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ASRock ConRoe945G-DVI & 775i945GZ Worldwide first and Only Embedded Graphics Motherboards with Vista Premium logo!

ConRoe945G-DVI

775i945GZ

Windows<sup>®</sup> Vista Logo Following the great news of ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 officially passing Windows^{^®} Vista™ Premium logo, ASRock is delighted to announce two more motherboards that also passed Windows^{^®}Vista™ Premium logo. In addition to the discrete ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 MB, ConRoe945G-DVI and 775i945GZ are worldwide first and only EMBEDDED motherboards that get Windows^{^®} Vista™ Premium logo! The research and development ability of ASRock lab is widely recognized once again.

ASRock embedded ConRoe945G-DVI and 775i945GZ MB are officially announced with Windows^{^®} Vista™ Premium logo on Oct 25^th, 2006 today!

Oct. 25^th, 2006, Taipei

The success logo passing of ConRoe945G-DVI and 775i945GZ embedded motherboards proved that ASRock is indeed an expert in Windows^{^®} Vista, not only to discrete motherboard, but also to embedded motherboard. DTM ((Device Testing Manager) is a very detailed test for Windows^{^®} Vista™, which includes as many as 43 strict test items that involve systems, chipsets, software, aging and reliability category. For distributors or end-users planning to use embedded motherboard as testing platform or to upgrade system to Vista™ Premium, they may rest assured with the stability of the ConRoe945G-DVI and 775i945GZ MB now.

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This Microsoft^{^®} Manage Product Submissions list summarizes all ASRock motherboards which have passed Vista™ Premium Logo!

Conroe CPU Icon 1 DVI-D / DSUB Icon ConRoe945G-DVI is based on Intel^{^®} 945G and ICH7 chipsets, supports Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Duo CPU, Intel^{^®} Graphics Media Accelerator 950, DirectX 9.0, max. shared memory 192MB and 7.1 CH Vista™ Premium level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec). ConRoe945G-DVI supports FSB 1066/800/533 MHz processor, dual channel DDRII667 x 4 DIMM slots, one PCI Express x 16 slot, and 4 x Serial ATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors. In addition, this motherboard also supports Gigabit LAN network. Another surprise of ConRoe945G-DVI is its design of dual VGA outputs with DVI-D and D-Sub ports. It makes your life easier by choosing either DVI-D or D-Sub port for monitors that meet your needs. You may even have both CRT and LCD monitors simultaneously connected!

Conroe CPU Icon 2 775i945GZ supports Core™ 2 Duo CPU, Intel^{^®} Graphics Media Accelerator 950, DirectX 9.0, max. shared memory 192MB and 7.1 CH Vista™ Premium level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec). 775i945GZ is based on Intel^{^®} 945GZ + ICH7 Chipsets, supports FSB 800/533 MHz processor, dual channel DDRII533 x 2 DIMM slots and 4 x Serial ATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors. For users who want to upgrade their graphics performance, AGI Express slot may even allow them to upgrade the system with PCI Express Graphics cards.

Windows^{^®} Vista™ Home Premium:

Now it's about time to lay back and enjoy the Vista™ Premium interface! Vista™ Premium is a version that includes many fascinating effects. Of which, Windows^{^®} Aero is an environment with an additional level of visual sophistication for Home Premium user experience. Windows^{^®} Vista™ Aero provides spectacular visual effects such as glass-like interface elements that you can see through. Windows^{^®} Vista™ Premium also includes Live taskbar thumbnails, if you rest the mouse pointer over a taskbar item, it will display a live thumbnail of the window, showing the content of that window. With Windows^{^®} Flip 3D, you can use the scroll wheel on your mouse to flip through open windows in a stack, and quickly locate the one you want. Media Center Edition (MCE) is also included in Windows^{^®} Vista™ OS.