Specifications

IntroductionEP-BXBS
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Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP or A.G.P.)
Typically, 3D graphics rendering requires a tremendous amount of memory, and demands
ever increasing throughput speed as well. As 3D products for the personal computer become
more and more popular, these demands will only increase. This will cause a rise in costs for
both end users and manufacturers. Lowering these costs as well as improving performance is
the primary motivation behind AGP. By providing a massive increase in the bandwidth
available between the video card and the processor, it will assist in relieving some of these
pressures for quite sometime.
Hardware Monitoring
Hardware monitoring allows you to monitor various aspects of your systems operations and
status. These include features such as CPU temperature, voltage and fan RPM’s.
Adaptec SCSI (Legacy/SE & Ultra-2 LVD)
The EP-BXBS mainboard features the advanced Adaptec AIC-7890 Ultra-2 Wide SCSI
controller. This controller provides support for Low Voltage Differential (LVD) SCSI devices
as defined under the Ultra-2 section of the SCSI-3 standard. LVD SCSI devices allow for data
transfer rates of up to 80 Mbytes/sec and can use cable lengths of up to 12 meters! Addition-
ally the AIC-3860 Adaptec controller is also provided for backwards compatibility with single-
ended (SE) legacy SCSI devices such as SCSI-1, Fast, Fast Wide, Ultra and Ultra Wide. Below
is a chart summarizing the possible data-transfer rates available with SCSI.
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