3 special features – Asus K8N-DRE User Manual

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1.3

Special features

1.3.1

Product highlights

Latest processor technology

The motherboard comes with dual 940-pin sockets for the AMD Opteron™
64 processors. The processors are based on AMD’s 64-bit and 32-bit
architecture, which represents the landmark introduction of the industry’s
first x86-64 technology, provide a dramatic leap forward in compatibility,
performance, investment protection, and reduced total cost of ownership
and development.

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 2-17 for details.

HyperTransport™ Technology

HyperTransport™ Technology is a high-speed, low latency, point-to-point
link designed to increase the communication speed between integrated
circuits in computers, networking and telecommunicatons equipment up to
48 times faster than other existing technologies.

Dual Channel DDR memory support

Employing the Double Data Rate (DDR) memory technology, the
motherboard supports up to 4GB of system memory using DDR400/333/
266 DIMMs. The ultra-fast 400MHz memory bus delivers the required
bandwidth for the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications.
See page 2-12.

Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology

The motherboard supports the next-generation Serial ATA 3Gb/s
technology through the Serial ATA interfaces and the NVIDIA

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chipset. The SATA 3Gb/s specification provides twice the bandwidth of the
current Serial ATA products. Additionally, Serial ATA allows thinner, more
flexible cables with lower pin count, and reduced voltage requirement. See
pages 2-24.