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.
Intel
®
Quad-core Processor Ready
This motherboard supports the latest Intel
®
Quad-core processors in the LGA775
package. It is excellent for multi-tasking, multi-media and enthusiastic gamers
with 1066 / 800 MHz FSB. Intel
®
Quad-core processor is one of the most powerful
CPU 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 efcient
CPUs in the world.
Intel P35 Chipset
The Intel
®
P35 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support 8GB
of dual-channel DDR3 1066/800 architecture, 1333/1066/800 FSB (Front Side
Bus), PCI Express x16 graphics and multi-core CPU. It especially includes Intel
®
Fast Memory Access technology that signicantly 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 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.