Abit Installing Graphics Cards in PCI Express X16 Slots for Optimal Performance

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2.5.3 PCI Express X16 Add-on Slots (Install Graphics Card)

These slots support the connections of graphics cards that comply with PCI Express specifications. This motherboard provides dual PCI-Express X16 slots for one or two graphics cards installation:

One PCIE graphics card installation (Normal Mode):

Insert your PCIE graphics card into either [PCIEXP1] or [PCIEXP2] slot.

Hardware Setup

Two PCIE graphics cards installation (SLI Mode):

Insert two identical SLI-ready graphics cards into both PCIEXP1 and PCIEXP2 slots.

The NVIDIA SLI technology currently supports the Windows XP operating system only.

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