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Chapter 5

5.2.4

Installing the device drivers

Refer to the documentation that came with your graphics card package to install the device

drivers.

5.2.5

Enabling the NVIDIA

®

SLI™ technology

After installing your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the SLI feature in NVIDIA

®

Control Panel under the Windows

®

Vista™ operating system.

Launching the NVIDIA Control Panel

You can launch the NVIDIA Control Panel by the following two methods:

A. Right click on the empty space of the Windows

®

desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel.

The NVIDIA Control Panel window appears (See Step

B5 on page 5-11).

B1. If you cannot see the NVIDIA Control Panel item in

step (A), select Personalize.

• Ensure that your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the

NVIDIA

®

SLI™ technology. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA

website (www.nvidia.com).

• If you are using a Triple SLI system, ensure to install the NVIDIA

®

3-way

SLI driver under Windows

®

Vista™. The NVIDIA 3-way SLI technology is

supported by Windows

®

Vista™ only.