GV-NX68256D Graphics Accelerator
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English
How NVIDIA
®
SLI
TM
(Scalable Link Interface) technology works:
In an SLI configuration, two SLI-ready graphics cards with the same model and from the
same manufacturers are connected together via SLI bridge connector in a system that
provides two x 16 PCI Express slots to scale graphics performance. The picture below
shows that two graphics cards are linked in parallel in an SLI configuration.
SLI bridge connector
(provided by motherboard
manufacturer)
Two SLI-ready graphics
cards of the same type.
(Example: GV-NX66T128D)
For more information about the hardware configuration of an SLI system, please refer to
motherboard user manual.
3. Software Installation
In this manual, we assume that your CD-ROM Drive letter to be Drive D:
The installation of Windows
®
2000 / Windows
®
XP drivers is very simple. When you insert the
driver CD into your CD-ROM drive, you can see the AUTORUN window (if it does not show
up, run "D:\setup.exe"). Then you can follow the guides to setup your graphics card driver.
(Please follow the subsection 3.1.3 "Driver installation" to install the driver for your graphics
accelerator.)
3.1. Windows
®
XP Driver and Utilities Installation
3.1.1. Operating System Requirement
•
When loading the graphics card drivers for the system, please make sure your system
has installed DirectX 9 or later version.
•
If you install the graphics card drivers for the motherboard, which consist of SIS or VIA
chipsets, please install the appropriate driver program for that motherboard. Or please
contact your motherboard nearest dealer for motherboard driver.
