
TM
3-Way SLI and Quad
TM
-ready graphics
technology, you should
®
® TM
SLI technology
certiied
®