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CONFIGURING HDMI

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CONFIGURING SLI

Enabling / Disabling SLI

Once you have the NVIDIA Control Panel open, click on  

Configure SLI, Surround, PhysX 

in the left task pane.

Select from the following multi-GPU configurations: 

 

>

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 disables SLI and activates all connected 

displays (heads).

 

>

PhysX settings 

PhysX settings switches which GPU runs PhysX and can also 

dedicate a GPU to PhysX only.

 

>

Disable SLI 

Default Selection.

Click 

Apply

.

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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 over HDMI, you may need to set 

the HDMI output to be your default audio device.

In Windows 8, select 

Start 

 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 Default

Congratulations! Your GeForce graphics card(s) is now ready to use!

For detailed instructions on using the NVIDIA Control Panel, consult 

the 

Control Panel User’s Guide

 found at 

www.geforce.com/drivers

 

(select your driver, then click on 

Documentation

 to download the 

User’s Guide).

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CoNFIGURING HDMI

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...

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