Special Features; Product Highlights - Asus A8N-VM CSM NBP User Manual

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Product highlights

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Latest processor technology Latest processor technology
Latest processor technology Latest processor technology Latest processor technology
The motherboard comes with a 939-pin surface mount, Zero Insertion
Force (ZIF) socket that supports AMD Athlon™ 64/Athlon™ 64 FX/Athlon™
64 X2 processors. With an integrated low-latency high-bandwidth memory
controller and a highly-scalable HyperTransport™ technology-based system
bus, the motherboard provides a powerful platform for your diverse
computing needs, increased office productivity, and enhanced digital media
experience. See page 1-8.
NVIDIA NVIDIA ® ® ® ® ® GeForce™ 6150 GPU GeForce™ 6150 GPU
NVIDIA NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce™ 6150 GPU GeForce™ 6150 GPU GeForce™ 6150 GPU
and NVIDIA and NVIDIA ® ® ® ® ® nForce™ 430 MCP chipsets nForce™ 430 MCP chipsets
and NVIDIA and NVIDIA and NVIDIA nForce™ 430 MCP chipsets nForce™ 430 MCP chipsets nForce™ 430 MCP chipsets
The NVIDIA ® GeForce™ 6150 graphics processing unit (GPU) Northbridge
supports Microsoft ®
DVI-D), NVIDIA ® PureVideo Technology with unprecedented integrated
video quality, TV-out, and PCI Express interface.
The NVIDIA ® nForce™ 430 media and communications processor (MCP)
Southbridge delivers NVIDIA
management technology allowing easy RAID configuration (RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID 0+1, and RAID 5) for Serial ATA II.
Dual-channel DDR memory support Dual-channel DDR memory support Dual-channel DDR memory support Dual-channel DDR memory support Dual-channel DDR memory support
Employing the Double Data Rate (DDR) memory technology, the
motherboard supports up to 4 GB of system memory using DDR400/333
DIMMs. The ultra-fast 400 MHz memory bus delivers the required
bandwidth for the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications.
See page 1-10 for details.
PCI Express™ interface PCI Express™ interface
PCI Express™ interface PCI Express™ interface PCI Express™ interface
The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect
technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point-to-point
serial interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by
carrying data in packets. This high speed interface is software compatible with
existing PCI specifications. See page 1-15 for details.
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