Special Features; Product Highlights - Asus M2N SLI - Deluxe AiLifestyle Series Motherboard User Manual

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Special features

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Product highlights

Latest processor technology
The motherboard comes with a 940-pin AM2 socket that supports AMD Athlon™
64 FX/AMD Athlon™ 64 X2/AMD Athlon™ 64/AMD Sempron™ 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 2-6 for details.
Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) technology
The NVIDIA
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processing units (GPUs) in a single system. This technology takes advantage of
the PCI Express™ bus architecture and features intelligent hardware and software
solutions that allows multiple GPUs to work together and achieve exceptional
graphics performance. See Chapter 6 for details.
AMD Cool 'n' Quiet!™ Technology
The motherboard supports the AMD Cool 'n' Quiet!™ Technology that dynamically
and automatically changes the CPU speed, voltage and amount of power
depending on the task the CPU performs. See pages 4-26, 5-3 and 5-9.
Gigabit LAN
The motherboard comes with a Gigabit LAN controller built into the NVIDIA
nForce™ 560 SLI™ chipset to meet your growing networking needs. The controller
uses the PCI Express segment to provide faster data bandwidth for your Internet,
LAN, and file sharing requirements. See page 2-23 for details.
DDR2 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory that features data transfer rates of
800/667/533 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 12.8 GB/s.
See pages 2-11 to 2-15 for details.
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Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) technology allows two graphics
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