Asus P5G-MX - Manual (Page 15)

ASUS P5G-MX 1-3
Intel ® 945GC chipset
The Intel ® 945GC graphics memory controller hub (GMCH) and the ICH7 I/O
controller hub provide the vital interfaces for the motherboard. The GMCH features
the Intel ® Graphics Media Accelerator 950, an integrated graphics engine for
enhanced 3D, 2D, and video capabilities. The GMCH contains one 16-lane PCI
Express port intended for an external PCI Express graphics card and provides the
interface for a processor in the 775-land package with 1066/800 MHz front side
bus (FSB), dual channel DDR2 at speeds of up to 667 MHz.
The Intel
® ICH7 Southbridge represents the seventh generation I/O controller hub
that provides the interface for PCI Express and high definition audio.
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
The Intel Graphics engine has new capabilities that provide a significant increase
in graphics performance. DirectX 9 hardware acceleration, 400MHz core clock, and
up to 128M of video memory all together provide a full-value, high performance
graphic solution to you. Through a dual-independent display technology, different
content can be displayed on each monitor or stretched across both displays for
more workspace.
DDR2 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory which features data transfer rates of
667/533 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics,
multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR2 architecture
doubles the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system performance,
eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidths of up to 10.7 GB/s. See pages 1-15
to 1-19 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 1-22 for details.