1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
Intel
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Core™ 2 Quad Processor Ready
This motherboard supports the latest Intel
®
Core™ 2 Quad processors in the
LGA775 package. It is excellent for multi-tasking, multi-media and enthusiastic
gamers with 1066 / 800 MHz FSB. The Intel
®
Core™ 2 Quad processor is one of
the most powerful CPUs in the world. This motherboard also supports Intel
®
CPUs
in the new 45 nm manufacturing process.
Intel
®
Core™2 Duo/ Intel
®
Core™2 Extreme CPU support
This motherboard supports the latest Intel
®
Core™2 processor in the LGA775
package. With the new Intel
®
Core™ microarchitecture technology and 1333/ 1066
/ 800 MHz FSB, the Intel
®
Core™2 is one of the most powerful and energy efcient
CPUs in the world.
Intel X38 Chipset
The Intel
®
X38 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support 8GB of
dual-channel DDR3 1333/1066/800 architecture, 1333/1066/800 FSB (Front Side
Bus), dual PCI Express x16 graphics and multi-core CPUs. It especially includes
Intel
®
Fast Memory Access technology that signicantly optimizes the use of
available memory bandwidth and reduces the latency of the memory accesses.
DDR3 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of
1333 /1066 / 800 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest
3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR3
architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system
performance. Furthermore, this motherboard does not restrict the memory size
across two channels. Users may install different memory size DIMMs into the two
channels and enjoy dual-channel and single-channel functions at the same time.
This new feature optimizes the use of available memory size. See page 2-13 for
details.