ASUS P5GV-MX 1-3
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
Latest processor technology
The motherboard comes with a 775-pin surface mount Land Grid Array
(LGA) socket designed for the Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 or Intel
®
Celeron
®
processor in the 775-land package. The motherboard supports the Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 processor with 800/533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB). The
motherboard also supports the Intel
®
Hyper-Threading Technology and
is fully compatible with Intel
®
04B and 04A processors. See page 1-9 for
details.
Intel
®
915GV chipset
The Intel
®
915GV Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) and the ICH6 I/O
controller hub provide the vital interfaces for the motherboard. The GMCH
features the Intel
®
Graphics Media Accelerator 900, an integrated graphics
engine for enhanced 3D, 2D, and video performances. The GMCH provides
the interface for a processor in the 775-land package with 800/533 MHz
Front Side Bus (FSB) and dual channel DDR at speeds of up to 400 MHz.
The Intel
®
ICH6 Southbridge represents the sixth generation I/O controller
hub that provides the interface for PCI Express and Serial ATA.
Intel
®
EM64T
The motherboard supports Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 processors with the Intel
®
Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T). The Intel
®
EM64T feature
allows your computer to run on 64-bit operating systems and access larger
amounts of system memory for faster and more efficient computing. See
the Appendix for details.
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep
®
Technology (EIST)
The Enhanced Intel SpeedStep
®
Technology (EIST) intelligently manages
the CPU resources by automatically adjusting the CPU voltage and core
frequency depending on the CPU loading and system speed or power
requirement. See Appendix for details.
CPU Lock Free
This feature allows you to adjust the CPU multiplier to 14x. Making the
appropriate BIOS setting automatically reduces the CPU multiplier value for
more flexibility when increasing external FSB. See page 2-22 for details.