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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.
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
®
Quad-core Processor Ready
Supports
This motherboard supports the latest Intel
®
Quad-core processors in the LGA775
package and Intel
®
’s next-generation 45nm multi-core processors. It is excellent for
multi-tasking, multi-media and enthusiastic gamers with 1333/1066/800 MHz FSB.
Intel
®
Quad-core processor is one of the most powerful CPU in the world. See
page 2-7 for details.
Intel P35 Chipset
The Intel® P35 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support the next
generation 45nm CPU and dual-channel DDR2 800/677 MHz or DDR3 1066/800
MHz memory architecture. It also supports 1333/1066/800 FSB (Front Side Bus),
PCI Express x16 graphics and multi-core CPUs.
DDR2 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory that features data transfer rates of
1066/800/667 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest
3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR2
architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system
performance, eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidths of up to 17.05 GB/s.
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 2-14 for details.