Asus M3N-HT Deluxe/Mempipe - Manual (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 ® official website (www.nvidia.com).
• 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.
• We recommend that you provide sufficient power when running NVIDIA ®
SLI™ mode. See page 2-41 for details.
VGA configuration
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.