Asus A8N-SLI - Manual (Page 150)

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To enable the multi-GPU feature:
1. Click the N V I D I A S e t t i n g s N V I D I A S e t t i n g s N V I D I A S e t t i n g s N V I D I A S e t t i n g s N V I D I A S e t t i n g s
i c o n i c o n i c o n i c o n i c o n on your Windows taskbar.
2. From the pop-up menu, select
n V i e w D e s k t o p M a n a g e r
n V i e w D e s k t o p M a n a g e r n V i e w D e s k t o p M a n a g e r n V i e w D e s k t o p M a n a g e r n V i e w D e s k t o p M a n a g e r
then click n V i e w P r o p e r t i e s
n V i e w P r o p e r t i e s n V i e w P r o p e r t i e s n V i e w P r o p e r t i e s n V i e w P r o p e r t i e s.
Make sure that your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the
NVIDIA SLI technology. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA
website (www.nvidia.com).
6.2.3 6.2.3 6.2.3 6.2.3 6.2.3 Setting the SLI mode in BIOS Setting the SLI mode in BIOS Setting the SLI mode in BIOS Setting the SLI mode in BIOS Setting the SLI mode in BIOS
By default, the SLI mode item in the BIOS is set to [Auto]. This allows the
BIOS to automatically detect the SLI selector card setting on the
motherboard.
6.2.4 6.2.4 6.2.4 6.2.4 6.2.4 Installing the device drivers Installing the device drivers Installing the device drivers Installing the device drivers Installing the device drivers
Refer to the documentation that came with your graphics card package to
install the device drivers.
• We recommend that you keep the SLI mode item setting to [Auto].
• When not set to [Auto], make sure that the SLI mode BIOS setting
is the same as the EZ selector card setting.
• See section “4.4.8 SLI mode” on page 4-33 for details.
6.2.5 6.2.5 6.2.5 6.2.5 6.2.5 Enabling the multi-GPU feature in Windows Enabling the multi-GPU feature in Windows Enabling the multi-GPU feature in Windows Enabling the multi-GPU feature in Windows Enabling the multi-GPU feature in Windows
After installing your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the
Multi-Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) feature in the NVIDIA nView
properties.