Asus P5GD2 manual Special features, Product highlights

1.3Special features

1.3.1Product highlights

Latest processor technology

The motherboard comes with a 775-pin surface mount Land Grid Array (LGA) socket designed for the Intel¨ Pentium¨ 4 processor in the 775-land package. The motherboard supports the Intel¨ Pentium¨ 4 processor. The motherboard also supports the Intel¨ Hyper-Threading Technology and is fully compatible with Intel¨ 04B and 04A processors.

See page 2-7 for details.

Intel¨ 915P

The Intel¨ 915P chipset provides the interface for a processor in the

775-land package with 533/800MHz front side bus (FSB), dual channel DDR/DDR2 at speeds of up to 533MHz, and PCI Express x16-lane port for graphics card. The Intel¨ 915P MCH platform is compliant to the Direct Media Interface (DMI) and supports the sixth generation I/O Controller Hub (ICH6).

DDR2 memory support

The motherboard supports DDR2 memory which features data transfer rates of 533/400 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR2 architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system performance, eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidths of up to 8.5 GB/s. The motherboard also allows you to overclock DDR2-533 DIMMs up to 600 MHz while maintaining the CPU Front Side Bus at 800 MHz*. See pages 2-13 and 4-19 for details.

*Visit the ASUS website for the list of qualified DDR2-533 DIMMS that support 600 MHz frequency.

Serial ATA technology

The motherboard supports the Serial ATA technology through the Serial ATA interfaces and the Intel¨ ICH6R. The SATA specification allows for thinner, more flexible cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage requirement, and up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate.

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