MSI Z97-G45 Gaming Atheros Network Driver 1.1.42.1045 for Windows 8 Download

Posted at October 26, 2025 by PCI-DB Team

MSI Z97-G45 Gaming Atheros Network Driver 1.1.42.1045 for Windows 8 Description

Specifications:

- Socket: 1150
- CPU (Max Support): i7
- FSB/BCLK/Hyper Transport Bus: 100MHz
- Chipset: Intel Z97 Express Chipset
- DDR3 Memory: DDR3 1066 / 1333 / 1600 / 1866(OC) / 2000(OC) / 2133(OC) / 2200(OC) / 2400(OC) / 2600(OC) / 2666(OC) / 2800(OC) / 3000(OC) MHz
- Memory Channel: Dual
- DIMM Slots: 4
- Max Memory (GB): 32
- PCI-Ex16: 3
- PCI-E Gen: Gen3 (16,0,0), (8,8,0), (8,4,4)
- PCI-Ex1: 4
- mSATA: 1
- SATAIII: 6
- RAID: 0/1/5/10
- TPM (header): 1
- LAN: 10/100/1000x1
- USB 3.0 ports (Front): 2
- USB 3.0 ports (Rear): 4
- USB 2.0 ports (Front): 6
- USB 2.0 ports (Rear): 2
- Audio ports (Rear): 6+Coaxial / Optical SPDIF
- VGA: 1
- HDMI: 1
- DVI: 1
- VGA Max Share Memory (MB): 1760
- DirectX: 11
- Form Factor: ATX
- SLI: Yes
- CrossFire: Yes

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