Asus P5GC-VM Pro - Manual (Page 16)

1-4 Chapter 1: Product introduction
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 1-23 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 page 1-25 and 1-32 for details.
Serial ATA 3 Gb / s technology
The motherboard supports the Serial ATA technology through the Serial ATA
interfaces and the Intel ® ICH7 chipset. The SATA specification allows for thinner,
more flexible cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage requirement, and up to
300 MB/s data transfer rate.
High Definition Audio
Enjoy high-end sound quality on your PC! The onboard HD audio (High Definition
Audio, previously codenamed Azalia) CODEC enables high-quality 192KHz / 24-bit
audio output, and multi-streaming technology that simultaneously sends different
audio streams to different destinations. You can now talk to your partners on the
headphone while playing multi-channel network games.