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Appendix Ⅲ: SLI (Scalable Link Interface)

Introduction:

nVIDIA® SLI (Scalable Link Interface) technology allows your computer to use two identical nVIDIA® SLI-ready PCI Express™ graphics cards at once. Combining two nVIDIA® SLI-certified graphics cards in a single system could essentially double your graphics performance (up to 2x).

Requirements:

1.Two identical SLI-ready graphic cards.

2.The driver of the graphic card must supports the SLI technology. (You can download the newest version of your graphic card driver from http://www.nvidia.com)

3.The nVIDIA® SLI technology supports only the Windows® XP operating system

4.A power supply which can meet the needs of your system. (Please refer to the table below)

 

System 1 (Heavy)

System 2 (Light)

System Configuration

AMD Athlon 64 FX-53

AMD Athlon 64 3400+

PCI-E X16 Graphic Card

nVIDIA 6800 Ultra x2

nVIDIA 6600 GT x2

DDR DIMM

4

2

HDD

4

1

Optical Drive

2

1

PCI-E X1 Card

1

0

PCI Card

2

0

USB device

6

2

Min Requirement about +12V

≥ 25A

≥17A

Min Watt of Power

≥500W

≥350W

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