USER GUIDE
GEFORCE GTX TITAN X INSTALL ATION GUIDE NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X
Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction 1 About This Guide 1 Minimum System Requirements 2 Unpacking 3 Equipment 3 Hardware Installation 5 Safety Instructions 5 Before You Begin 6 Installing the GeForce Graphics Card 6 Software Installation GeFore Experience Software Installation Driver Installation 11 11 13 Configuring SLI Accessing NVIDIA Control Panel Enabling/Disabling SLI 15 15 16 Configuring HDMI Enabling Audio Over HDMI 17 17 Features 19 Compliances 23
Table of Contents Introduction 1 01 Introduction Thank you for choosing the NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX TITAN X graphics card. The GTX TITAN X is a powerful graphics card that gives you the fast, smooth, quiet gaming you’re looking for in all your favorite titles. With features like GPU Boost 2.0, NVIDIA TXAA, and NVIDIA PhysX, this graphics card will give you the best your games have to offer.
2 01 Introduction Minimum System Requirements >> Motherboard PCI Express® or PCI Express 3.0-compliant motherboard with one dual-width x16 graphics slot. 3 Unpacking 02 Unpacking >> System Power Supply Minimum 600 W or greater system power supply with two 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors.
4 02 Unpacking Hardware Installation Registration Card WELCOME Register to gain priority access to online and phone support. 5 03 Hardware Installation GeForce GTX TITAN X Graphics Card One 6-Pin and one 8-Pin Power Connectors SLI Connector DisplayPort Connector (Qty Three) HDMI Connector DisplayPort Connectors DVI Connector Installing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX TITAN X graphics card hardware involves opening up your computer.
6 03 Hardware Installation Before You Begin The GeForce GTX TITAN X graphics card is a PCI Express 3.0 ×16 graphics card. Your computer may already have a graphics card installed in the PCI Express slot. If so, you will need to remove that graphics card and replace it with the GeForce GTX TITAN X graphics card. If you do not have a graphics card, this means that your motherboard has on-board graphics (there is a graphics chip installed on your motherboard or integrated in the motherboard chipset).
03 Hardware Installation 5 Plug the GeForce GTX TITAN X graphics card into the Primary PCI Express x16 slot on your motherboard. This is often the slot closest to the CPU but may be the second or third slot. Look for the slot labeled ×16.
10 03 Software Installation Software Installation 8 Connect one 6-pin and one 8-pin PCI Express auxiliary power connectors to the top edge of the GeForce GTX TITAN X graphics card. Note that the connectors and sockets on the graphics card have a unique shape and connect one way only. 9 Reinstall the cover on your computer and reconnect any cables that you removed earlier in the installation.
12 04 Software Installation Software Installation The GeForce Experience software begins to install. NVIDIA Driver Installation 13 To install/update your graphics driver, use the newly installed GeForce Experience. 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. 2 Select Download driver. 3 Select Close to finish the installation.
14 04 Software Installation 3 Select Express installation when the download finishes. Configuring SLI 15 05 Configuring SLI CONFIGURING 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. 4 Click CLOSE when the driver install completes.
16 05 Configuring SLI Enabling / Disabling SLI 1 Once you have the NVIDIA Control Panel open, click on Configure SLI, Surround, PhysX in the left task pane. 2 Select from the following multi-GPU configurations: Configuring HDMI 17 06 CONFIGURING HDMI >> Maximize 3D performance Select this mode when you want your graphics cards to work together to increase your rendering performance and image quality.
18 06 Configuring HDMI Features 19 07 FEATURES >> NVIDIA Maxwell™: This is NVIDIA’s most advanced architecture ever, delivering incredible performance and unmatched power efficiency. Plus, it offers cutting-edge features like advanced sampling and Dynamic Super Resolution technology that delivers 4K fidelity—even on 1080p displays. >> GeForce® Experience™: Ensures the best gaming experience, the day a game releases, by automatically updating your game-ready drivers.
20 07 Features >> DirectX 12 Support: Support for the latest Microsoft DirectX API to enable next-generation gaming. >> NVIDIA GPU Boost™ 2.0: Dynamically maximizes clock speeds based on workload and allows enthusiast-class controls such as temperature target and fan controls, extra over-voltage headroom, and optimizations for water-cooling solutions. This allows gamers to push performance to new levels.
22 08 Compliances Compliances However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: JAPAN 23 Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) >> Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
24 08 Compliances Compliances TAIWAN COMPLIANCE Notice Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) This device complies with CNS 13438 (2006) Class B SAFETY Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 25 ALL NVIDIA DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS, REFERENCE BOARDS, FILES, DRAWINGS, DIAGNOSTICS, LISTS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS (TOGETHER AND SEPARATELY, “MATERIALS”) ARE BEING PROVIDED “AS IS.
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