Special Features; Product Highlights - Asus P5Q - Motherboard - ATX User Manual

1.3

Special features

1.3.1

Product highlights

Intel Core™2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad /
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Core™2 Duo Processor 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. This
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motherboard also supports Intel
See page 2-5 for details.
Intel P45 Chipset
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The Intel P45 Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support dual-channel
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DDR2 800/667 MHz memory architecture, 1333/1066/800 MHz FSB (Front Side
Bus), PCIe 2.0, and multi-core CPUs. It especially includes Intel
Access technology that significantly optimizes the use of available memory
bandwidth and reduces the latency of the memory accesses.
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 2-19 for details.
Dual-Channel DDR2 1200 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory that features data transfer rates of
1200 / 1066 / 800 / 667 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the
latest operating system, 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
19.2 GB/s. See page 2-11 for details.
Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology
This motherboard supports the next-generation hard drives based on the Serial
ATA (SATA) 3Gb/s storage specification, delivering enhanced scalability and
doubling the bus bandwidth for high-speed data retrieval and saves. See page 2-27
for details.
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Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad /
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CPUs in the new 45nm manufacturing process.
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Fast Memory
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Chapter 1: Product Introduction