Asus P5W DH Speed, Card type, PCIEX16_2 (black) slot, PCIEX16_1 (orange) slot, PCI Express x16 slot configurations

• We recommend that you install a graphics card on the primary (orange) PCI Express slot and install other PCI Express devices on the black ���PCI Express x16 slot.�

•In CrossFire™ mode, each PCI Express x16 slot works at x8 bandwidth.

•In CrossFire™ mode, install the ATI CrossFire™ Edition (Master) graphics card on the primary (orange) PCI Express slot.

•Refer to the table below for possible PCI Express Card configurations.

PCI Express x16 slot configurations

	PCIEX16_1 (orange) slot		PCIEX16_2 (black) slot
	Card type	Speed	Card type	Speed
Non-CrossFire™	PCIe x16 graphics card	x16	NA	NA
mode	PCIe x16 graphics card	x8	Other PCIe x16	x8** (dual
			graphics card	screen)
	PCIe x16 graphics card	x8	Other PCIe card	x8, x4, x1**
Dual	ATI® CrossFire™ Edition	x8	ATI graphics card	x8
graphics cards	graphics card
in CrossFire™
mode*

* Install two ATI graphics cards from the same GPU family that support CrossFire™ mode.

**The speed of the primary PCIe x16 slot (PCIEX16_1) changes to x8 mode after you install any device in the secondary PCIe x16 (PCIEX16_2) slot.

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