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Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.3.1 Product highlights
Latest processor technology
The motherboard supports the latest Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 Processor via a
478-pin surface mount ZIF socket. The Pentium 4 processor with 512KB L2
cache includes a 800/533/400 MHz system bus and features the Intel
Hyper-Threading Technology and new power design that allow up to
3.2+GHz core frequencies. See page 2-4 for more information.
The motherboard will also support the next generation Intel Prescott CPU
when available.
Dual-channel DDR400 memory support
Employing the dual-channel DDR memory architecture, the motherboard
provides a solution that doubles the system memory bandwidth to boost
system performance. The motherboard supports up to 4GB of system
memory using PC3200/2700/2100 ECC or non-ECC DDR DIMMs to
deliver up to 6.4GB/s data transfer rate for the latest 3D graphics,
multimedia, and Internet applications. See page 2-10.
Intel Performance Acceleration Technology (PAT)
Incorporating the Intel PAT, which is a turbo mode enabled in the Intel
875P to work with DDR400 memory and boost system performance, the
motherboard delivers a new level of performance to beat.
Serial ATA technology, RAID 0 support
The motherboard supports the new Serial ATA technology through the
SATA interfaces and the Intel ICH5R onboard, and allows RAID 0
configuration. The SATA specification allows for thinner, more flexible
cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage requirement, up to 150 MB/s
data transfer rate. See page 2-23.
AGP 8X support
The motherboard supports the latest graphic architecture, the AGP Pro/8X
interface (a.k.a. AGP 3.0), offering 2.1GB/s bandwidth which is twice that
of its predecessor AGP 4X.
1.3 Special features
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