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NVIDIA, Scalable Link Interface technology works

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How NVIDIA®SLITM (Scalable Link Interface) technology works: In an SLI configuration, two SLI-ready graphics cards of the same model and the same manufacturers are connected together via SLI bridge connector in a system that provides two x16 PCI Express slots to scale graphics performance. The picture below shows that two graphics cards are linked in parallel in an SLI configuration. SLI Configuration: SLI bridge connector (provided by motherboard manufacturer) Two SLI-ready graphics cards of the same type. (Example: GV-N28-1GH-B) - 11 - Hardware Installation

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Hardware Installation
How
NVIDIA
®
SLI
TM
(Scalable Link Interface) technology works:
In an SLI configuration, two SLI-ready graphics cards of
the same model and the same manufacturers are
connected together via SLI bridge connector in a system that provides two x16 PCI Express slots to scale
graphics performance. The picture below shows that two graphics cards are linked in parallel in an SLI
configuration.
SLI Configuration:
SLI bridge connector
(provided by motherboard manufacturer)
Two SLI-ready graphics cards
of the same type.
(Example: GV-N28-1GH-B)