8 using the asus ai selector utility, 1 launching the asus ai selector – Asus Motherboard A8N-SLI SE User Manual

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5.8

Using the ASUS AI Selector utility

The motherboard support CD comes with the ASUS AI Selector that allows

you to set the video card mode of your system.
Follow the AI Selector installation wizard to install the AI Selector utility

from the motherboard support CD.

Use this utility only when you have two graphics cards installed in your

system.

5.8.1 Launching the ASUS AI Selector

After you have successfully installed the utility in your computer, launch

the AI Selector utility from the Windows

®

desktop by clicking Start > All

Programs > ASUS > AI Selector > AI Selector from the Windows

®

taskbar.

Click for help

Click to minimize

Click to exit

Click to select

SLI mode

Rotate knob to

select SLI mode

Single Video Card mode - the primary (blue) PCI Express x16 slot

works at the bandwidth of PCI Express x16.
Dual Video Card mode - the primary (blue) and secondary (black) PCI

Express x16 slots runs in x8 mode. The combined bandwidth of these

maintain the bandwidth of PCI Express x16.

Video card status

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