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C h a p t e r 3 : N V I D I A

C h a p t e r 3 : N V I D I A

C h a p t e r 3 : N V I D I A

C h a p t e r 3 : N V I D I A

C h a p t e r 3 : N V I D I A

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S L I ™ t e c h n o l o g y s u p p o r t

S L I ™ t e c h n o l o g y s u p p o r t

S L I ™ t e c h n o l o g y s u p p o r t

S L I ™ t e c h n o l o g y s u p p o r t

S L I ™ t e c h n o l o g y s u p p o r t

3.1

Overview

The motherboard supports the NVIDIA

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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

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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

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XP™ operating

system only.

Visit the NVIDIA website for the supported 3D applications and the
latest graphics card drivers.

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3.1.2

3.1.2

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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