Asrock ConRoe945G-DVI is a new budget Intel Core 2 Duo (Conroe) motherboard featuring Intel’s 945G chipset and integrated Intel GMA950 graphics card. It has a Dual VGA Output: support DVI-D and D-Sub ports with DVI Graphics-SI card by independent display controllers. The ConRoe945G-DVI is equipped with four DIMM slots that can handle a total of 4GB of DDR2 SDRAM chips. For 3D acceleration, the motherboard supports ATI CrossFire technology via one PCI Express x16 slot and one AGI Express slot, which is basically a PCI Express x4 slot which is mostly used for SLI operation via CrossFire. The Asrock ConRoe945G-DVI motherboard handles four SATA2 slots,and it wears Windows Vista Premium Logo Hardware Ready. It’s current price is around $75 at online PC stores.
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Asrock ConRoe945G-DVI Specifications
LGA 775 for Intel® Core™ 2 Duo/ Pentium® XE / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D, supporting Conroe processors
Intel® 945G Chipset
Supports FSB 1066/800/533 MHz processor, EM64T CPU and H-T Technology
Supports Dual Channel DDRII667/533 x 4 DIMM slots with max. capacity up to 4GB
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950, Pixel Shader 2.0, DirectX 9.0 and Max. shared memory 192MB
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
Supports Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
Dual VGA Output: support DVI-D and D-Sub ports with DVI Graphics-SI card by independent display controllers
Hybrid Booster - Safe Overclocking Technology
Untied Overclocking : During Overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCIE/ PCI Buses
4 x Serial ATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors
7.1 CH Vista™ Premium level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec)
Windows® Vista™ Premium Logo Hardware Ready
HD 8CH I/O: 4 ready-to-use USB ports, HD 7.1 channel audio jacks