Asus A8N32-SLI - Manual (Page 157)

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6.1 Overview
The motherboard supports the NVIDIA ® SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) -
Intel ® Edition technology that allows you to install two identical PCI
Express™ x16 graphics cards. Follow the installation procedures in this
section.
Requirements Requirements Requirements Requirements Requirements
• You should have two identical SLI-ready graphics cards that are
NVIDIA
® certified.
• Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) for a list of qualified
SLI-ready graphics cards for this motherboard.
• 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 “13. ATX power
connectors” on page 2-32 for details.
• The NVIDIA SLI technology supports Windows ® XP™ operating
system only.
• Due to chipset driver limitation, SLI mode is not supported under
Windows
® XP 64-bit edition.
• Visit the NVIDIA zone website (h t t p : / / w w w . n z o n e . c o m h t t p : / / w w w . n z o n e . c o m h t t p : / / w w w . n z o n e . c o m h t t p : / / w w w . n z o n e . c o m h t t p : / / w w w . n z o n e . c o m) for the
latest certified graphics card and supported 3D application list.