Asus M3N78 Pro - Manual (Page 18)

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.
AMD ® Socket AM2+ Phenom™ FX / Phenom /
Athlon™ / Sempron™ CPU support
This motherboard supports AMD ® Socket AM2+ multi-core processors with
unique L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with less power
consumption. It features dual-channel DDR2 1066 memory support and
accelerates data transfer rate up to 5200MT/s via HyperTransport™ 3.0 based
system bus. See page 2-6 for details.
HyperTransport™ 3.0 support
HyperTransport™ 3.0 technology provides 2.6 times more bandwidth than
HyperTransport™ 1.0, radically improving system efficiency to create a smoother,
faster computing environment.
AMD ® Socket AM2 Athlon™ Series / Sempron™
CPU support
This motherboard supports AMD ® Socket AM2 Athlon™ Series / Sempron™
processors. It features 2000/1600 MT/s HyperTransport™-based system bus,
dual-channel un-buffered DDR2 800 memory support, and AMD ® Cool ‘n’ Quiet™
Technology. See page 2-6 for details.
NVIDIA ® GeForce 8300
NVIDIA ® GeForce 8300 offers the latest support of Hybrid SLI Technology,
DirectX ® 10 graphics features, HD video playback with HDMI/DVI output. It also
supports HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface, PCI Express™ 2.0 bus architecture,
Serial ATA 3 Gb/s devices and is optimized with AMD’s latest AM2+ and multi-core
CPUs to provide excellent system performance.
Native DDR2 1066 support
This motherboard is the first AMD ® platform with native DDR2 1066 support.
It provides faster data transfer rate and more bandwidth to increase memory
computing efficiency, enhancing system performance in 3D graphics and other
memory demanding applications. See page 2-11 for details.
DDR2 1066 is supported by AM2+ CPUs only.