Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 G1 Gaming 2G Manual - Page 6

SLI Technology

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2.1. SLI Technology How NVIDIA®SLITM (Scalable Link Interface) technology works: If you are planning on using this graphics card as part of an SLI system, the following are required:  An SLI certified motherboard with two or above PCI-E x16 slots and correct chipset driver  A two-way SLI bridge connector 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 or above PCI Express x16 slots to scale graphics performance. The picture below shows that two graphics cards are linked in parallel in an SLI configuration. 2-Way SLI Configuration: Two SLI-ready graphics cards of the same type (Example: GeForce® GTX 1080 G1 Gaming) SLI bridge connector 4

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2.1. SLI Technology
How NVIDIA®SLI
TM
(Scalable Link Interface) technology works:
If you are planning on using this graphics card as part of an SLI system, the
following are required:
An SLI certified motherboard with two or above PCI-E x16 slots and
correct chipset driver
A two-way SLI bridge connector
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 or above PCI Express x16 slots to scale graphics
performance. The picture below shows that two graphics cards are linked in
parallel in an SLI configuration.
2-Way SLI Configuration:
Two SLI-ready graphics cards of the same type
(Example: GeForce® GTX 1080 G1 Gaming)
SLI bridge connector