Asus P4B533-V manual Special features, Product highlights

1.3Special features

1.3.1 Product highlights

Latest processor technology

The P4B533-V motherboard supports the latest Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor via a 478-pin surface mount ZIF socket. The Pentium 4 processor with 512KB L2 cache on 0.13 micron process features the Intel® NetBurst™ micro- architecture that includes hyper-pipelined technology, a rapid execution engine, a 533MHz system bus, and an execution trace cache to offer a significant increase in performance. See page 2-4 for more information.

DDR memory support

Employing the Double Data Rate (DDR) memory technology, the P4B533-V motherboard supports up to 2GB of system memory using PC2100/1600 DDR DIMMs. The ultra-fast 266MHz memory bus doubles the speed of the PC133 SDRAM to deliver the required bandwidth for the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. See page 2-10.

USB 2.0 technology

The motherboard implements the new Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 specification, extending the connection speed from 12 Mbps on USB 1.1 to a fast 480 Mbps on USB 2.0. The higher bandwidth of USB 2.0 allows connection of devices such as high resolution video conferencing cameras, next generation scanners and printers, and fast storage units. USB 2.0 is backward compatible with USB 1.1. See page 2-29.

NOTICE: The Microsoft USB 2.0 driver has not been officially released as of the support CD production date. Please download the USB 2.0 driver from the Microsoft website (www.microsoft.com) to upgrade your USB 1.1 ports to USB 2.0.

Integrated VGA

The Intel 845G (Brookdale-G) Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) has an integrated graphics controller that delivers 3D, 2D, and video capabilities. The GMCH video engines support video conferencing and other video applications. The Brookdale-G GMCH is compliant with the Digital Visual Interface (DVI) Specification Rev. 1.0, and supports high- speed interface to a digital display when a DVI-compliant external device is present.

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