ASUS Showcases New Mainboards for Intel and AMD Processors at CeBIT

by Anton Shilov
03/13/2003 | 01:06 PM

ASUSTeK computer demonstrates a lot of new devices at CeBIT Hannover exhibition. Since ASUS is mostly known for its mainboards, I think it worth to check out this kind of products the Taiwanese company will offer us this Spring.

Here is an ASUS’ stand where all Socket 478 mainboards are exhibited:

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For your convenience, we publish all the technical information about every new mainboard below:

• P4C800: i875P MCH; ICH5R; 400/533/800MHz QPB; 4 DIMM slots for up to 4GB of PC2100/PC2700 or PC3200 (DDR400) memory; dual-channel memory bus support: memory modules used should be identical and installed in pairs; AGP 8x, 5 PCI slots; 2-channel ATA-33/66/100; 2-channel Serial ATA-150 controller (ICH5R) with RAID 0 support; Optionally ASUS can install another controller from Promise to support another pair of Serial ATA-150 connectors; 10/100/1000Mb/s Ethernet controller; 6-channel AC'97 sound; USB 2.0; FireWire (IEEE-1394) controller; ATX. More information in this news-story.
• P4P800: i865PE MCH; ICH5; 400/533/800MHz QPB; 4 DIMM slots for up to 4GB of PC2100, PC2700 or PC3200 memory; dual-channel memory bus support: memory modules used should be identical and installed in pairs; AGP 8x, 6 PCI slots; 2-channel ATA-33/66/100; 2-channel Serial ATA-150 support; 10/100/1000Mb/s Ethernet controller; 6-channel AC'97 sound; USB 2.0; FireWire (IEEE1394); ATX.
• P4P800-VM: i865G GMCH; ICH5; 400/533/800MHz QPB; 4 DIMM slots for up to 4GB of PC2100/PC2700/3200 memory; dual-channel memory bus support: memory modules used should be identical and installed in pairs; Intel Extreme Graphics 2 integrated core; AGP 8x, 3 PCI slots; 2-channel ATA-33/66/100; 10/100Mb/s Ethernet controller; 6-channel AC'97 sound; USB 2.0; mATX.

ASUS also exposes its mainboards for Socket 754 Athlon 64 CPUs due to come in September:

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• K8V Deluxe: VIA K8T400M North Bridge and VIA VT8237 I/O controller; 2 DIMM slots for PC2700 memory; AGP 8x, 5 PCI slots; 2-channel ATA-33/66/100/133; 2 channel Serial ATA-150; 10/100/1000Mb/s Ethernet controller; USB 2.0; FireWire (IEEE1394); ATX.
• K8M: AMD 8151 + 8111; 2 DIMM slots for PC2700 memory; AGP 8x, 5 PCI slots; 2-channel ATA-33/66/100; Serial ATA-150 support; 10/100/1000Mb/s Ethernet controller; USB ports; FireWire (IEEE1394) support; ATX.
• K8N: NVIDIA Crush K8; 2 DIMM slots for PC2700 memory; AGP 8x, 3 PCI slots; 2-channel ATA-33/66/100; 10/100/1000Mb/s Ethernet controller; USB 2.0 ports; FireWire (IEEE1394) support; 6-channel audio; mATX.

We will tell you more about ASUS’ upcoming graphics cards later today.