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GIGABYTE: GA-8I945P Dual Graphic

GA-8I945P Dual Graphic
Intel 945P Chipset

Supports Intel® Pentium® D Processor
Ultimate graphics performance with PCI-Express x16 interface
GIGABYTE unique Dual Graphic Link design
Integrated new generation SATA 3Gb/s interface
Features T.I 1394b and Gigabit Ethernet connections
Features 8- channel Intel® High Definition Audio







Overview


Introduction
GA-8I945P Dual Graphic, the latest GIGABYTE i-DNA (Intelligent Dual Nano Architecture) series motherboards featuring new Intel® 945P Express chipset. Jam-packed with the industry's most advanced performance and security technologies, revolutionary QuadView design makes possible the world's first Intel Pentium 4 based motherboard to support 2 PCI-Express graphics card.
GA-8I945P Dual Graphic synergized Performance DNA with Security DNA into fundamental intelligence technologies for the digital lifestyle. As such, i-DNA motherboards target not only PC gamers and enthusiasts who push their systems to the limit, but also normal PC users who are looking for a solid future-ready system for their home and office computing needs.

Intel® 945P Express Chipset
The new Intel® 945P Express chipset delivers significant performance gains with variety of new generation architectures including the latest dual core processor, dual-channel DDR2 main memory, PCI-Express interface, Intel® Matrix Storage technology for improving storage reliability and performance.

Optimized for Intel® Dual core Processor
Enjoy the extraordinary CPU power from the latest dual-core CPU. The advanced processing technology contains two physical CPU cores with individually dedicated L2 Caches to satisfy the rising demand for more powerful processing capability.

64bit Ready with Intel® EM64T
Enter the new 64-bit computing era through Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology. 64 bit operating system allows twice the amount of data access compare to 32-bit OS, thus enhances system productivity and memory responsiveness. It is also backward compatible to legacy 32bit mode or runs at 64bit compatible mode.


Dual Graphic Link Technology
The Dual Graphic Link technology offers utilization flexibility of the Southbridge PCI Express interface. It enables users to plug in an additional PCI Express graphics card to set up a dual graphics card platform on a single motherboard. GIGABYTE Dual Graphic Link technology enables users to experience more realistic 3D graphics animations, and intelligently reroutes the PCI Express lanes for optimized bandwidth allocation.

Quad View Technology
Quad View technology offers multiple display support on up to four separate monitors. This improves the capabilities and productivity of the user by allowing them to spread multiple windows over four monitors and view them simultaneously.
Multiple display support for increasing productivity

Multi-display support for immersive video/gaming


Gigabit LAN connectivity
The Gigabit network interface delivers a high speed LAN connection with data transfer rate up to 1000Mb/s, providing new generation connectivity for the broadband era. Gigabit LAN is ideally for seamless internet connection such as streaming audio and video contents.

IEEE 1394b Firewire Interface
Connect your digital audio/video appliances such as digital video camcorders, storage peripherals, MP3 players and more. With new IEEE 1394b interface that features data transferring speed of up to 800Mbps, 2x faster than previous IEEE 1394a interface.

GigaRAID IDE RAID Controller
Supporting RAID (0, 1, 0+1), JBOD function and ATA133 interface, GigaRAID Controller delivers completely solution for storage interface to increase fault tolerance, improve data access performance and provides additional interface for more IDE devices.

Intel® Matrix Storage Technology
Intel® Matrix Storage Technology, can deliver up to 80% faster storage performance with PCs equipped with two hard drives using RAID 0 data striping. Using RAID 1 data mirroring can protect against a hard drive failure by mirroring all data among two hard drives. In addition RAID 5 offers the fault-tolerant capability to automatically back up your most important files, while also providing faster disk access and adding storage capacity.

C.I.A. 2
C.I.A. 2 (CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2) designed to detect CPU loading during software program's executing, and automatically adjust CPU computing power to maximize system performance according to different needs.

M.I.B. 2
M.I.B. 2 (Memory Intelligent Booster 2) technology shortens memory latency time to maximize memory performance up to 10% without sacrificing stability.

PCI Express Interface
Revolutionary PCI Express interface provides scalable bandwidth for multi-purpose usage. PCI-E x16 interface delivers the utmost graphics experience, PCI-E x1interface delivers twice the bandwidth of PCI interface up to 250MB/s for new generation I/O peripheral devices.

GIGABYTE Patent DualBIOS™
DualBIOS™ prevents BIOS from virus attacks or firmware damage and provides a double security to the system that assures the PC stability.

Intel® High Definition Audio
Intel® High Definition Audio enables premium digital sound in the PC for an immersive surround sound experience. In addition, Intel HD Audio delivers multiple audio channels in your PC so you can listen to two different streams simultaneously in two separate rooms.

i-Cool
Make your PC cool and quiet with i-Cool! i-Cool allows users to reduce heat generated by CPU through reducing the CPU clock speed and enabling CPU fan to run slower and quieter.

Specifications
CPU
  1. LGA775
  2. Intel® Pentium® D Processor
  3. Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor
  4. Supports 1066/800/533MHz FSB
Chipset
  1. Northbridge: Intel® 945P Express Chipset
  2. Southbridge: Intel® ICH7R
  3. T.I IEEE1394b controller
  4. GigaRAID ITE8212 IDE RAID controller
  5. Broadcom 5789 Gigabit Ethernet controller
  6. Realtek ALC882 audio codec
Memory
  1. 4 DDR II DIMM memory slots (supports up to 4GB memory)
  2. Supports 1.8V DDR II DIMM
  3. Supports dual channel DDR II 667/533/400 DIMM
* Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is less than the stated amount.
Internal I/O Connectors
  1. 4 x Serial ATA II 3.0Gb/s connectors
  2. 1 x UDMA ATA 100/66/33 connectors
  3. 2 x UDMA ATA 133/100/66 connectors (For HDDs only)
  4. 1 x FDD connector
  5. 2 x IEEE1394b connectors (supports 3 ports)
  6. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 connector (supports 4 ports)
  7. 3 x Cooling fan pin headers
Expansion Slots
  1. 2 PCI Express x 16 slot
  2. 1 PCI Express x 1 slots
  3. 3 PCI slots
Back Panel Connectors
  1. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  2. 1 x RJ45 ports
  3. 6 x Audio ports (4 x Line-out/ 1 x Line-in/ 1 x MIC)
  4. 1 x Coaxial S/P-DIF out
  5. 1 x Optical S/P-DIF out
  6. PS/2 Keyboard/ Mouse
  7. 1 x COM port connector
  8. 1 x LPT port
Form Factor
  1. ATX form factor; 30.5cm x 23.4cm

Driver

Audio
DownloadDateDescriptionVersionSize
Download from ...2008/09/16Realtek Function driver for Realtek Azalia audio chip (Including Microsoft UAA Driver in English edition)
O.S. : Windows 2000,Windows® XP,Windows® XP 64bit,Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 32bit,Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 64bit,Windows Vista x86 (32-bit),Windows Vista x64 (64-bit)
R2.0034.78 MB
Download from ...2006/10/03Microsoft UAA (Universal Audio Architecture) Bus driver (Full Multi-language version )
O.S. : Windows 2000,Windows® XP,Windows Server 2003
5.10.0.501029.87 MB

Chipset
DownloadDateDescriptionVersionSize
Download from ...2007/12/26Intel INF installation
O.S. : Windows 2000,Windows® XP,Windows® XP 64bit,Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 32bit,Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 64bit,Windows Vista x86 (32-bit),Windows Vista x64 (64-bit)
8.3.1.10092.01 MB

LAN
DownloadDateDescriptionVersionSize
Download from ...2005/10/13BroadCom PCIe Gigabit lan driver
O.S. : Windows Server 2003
8.22.1.00.36 MB
Download from ...2005/04/28BroadCom PCIe Gigabit LAN driver
O.S. : Windows® XP 64bit
Beta:8.1441.01 MB
Download from ...2005/02/15BroadCom PCIe Gigabit lan driver
O.S. : Windows 2000,Windows® XP
7.9714.96 MB

RAID
DownloadDateDescriptionVersionSize
Download from ...2005/08/16ITE GigaRAID IT8212F (Preinstall driver, press F6 during Windows* setup to read from floppy)
O.S. : Windows 2000,Windows® XP
1.7.1.920.06 MB
Download from ...2005/04/28ITE GigaRAID IT8212F
O.S. : Windows® XP 64bit
Beta:1.7.2.00.88 MB
Download from ...2004/11/12ITE GigaRAID IT8212F
O.S. : Windows 9x,Windows Me,Windows NT,Windows 2000,Windows® XP
1.6.1.82.21 MB

SATA RAID
DownloadDateDescriptionVersionSize
Download from ...2007/04/27Intel ICH6R/ ICH7R/ ICH7DH/ ICH8R SATA RAID Driver
O.S. : Windows 2000,Windows® XP,Windows® XP 64bit,Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 32bit,Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 64bit,Window XP Media Center Edition,Windows Vista x86 (32-bit),Windows Vista x64 (64-bit)
6.2.1.100211.69 MB
Download from ...2007/04/27Intel ICH6R/ ICH7R/ ICH7DH/ ICH8R (Preinstall driver, press F6 during Windows* setup to read from floppy)
O.S. : Windows 2000,Windows® XP,Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 32bit,Windows Vista x86 (32-bit)
6.2.0.20020.19 MB
Download from ...2007/04/27Intel Intel ICH6R/ ICH7R/ ICH7DH/ ICH8R (Preinstall driver, press F6 during Windows* setup to read from floppy)
O.S. : Windows® XP 64bit,Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 64bit,Windows Vista x64 (64-bit)
6.2.0.20020.27 MB



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