Asus PC-DL Deluxe User Guide - Page 16

1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Latest processor technology The motherboard supports the latest Intel® Xeon™ processor via dual 604-pin surface mount ZIF sockets. The processor with 512KB L2 cache includes a 533/400 MHz system bus and features the Intel HyperThreading Technology and new power design that allow up to 3.06+GHz core frequencies. See page 2-4 for more information. Dual-channel DDR333 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 PC2700/2100 unbuffered ECC or non-ECC DDR DIMMs to deliver up to 5.33GB/s data transfer rate for the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. See page 2-11. When all four sockets are populated with 1GB DIMMs (total 4GB), the system may detect only 3.8GB due to ICH5R and other onboard devices resource allocation. Serial ATA technology The motherboard supports the new Serial ATA technology through the SATA interfaces, and the Intel ICH5R and Promise® PDC20378 controllers onboard. The SATA specification allows for thinner, more flexible cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage requirement, and up to 150MB/s data transfer rate. See page 2-23. Multi-RAID solution The motherboard has the Promise® PDC20378 controller to support multiRAID solution using Serial ATA/150 and Ultra ATA/133 hard disks. The RAID0 (striping), RAID1 (mirroring), and RAID 0+1 provide a cost-effective high-performance solution for added system performance and reliability. 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. 1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction