ASUS P5GD2 Premium Bios beta 3

Choice for Home Networking and Hard-Core Gamers

ASUS AI Proactive series -- The P5GD2 Premium is a total solution

for the Intel 915P chipset. Create a wireless home network, build

servers and workstations with triple RAID data security, and enjoy

dual-Gbit Ethernet high data throughput with this all-new

motherboard. It also supports LGA 775 CPU, dual-channel DDR 2, PCI

Express x16 graphics, Serial ATA and IEEE 1394b.

Intel LGA775 Pentium 4 CPU

This motherboard supports the latest Pentium 4 CPU from Intel in

LGA775 package. With 800MHz FSB, 1 MB L2 cache, Hyper-Threading

Technology and core-speeds up to 3.6GHz and beyond, Intel's LGA775

Pentium 4 is one of the fastest desktop processors to date.

"Attention!! CPU Installation"

Intel 915P chipset

The Intel 915P chipset supports the latest PC technologies such as

LGA775 Pentium 4 CPU, dual-channel DDR2 memory architecture, and

PCI Express x16 graphics card interface. The ICH6R Southbridge

further provides integrated 4-port SATA RAID controller, PCI

Express x1 interfaces and 8 high-speed USB 2.0 ports.

Dual-Channel DDR2 533

DDR2 is the next generation memory technology to replace the

current DDR. With initial speeds from 400 and 533MHz, DDR2 memory

provides bandwidth up to 4.3GB/s. Doubled by the dual-channel

architecture, the widest memory bus bandwidth 8.6GB/s is achieved

on this motherboard.

PCI Express Architecture

PCI Express is the latest I/O interconnect technology that will

replace the existing PCI. With a bus bandwidth 4 times higher than

that of AGP 8X interface, PCI Express x16 bus performs much better

than AGP 8X in applications such as 3D gaming. PCI Express x1 also

outperforms PCI interface with its exceptional high bandwidth up to

500MB/s. The high speed PCI Express interface creates new usages on

desktop PCs e.g., Gigabit LAN, 1394b, and high-speed RAID

systems.

High Definition Audio

Enjoy high-end sound system on your PC! The onboard 8-channel HD

audio (High Definition Audio, previously codenamed Azalia) CODEC

enables high-quality 192KHz/24-bit audio output, jack-sensing

feature, retasking functions and multi-streaming technology that

simultaneously sends different audio streams to different

destinations. You can now talk to your partners on the headphone

while playing a multi-channel network games. All of these are done

on one computer. The Dolby Digital Live technology from Dolby Lab

encodes the multi-channel audio source into AC-3 bit-stream and

outputs it to S/PDIF port in real time.

Dual Gigabit LAN

The integrated dual Gigabit LAN design allows a PC to serve as a

network gateway for managing traffic between two separate networks.

This capability ensures rapid transfer of data from WAN to LAN

without any added arbitration or latency. No more bottleneck to

handle large amounts of data such as video, audio, and voice.

IEEE 1394b/a

1394b (FireWire 800)

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with its higher bandwidth up to 800 Mbps, longer distances and much

higher-powered bus

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is more suitable for bandwidth-intensive applications like digital

video (DV), professional audio, hard drives, which often consume

hundreds or even thousands of megabytes of data per file. With

backwards compatibility with 1394a, this motherboard provides 1 x

1394a and 2 x 1394b ports.

Serial ATA & IDE RAID

The onboard Silicon Image Sil3114R and ITE 8212F RAID controllers

plus the Intel ICH6R southbridge provide the best solution to your

RAID requirements on different storage standards. The Intel ICH6R

supports RAID 0, 1 and Intel Matrix RAID Technology on 4 Serial ATA

ports. The Silicon Image Sil3114R controller offers four additional

SATA interfaces and allows RAID 0, 1, 10, JBOD, and a RAID software

patch to support RAID 5. For IDE hard disk drives, the ITE 8212F

controller provides RAID 0, 1 , 0+1 functionality for two ATA133

channels.

ASUS Q-Fan2

ASUS Q-Fan2 technology intelligently adjusts both CPU fan and

chassis fan speeds according to system loading to ensure quiet,

cool and efficient operation.

S/PDIF-out on Back I/O Port

This motherboard provides convenient connectivity to external home

theater audio systems via an optical or coaxial S/PDIF-out

(SONY-PHILIPS Digital Interface) jack. It allows to transfer

digital audio without converting to analog format and keeps the

best signal quality.

Max. 8 USB 2.0 ports supports

USB 2.0 is the latest connectivity standard for next generation

components and peripherals. Backwards compatible with current USB

1.1 peripherals, USB 2.0 delivers transfer speeds up to 40 times

faster at 480Mb/s, for easy connectivity and ultra-fast data

transfers.

Multi-language BIOS

The multi-language BIOS allows you to select the language of your

choice from the available options. The localized BIOS setup menu

helps you configure your system easier and faster