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Bit cpu support, Intel, 945gc chipset – Asus Motherboard P5GC-MX User Manual

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ASUS P5GC-MX

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64-bit CPU support

The motherboard supports 64-bit processors that provides

high-performance computing and faster memory access required for

memory and data intensive applications.

Intel

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945GC chipset

The Intel

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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

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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

800/533 MHz front side bus (FSB), dual channel DDR2 at speeds of up to

533 MHz.
The Intel

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ICH7 Southbridge represents the seventh generation I/O

controller hub that provides the interface for PCI Express and high

definition audio.

DDR2 memory support

The motherboard supports DDR2 memory which features data transfer rates

of 533 /400 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 8.5 GB/s. See pages 1-15 to 1-17 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 1-20 for details.

Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology

The motherboard supports the Serial ATA technology through the Serial

ATA interfaces and the Intel

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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.