TM
2.5 SLI
Operation Guide
This motherboard supports NVIDIA
allows you to install up to three identical PCI Express x16 graphics cards. Currently,
®
TM
NVIDIA
SLI
technology supports Windows
bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS.
Please follow the installation procedures in this section.
Requirements
TM
1.
For SLI
graphics cards that are NVIDIA
2.
Make sure that your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA
technology. Download the driver from NVIDIA
(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
details.
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
graphics cards.
ASRock 970 Extreme4 Motherboard
®
TM
SLI
(Scalable Link Interface) technology that
®
XP / XP 64-bit / Vista
technology, you should have two identical SLI
®
certifi ed.
®
certifi ed PSU. Please refer to NVIDIA
TM
-Ready Graphics Cards
TM
-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA
TM
TM
/ Vista
64-
TM
-ready
®
TM
SLI
®
website
®
website for
®
certifi ed
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