Gigabyte NVIDIA GV-N730D5-2GI, User Manual

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- 6 - NVIDIA Series Graphics Accelerator
How NVIDIA
®
SLI
TM
(Scalable Link Interface) technology works:
SLI Confi guration:
3-Way SLI Confi guration:
SLI bridge connector
(provided by motherboard manufacturer)
3-Way SLI bridge connector
(provided by motherboard manufacturer)
Two SLI-ready graphics cards
of the same type.
(Example: GV-N28-1GH-B)
Three SLI-ready graphics cards
of the same type.
(Example: GV-N28-1GH-B)
If you are planning on using this graphics card as part of an SLI system, the following are required:
- An SLI certi
Þ ed motherboard with two/three PCIe x16 slots and correct chipset driver
- An SLI bridge connector or 3-way SLI bridge connector
In an SLI con Þ guration, two/three 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/three x16 PCI Express slots to
scale graphics performance. The picture below shows that two and three graphics cards are linked in parallel
in an SLI con
Þ guration.