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Hardware Installation
Before You Begin
The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics card is a PCl Express 4.0 x 16 graphics card.
Your computer may already have a graphics card installed in the PCl Express
slot. If so, you will need to remove that graphics card and replace it with the
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics card.
If you do not have a graphics card, this means that your motherboard has on-
board graphics (there is a graphics chip installed on your motherboard or
integrated in the motherboard chipset). If this is the case, there is no action that
needs to be taken before installing your new graphics card.
Use the RTX 3080 Ti graphics card with UL Listed ITE Personal Computer
(PC)/Server.
Installing the GeForce Graphics Card
Because there are so many different computer systems on the market, the
procedure to install the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics card can vary from system
to system. Use the following instructions as a guideline and consult the
documentation for your computer system for any further information on your
individual system.
Note: It is important that all power to the computer be disconnected before you install
the graphics card.
Discharge your body's static electricity by touching a grounded surface before
touching the graphics card. A grounded surface is the computer chassis, or some
other surface you know to be grounded.
ATTENTION: If your system has been running for a while prior to opening the panels, it is
very important that you wait until the graphics card in your system has cooled before
taking the card out of the system. Graphics cards get very hot when they have been
operating for any length of time.
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