SUMMARY: With the release of Intel's 800MHz FSB Canterwood chipset earlier this week, prices of the older yet still competitive Granite Bay chipset based motherboards should lower in price as shop shelves around the world fill with new Canterwood solutions. One such motherboard is the Asus P4G8X Granite Bay motherboard which Shawn "Toxic" Baker is taking for a spin today! Does it have what it takes to feature in your system? Read on and find out!
Socket 478 for Intel Pentium 4 / Celeron up to 3.06GHz+ On-die 512KB/256KB L2 Cache with full speed Intel Hyper-Threading Technology ready New power design supports up to 3.06GHz CPU speeds and above
Dual channel memory architecture 4 x 184-pin DIMM Sockets support max. 4GB PC2100/PC1600 ECC/non-ECC DDR SDRAM memory
Expansion Slots
1 x AGP Pro/8X (1.5V only) 5 x PCI
IDE
2 x UltraDMA 100 / 66 / 33
Special Features
Power Loss Restart ASUS JumperFree CrashFree BIOS ASUS MyLogo2 Support S/PDIF in/out interface (on audio model only) ASUS Post Reporter ASUS EZ Plug ASUS Q-Fan technology ASUS EZ Flash Multi-language BIOS AGP warning LED
Overclocking
Features CPU and AGP voltage adjustable ASUS JumperFree C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection) from 100MHz up to 400MHz at 1MHz increments Fixed AGP/PCI frequencies
Back Panel I/O Ports
1 x Parallel 2 x Serial 1 x PS/2 Keyboard 1 x PS/2 Mouse 1 x Audio I/O 4 x USB 2.0 / 1.1 1 x RJ45 port (optional)
Internal I/O Connectors
1 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 2 USB 2.0 ports CPU / Power / Chassis FAN connectors 20 pin ATX Power connector 4 pin ATX 12V Power connector IDE LED connector, power LED connetor Chassis Intrusion S/PDIF in/out connector (optional) CD / AUX / Modem audio in (optional) Front Audio Panel connector (optional) GAME/MIDI connector (optional) 2 x IEEE1394 port (on 1394 model only)
BIOS
4Mb Flash ROM, AwardR BIOS, TCAV, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash, ASUS MyLogo2, CrashFree BIOS, C.P.R
Support CD
Drivers ASUS PC Probe Trend Micro PC-cillin 2002 anti-virus software ASUS LiveUpdate Utility
Accessories
User's manual UltraDMA cable IDE cable FDD cable 2-port USB 2.0 / Game port module S/PDIF in/out module (optional) I/O shield 2 x Serial ATA cable (on Serial ATA model only) 2 port IEEE1394 module (on 1394 model only) InterVideo WinCinema (Gold version only)
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