Asus Maximus V Extreme User Manual

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Chapter 6: Multiple GPU support
Chapter 6
6.2.5 Installing the device drivers
Refer to the documentation that came with your graphics card package to install the device
drivers.
Ensure that your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA
®
SLI™ technology.
Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com).
6.2.6 Enabling the NVIDIA
®
SLI™ technology
After installing your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the SLI feature in NVIDIA®
Control Panel under the Windows® 7 operating system.
Launching the NVIDIA Control Panel
You can launch the NVIDIA Control Panel by the following two methods.
A. Right click on the empty space of the Windows
®
desktop and select NVIDIA Control
Panel.
The NVIDIA Control Panel window appears (See Step
B3).
B1. If you cannot see the NVIDIA Control Panel item in step
(A), select Screen Resolution.

Asus Maximus V Extreme Specifications

General

ECC	No
Non-ECC	Yes
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory slots type	DIMM
Number of memory slots	4
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	32 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1066, 1333, 1600, 1866, 2133, 2200, 2400, 2600, 2666, 2800 MHz
Supported memory module capacities	1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB
System bus rate	5 GT/s
Processor socket	LGA 1155 (Socket H2)
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Compatible processor series	Intel Core i3, Intel Core i5, Intel Core i7
Maximum number of SMP processors	1
USB 2.0 connectors	2
Number of SATA connectors	10
Number of SATA II connectors	3
Number of SATA III connectors	6
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	0
I/O ports	1 x Thunderbolt 1 x ROG Connect On/ Off
Manageability features	WfM2.0, DMI2.0, WOL by PME, PXE
HDMI version	1.4a
Headphone outputs	5
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Audio chip	Realtek ALC898
Cooling type	Passive
Component for	PC
Power source type	ATX
Motherboard chipset	Intel Z77
PC health monitoring	CPU, FAN, LED, Temperature
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	Extended ATX
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 10
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA, SATA II, SATA III
Graphics card	HD Graphics
OpenGL version	4.2
DirectX version	11
Maximum resolution	2560 x 1600 pixels
Parallel processing technology support	2-Way CrossFireX, 2-Way SLI, 3-Way CrossFireX, 3-Way SLI, 4-Way CrossFireX, 4-Way SLI, LucidLogix Virtu, Quad-GPU CrossFireX, Quad-GPU SLI
PCI Express slots version	2.0, 3.0
PCI Express configurations	1x16, 2x8, 4x8
Cables included	SATA
Wi-Fi standards	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g
Bluetooth version	4.0
Networking features	Gigabit LAN
Ethernet interface type	Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS type	EFI AMI
ACPI version	2.0a
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	272 mm
Width	305 mm