StarTechcom 4x PCIe Serial Adapter Card

The StarTech.com PEX4S952 PCI Express serial adapter card allows you to turn a PCI Express slot into 4 RS 232 DB9 serial connections. The adapter card is based on a native single chip design that allows you to harness the full capability of PCI Express PCIe providing optimum reliability and speed, and reducing the load applied to the CPU by as much as 48% over conventional serial cards. The RS232 Serial Adapter Card is compatible with a broad range of operating systems, including Windows 2000XP2003VistaWindows 7Server 2008 R2 32 and 64 bit, Linux Kernel 2.6.11 and up, as well as Mac OS 10.4 and above. Plus, the adapter card includes an optional low profilehalf height bracket that allows the card to be installed in virtually any computer case making it that much easier to add serial ports to a PCI Express enabled computer, regardless of the size of the computer case.