Gigabyte will start shipping later this month a 945G Express motherboard aimed at socket 775 Core Duo processors. The Viiv-compliant GA-8I945GMMFY-RH promises to further reduce power consumption by as much as 28%. The card integrates Graphics Media Accelerator 950 video. Intel’s Viiv concept boasts low power consumption, quiet operation and expanded multimedia capability. Full specs are:

• 1,066 MHz FSB
• DDR2-667 memory
• 2x DIMM sockets (2 GB max.)
• 1x Ultra DMA 100 port
• 4x Serial ATA II ports
• 1x PCI-E x16 slot
• 1x PCI-E x1 slot
• 2x PCI slots
• GbE LAN (Vidalia 82573L)
• 8-channel high-def audio
• 8x USB 2.0 ports
• 3x FireWire ports
• Micro-ATX form factor

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