Sli; Tm Operation Guide; Tm Tm; Graphics Card Setup - ASROCK X79 Extreme7 User Manual

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2.7 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
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XP 64-bit / Vista / Vista
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SLI technology support Windows
Please follow the installation procedures in this section.
Requirements
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1. For SLI technology, you should have two identical SLI
cards that are NVIDIA
have three identical 3-Way SLI
certi ed. For Quad SLI
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SLI -ready 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
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NVIDIA certi 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 PCIE1 slot and the other graphics card to PCIE3 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.
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and Quad SLI Operation Guide
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SLI , 3-Way SLI
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SLI technology supports Windows
64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS. NVIDIA
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Vista / Vista 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS only.
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certi ed. For 3-Way SLI
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-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA
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technology, you should have two identical Quad
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-Ready Graphics Cards
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-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA
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and Quad SLI (Scalable
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XP /
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3-Way SLI and Quad
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-ready graphics
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technology, you should
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certi ed.
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SLI technology
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website for details.
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certi ed