2.5.4PCI 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.

2.5.5PCI Express x1 slot

This motherboard supports PCI Express x1 network cards, SCSI cards and other cards that comply with the PCI Express specifications. The following figure shows a network card installed on the PCI Express x1 slot.

2.5.6PCI Express x16 slots

This motherboard has three PCI

Express x16 slots that support PCI

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The blue and black slots support the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology at full x16, x16 speed.

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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.

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