Special Features; Product Highlights - Asus Motherboard P5LD2 Manual

1.3

Special features

1.3.1

Product highlights

Latest processor technology
The motherboard comes with a 775-pin surface mount Land Grid Array
(LGA) socket designed for the Intel
package. The motherboard supports the Intel
1066/800/533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB). The motherboard also supports
the Intel Hyper-Threading Technology and is fully compatible with Intel
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06 (for PCB 2.0 or higher only) 05B/05A or 04B/04A processors. See
page 2-6 for details.
Intel Core™2 Processor Ready (Only PCB 2.0 or higher support)
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This motherboard supports the latest Intel
LGA775 package. With the new Intel
and 1066/800MHz FSB, Intel
powerful and energy efficient CPU in the world.
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep
The Enhanced Intel SpeedStep
the CPU resources by automatically adjusting the CPU voltage and core
frequency depending on the CPU loading and system speed or power
requirement. See page 4-26 and the Appendix for details.
Intel 945P chipset
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The Intel 945P Memory Controller Hub (MCH) and the ICH7R I/O controller
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hub provide the vital interfaces for the motherboard. The MCH provides the
processor, dual-channel memory, and PCI Express interfaces.
The Intel ICH7R Southbridge represents the seventh generation I/O
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controller hub that provides the interface for the storage, I/O, PCI Express,
and 8-channel high definition audio interfaces.
DDR2 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory which features data transfer rates
of 667/533/400 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 10.7 GB/s. See pages 2-13 to 2-16 for details.
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Pentium
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Core™2 processor in the
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Core™ microarchitecture technology
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Core™2 processor is one of the most
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Technology (EIST)
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Technology (EIST) intelligently manages
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4 processor in the 775-land
Pentium 4 processor with
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Chapter 1: Product introduction
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