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INSTALLATION GUIDE

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Page 1: ...INSTALLATION GUIDE...

Page 2: ...NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 GEFORCE GTX 970 INSTALLATION GUIDE...

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Page 4: ...tallation 5 Safety Instructions 5 Before You Begin 6 Installing the GeForce Graphics Card 6 Software Installation 11 GeFore Experience Software Installation 11 Driver Installation 13 Configuring SLI 1...

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Page 6: ...s have to offer Plus with NVIDIA s GeForce Experience built right into its drivers you can take advantage of NVIDIA s tens of thousands of hours of testing to optimize your gameplay settings with one...

Page 7: ...W or greater system power supply with two 6 pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors Operating System z z Microsoft Windows 8 32 bit or 64 bit z z Microsoft Windows 7 32 bit or 64 bit z z Linux...

Page 8: ...anything is missing or damaged contact your reseller Equipment The following equipment and documentation are included in the GeForce GTX 970 graphics card box NVIDIA Driver Installation Disc Contains...

Page 9: ...tration Card Register to gain priority access to online and phone support GeForce GTX 970 Graphics Card DisplayPort Connector Qty Three HDMI Connector DVI Connector Two 6 Pin Power Connectors SLI Conn...

Page 10: ...e installed prior to installation of the drivers Remove power from your computer by disconnecting the AC main source before installation Do not operate this product near water or when your hands or bo...

Page 11: ...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 import...

Page 12: ...riod of time 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...

Page 13: ...t If you install the graphics card into the secondary slot your system may not recognize the graphics card and there will be nothing displayed on the monitor Also note that on some motherboard SBIOS t...

Page 14: ...GeForce GTX 970 cards together using the dual SLI bridge connector that came with your SLI ready motherboard 7 Install a third GeForce GTX 970 graphic card 3 way SLI a Install the third GeForce card i...

Page 15: ...ou removed earlier in the installation 03 DisplayPort Connector Qty Three Supports single lane transfer rates over a single cable The interface is primarily used to connect a video source to a display...

Page 16: ...to install the GeForce Experience software and the graphics driver GeForce Experience Software Installation 1 Go to http www geforce com geforce experience download to download GeForce Experience soft...

Page 17: ...12 Driver Installation 04 The GeForce Experience software begins to install 3 Select Close to finish the installation...

Page 18: ...he newly installed Ge Force Experience GeForce Experience automatically checks NVIDIA servers for the latest GeForce drivers each day and notifies users if a new driver is available 1 Open GeForce Exp...

Page 19: ...for a few seconds one or more times during installation This is normal 4 Click CLOSE when the driver install completes Note Visit www nvidia com support to access our 24x7x365 online support system G...

Page 20: ...SLI ready GeForce graphics cards installed in your PC in order to enable SLI Accessing the NVIDIA Control Panel 1 To access the NVIDIA Control Panel you can right click the Windows desktop and select...

Page 21: ...s Maximize 3D performance Select this mode when you want your graphics cards to work to gether to increase your rendering performance and image quality Acivate all displays Activate all displays disab...

Page 22: ...art Control Panel Sound On the Playback tab select your HDMI display and select Set Default In Windows 7 select Start Control Panel Sound On the Playback tab select your HDMI display and select Set De...

Page 23: ...18 Configuring HDMI 06...

Page 24: ...0 performance boost while maintaining smooth high quality edges by alternating sample calculations across each frame and each pixel Dynamic Super Resolution DSR This innovative feature can delivers 4K...

Page 25: ...rt panels with support for resolutions up to 4096x2160 HDMI3 Support for HDMI includes 4K resolution at 60 Hz GPU accelerated Blu ray 3D support x v Color HDMI Deep Color and 7 1 digital surroundsound...

Page 26: ...s UL cUL ISO 9241 307 Visual Display Ergonomics UNITED STATES Federal Communications Commission FCC NVIDIA CORP Model PG401 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Cla...

Page 27: ...r is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help CANADA Industry Canada IC This Class B digital apparatus complies with ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la classe B e...

Page 28: ...r in a domestic environment it may cause radio interference Install and use the equipment according to the instruction manual KOREA Radio Research Agency RRA KCC REM NVA PG401 B B Class B Equipment Fo...

Page 29: ...24 Compliances 08 TAIWAN COMPLIANCE Bureau of Standards Metrology and Inspection BSMI This device complies with CNS 13438 2006 Class B SAFETY Underwriters Laboratories UL...

Page 30: ...rd parties that may result from its use No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of NVIDIA Corporation Specifications mentioned in this publication are subje...

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