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1 Desktop Board Features
This chapter briefly describes the main features of Intel® Desktop Board D945GNT/D945GTP. Table 1 summarizes the major features of the desktop board.
Table 1. Feature Summary
Form Factors
•ATX (12.00” x 9.60”) desktop board D945GNT
•MicroATX (9.60” x 9.60”) desktop board D945GTP
Processor | Support for an Intel® processor in the LGA775 package |
Main Memory | • Four |
| • 667/533/400 MHz single or dual channel DDR2 SDRAM interface |
| • Designed to support up to 4 GB of system memory |
| NOTE: System resources (such as PCI and PCI Express*) require physical memory |
| address locations that reduce available memory addresses above 3 GB. This may |
| result in less than 4 GB of memory being available to the operating system and |
| applications. For the latest list of tested memory, refer to the Intel World Wide Web |
| site at: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/ |
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Chipset | Intel® 945G Express Chipset consisting of: |
| • Intel® 82945G Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) with Direct Media |
| Interface |
| • Intel® 82801GB I/O Controller Hub (ICH7) or 82801GR I/O Controller Hub (ICH7R) |
| supporting Intel® Matrix Storage Technology |
| • Firmware Hub (FWH) |
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Graphics | Intel 945G Express Chipset with Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 |
Audio | • Intel 945G Express Chipset |
| • Intel® High Definition Audio interface |
| • SigmaTel* codec |
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Expansion | Desktop board D945GNT: |
Capabilities | • Four PCI bus |
| • One PCI Express x16 connector |
| • Two PCI Express x1 connectors |
Desktop board D945GTP:
•Two PCI bus
•One PCI Express x16 connector
•One PCI Express x1 connector
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