Asus M3N-HT DELUXE - Page 55

ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series
2-29
• We recommend that you install a VGA card on the primary (blue) PCI
Express slots, and install any other PCI Express device on the PCI Express
slot (black).
• Currently, only NVIDIA
®
SLI™-Ready GeForce
®
8800 Ultra and GeForce
®
8800 GTX graphics cards support 3-Way SLI™ mode.
• 3-Way SLI™ mode is supported only under Windows
®
Vista OS. For more
information, go to the NVIDIA
®

• Currently, only NVIDIA
®
GeForce
®
8500 GT, GeForce
®
8400 GS, and
GeForce
®
8400 graphics cards support GeForce Boost function under
Hybrid SLI™ mode.
• Currently, only NVIDIA
®
GeForce
®
9800 GX2 graphics card supports
HybridPower™ function under Hybrid SLI™ mode.
• Hybrid SLI™ mode is supported only under Windows
®
Vista. For more
information, go to www.nvidia.com/hybridsli.
• Connect a rear chassis fan to the chassis (CHA_FAN1 or CHA_FAN2)
connector when using two (or three) graphics cards for better thermal
environment. See page 2-39 for details.
 
®
SLI™ mode. See page 2-41 for details.
VGA conguration
PCI Express operating mode
PCIex16_1 PCIex16_2 PCIex16_3
Single VGA/PCIe card
x16 x1 x16
Dual VGA/PCIe card
x16 x1 x16
Triple VGA/PCIe card
x8 x8 x8
• When using one VGA card and a x4 PCIe card at the same time, install
them to the blue slots.
• If you install two VGA cards to the blue slots and use other x4 PCIe cards
simultaneously, the x4 PCIe cards will downgrade to x1 mode for optimum
VGA performance.