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1.3
Special Features
1.3.1 Product Highlights
Intel® Core
TM
2 Processor Ready
This mainboard supports the Intel® Intel®
Core™ 2 Quad, and Core™ 2 Duo processors
in the LGA775
package. With the new Intel® Core
TM
2 micorarchitecture technology and 1066/800 MHz FSB, Intel®
Core
TM
2 processor is one of the most powerful and energy efficient CPU in the world.
Intel® Q965 Express Chipset
The Intel® Q965 Express Chipset provides all business with more effective costs management, safer
computing environment, and deploys more responsive PCs. It features the integrated graphics engine,
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3000.
DDR2 Memory Support
The mainboard supports DDR2 memory that features data transfer rates of 800/ 667/ 533MHz 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, and eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidths of up to 12.8GB/s.
Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s Technology
The mainboard supports the Serial ATA (SATA) technology through 6 Serial ATA II interface from Intel®
ICH8 chipset. The SATA II specification allows for thinner, more flexible cables with lower pin count,
reduced voltage requirement (compared to IDE specification), and provides up to 300MB/s data transfer
rate.
High Definition Audio
The mainboard came with the Realtek ALC888 high-definition audio CODEC that lets you enioy high
quality 7.1+2 channel audio without having to buy advanced sound cards.
PCI-E x16 support
The PCI-E x16 VGA interface specification enhances graphics performance with high bandwidth speeds up
to 2.5 Gb/s.
USB 2.0 Technology
The mainboard implements the Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 specification, dramatically increasing the
connection speed from the 12Mbps bandwidth on USB1.1 to a fast 480Mbps on USB2.0. USB2.0 is
backward compatible with USB1.1.
