Asus Motherboard P5GC-MX Product Manual page 15

64-bit CPU support
The motherboard supports 64-bit processors that provides
high-performance computing and faster memory access required for
memory and data intensive applications.
Intel 945GC chipset
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The Intel 945GC graphics memory controller hub (GMCH) and the ICH7 I/O
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controller hub provide the vital interfaces for the motherboard. The GMCH
features the Intel
engine for enhanced 3D, 2D, and video capabilities. The GMCH contains one
16-lane PCI Express port intended for an external PCI Express graphics card
and provides the interface for a processor in the 775-land package with
800/533 MHz front side bus (FSB), dual channel DDR2 at speeds of up to
533 MHz.
The Intel ICH7 Southbridge represents the seventh generation I/O
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controller hub that provides the interface for PCI Express and high
definition audio.
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. See pages 1-15 to 1-17 for details.
PCI Express™ interface
The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect
technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point-to-point
serial interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by
carrying data in packets. This high speed interface is software compatible
with existing PCI specifications. See page 1-20 for details.
Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology
The motherboard supports the Serial ATA technology through the Serial
ATA interfaces and the Intel
for thinner, more flexible cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage
requirement, and up to 300 MB/s data transfer rate.
ASUS P5GC-MX
Graphics Media Accelerator 950, an integrated graphics
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ICH7 chipset. The SATA specification allows
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