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Intel® Desktop Board D946GZISOverview

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The Intel® Desktop Board D946GZIS delivers an integrated graphics solution in the Essential Series by combining exceptional value with quality and reliability and supports Intel® Core™2 Duo, Intel® Pentium® D, Intel® Pentium® 4, and Intel® Celeron® D processors with 1066/800/533 MHz system bus in the LGA775 package. This board features a PCI Express* x16 connector, integrated 10/100 LAN, dual-channel DDR2 memory, Intel® High Definition Audio (Intel® HD Audio) and up to eight USB 2.0 ports.

The Intel® Desktop Board D946GZIS is Microsoft Windows Vista* Premium Ready. The Intel® 946GZ Express Chipset fully supports the visually stunning Windows Aero* user interface with amazing transition effects and realistic animations.

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Features and benefits

Form FactormicroATX (9.60 inches by 9.60 inches [243.84 millimeters by 243.84 millimeters])
Processor
Memory
  • Two 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
  • Support for DDR2 667 MHz and DDR2 533 MHz DIMMs
  • Support for up to 4 GB of system memory
Chipset
Audio6-channel (5.1) audio subsystem using the SigmaTel* STAC9227 audio codec
VideoIntel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3000 (Intel® GMA 3000) onboard graphics subsystem
I/O ControlLegacy I/O controller for diskette drive, serial, parallel, and PS/2* ports
LAN Support10/100 Mbits/sec LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82562G Platform LAN Connect (PLC) device
Peripheral Interfaces
  • Eight USB 2.0 ports
  • One serial port
  • One parallel port
  • Four Serial ATA interfaces
  • One Parallel ATA IDE interface with UDMA 33, ATA-66/100 support
  • One diskette drive interface
Instantly Available PC Technology
  • Support for PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2.3
  • Support for PCI Express* Revision 1.0a
  • Suspend to RAM support
  • Wake on PCI, RS-232, front panel, PS/2 devices, and USB ports
Expansion Capabilities
  • Two PCI Conventional bus connectors
  • One PCI Express x1 bus add-in card connector
  • One PCI Express x16 bus add-in card connector
Microsoft Vista* Premium ReadyWith a PC built with Intel® Core™2 Duo or Intel® Core™2 Quad processors, and the Intel® Desktop Board, you can experience a more responsive and manageable environment of Microsoft Windows Vista* including a new visual sophistication of the Windows Aero* interface.


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