Asus P5GDC Pro User Manual

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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 2-23 for details.

8-channel high definition audio

Onboard is the C-Media CMI9880 7.1-channel audio CODEC. This CODEC is
fully-compliant with Intel

High Definition Audio standard (192 KHz, 24-bit

audio). With the CODEC, 8-channel audio ports, and S/PDIF interfaces, you
can connect your computer to home theater decoders to produce
crystal-clear digital audio.

The CMI9880 audio CODEC comes with a software application that features
jack detection to monitor the plugging status of each jack, impedance
sensing to determine audio device classes, and pre-defined equalization for
various audio devices. See page 5-11 for details.

Dolby

Digital Live™

The CMI9880 audio CODEC comes with an AC-3 encoder capable of
transforming your computer’s digital audio contents into real-time Dolby

Digital stream. This digital stream passes through the S/PDIF out interfaces
to an AC-3 decoder for 7.1-channel feedback. See page 5-15 for details.

SATA RAID solution

The Intel

ICH6R allows RAID 0 and RAID 1 configuration for four Serial ATA

connectors and supports the Intel

Matrix Storage Technology. See page

2-31 for details.

Gigabit LAN

The motherboard comes with a Gigabit LAN controller to meet your
growing networking needs. The controller uses the PCI Express segment to
provide faster data bandwidth for your Internet, LAN, and file sharing
requirements. See page 2-27 for details.