Graphics Card Setup - ASROCK Z77 Extreme6 Quick Installation Manual

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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
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Vista / Vista
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Windows Vista
procedures in this section.
Requirements
1. For SLI
2. Make sure that your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA
3. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the

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
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SLI technology supports Windows
64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS. NVIDIA
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/ Vista 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS only. Please follow the installation
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technology, you should have two identical SLI
®
cards that are NVIDIA certified. For Quad SLI technology, you should have
two identical Quad SLI ready graphics cards (dual-GPU on each graphics
card) that are NVIDIA certified.
Download the driver from NVIDIA
minimum power required by your system. It is recommended to use NVIDIA
certified PSU. Please refer to NVIDIA
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-Ready Graphics Cards
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-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA
ASRock Z77 Extreme6 Motherboard
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and Quad SLI (Scalable Link Interface)
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Quad SLI
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website (www.nvidia.com).
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website for details.
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XP / XP 64-bit /
technology supports
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-ready graphics
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SLI technology.
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certified