Dell OptiPlex GX1 - Manual (Page 5)

Introduction: Dell OptiPlex GX1 Small-Form-Factor System User's Guide
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800 x 600 True-color
(32 bpp) 85 Hz 4 MB
1024 x 768 True-color
(32 bpp) 85 Hz 4 MB
1280 x 1024 True-color
(32 bpp) 75 Hz 8 MB
1600 x 1200 65,536 colors
(16 bpp) 75 Hz 8 MB
2X AGP provides a dedicated bus from the video subsystem to the system chip set. AGP-based video
subsystems have two significant performance advantages over PCI-based video subsystems:
— The AGP bus reduces bandwidth requirements of the PCI bus, improving overall system
performance.
— The AGP bus allows a 3D video subsystem to execute directly from main memory.
A diskette interface, which supports a 3.5-inch diskette drive.
Enhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE) support. The primary and secondary interface are both
located on the PCI bus to provide faster data throughput. Each interface supports high-capacity EIDE
drives, as well as devices such as ATA 33 hard-disk drives and EIDE CD-ROM drives.
Two high-performance serial ports and one bidirectional parallel port for connecting external devices.
The parallel port is fully Enhanced Capabilities Port (ECP)-compliant.
A Personal System/2 (PS/2)-style keyboard port and a PS/2-compatible mouse port.
An optional integrated, 10/100-megabit-per-second (Mbps) 3Com® PCI 3C905B-TX Ethernet network
interface controller (NIC). The NIC is configured using software on the Dell ResourceCD.
A 16-bit, integrated Plug and Play Crystal CS4236B audio controller that provides all the sound
functions of the Sound Blaster Pro expansion card. For more information, see the Dell ResourceCD.
Software Features
The following software is included with your Dell computer system:
System utilities that safeguard your system and enhance the operation of its features. For more
information, see the Dell ResourceCD.
Video drivers for displaying many popular applications in high-resolution modes. For more information,
see the Dell ResourceCD.
Audio drivers for enabling the sound functions on the expansion sound card. For more information, see
the Dell ResourceCD.
Bus-mastering EIDE drivers to improve performance by off-loading certain functions from the
microprocessor during multithreaded operation (when several application programs are running
simultaneously). For more information, see the Dell ResourceCD.