2.5.6PCI Express x16 slots

This motherboard supports two NVIDIA® SLI-ready PCI Express x16 graphic cards that comply with PCI Express specifications. Refer to the figure below for the location of the slots.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI Express x16_1 slot (blue)

 

 

 

PCI slot

 

PCI Express x1 slot

 

PCI slot

 

PCI Express x1 slot

PCI Express x16_2 slot (black)

• Connect a rear chassis fan to the chassis (CHA_FAN1) connector when using two graphics cards for better thermal environment. See page 2-26 for details.

Due to chipset limitation, the black PCI Express x16 (PCIEX16_2) slot can run only up to x8 speed.

We recommend that you provide sufficient power when running NVIDIA®

SLImode. See pages 2-28 and 2-29 for details.

See chapter 6 for details on the NVIDIA SLItechnology feature.

Mode

Non-SLI mode

Dual-graphics

card in SLI mode

PCIE x16_1 (Blue) slot

PCIE x16_2 (Black) slot

Card Type

Speed

Card type

Speed

PCIe x16 graphics card

x16

NA

 

PCIe x16 graphics card

x8

PCIe x16 graphics card

x8

 

PCIe x16 graphics card

x8

Other PCIe devices

x8, x4,

x1

 

 

 

 

Two identical NVIDIA® SLIEdition graphics cards at x8, x8 speed

ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition

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