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5.9

Using 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 A I S e l e c t o r

A I S e l e c t o r

A I S e l e c t o r 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.

5.9.1

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 S t a r t > A l l

S t a r t > A l l

P r o g r a m s > A S U S > A I S e l e c t o r > A I S e l e c t o r

P r o g r a m s > A S U S > A I S e l e c t o r > A I S e l e c t o r from the Windows

taskbar.

C l i c k f o r h e l p

C l i c k t o m i n i m i z e

C l i c k t o e x i t

C l i c k t o s e l e c t

S L I m o d e

R o t a t e k n o b t o

s e l e c t S L I m o d e

S i n g l e V i d e o C a r d m o d e

S i n g l e V i d e o C a r d m o d e - the primary (blue) PCI Express x16 slot
works at the bandwidth of PCI Express x16 while the secondary (black) PCI
Express x16 slot runs in x1 mode.

D u a l V i d e o C a r d m o d e

D u a l V i d e o C a r d m o d e - 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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