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1.3 Special features

1.3.11.3.1

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1.3.1 Product highlightsProduct highlights

Product highlightsProduct highlights

Product highlights

Latest processor technology Latest processor technology
Latest processor technology Latest processor technology
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.
IntelIntel
IntelIntel
Intel
®®
®®
®
915P 915P
915P 915P
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 DDR2 memory support
DDR2 memory support DDR2 memory support
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 Serial ATA technology
Serial ATA technology Serial ATA technology
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.