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GV-N500 Series Graphics Accelerator
How NVIDIA
®
SLITM (Scalable Link Interface) technology works:
In an SLI conguration, two/three SLI-ready graphics cards of the same model and the same manufacturers
are connected together via SLI bridge connector in a system that provides two/three x16 PCI Express slots to
scale graphics performance. The picture below shows that two and three graphics cards are linked in parallel
in an SLI conguration.
SLI Conguration:
3-Way SLI Conguration:
SLI bridge connector
(provided by motherboard manufacturer)
3-Way SLI bridge connector
(provided by motherboard manufacturer)
Two SLI-ready graphics cards
of the same type.
(Example: GV-N28-1GH-B)
Two SLI-ready graphics cards
of the same type.
(Example: GV-N28-1GH-B)