Asus P4G8X - Manual (Page 16)

1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.3.1 Product highlights
Latest processor technology
The motherboard supports the latest Intel ® Pentium ® 4 Processor via a
478-pin surface mount ZIF socket. The Pentium 4 processor with 512KB L2
cache on 0.13 micron process includes a 533/400 MHz system bus and
features the new Hyper-Threading Technology and FMB2 power design
that allow up to 3.0+ GHz core frequencies for up to 4.2GB/s data transfer
rates. See page 2-5 for more information.
Dual-channel DDR memory support
Employing the dual-channel DDR memory architecture, the motherboard
provides a solution that doubles the system memory bandwidth to boost
system performance. The motherboard supports up to 4GB of system
memory using PC2100/PC1600 DDR DIMMs to deliver up to 4.2GB/s data
transfer rate for the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet
applications. See page 2-11.
Serial ATA/RAID support (on SATA models only)
The motherboard has the Silicon Image Sil3112A controller, and two Serial
ATA (SATA) interfaces compliant to the SATA specification. The SATA
allows for thinner, more flexible cables with lower pin count, reduced
voltage requirement, up to 150 MB/s data transfer rate, and software
compatibility with legacy Parallel ATA. See page 2-21.
Onboard LAN solution (on LAN models only)
Gigabit LAN models include the BROADCOM ® BCM5702 Gigabit LAN
chipset to provide a single-chip solution for LAN on Motherboard (LOM)
applications. The BCM5702 integrates 32-bit 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit
Ethernet Media Access Control (IEEE 802.3 compliant) and Physical Layer
Transceiver solution to support high performance network applications.
Fast Ethernet models have the BROADCOM ® BCM4401 chipset (instead
of the BCM5702) onboard to support 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX networking.
AGP 8X support
The motherboard supports the latest graphic architecture, the AGP Pro/8X
interface (a.k.a. AGP 3.0), offering 2.1GB/s bandwidth which is twice that
of its predecessor AGP 4X.
1.3 Special features
The IEEE 1394, Gigabit LAN, SATA/RAID, and POST Reporter
features are present in P4G8X Deluxe models only.