Asus A8R-MVP - Manual (Page 39)

A S U S A 8 R - M V P A S U S A 8 R - M V P A S U S A 8 R - M V P A S U S A 8 R - M V P A S U S A 8 R - M V P 2 - 1 7 2 - 1 7 2 - 1 7 2 - 1 7 2 - 1 7
• We recommend that you install a VGA card on the primary (blue) PCI
Express slot and install any other PCI Express device on the
secondary (black) PCI Express slot.
• In CrossFire™ mode, each PCI Express x16 slot works at x8
bandwidth.
• I n C r o s s F i r e ™ m o d e , i n s t a l l t h e A T I C r o s s F i r e ™ E d i t i o n I n C r o s s F i r e ™ m o d e , i n s t a l l t h e A T I C r o s s F i r e ™ E d i t i o n I n C r o s s F i r e ™ m o d e , i n s t a l l t h e A T I C r o s s F i r e ™ E d i t i o n I n C r o s s F i r e ™ m o d e , i n s t a l l t h e A T I C r o s s F i r e ™ E d i t i o n I n C r o s s F i r e ™ m o d e , i n s t a l l t h e A T I C r o s s F i r e ™ E d i t i o n
( M a s t e r ) g r a p h i c s c a r d o n t h e p r i m a r y ( b l u e ) P C I
( M a s t e r ) g r a p h i c s c a r d o n t h e p r i m a r y ( b l u e ) P C I ( M a s t e r ) g r a p h i c s c a r d o n t h e p r i m a r y ( b l u e ) P C I ( M a s t e r ) g r a p h i c s c a r d o n t h e p r i m a r y ( b l u e ) P C I ( M a s t e r ) g r a p h i c s c a r d o n t h e p r i m a r y ( b l u e ) P C I
E x p r e s s s l o t ; o t h e r w i s e , t h e s y s t e m w i l l n o t b o o t .
E x p r e s s s l o t ; o t h e r w i s e , t h e s y s t e m w i l l n o t b o o t . E x p r e s s s l o t ; o t h e r w i s e , t h e s y s t e m w i l l n o t b o o t . E x p r e s s s l o t ; o t h e r w i s e , t h e s y s t e m w i l l n o t b o o t . E x p r e s s s l o t ; o t h e r w i s e , t h e s y s t e m w i l l n o t b o o t .
• Refer to the table below for possible PCI Express Card
configurations.
PCI Express x16 slot configurations PCI Express x16 slot configurations PCI Express x16 slot configurations PCI Express x16 slot configurations PCI Express x16 slot configurations
P C I E X 1 6 _ 1 ( b l u e ) s l o t P C I E X 1 6 _ 1 ( b l u e ) s l o t P C I E X 1 6 _ 1 ( b l u e ) s l o t P C I E X 1 6 _ 1 ( b l u e ) s l o t P C I E X 1 6 _ 1 ( b l u e ) s l o t P C I E X 1 6 _ 2 ( b l a c k ) s l o t P C I E X 1 6 _ 2 ( b l a c k ) s l o t P C I E X 1 6 _ 2 ( b l a c k ) s l o t P C I E X 1 6 _ 2 ( b l a c k ) s l o t P C I E X 1 6 _ 2 ( b l a c k ) s l o t
C a r d T y p e C a r d T y p e C a r d T y p e C a r d T y p e C a r d T y p e S p e e d S p e e d S p e e d S p e e d S p e e d C a r d T y p e C a r d T y p e C a r d T y p e C a r d T y p e C a r d T y p e S p e e d S p e e d S p e e d S p e e d S p e e d
Single
graphics
card*
PCIe x16 graphics card x16 MVP Switch Card NA
PCIe x16 graphics card x8 PCIe devices (non-VGA) x8, x4, x1
Dual
graphics
cards in
CrossFire™
mode**
ATI CrossFire Edition x8 ATI graphics card x8
graphics card
* Install the MVP Switch Card on the black PCI Express slot. Remove it
only when you want to install other devices.
** Install two ATI graphics cards from the same GPU family.