Introduction GA-8PE800 Ultra motherboard is optimally designed for high performance feature-rich enthusiast PC. Powered by the Intel® 845PE chipset, supporting Intel® Pentium®4 Processor with Hyper-Threading Technology and DDR 333 memory maximizes the system performance for current and future intensive application. With the most leading technology from GIGABYTE R&D team, GA-8PE800 Ultra delivers great features for gaming and media enthusiast, such as Silicon Image Serial ATA, Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller, GigaRAID 0,1, 0+1 & JBOD function, IEEE 1394, USB 2.0, patented technology DualBIOS™, unique EZ-Fix™ AGP 4X and memory DIMM slot with Anti-Burn™ design and lots more. |
Features and Benefits
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| Supports Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with HT TechnologyProvides a performance boost on multi-threading and multi-tasking operations for the Intel® NetBurst™ microarchitecture. |
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| Silicon Image Serial ATA interfaceSerial ATA is the new generation for ATA specification that provides an outstanding performance for data transfer. With up to 150MB/s data transfer rate, Serial ATA is faster than current Parallel ATA, while providing 100% software compatibility |
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Intel® 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller:
The Intel Gigabit Ethernet controller delivers a high speed data transfer rate of up to 1000Mb/s, providing a new generation for the broadband era. Gigabit LAN is ideally for seamless internet connection such as streaming audio and video contents. |
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GigaRAID + ATA 133 IDE Controller:
Supports RAID 0(Striping) or RAID 1(Mirroring), 0+1 and JBOD (Just a Bunch of Drivers) function, also GA-8PE800 Ultra provides additional two IDE UDMA ATA-133/100 connectors that supports ATA 133 mode hard drives |
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IEEE 1394 Firewire interface:
IEEE 1394 interface enhances PC connectivity between consumer electronics audio/video (A/V) appliances, storage peripherals, other PCs, and portable devices.. |
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High Speed USB 2.0:
Dual-port rear connectors and two headers for four front panel ports. With data transfer rate up to 480Mbps, 40 times faster than USB 1.1, providing a faster data transfer rate between platform and peripherals. |
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High quality 6-channel AC'97 audio with S/P-DIF function:
Integrated Realtek ALC650 AC'97 audio CODEC chip, enabling users to experience the seamless high quality 6-channel audio while watching movies or gaming. |
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| GIGABYTE Patent DualBIOS™ :Provides a double security for BIOS from virus attacks, enhancing the PC stability. A backup BIOS is automatically enable if the main BIOS is malfunction. |
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| GIGABYTE unique Xpress Install™:"Xpress Install™" is a unique utility developed from GIGABYTE's creative engineering team to simplify driver installation. Hardware drivers have grown in numbers and have become more cumbersome than ever. Xpress Install™ will relieve your worries and ease driver installation. Simply a few clicks to select the recommended drivers, sit back, and wait for all the drivers to automatically and completely install. No more worries about which drivers to install, how to install, and countless reboots after each driver installed. Xpress Install? makes driver installation Just So Simple! |
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| GIGABYTE unique EZ-Fix™ AGP 4x and memory DIMM slot with Anti-Burn™ design:Anti-Burn™ design in which providing a protection to the motherboard from any damaging if an AGP 2x (3.3V) card is inserted or when the memory module is not properly installed. With Anti-Burn™, When an AGP 2x (3.3V) card is installed the AGP_LED will light up when an AGP 2x (3.3V) card is installed in the system, indicating the use of an non-unsupported graphics card is inserted. The LED will warn users of system abnormality and forms an integral part of the board's self-diagnosing tool for the AGP subsystem. |
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User Friendly Overclocking Features:
EasyTune™ 4, an exclusive Windows based overclocking utility that totally changes the traditional way for "overclocking". |
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| GIGABYTE Unique AGP 2x Detector:Sends out a warning signal light when an AGP 2x (3.3V) card is installed. |
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Color coded front panel pin design:
Easily recognize color codes provides an easier way to install front panel devices such as Power switch, Reset switch, HDD LED, Power LED, PC speaker. |
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Round Corner PCB Plate Design:
Provide a better durability with round corner design, preventing motherboard edges from cracking during accidental bumping. |
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