Monday, February 6, 2012

ADD and MEC form factors

SDVO adaptor cards are appointed as ADD (advanced agenda display) or MEC (media amplification card) or the agnate ADD2+.

Older ADD cards were AGP-based and did not accommodate a accepted interface, assuming difficulties for disciplinarian development. The additional bearing ADD2 cards are PCI accurate and apply a accepted interface. There are, however, two audible flavours of ADD2 cards: ADD2-N (normal) and ADD2-R (reverse). "Normal cards use the aboriginal channels on the PCI-E adapter while About-face cards use the endure channels." The ADD2-N cards are appear to plan after fuss beneath Linux with Intel chipsets alignment from the 915 through to the 965.

A altered antecedent claims that ADD2-N are for ATX form-factor systems while ADD2-R is for BTX form-factor systems. However, some BTX systems crave ADD2-N (e.g. HP dc5700), so you will accept to argue your arrangement documentation.

According to Reseller Advocate (RAM magazine) a Media Amplification Agenda (MEC) is "an x16 PCIe agenda with an SDVO silicon bore for VGA, DVI, S-Video, composite, or basic achievement accumulated with an x1 PCIe analog TV tuner" alien as a "945G belvedere add-on descended from the old ADD and ADD2 cards."

The appliance agenda for the 945G describes the SDVO agenda interface as acute a abounding x16 PCI-E slot.

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