Asus M3A78-T Computer Hardware User Manual


 
1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
Green ASUS
This motherboard and its packaging comply with the European Union’s Restriction
on the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS). This is in line with the ASUS vision
of creating environment-friendly and recyclable products/packaging to safeguard
consumers’ health while minimizing the impact on the environment.
AMD
®
Socket AM2+ Phenom™ FX / Phenom /
Athlon™ / Sempron™ CPU support
This motherboard supports AMD
®
Socket AM2+ multi-core processors with
unique L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with less power
consumption. It features dual-channel DDR2 1066 memory support and
accelerates data transfer rate up to 5200MT/s via HyperTransport™ 3.0 based
system bus.
HyperTransport™ 3.0 support
HyperTransport™ 3.0 technology provides 2.6 times more bandwidth than
HyperTransport™ 1.0, radically improving system efciency to create a smoother,
faster computing environment.
AMD
®
Socket AM2 Athlon™ Series / Sempron™
CPU support
This motherboard supports AMD
®
Socket AM2 Athlon™ Series / Sempron™
processors. It features 2000/1600 MT/s HyperTransport™-based system bus,
dual-channel un-buffered DDR2 800 memory support, and AMD
®
Cool ‘n’ Quiet™
Technology.
AMD
®
790GX + SB750 Chipset
AMD
®
790GX + SB750 Chipset is designed to support up to 5200MT/s
HyperTransport™ 3.0 (HT 3.0) interface speed and PCI Express™ 2.0 x16
graphics. It is optimized with AMD
®
’s latest AM2+ and multi-core CPUs to provide
excellent system performance and overclocking capabilities.
Native DDR2 1066 support
This motherboard is the rst AMD
®
platform with native DDR2 1066 support.
It provides faster data transfer rate and more bandwidth to increase memory
computing efciency, enhancing system performance in 3D graphics and other
memory demanding applications.
DDR2 1066 is supported by AM2+ CPUs only.