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CONFIGURING SLI

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SOFTWARE INSTALLATION

Select 

Express installation

 when the download finishes. 

GeForce Express begins to install the graphics driver.

Note:

 It may take several minutes for the installation to take 

place. Your screen may go blank for a few seconds one or 

more times during installation. This is normal. 

Click 

CLOSE

 when the driver install completes.

Note:

 Visit 

www.nvidia.com/support

 to access our 24x7x365 

online support system. GeForce customers purchasing 

NVIDIA-branded products also have access to toll free 

technical support at 1-800-797-6530 from 8:00AM-5:00PM 

Pacific Time, M-F. The technical support line is accessible 

from the U.S. and Canada only.

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SLI is a revolutionary technology developed 

by NVIDIA that allows you to connect identical 

GeForce graphics cards together to deliver 

increased performance. 

You can enable SLI by either clicking on the SLI capable system 

balloon in the system tray or by going to the NVIDIA Control Panel.
 

Note:

 You must have an SLI-ready motherboard and 2 or 3 

identical SLI-ready GeForce graphics cards installed in your 

PC in order to enable SLI.

Accessing the NVIDIA Control Panel

To access the NVIDIA Control Panel, you can right-click the Windows 

desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel from the menu. Other ways 

to access the NVIDIA Control Panel depends on the operating system. 

 

>

Windows 8 

Using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, 

click

 Settings 

 Control Panel 

 Hardware and Sound 

 

and 

select the

 NVIDIA Control Panel

 icon. 

 

>

Windows 7

 

Go to 

Start 

 Control Panel 

 Hardware and Sound

 and select 

the 

NVIDIA Control Panel

 icon.

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Summary of Contents for GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Page 1: ...USER GUIDE...

Page 2: ...NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GEFORCE GTX 980 TI INSTALLATION GUIDE...

Page 3: ...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...

Page 4: ...best your games 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 sett...

Page 5: ...to keep your drivers current visit www nvidia com drivers and download the latest drivers Digital version of this Manual and Driver Quick Start Guide Fast and easy steps to install the GeForce graphic...

Page 6: ...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 bod...

Page 7: ...scharge 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 Use the...

Page 8: ...than one PCI Express x16 slots If you are installing additional GeForce GTX 980 Ti graphics cards for an SLI configuration continue with step 6 2 way SLI or step 6 and 7 3 way SLI If you are only ins...

Page 9: ...interface is primarily used to connect a video source to a display device such as a computer monitor HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface Connector Supports output of both video and audio from t...

Page 10: ...ence 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 Experience and select the Drivers tab...

Page 11: ...echnology developed by NVIDIA that allows you to connect identical GeForce graphics cards together to deliver increased performance You can enable SLI by either clicking on the SLI capable system ball...

Page 12: ...ion 3 Click Apply 05 Connecting your HDTV via HDMI allows you to output both digital audio and video from your graphics card to an HDTV Enabling Audio Over HDMI If you are connecting to your display o...

Page 13: ...erformance 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 fi...

Page 14: ...bus architecture offering the highest data transfer speeds for the most bandwidth hungry games and 3D applications It also maintains backwards compatibility with existing PCI Express motherboards for...

Page 15: ...wing two conditions 1 this device may not cause interference and 2 this device must accept any interference including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device EUROPEAN UNION Europ...

Page 16: ...cation or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of NVIDIA Corporation Specifications mentioned in this publication are subject to change without notice This publication supersedes and replaces a...

Page 17: ...www nvidia com...

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