Nvidia geforce gtx 1080 User manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................................ii
01 INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................3
About This Guide ................................................................................................................................ 3
Minimum System Requirements ....................................................................................................... 4
02 UNPACKING.................................................................................................5
Equipment .......................................................................................................................................... 6
03 Hardware Installation ..................................................................................7
Safety Instructions ............................................................................................................................. 7
Before You Begin................................................................................................................................ 8
Installing the GeForce Graphics Card............................................................................................... 8
04 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION .......................................................................12
GeForce Experience Software Installation...................................................................................... 12
05 CONFIGURING SLI .....................................................................................14
Accessing the NVIDIA Control Panel............................................................................................... 14
Enabling / Disabling SLI................................................................................................................... 15
06 CONFIGURING HDMI ................................................................................. 16
Enabling Audio Over HDMI............................................................................................................... 16
07 FEATURES ................................................................................................. 17
08 Compliances ..............................................................................................19
UNITED STATES Federal Communications Commission (FCC) .................................................... 20
Canada Industry Canada (IC) ........................................................................................................... 21
EUROPEAN UNION European Conformity; Conformité Européenne (CE) .................................... 21
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND Australian Communications and Media Authority (C-tick) ......... 21
JAPAN Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) ............................................................ 22
KOREA Radio Research Agency (RRA) ............................................................................................ 22
TAIWAN COMPLIANCE Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) ........................ 23
SAFETY Underwriters Laboratories (UL) ........................................................................................ 23

INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION
Thank you for choosing the NVIDIA®GeForce®GTX 1080
Founders Edition graphics card.
The GeForce GTX 1080 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 NVIDIA GPU Boost™ 3.0,
NVIDIA TXAA™, and NVIDIA PhysX™, this graphics card will
give you the best your games have to offer.
Plus, with NVIDIA’s GeForce Experience built right into its
drivers, you can take advantage of NVIDIA’s tens of thousands
of hours of testing to optimize your gameplay settings with
one click.
About This Guide
This installation guide discusses the installation and operation of the NVIDIA
GeForce GTX 1080 graphic card.
Note
: It is important to register your product in order to receive online and phone
support. Consult http://www.nvidia.com/register for more information on registering
your product.

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Minimum System Requirements
>Motherboard
PCI Express® or PCI Express 3.0-compliant motherboard with one dual-
width x16 graphics slot.
>System Power Supply
Minimum 500 W or greater system power supply with one 8-pin PCI Express
supplementary power connectors.
>Operating System
•Microsoft Windows 10, 32-bit or 64-bit
•Microsoft Windows 8.1, 32-bit or 64-bit
•Microsoft Windows 7, 32-bit or 64-bit
•Linux, 32-bit or 64-bit
•FreeBSD x86
>System Memory
8 GB system memory (16 GB recommended)
>Internet connection for driver installation
>350 MB of available hard disk space

UNPACKING
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UNPACKING
Prior to unpacking your new NVIDIA®GeForce®GTX 1080
graphics card, it is important to make sure you meet all the
system requirements listed on page 2 for a smooth
installation.
Be sure to inspect each piece of equipment shipped in the
packing box. If anything is missing or damaged, contact your
reseller.