Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0 - NVIDIA SLI Technology; Requirements; Installing Two SLI-Ready Graphics Cards

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Chapter 6: Multiple GPU Support
Chapter 6
6.2 NVIDIA
®
SLI
®
technology
ThemotherboardsupportstheNVIDIA
®
SLI
®
(Scalable Link Interface) technology that allows
you to install multi-graphics processing units (GPU) graphics cards. Follow the installation
procedures in this section.
6.2.1 Requirements
• InSLImode,youshouldhavetwoidenticalSLI-readygraphicscardsthatareNVIDIA
®
certied.
• EnsurethatyourgraphicscarddriversupportstheNVIDIASLItechnology.Downloadthe
latestdriverfromtheNVIDIAwebsiteatwww.nvidia.com.
• Ensure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power
required by your system.
• Werecommendthatyouinstalladditionalchassisfansforbetterthermalenvironment.
• VisittheNVIDIAzonewebsite(http://www.nzone.com)forthelatestcertiedgraphics
card and supported 3D application list.
6.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards
The following pictures are for reference only. The graphics cards and the motherboard
layout may vary with models, but the installation steps remain the same.
1. Prepare two SLI-ready graphics cards.
2. Insert the two graphics card into the
PCIEX16 slots. If your motherboard
has more than two PCIEX16 slots,
refer to Chapter 2 in this user manual
for the locations of the PCIEX16 slots
recommended for multi-graphics card
installation.
3. Ensure that the cards are properly
seated on the slots.