MSI MEGA MPC - MEGA - mPC 945, User Manual

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Chapter 2 - Mainboard Hardware
2.9 Slots
PCI Express Slot
The PCI Express slot, as a high-bandwidth, low pin count, serial, interconnect
technology, supports Intel highest performance desktop platforms utilizing the Intel
Pentium 4 processor with HT Technology with these platform benefits. You can insert
the expansion cards to meet your needs. W hen adding or removing expansion cards,
make sure that you unplug the power supply first.
PCI Express architecture provides a high performance I/O infrastructure for
Desktop Platforms with transfer rates starting at 2.5 Giga transfers per second. Also,
desktop platforms with PCI Express Architecture will be designed to deliver highest
performance in video, graphics, multimedia and other sophisticated applications.
Moreover, PCI Express architecture provides a high performance
graphics (PDF, 166Kb) infrastructure for Desktop Platforms dou-
bling the capability of existing AGP8x designs with transfer rates
of 4.0 GB/s over a PCI Express x16 lane for graphics controllers.
The mainboard provides one PCI Express x16 slot and one 32-bit PCI bus slots.
PCI Express x16 slot
MSI Reminds You...
1. The PCI Express x16 slot also supports ADD2 interface card when
it is presented on PCI Express x16 slot.
2. PCI Express x16 is available for ADD2 interface card with 915G.