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Chapter 8
Using NVIDIA SLI Technology
Using the 3D App Profiles
The following three preset application profiles for OpenGL applications are useful in
SLI configurations:
• 3D
App
‐
Modeling
AFR
This
profile
uses
SLI
AFR
mode.
• 3D
App
‐
Visual
Simulation
This
profile
uses
SLI
SFR
mode.It
is
also
useful
for
non
‐
SLI
configurations,
since
it
optimizes
the
driver
for
texture
‐
and
shader
‐
intensive
operations.
• 3D
App
‐
Default
Global
Settings
This
profile
uses
SLI
single
‐
GPU
rendering
mode,
and
is
also
useful
for
non
‐
SLI
configurations.
To enable one of these profiles, open the
Performance & Quality Settings
page and
then select the profile from the
Active profile
list.
Viewing Load Balancing
To
view
the
relative
amount
of
work,
or
load
balancing,
performed
by
each
GPU
in
DirectX
and
OpenGL
applications,
select
the
Show
GPU
load
balancing
check
box
on
the
NVIDIA
SLI
Multi
‐
GPU
page
(
).
This
option
enables
an
SLI
status
bar
that
reflects
how
the
GPUs
are
working
together
to
render
DirectX
and
OpenGL
full
‐
screen
applications.
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