MSI GTX 660 Ti Power Edition manual

INST AL L A TION GUIDE[...]

N VIDIA GeF orc e GT X 6 60 Ti GEFORCE GTX 660 TI INST A LL ATION GUIDE[...]

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T a ble of Con TenT s TA BL E O F C ON T E N T S Intr oduction 1 About This Guide 1 Minimum System Requir ements 2 Unpacking 3 Equipment 3 Har dware Ins tallation 5 Safety Ins tructions 5 Befor e Y ou Begin 6 Installing the GeF or ce Gr aphics Card 6 Driver Installation 13 Configuring SLI 17 Acc essing the NVIDIA Contr ol Panel 17 Enabling / Disab[...]

TA BL E O F C ON T E N T S[...]

 INTRODUC TION INTRODUC TION Thank you for choosing the N V IDIA ® GeFo rce ® GT X 66 0 Ti gr aphi c s card. Bui lt from the g round up f or Direct X 1 1 tessellation, t he GeFor ce GT X 66 0 Ti delivers revolutionar y geometr y per formance for the ultimat e nex t gener ation DX1 1 gaming exp er ience. With full suppor t for NV IDIA 3D V isio[...]

 INTRODUC TION 01 Minimum Sys tem Requireme nt s > Motherb oard PCI Express ® or PCI E xpress 2.0-complia nt mo therboard w ith o ne du al-w id th x1 6 gr aphi c s slo t. Fo r a 2-w a y/ 3- w ay N V ID I A SLI configuration, you need an SLI- ready motherbo ard with one dua l-w idt h x1 6 gr a phic s s lot f or e ach gr aphi c s ca rd . >[...]

 U N pA C k I N G UNPA C KI NG Pr ior t o unpacki ng your new NV IDIA GeFo rce GT X 66 0 Ti gr aphi c s card, it is impor tant t o mak e sure you m eet all the system requ iremen t s listed on page 2 for a s mooth i nstall ati on. Be sure t o inspect each piec e of equi pment shi pped in the pa cking bo x . If an y thi ng is missin g or dam aged[...]

 UNPA C KI NG  WELCOME Registr ation Car d Regi ste r to gain p r ior i t y a cces s to o nli ne an d phone suppor t. 4-t o- 6 Pin A dap ter (Op tion al ) Use t he 4 -to -6 p in ad apte r to con ver t t w o 4- pin power supply c onnec tors to one 6 -pin connector . DVI-to-VGA Adapter ( Optional ) Use t o conn ec t a V G A mon itor to t he [...]

 HAR DW AR E I NST ALL A TI ON HARDW ARE IN ST ALL A TIO N Installi ng the NV IDIA GeForc e GT X 66 0 Ti graphics card hard ware invol ves opening u p your comp uter . Fo llow all of t he s afe t y instruc tions provided here t o ensure th at there i s no damage to yo u, your com puter , or t he graphics board. Safe t y Ins tr uc tions T o red u[...]

 HARDW ARE IN ST ALL A TIO N 03 Before Y ou Begin Th e Ge For ce GT X 6 6 0 T i gr ap hic s c ar d is a P C I E xp re s s 3.0 ×1 6 gr ap hic s ca rd . Y ou r com pute r ma y alr ea d y hav e a gr ap hic s c ar d in st al le d in the P CI E x pr es s sl ot. I f so , you w il l ne ed to r em ove t hat gr aphi c s c ar d and rep l ace i t w ith th[...]

HARDW ARE IN ST ALL A TIO N  3 Remo ve an y ex is ting g r aph ic s c ar d (if the re i s one). S a ve h ar dw a re (suc h as s cr ew s an d br ac ket s) to us e w hen in s tal li ng th e N V IDI A gr aphics c ard. ! Attention: If you r s ys tem h as b een r u nnin g for a p er io d of time p r ior t o ope nin g the p ane l s , it is v er y imp [...]

 HARDW ARE IN ST ALL A TIO N  5 Pl ug th e gr ap hic s c ar d into t he Pr i mar y P C I E xp re s s x1 6 sl ot on y our moth er b oa rd . Th is is o f ten th e sl ot clo se s t to the C PU b ut m ay be t he se con d or th ird s lot . Lo ok f or th e slo t la be led ×1 6. It w il l li kely be t he only P C I E xp re s s slo t w ith a r et[...]

HARDW ARE IN ST ALL A TIO N  6 T w o GeF orc e gr ap hic c ar ds ( 2-w ay S L I): a) Ins t all th e se co nd Ge For ce c ar d into th e ou ter mo st P C I E xp re s s x1 6 sl ot on th e mot her b oa rd . b) C on ne c t the t wo c ar ds to get her u sin g the d ual S LI b r idg e connector that came with you r SLI-re ady motherboar d. If yo u ar [...]

 HARDW ARE IN ST ALL A TIO N 8 Co nne c t a pa ir of P CI E xpr e ss 6 - pin au xi lia r y po we r conn ec to r s to the to p ed ge of th e GeF or ce GT X 6 6 0 Ti g r ap hic s c ar d. N ote tha t the con nec t or s an d so cket s on th e gr ap hic s c ar d h ave a u niqu e sha pe and connect one way only . If yo ur p ow er sup ply n ee ds an[...]

HARDW ARE IN ST ALL A TIO N  10 Connect your comput er monitor(s) t o the GeForce gr aphics ca rd u sin g the c onn ec to r s sho w n. A si ngl e GeF orc e GT X 6 60 T i gr ap hic s c ar d c an su pp or t up to fo ur dis pl ay s in a m ulti -m oni tor configur ation . 11 Reco nne c t yo ur po we r cor d to th e P C. HDMI (High-Definition Mu[...]

 HARDW ARE IN ST ALL A TIO N [...]

 DrI V Er INST A L L A TION DRIVER INSTALL ATION With the hardware installed, it is now t ime t o install th e gr aphi c s dri ver . N VIDIA recommend s downloadin g and installin g the most recen t dr i ver s a vail ab le at: ht tp:/ / w w w.nvidia .com / dr i ver s . Use the f ollowing procedu re to load th e gr aphic s dr i ver s . 1 Po we[...]

 DRIVER INSTALL ATION  3 Se le c t AGREE A ND CONTINUE to continue the install ation. 4 Se le c t the E xpress opt ion an d the n cl ick NE X T w hen the Inst all a tion O ption s window displays.[...]

DRIVER INSTALL ATION  Not e: It ma y ta ke sev er al m inu tes f or th e ins t all a tion to t ake pl ace . Y ou r scr ee n ma y go bl a nk fo r a few s e con ds on e or mor e tim es d ur ing i ns ta ll at ion . Th is is n or ma l . Th e Install in progess … scr ee n w ill l et yo u kn ow w he n the in s tal l ati on is complete. 6 Onc e al[...]

 DRIVER INSTALL ATION 7 Cli ck CLOSE w he n the i ns ta ll ha s fin ish ed. Not e: Ple as e v isi t w w w.nv idia.com /suppor t to acce s s our 24 x 7 x 3 6 5 on lin e sup po r t s y s tem , wh er e you c a n sub mit que s tion s dir ec t ly to our te ch s upp or t s taf f. Que st ion s ma y only be submitted in English. GeForce custome r s [...]

 CONFIGURING SLI SLI is a revolutionar y technolog y developed by N VIDIA that all ow s you t o connect iden tical GeForce gr aphic s c ard s together to deli ve r increase d per for mance. Y ou c an e nab le SL I b y eit her c lic kin g on th e SL I c ap abl e s ys tem bal lo on in t he s y ste m tr ay o r by g oin g to the N V I DI A Co ntr[...]

 CONFIGURING SLI > Windows Vista z Cla ssic view Go to St ar t  Control Panel and s ele c t the N VIDI A Control Panel icon. z Co ntr ol P ane l Hom e v iew Go to St ar t  Control Panel  Additional Op tions and selec t the NV IDIA Control Panel icon. Enabling / Dis abling SLI 2 Onc e you h av e the N V ID I A Co ntr ol P ane l op [...]

CONFIGURING SLI  > PhysX settings Ph ys X s et tin gs s w itc he s w hic h GPU r u ns P hy s X and c an a l s o ded ic ate a GP U to P hy s X only. > Disable SLI Default Selection. 4 Cli ck Apply .[...]

 CONFIGURING SLI [...]

 CONFI GURING HDMI Connecting you r HDT V via HDM I allows you to outpu t both dig ital aud io and video from your graphics card to an HD T V . Enabl ing Au dio O ver HDMI If yo u ar e con nec t ing to y our d isp l ay ov er HD MI, yo u ma y nee d to s et the HD MI ou tpu t to be y our de f ault au dio d ev ic e. In W ind ow s 7 , sel ec t St[...]

 CONFI GURING HDMI [...]

 F E AT U R E S > N V IDI A GP U Bo os t: Up un til no w, GP Us ha ve op er at ed at a fixe d clo ck s pe ed w he n pl ay in g 3D ga me s, e ve n if th ey ha ve th e pote ntia l to r un f as ter . GP U Bo os t intel li gent ly mo nito r s gr ap hic s wo r k lo ad an d incr ea s es th e cl ock s pe ed w he nev er p os sib le. T he re sul t[...]

 F E AT U R E S > NV IDI A ® 3D V i sio n ™ Surround R ead y 3 : Ex p and y our g ame s ac ro ss thr ee di spl a y s in fu ll s ter eos co pic 3 D for t he ult imate “ in sid e the gam e” exp er ien ce w ith t he p ow er of N V ID I A 3D V is ion a nd N V ID I A SLI technologies. NV IDIA ® Sur round ™ al s o sup po r t s tr i ple[...]

F E AT U R E S  > Du al-l ink DV I S up por t: A bl e to dr i ve in dus tr y ’s lar ge st a nd hi ghe s t re so lut ion fl at-pa nel di spl a y s up to 25 6 0 x160 0 and w i th sup po r t for H igh -b and w id th D igi tal C on tent P rot ec ti on (HDC P). > HDMI: Ful ly inte gr ate d sup po r t f or HD MI 1 . 4 a in clu ding G P U a[...]

 F E AT U R E S z Inve r se T el eci ne (3:2 & 2: 2 Pul ld ow n C or re c tio n): Recovers or ig inal fi lm im ag es f ro m fil ms -c onv er ted -to -v id eo (D V Ds , 108 0 i HD conte nt), p ro v idi ng mo re a ccur a te mo vi e pl ay b ac k and superior pic ture qualit y. z Bad Edit Correc tion: Whe n vi de os ar e edi ted , the e dit[...]

 COMPLI ANCES Th e N V IDI A G eFo rce G T X 66 0 T i gr aphi c s ca rd i s com pl iant w i th the follow ing regul ation s: > Feder al Communic ations Comm ission (FCC) > Industr y Canada (IC) > Conformité Européenne ( CE) > Austr al ian Communic ations and Media Author it y (C-tick) > Volun tar y Control Council for I nter [...]

 COMPLI ANCES ins t all ed an d us ed in a ccor d ance w i th the i ns tr uc t ion s, m ay c au se harmful inter ference to radio communications. Howev er , there is no g uar a ntee t hat in ter fer ence w il l no t occ ur in a p ar ticu l ar inst all ation. If thi s eq uipm ent d oe s c aus e har m ful i nter fer enc e to r ad io or tele v i[...]

COMPLI ANCES  J AP AN V oluntar y Control Council for Interf erence (VCCI) Th is is a C l as s B pr od uc t b as ed o n the s ta nda rd o f the V CC I Co unc il . If thi s is u se d nea r a r ad io or te lev i sio n re cei ve r in a dom e sti c env ir on ment , it m ay c aus e r a dio in ter fer ence . Ins t all a nd us e th e equ ipm ent ac [...]

 COMPLI ANCES T AIW AN COM PLIAN CE Bure au of St and ard s, M etr olo gy a nd In spe c tio n (BSMI) Th is de v ice co mpl ie s w ith C NS 13 4 3 8 ( 20 0 6) Cl a s s B SA FET Y Under w riter s Labor ator ies (UL) [...]

COMPLI ANCES  Notice A L L N V ID I A DE S IG N S PE CIF I C ATI ON S, R E FE R EN CE B O A RD S , FI L E S, D R AW ING S , DI A GN O S T IC S , L IS T S , A ND O T HE R D OC UM EN T S ( T OG E T HE R A ND S E PA R AT ELY, “M AT ER I A L S ”) A R E BE IN G PR O V ID ED “A S IS .” N V IDI A M A K E S NO W A RR A N T IE S , E X P R E S [...]

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