Motherboard Manual
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PEX16_1: PCI-Express Gen2 x16 Slot (x16/x8 Speed)
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PCI-Express 2.0 compliant.
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PCI-Express Gen2 supports a raw bit-rate of 5.0Gb/s on the data pins.
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2X bandwidth over the PCI-Express 1.1 architecture.
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x16 Speed Mode: Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 8GB/s
simultaneously per direction, for an aggregate of 16GB/s
totally.
(PEX16_2 must not be occupied.)
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x8 Speed Mode: Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s
simultaneously per direction, for an aggregate of 8GB/s
totally.
(PEX16_2 is occupied or using CrossFireX)
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PEX16_1 slot is reserved for graphics or video cards. The design of this
motherboard supports dual PCI-Express graphics cards using CrossFireX
technology with multiple displays. When using CrossFireX, this slot is
master and runs with x8 speed.
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To make this slot run with x16 speed, please do not insert any card
into PEX16_2.
PEX16_2: PCI-Express Gen2 x16 Slot (x8 Speed)
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PCI-Express 2.0 compliant.
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PCI-Express Gen2 supports a raw bit-rate of 5.0Gb/s on the data pins.
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2X bandwidth over the PCI-Express 1.1 architecture.
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x8 Speed Mode: Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 4GB/s
simultaneously per direction, for an aggregate of 8GB/s
totally.
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PEX16_2 slot is reserved for graphics or video cards. The design of this
motherboard supports dual PCI-Express graphics cards using CrossFireX
technology with multiple displays. This slot is slave when using CrossFireX.
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Insert any card into this slot will make PEX16_1 run with x8 speed.
PEX16 _2
PEX16_1
