Asus P5NSLI Computer Hardware User Manual


 
1-24 Chapter 1: Product introduction
PCI Express x16 slot configurations
1.8.6 Two PCI Express x16 slots
This motherboard supports one PCI
Express x16 graphics card or two
SLI-ready PCI Express x16 graphic
cards that comply with the PCI
Express specications. The gure
shows a graphics card installed on
the PCI Express x16 slot.
In Single Card mode, only the PCI Express blue slot can be used for
PCI Express x16 graphics cards.
In SLI mode, the PCI Express x16 slots work at the bandwidth of
PCI Express x8. The combined bandwidth of these maintain the
bandwidth of PCI Express x16.
See the table below for possible PCI Express card congurations.
Install a rear chassis fan to the chassis (CHA_FAN) connector when using
two graphics cards for better thermal environment. See page 1-32 for
details.
EZ Selector setting PCIEX16_1 (blue) slot PCIEX16_2 (black) slot
Card Type Speed Card Type Speed
Single Video Card Qualied PCIe x16 x16 Qualied RAID or x1
graphics card LAN card
SLI mode Qualied SLI-ready x8 Qualied SLI-ready x8
Dual Video graphics cards graphics card
Cards
Multi-monitor,
Qualied PCIe x16 x8 Qualied PCIe x8, x4,
RAID or LAN
graphics card graphics card, x2, x1
setup
RAID or LAN card