Asus VISTA EDITION M2N-PLUS SLI - Manual (Page 43)

ASUS M2N-Plus SLI Vista Edition 2-19
• Connect a rear chassis fan to the chassis (CHA_FAN1) connector when
using two graphics cards for better thermal environment. See page 2-26 for
details.
• Due to chipset limitation, the black PCI Express x16 (PCIEX16_2) slot can
run only up to x8 speed.
• We recommend that you provide sufficient power when running NVIDIA ®
SLI ™ mode. See pages 2-28 and 2-29 for details.
• See chapter 6 for details on the NVIDIA SLI ™ technology feature.
Mode
PCIE x16_1 (Blue) slot PCIE x16_2 (Black) slot
Card Type Speed Card type Speed
Non-SLI mode
PCIe x16 graphics card x16 NA –
PCIe x16 graphics card x8 PCIe x16 graphics card x8
PCIe x16 graphics card x8 Other PCIe devices
x8, x4,
x1
Dual-graphics
card in SLI mode
Two identical NVIDIA ® SLI ™ Edition graphics cards at x8, x8 speed
2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slots
This motherboard supports two NVIDIA ® SLI ™ -ready PCI Express x16 graphic
cards that comply with PCI Express specifications. Refer to the figure below for the
location of the slots.
PCI Express x16_1 slot (blue)
PCI slot
PCI Express x1 slot
PCI slot
PCI Express x1 slot
PCI Express x16_2 slot (black)