ASRock unveiled the 4CoreDual-VSTA motherboard based on VIA PT880 Ultra chipset with Intel’s Quad Core Kentsfield CPU support.
ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA supports FSB 1066MHz and Dual Channel DDRII667 and DDR400 (DDRII and DDR are supported separately).
“PCI Express / AGP selection flexibility is also one of the features that can’t be missed out in this Dual series product line. Being the Dual Series, 4CoreDual-VSTA is able to support AGP8X and PCI Express Graphics card simultaneously, supporting up to 4 monitors together at the same time,” according to the ASRock.
4CoreDual-VSTA comes with 7.1 CH Windows Vista Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec). This motherboard also comes with HDMI SPDIF header, providing SPDIF audio output to HDMI VGA card, allows the system to connect HDMI Digital TV/projector/LCD devices.
ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA Specifications in Brief:
* LGA 775 for Intel Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo / Pentium XE / Pentium D / Pentium 4 / Celeron D, supporting Quad Core Kentsfield processors
* VIA PT880 Ultra Chipset
* Supports FSB1066/800/533MHz processors and H-T Technology
* Supports Dual Channel DDRII667 (DDRII x 2 DIMM slots) and DDR400 (DDR x 2 DIMM slots)
* Untied Overclocking: During Overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed AGP/PCIE/ PCI Buses
* 1 x PCI Express Graphics slot
* 1 x AGP 8X slot
* Hybrid Booster – Safe Overclocking Technology
* 2 x SerialATA 1.5Gb/s connectors, support RAID 0, 1, JBOD functions
* HDMI SPDIF header, providing SPDIF audio output to HDMI VGA card, allows the system to connect HDMI Digital TV/projector/LCD devices
* 7.1 CH Windows Vista Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec)
* Supports all features in Vista Premium
* HD 8CH I/O: 4 ready-to-use USB2.0 ports, HD 7.1 channel audio jacks
