2-20 Chapter 2: Hardware information
2.5.4 PCI slots
The PCI slots support cards such as
a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card,
and other cards that comply with PCI
specications. The gure shows a LAN
card installed on a PCI slot.
2.5.5 PCI Express x1 slot
This motherboard supports PCI Express
x1 network cards, SCSI cards and other
cards that comply with the PCI Express
specications. The following gure
shows a network card installed on the
PCI Express x1 slot.
2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slots
This motherboard has three PCI
Express x16 slots that support PCI
Express x16 graphic cards complyingx16 graphic cards complying
with the PCI Express specications.the PCI Express specications.
The blue and black slots support the
NVIDIA
®
SLI™ technology at full x16,
x16 speed.
The photo shows two NVIDIANVIDIA
®
SLI™-
ready graphics cards installed on the blue and black slots.
The slot in the middle supports graphics cards at x8 link.
In NVIDIA
®
SLI™ mode, the blue and black slots work at the full bandwidth of
PCI Express x16 on each slot for a combined bandwidth of x32.