Biostar TPOWER X58 Setup Manual page 14

Motherboard Manual
PEX16_1 & PEX16_2: PCI-Express Gen2 x16 (x16/CrossFire x16,
SLI x16 Speed) Slot
- PCI-Express 2.0 compliant.
- Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 8GB/s simultaneously per
direction, for an aggregate of 16GB/s totally.
- PEX16_1 & PEX16_2 slots are reserved for graphic or video cards. The
design of this motherboard supports dual PCI-Express graphics cards using
CrossFire technology with multiple displays. When CrossFire and SLI is
activated, these slots run with x16 speed.
PEX4_1: PCI-Express Gen2 x4 Slot
- PCI-Express 2.0 compliant.
- Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 1GB/s simultaneously per
direction, for an aggregate of 2GB/s totally.
- Some VGA cards may not work on this slot.
PEX1_1: PCI-Express x1 Slots
- PCI-Express 1.0a compliant.
Data transfer bandwidth up to 250MB/s per direction; 500MB/s in total.
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- PCI-Express supports a raw bit-rate of 2.5Gb/s on the data pins.
- 2X bandwidth over the traditional PCI architecture.
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PEX16_ 1
PEX1_1
PEX1 6_2
PEX4 _1