5.8Using the ASUS AI Selector utility

The motherboard support CD comes with the ASUS AI Selector that allows you to set the video card mode of your system.

Follow the AI Selector installation wizard to install the AI Selector utility from the motherboard support CD.

Use this utility only when you have two graphics cards installed in your system.

5.8.1 Launching the ASUS AI Selector

After you have successfully installed the utility in your computer, launch the AI Selector utility from the Windows® desktop by clicking Start > All Programs > ASUS > AI Selector > AI Selector from the Windows® taskbar.

Click for help

Click to minimize

Click to exit

Click to select

SLI mode

Rotate knob to select SLI mode

Video card status

Single Video Card mode - the primary (blue) PCI Express x16 slot works at the bandwidth of PCI Express x16.

Dual Video Card mode - the primary (blue) and secondary (black) PCI Express x16 slots runs in x8 mode. The combined bandwidth of these maintain the bandwidth of PCI Express x16.

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