Special Features - Asus P5LD2-VM/CR Manual

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Special features

Latest processor technology
The motherboard comes with a 775-pin surface mount Land Grid Array (LGA)
socket designed for the Intel
processor in the 775-land package. The motherboard supports the Intel
4 or Intel Pentium
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The motherboard also supports the Intel
compatible with Intel
04B/04A and 05B/05A processors. See page 1-8 for details.
Intel Dual-Core Technology CPU support
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The motherboard supports dual-core processors containing two physical CPU
cores with dedicated L2 caches to meet demands for more powerful processing.
See page 1-8 for details.
Intel 945G chipset
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The Intel 945G 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 900, an integrated graphics engine for
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enhanced 3D, 2D, and video capabilities. The GMCH provides the interface for a
processor in the 775-land package with 533/800/1066 MHz front side bus (FSB),
dual channel DDR2 at speeds of up to 667 MHz, and PCI Express x16 graphics
card.
The Intel ICH7 Southbridge represents the seventh generation I/O controller hub
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that provides the interface for PCI Express and 8-channel high definition audio.
DDR2 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory which features data transfer rates of
600 MHz (FSB 800) or 533 MHz (FSB 1066/800) 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.
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Pentium
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D processor with 1066/800/533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB).
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PCG
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D, Intel Pentium
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Hyper-Threading Technology and is fully
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Chapter 1: Product introduction
4 or Intel Celeron
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Pentium
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