Appendix Ⅲ : sli (scalable link interface), Introduction, Requirements – Lok8u K8SLI User Manual
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Appendix Ⅲ: SLI (Scalable Link
Interface)
Introduction:
nVIDIA
®
SLI (Scalable Link Interface) technology allows your computer to
use two identical nVIDIA
®
SLI-ready PCI Express™ graphics cards at once.
Combining two nVIDIA
®
SLI-certified graphics cards in a single system
could essentially double your graphics performance (up to 2x).
Requirements:
1. Two identical SLI-ready graphic cards.
2. The driver of the graphic card must supports the SLI technology. (You
can download the newest version of your graphic card driver from
http://www.nvidia.com)
3. The nVIDIA
®
SLI technology supports only the Windows
®
XP
operating system
4.
A power supply which can meet the needs of your system. (Please refer
to the table below)
System 1 (Heavy)
System 2 (Light)
System Configuration
AMD Athlon 64 FX-53 AMD Athlon 64 3400+
PCI-E X16 Graphic Card
nVIDIA 6800 Ultra x2 nVIDIA 6600 GT x2
DDR DIMM
4
2
HDD
4
1
Optical Drive
2
1
PCI-E X1 Card
1
0
PCI Card
2
0
USB device
6
2
Min Requirement about +12V
≥ 25A
≥17A
Min Watt of Power
≥500W
≥350W