TM
2.5 SLI
and Quad SLI
This motherboard supports NVIDIA
technology that allows you to install up to three identical PCI Express x16 graphics
®
cards. Currently, NVIDIA
TM
TM
Vista
/ Vista
64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS. NVIDIA
®
TM
TM
Windows
Vista
/ Vista
procedures in this section.
Requirements
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1. For SLI
technology, you should have two identical SLI
cards that are NVIDIA
have two identical Quad SLI
certifi ed.
2. Make sure that your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA
(driver version 270.61 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
certifi ed PSU. Please refer to NVIDIA
2.5.1 Graphics Card Setup
2.5.1.1 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 graph-
ics cards.
ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 Motherboard
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Operation Guide
®
TM
SLI
and Quad SLI
TM
SLI
technology supports Windows
®
Quad SLI
64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS only. Please follow the installation
®
certifi ed. For Quad SLI
TM
-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA
TM
-Ready Graphics Cards
TM
-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA
TM
(Scalable Link Interface)
®
XP / XP 64-bit /
TM
technology support
TM
-ready graphics
TM
technology, you should
®
®
TM
SLI
technology
®
website for details.
®
certifi ed
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