Hybrid SLI Supplementary Guide E4563 / February, 2009
1. NVIDIA® Hybrid SLI® Technology The NVIDIA® Hybrid SLI® technology includes two primary features: GeForce® Boost and HybridPower™. GeForce® Boost enables the NVIDIA® discrete Graphics Process Unit (dGPU) to work with the NVIDIA® motherboard Graphics Process Unit (mGPU) to increase the dGPU’s performance. HybridPower™ enables low-power operation when the performance of the dGPU is not required. You can switch off the dGPU for a quiet, powersaving computer environment.
. Enabling Hybrid SLI • Before enabling GeForce® Boost or HybridPower™, ensure that you have installed the recommended ���������������� dGPU for GeForce® Boost or HybridPower™ on your motherboard. • Ensure that you have connected your display to the dGPU. Otherwise, the motherboard cannot detect your display and no image appears. • The BIOS setup screens are for reference only. They may not exactly match what you see on your screen. To enable Hybrid SLI: 1.
7. ������ Press to save the changes, then the system reboots. 8. From the Windows® Vista desktop, go to Start > Control Panel > User Accounts and Family Safety, then turn off User Account Control. 9. Place the Support DVD into the optical drive, and go to the Drivers menu to install the NVIDIA Chipset Driver Program. 10. Restart the system. 11. If the driver is installed correctly, you will find the Hybrid SLI icon in the system tray.
