Asus P5GC MX 1333 - Motherboard - Micro ATX User 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 Graphics Media Accelerator 950, an integrated graphics engine for
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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 1333(O.C)/1066/800 MHz
front side bus (FSB), dual channel DDR2 at speeds of up to 667 MHz.
The Intel ICH7 Southbridge represents the seventh generation I/O controller hub
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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
667/533 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 1-15
to 1-19 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 1-22 for details.
Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology
The motherboard supports the Serial ATA technology through the Serial ATA
interfaces and the Intel
more flexible cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage requirement, and up to
300 MB/s data transfer rate.
ASUS P5GC-MX/1333
ICH7 chipset. The SATA specification allows for thinner,
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