Asus P5VDC-TVM SE - Special Features Overview

1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1 Special features
Latest processor technology
This motherboard comes with a 775-pin surface mount Land Grid Array (LGA)
socket designed for the Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 processor in the 775-land package.
Supporting the Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 processor with 1066 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB),
this motherboard is equipped with Intel
®
Hyper-Threading Technology and is fully
compatible with the Intel
®
05A/04A processors.
See page 1-6 for details.
64-bit CPU support
64-bit computing, the next generation technology to replace current 32-bit
architecture, delivers advanced system performance, faster memory access and
increased productivity. This motherboard provides excellent compatibility and
exibility by supporting either 64-bit or 32-bit architecture.
Dual-Core CPU
Enjoy the extraordinary CPU power from the latest dual-core CPU. The advanced
processing technology contains two physical CPU cores with individually dedicated
L2 cache to satisfy the rising demand for more powerful processing capability.
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
specications. See page 1-19 for details.
Serial ATA I technology
The motherboard supports the Serial ATA I technology through the Serial ATA
interfaces and the VIA VT8237R+ chipset. The SATA specication allows for
thinner, more exible cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage requirement,
and up to 300 MB/s data transfer rate. See page 1-25 for details.
Onboard RAID solution
The onboard VIA VT8237R+ chipset allows RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD
conguration for four SATA connectors.