Asrock p67 professional Benutzerhandbuch

2.7 SLI

and Quad SLI

Operation Guide

This motherboard supports NVIDIA

SLI

and Quad SLI

(Scalable Link Interface)

technology that allows you to install up to three identical PCI Express x16 graphics

cards. Currently, NVIDIA

SLI

technology supports Windows

XP / XP 64-bit /

Vista

/ Vista

64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS. NVIDIA

Quad SLI

technology support

Windows

Vista

/ Vista

64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS only. Please follow the installation

procedures in this section.

Requirements

1. For SLI

technology, you should have two identical SLI

-ready graphics

cards that are NVIDIA

certifi ed. For Quad SLI

technology, you should

have two identical Quad SLI

-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA

certifi ed.

2. Make sure that your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA

SLI

technology. Download the driver from NVIDIA

website

(www.nvidia.com).

3. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the

minimum power required by your system. It is recommended to use

NVIDIA

certifi ed PSU. Please refer to NVIDIA

website for details.

2.7.1 Graphics Card Setup

2.7.1.1 Installing Two SLI

-Ready Graphics Cards

Step 1. Install the identical SLI

-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA

certifi ed

because different types of graphics cards will not work together properly.

(Even the GPU chips version shall be the same.) Insert one graphics card

into PCIE2 slot and the other graphics card to PCIE4 slot. Make sure that

the cards are properly seated on the slots.

Step2.

If required, connect the auxiliary power source to the PCI Express

graphics

cards.