Special Features; Product Highlights - Asus MAXIMUSII/FORMULA - Maximus II Formula Motherboard User Manual

1.3

Special features

1.3.1

Product highlights

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The Republic of Gamers consists only the best of the best. We offer the best
hardware engineering, the fastest performance, the most innovating ideas, and we
welcome the best gamers to join in. In the Republic of Gamers, mercy rules are
only for the weak, and bragging rights means everything. We believe in making
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Intel Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Duo
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CPU support
This motherboard supports the latest Intel
Core™ 2 Duo processors in the LGA775 package. It is excellent for multi-tasking,
multi-media and enthusiastic gamers with 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB. The
Intel Core™ 2 series processor is one of the most powerful CPUs in the world.
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This motherboard also supports Intel
process. See page 2-7 for details.
Intel P45 Chipset
The Intel P45 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support dual-
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channel DDR2 1200/1066/800/667 architecture, 1600/1333/1066/800 FSB
(Front Side Bus), PCIe 2.0, and multi-core CPUs. It especially includes Intel
Fast Memory Access technology that significantly optimizes the use of available
memory bandwidth and reduces the latency of the memory accesses.
Dual-channel DDR2 memory support
To attain top performance, ASUS engineers have successfully unleashed the
true potential of DDR2 memory. While in DDR2 1200 mode, ASUS's exclusive
technology offers a choice of FSB 1600, providing great performance for 3D
graphics and other memory demanding applications.
PCIe 2.0
This motherboard supports the latest PCIe 2.0 device for twice the current speed
and bandwidth. This enhances system performance while still providing backward
compatibility to PCIe 1.0 devices. See page 2-18 for details.
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Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad /
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CPUs in the new 45nm manufacturing
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Chapter 1: Product Introduction
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