Introduction
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Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP or A.G.P.)
Typically, 3D graphics rendering requires a tremendous amount of memory, and
demands ever increasing throughput speed as well. As 3D products for the
personal computer become more and more popular, these demands will only
increase. This will cause a rise in costs for both end users and manufacturers.
Lowering these costs as well as improving performance is the primary motivation
behind AGP. By providing a massive increase in the bandwidth available between
the video card and the processor, it will assist in relieving some of these pressures
for quite sometime.
The board provides the AGP 3.0 interface. The AGP interface can support
external AGP slot (1.5V only) with AGP 8X/4X and Fast Write Transactions. The
AGP Interface Specification revision 3.0 enhances the functionality of the
original AGP Interface Specification by allowing 8X data transfers (8 data
samples per clock) and 1.5 volt (Power supply) operation. Supports Maximum
AGP interface bandwidth 2.1GB/s. (1.5 volt AGP Card supports only).
Ultra ATA/66/100/133
The MCP provides two independent ATA133 IDE controllers, supporting standard
programmable input/output (PIO) and Direct Memory Access (DMA) mode
operations, as well as UltraDMA-133/100/66/33 standards for a maximum data
transfer rate of 133MBps per channel.
Hardware Monitoring
Hardware monitoring allows you to monitor various aspects of your systems
operations and status. The features include CPU temperature, voltage and RPM of
fan.
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