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Appendix A
Using NVIDIA SLI Technology
Systems with four NVIDIA SLI‐ready GPUs in an SLI PC are indicated by the text
Enable Quad SLI technology.
6 Under Select the display to view SLI rendering content on, click the list arrow
and select the display that you want to use to view your game.
• The GPU connected to this display will function as the “primary” GPU, all
others will function as slaves to the primary GPU.
• This list appears only if you have more than one display connected to the
system.
7 Click Apply.
To use SLI frame rendering or SLI antialiasing technology, you must configure the
SLI performance mode as explained in the next section.
Select the NVIDIA SLI Mode to Use
This section explains how to select and use the following SLI features:
• SLI Frame Rendering
• SLI Antialiasing Mode
• SLI Single‐GPU Mode
• Using the Preset 3D App Profiles
• Viewing Load Balancing
SLI Frame Rendering
To use SLI frame rendering, perform the following steps:
1 From the NVIDIA Control Panel 3D tool bar, switch to Advanced View.
2 From the Select a Task pane, click Manage 3D Settings.
3 Click the Global Settings tab, and then click the Global presets list arrow and click
Custom.
4 Under the Settings Feature column, locate SLI performance mode, click its setting
to activate the list box, then click the performance mode you want to use.
See “SLI Frame Rendering Mode” on page 38 for an explanation of split frame
rendering and alternate frame rendering.
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