Asus P5N-T Deluxe - Manual (Page 19)

ASUS P5N-T Deluxe 1-3
DDR2 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory that features data transfer rates of
1066/800/667 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 page 2-13 for details.
Serial ATA 3 Gb/s technology and SATA-On-The-Go
This motherboard supports the hard drives based on the Serial ATA (SATA)
3 Gb/s storage specification, delivering enhanced scalability and doubling the bus
bandwidth for high-speed data retrieval and saves. The external SATA port located
at the back I/O provides smart setup and hot-plug functions. Easily backup photos,
videos and other entertainment contents to external devices. See page 2-24 for
details.
The NVIDIA
® MediaShield™ RAID controller integrated in the NVIDIA ® nForce ®
780i SLI™ chipset allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10(0+1), RAID 5, and JBOD
configurations for six SATA 3 Gb/s connectors. See page 2-26 for details.
IEEE 1394a support
The IEEE 1394a interface provides high speed digital interface for audio/video
appliances such as digital television, digital video camcorders, storage peripherals
& other PC portable devices. See pages 2-23 and 2-28 for details.
S/PDIF digital sound ready
This motherboard provides convenient connectivity to external home theater audio
systems via coaxial and optical S/PDIF-out (SONY/PHILIPS Digital Interface)
jacks. It allows to transfer digital audio without converting to analog format and
keeps the best signal quality. See pages 2-23 and 2-24 for details.
Gigabit LAN solution
The NVIDIA ® native Gigabit LAN controller delivers transfer speeds up to ten times
faster than conventional 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections. Gigabit LAN is the
networking standard for the early future and is ideal for handling large amounts of
data such as video, audio, and voice. See page 2-23 for details.