Asus Motherboard A8N-SLI Premium - Manual (Page 43)

ASUS A8N-SLI Premium 2-17
2.5.5 Two PCI Express x16 slots
This motherboard supports one PCI
Express x16 graphics card or two
SLI-ready PCI Express x16 graphic
cards that comply with the PCI
Express specifications. The figure
shows a graphics card installed on the
PCI Express x16 slot.
See Chapter 6 for details on the SLI
technology feature.
2.5.6 PCI Express x1 slot
This motherboard supports PCI
Express x1 network cards, SCSI cards
and other cards that comply with the
PCI Express specifications. The figure
shows a network card installed on the
PCI Express x1 slot.
In Single Video Card mode, only the PCI Express blue slot can be used for
PCI Express x16 graphics cards.
2.5.7 PCI Express x4 slot
This motherboard provides a PCI
Express x4 slot that can support PCI
Express x1, x4, x8, or x16 cards. This
ASUS proprietary slot allows you to
use additional PCI Express cards
(e.g. graphics card) for twice the
speed of a PCI Express x1 slot.
The Universal PCIe slot
supports a total bandwidth of
1GB/s.