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Download the NVIDIA® GeForce® Release 180 driver to enable NVIDIA® SLI® Multi-monitor support, giving you the ability to use two monitors with your GeForce® graphics cards in SLI mode. Now you can easily switch between multi-monitor desktop mode and full screen 3D gaming mode without any additional system settings. Multi-monitor aware games – such as World in Conflict, Supreme Commander Forged Alliance, and Flight Simulator X – surround you with amazing graphics to immerse you in the game. In addition, you can enjoy the flexibility of having 2, 4, or even up to 6 displays based on your GPU and motherboard configurations.


Display modes

Windowed gaming & interactive web mode
Get 3D gaming in one window with multitasking in the other.
Multi-monitor gaming mode
Enjoy 3D gaming on multiple monitors with supported games*.

*Supreme Commander, World in Conflict, Flight Simulator X
Fullscreen 3D gaming mode
Get maximum SLI 3D gaming acceleration on one monitor*.

*In fullscreen 3D gaming mode the second monitor may go black when you run a fullscreen 3D application.

System requirements
>  Microsoft® Windows® Vista 32-bit or 64-bit
>  NVIDIA GeForce 8 series and higher GPUs
>  Two monitors supported, with both monitors plugged into the same GPU from an SLI group (see display configurations)

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Configuration options

Standard SLI motherboard

2-way or
Quad SLI
 
3-way SLI  
2-way or
Quad SLI +
3rd GPU
     

GeForce motherboard GPU with SLI support

2-way or
Quad SLI
3-way SLI
2-way or
Quad SLI +
3rd GPU
   

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Connection details

NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295
Plug two monitors into the 2 DVI connectors on the bracket with the blue LED
Quad SLI® on NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295 Graphics Cards
Plug two monitors into the 2 DVI connectors on the bracket with the blue LED
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GX2
Plug two monitors into the DVI and HDMI connector on the bracket with the blue LED.
2-way SLI® on all NVIDIA® GeForce® GPUs
Plug two monitors into the connectors on one of the GPUs. Users can choose either GPU to use, but both monitors must be plugged into the same GPU.
3-way SLI® on all NVIDIA® GeForce® GPUs
Plug two monitors into the connectors on one of the GPUs. Users can choose any of the GPUs to use, but both monitors must be plugged into the same GPU.
Quad SLI® on NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GX2 GPUs
Users must plug both monitors into the DVI and HDMI connector on the bracket with the blue LED

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Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures images captured on NVIDIA GPU. Provided by Eidos, Inc. and Funcom.
Supreme Commander images captured on NVIDIA GPU. Provided by Gas Powered Games.
BioShock image captured on NVIDIA GPU. Provided by 2K Games.


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