Asus A8N-SLI - Manual (Page 78)

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3.1 Overview
The motherboard supports the NVIDIA ® SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface)
technology that allows you to install two identical PCI Express™ x16
graphics cards. Follow the installation procedures in this section.
3.1.1 3.1.1 3.1.1 3.1.1 3.1.1 Requirements Requirements Requirements Requirements Requirements
• You should have two identical SLI-ready graphics cards that are
NVIDIA
® certified.
• Make sure that your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI
technology. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website
(www.nvidia.com).
• Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the
minimum power required by your system. See “8. ATX power
connectors” on page 2-25 for details.
• The NVIDIA SLI technology supports Windows ® XP™ operating
system only.
• Visit the NVIDIA website for the supported 3D applications and the
latest graphics card drivers.
3.1.2 3.1.2 3.1.2 3.1.2 3.1.2 ASUS Certified SLI Graphics cards ASUS Certified SLI Graphics cards ASUS Certified SLI Graphics cards ASUS Certified SLI Graphics cards ASUS Certified SLI Graphics cards
Use only ASUS certified PCI Express x16 SLI graphics cards to ensure
optimum peformance.
GeForce 6800 Ultra models GeForce 6800 Ultra models GeForce 6800 Ultra models GeForce 6800 Ultra models GeForce 6800 Ultra models
V e n d o r V e n d o r V e n d o r V e n d o r V e n d o r M o d e l N u m b e r M o d e l N u m b e r M o d e l N u m b e r M o d e l N u m b e r M o d e l N u m b e r
ASUS Extreme N6800Ultra (EN6800Ultra)
BFG BFGO68256UX
eVGA 256-P2-N377-AX/BX
Gainward PowerPack! Ultra/2600 PCX “Golden Sample”
Gigabyte GV-NX68U256D-B
Leadtek WinFast PX6800 Ultra
MSI MS-8974
XFX/Pine XFX GeForce 6800 Ultra