Asus A8V-X User Manual
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Chapter 1: Product introduction
Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology
The motherboard supports the Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology through
the Serial ATA interfaces. The Serial ATA II 3Gb/s specification provides
twice the bandwidth of the current Serial ATA products with a host of
new features, including Native Command Queuing (NCQ), and Power
Management (PM) Implementation Algorithm. The Serial ATA allows
for thinner, more flexible cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage
requirement. See pages 1-25 for details.
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 specifications. See page 1-19 for details.
ADI SoundMAX High-Definition audio
The onboard 6-channel AD1986A High Definition audio CODEC enables
high-quality audio which automatically detects and identifies what type of
peripherals are plugged into the audio I/O jacks. It also notifies the user of
inappropriate connection. See pages 1-26 and 1-27 for details.
S/PDIF digital sound ready
The motherboard supports the S/PDIF Out function through the S/PDIF
interfaces on the rear panel. The S/PDIF technology turns your computer
into a high-end entertainment system with digital connectivity to powerful
audio and speaker systems. See page 1-23 for details.
USB 2.0 technology
The motherboard implements the Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
specification, dramatically increasing the connection speed from the
12 Mbps bandwidth on USB 1.1 to a fast 480 Mbps on USB 2.0. USB 2.0
is backward compatible with USB 1.1. See pages 1-21, 1-23 and 1-27 for
details.
AGP 8X support
The AGP 8X (AGP 3.0) VGA interface specification enables enhanced
graphics performance with high bandwidth speeds up to 2.12 GB/s.