M4a78-htpc specifications summary – Asus M4A78-HTPC/RC User Manual
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CPU
AMD
®
Phenom™ X4 / Phenom™ X3 / Athlon™ X2 /
Athlon™ / Sempron™ processors (socket AM2+/AM2)
Supports AM3 Phenom™ II / Athlon™ X4/ Athlon™ X3 /
Athlon™ X2
AMD
®
45nm CPU support
AMD Cool’n’Quiet™ Technology
Chipset
AMD
®
780G / SB700
System bus
Up to 5200 MT/s; HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface for
AM3 / AM2+ CPU
2000 / 1600 MT/s for AM2 CPU
Memory
Dual-channel memory architecture
- 4 x 240-pin DIMM sockets support unbufferred
ECC / non-ECC DDR2 1066* / 800 / 667 MHz
memory modules
- Supports up to 16GB system memory
* Due to AMD
®
CPU limitation, DDR2 1066 is supported by
AM3 / AM2+ CPUs for one DIMM per channel only. Refer
to www.asus.com or this user manual for the Memory QVL
(Qualified Vendors Lists).
** Due to OS limitation, when installing total memory of 4GB
capacity or more, Windows 32-bit operation system may
only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed
memory of less than 3GB is recommended.
VGA
Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 GPU
- Supports HDMI™ Technology with max. resolution up
to 1920 x 1200 (1080P)
- Supports Dual-link DVI with max. resolution up to
2560 x 1600 @ 60Hz
- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to
2560 x 1440 @ 75Hz for 16:9 format
- Hybrid CrossFireX™ support
HDMI / DVI / D-Sub support (Dual independent
displays support with HDMI / DVI and D-Sub)
- Supports Microsoft
®
DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.0, Pixel
Shader 4.0
- Hardware Decode Acceleration for H.264, VC-1, and
MPEG-2
- Maximum shared memory of 256MB
Expansion Slots
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot
2 x PCIe x1 slots
1 x PCI 2.2 slot