6.1Overview

The motherboard supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) technology that allows you to install two identical PCI Express™ x16 graphics cards. Follow the installation procedures in this section.

6.1.1Requirements

•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 “8. ATX power connectors” on page 2-25 for details.

•The NVIDIA SLI technology supports Windows® XP™ operating

system only.

•Visit the NVIDIA website for the supported 3D applications.

•Visit the NVIDIA zone website (http://www.nzone.com/ object/nzone_sli_certified.html) for the latest certified graphics card list.

6.1.2ASUS Certified SLI Graphics cards

Use only ASUS certified PCI Express x16 SLI graphics cards to ensure optimum peformance.

GeForce 6800 Ultra models

Vendor

Model Number

 

 

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

 

 

ASUS A8N-SLI Premium

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