Connecting Pci Express X 16 Graphics Slot - AOpen i915Ga-EFRII Manual

Connecting PCI Express x 16 Graphics Slot

i915Ga-EFRII / i915Pa-EFRII provides a PCI Express x 16 Graphics slot, a red slot
having the latest PCI Express x 16 specification on motherboard. The PCI Express
x 16 is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. Traditionally
AGP used both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock for 8X AGP, and the data
transfer rate could achieve 2.1GB/s. Now PCI Express x 16 is moving to higher
data transfer rate, which is upgraded to 8.0GB/s (250MB/s x 16 x 2, it's 4.0GB/s
per direction). For i915Ga-EFRII, the PCI Express x 16 graphics slot can
automatically recognize a PCI Express x 16 Graphics card or a Multiplexed Intel
DVO Output card depending on which cards being inserted, such as PCI Express
x 16 Graphics, or ADD2 (AGP Digital Display 2) cards. With an ADD2 card
implemented to this slot, Multiplexed Intel DVO output will provide high-speed
digital connection for digital displays or TV-OUT functionality.
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