Release 65 Enhancements; Sli Support; 512 Mb Frame Buffer Support - Nvidia VCQFX550PCIEPB - Quadro FX 550 User Manual

Driver Independence
For ForceWare graphics drivers Release 50 and later, any nView version can be
installed over any driver version.

Release 65 Enhancements

SLI Support

Release 65 supports the new NVIDIA SLI technology for improved performance
using dual high-end graphics cards
The following combinations of PCI Express graphics cards and chipsets are
supported in this release of the driver:
Chipset
Intel
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI
NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200
NVIDIA nForce Professional 2200 +
NVIDIA nForce Professional 2050

512 MB Frame Buffer Support

ForceWare Release 65 graphics drivers provide memory management techniques for
supporting 512 MB versions of the new generation of NVIDIA graphics cards, such
as the GeForce 6800 or Quadro FX 4000 and later.
1. Cards must be of the same vendor and model number.
NVIDIA Corporation
NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History
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that support SLI technology.
PCI-Express Graphics Cards
GeForce 6800 Ultra + GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 6800 GT + GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800 Ultra + GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 6800 GT + GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800 + GeForce 6800
GeForce 6600 GT + GeForce 6600 GT
GeForce 6800 Ultra + GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 6800 GT + GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800 + GeForce 6800
GeForce 6600 GT + GeForce 6600 GT
GeForce 6800 Ultra + GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 6800 GT + GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800 + GeForce 6800
GeForce 6600 GT + GeForce 6600 GT
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