User Manual

1NVIDIA
®
Hybrid SLI
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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
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saving computer environment.
2. System requirements
Before using Hybrid SLI
®
, check if your system meets the following requirements:
For best GeForce Boost performance
• AMD
®
Phenom™ 9600 CPU (operating at 1800Mhz or higher)
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• Discrete GPU recommended for GeForce Boost
• At least 256MB frame buffer size for the motherboard GPU
For best HybridPower benets
• AMD
®
Athlon™ X2 3800+ CPU (operating at 1800Mhz or higher)
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• Discrete GPU recommended for HybridPower
• At least 256MB frame buffer size for the motherboard GPU
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®
Vista OS supports the NVIDIAthe NVIDIA
®
Hybrid SLI
®
technology.
• GeForce
®
Boost supports up to two displays simultaneously (both connected to either
the mGPU or the dGPU).
• TheThe Additional Displays mode allows you to connect two or more displays to both the two or more displays to both the
mGPU and the dGPU. In the Additional Displays mode, up to four displays can be
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• HybridPower™ requires displays to be connected to the mGPU. HybridPower™ cannot
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• Refer to www.nvidia.com/hybridsli for the list of GPUs that support NVIDIA
®
Hybrid SLI
®.