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Intelligent Properties
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Optimized MMX Performance
The motherboard utilizes the advanced features of the VIA APOLLO
MVP3 chipset to optimize the unrivaled performance of the Intel
Pentium®
processor with MMX technology. To provide you with
additional flexibility, the motherboard also supports other leading-edge
processors featuring MMX technology, including the AMD-K6, Cyrix
6X86MX, IBM 6x86MX processors.
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Onboard Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
The motherboard is installed one 32-bit AGP bus with a dedicated
66MHz/133MHz path from the graphics card to the system memory (in 2x
mode) offering much greater bandwidth than the 32-bit PCI bus does
which currently operates at a speed of 33MHz. The board is fully
compliant with the AGP 1.0 specification. AGP enabled 3D graphics cards
can directly access main memory across this fast path instead of using local
memory. To make use of the improved AGP performance, the motherboard
should be installed with SDRAM type memory and the VGA card and
drivers should also be fully AGP compliant. Using Microsoft' s Windows
98 and Windows NT 5.0 which implement DirectDraw will allow the
system to take full use of AGP' s benefits without the need to install
additional drivers.
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CPU Thermal Monitoring Alert
An onboard sensor LM75 monitors the CPU temperature to make sure that
the system is operating at a safe heat level. If the temperature is too high,
the sensor automatically generates an SMI (System Management Interrupt)
to slow down the CPU clock frequency. At the same time, the system warns
you that the CPU is overheating if the LDCM is on. CPU utilization is
restored to normal levels when the temperature returns to a safe level. This
feature requires a power supply with a soft-off power controller. Please also
read the feature of CPU Warning Temperature of BIOS Setup for related
information.
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Lightning-Fast SDRAM Performance
The motherboard supports general 66MHz and the new generation of
lightning-fast 100MHz SDRAM via its onboard 168-pin DIMM sockets.
SDRAM delivers an added boost to overall system performance by
increasing the CPU-to-memory data transfer rate. SDRAM performance on
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