Pci Express X16 Slots; Pci Slots - Asus P5WDG2 WS Professional User Manual

2.5.4

PCI Express x16 slots

This motherboard supports two ATI
CrossFire™ PCI Express x16 graphics
cards that comply with the PCI
Express specifications. The figure
shows two graphics cards installed on
the PCI Express x16 slots.
Refer to the next page for the list
of qualified PCI Express x16 graphics
cards for this motherboard.
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2.5.5

PCI slots

The PCI slots support cards such as
a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card, and
other cards that comply with PCI
specifications. The figure shows a
LAN card installed on a PCI slot.
2.5.6 PCI-X slots
The PCI-X slots support cards such as
a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card, and
other cards that comply with PCI-X
1.0 specifications. The figure shows a
RAID card installed on a PCI-X slot.
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In CrossFire™ mode, install the master card in PCIEX16_1 (blue slot).
Each PCI Express x16 slot works at x8 bandwidth.
In single card mode, install the VGA card in PCIEX16_1 (blue slot) to
avail of full x16 bandwidth. Installing in PCIEX16_2 (black slot) will
cause the card to run at x8 bandwidth only.
Connect the EZ Plug™ when using two graphics cards and a 20-pin
ATX power supply, or if the cards do not have auxiliary power plugs.
Chapter 2: Hardware information