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Introduction
Page 1-2
1-2 Mainboard Features
Brief Introduction
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Athlon
TM
64 Processor
The AMD Athlon TM 64 processor family is designed to support performance
desktop. It provides a high performance HyperTransport TM link to I/O, as well
as a single 64-bit high-performance DDR memory controller.
For more information about all the new features Athlon
TM
64 Processor deliver, check out
the AMD website at http://www.amd.com
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Chipset
The board is designed with VIA chipset, K8T800 as North Bridge and VT8237 as
South Bridge, providing a feature rich and scalable platform. The K8T800 North
Bridge is designed with an ultra fast HyperTransport link to the Athlon
TM 64 and
comes equipped with AGP 8X features for VGA card expansion.
The K8T800 North Bridge connects to the VT8237 South Bridge through the fast
Ultra V-Link connection at 1.06GB/s. With support for two Serial ATA channels
at 150MB/s bandwidth, integrated RAID (0, 1 & JBOD) capability as well as up
to eight USB 2.0 ports, the VT8237 offers the highest possible peripheral
performance for professional users. Additional features include a VIA MAC for
10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet, integrated PCI support.
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Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
The AGP slot is compliant with the new AGP 3.0 specification. This new specifi-
cation enhances the functionality of the original AGP specification by allowing
8X data transfers ( 8 data samples per clock) resulting in maximum bandwidth of
2.1GB/s. Only 1.5V AGP cards are supported.
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Ultra ATA100/133
The mainboard provides an Ultra ATA100/133 Bus Master IDE controller. This
controller supports Ultra ATA100/133 protocols which are ideal to support
demanding applications such as real-time video, multimedia, and a high perfor-
mance operating system. A new IDE cable is required for Ultra ATA100/133.