Asus P9X79-E WS - Manual (Page 177)

ASUS P9X79-E WS 5-15
5.3 NVIDIA ® CUDA™ technology
The motherboard supports the NVIDIA ® CUDA™ technology and up to 4 NVIDIA ® Tesla™
computing processor cards(based on different type tesla cards), providing the optimum multi
purpose computing performance. Follow the installation procedures in this section.
5.3.1 Requirements
• 32/64-bit Microsoft ® Windows XP/ Vista/ Linux RHEL5.X/ Open SuSE11.X OS
• The requirements of memory and power supply vary with the Telsa cards you installed.
• We recommend that you install additional chassis fans for better thermal environment.
• The installation steps might be a little different with the Telsa cards you selected and
the VGA output functions. Visit http://www.nvidia.com for more details if needed.
• Visit the NVIDIA CUDA Zone website at http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_home.html
for the latest driver, list of CUDA-certified graphics card and supported 3D application
list.
5.3.2 Installing CUDA-ready graphics cards
The following pictures are for reference only. The graphics cards and the motherboard
layout may vary with models, but the general installation steps remain the same.
1. Insert four Tesla computing processor
card(s) into the PCIe x16_1, PCIe
x16_3, PCIe x16_5, and PCIe x16_7
slot. Ensure that the cards are properly
seated on the slot.