Asus Maximus II Gene - Manual (Page 18)

1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
Republic of Gamers
The Republic of Gamers consists only the best of the best. We offer the best
hardware engineering, the fastest performance, the most innovating ideas, and we
welcome the best gamers to join in. In the Republic of Gamers, mercy rules are
only for the weak, and bragging rights means everything. We believe in making
statements and we excel in competitions. If your character matches our trait, then
join the elite club, make your presence felt, in the Republic of Gamers.
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.
Intel ® Core™2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad /
Core™2 Duo Processor Support
This motherboard supports the latest Intel ® Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad /
Core™ 2 Duo processors in the LGA775 package. It is excellent for multi-tasking,
multi-media and enthusiastic gamers with 1600 / 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz FSB. The
Intel ® Core™ 2 series processor is one of the most powerful CPUs in the world.
This motherboard also supports Intel ® CPUs in the new 45nm manufacturing
process. See page 2-9 for details. See page 2-9 for details.
Intel ® P45 Chipset
The Intel ® P45 Express Chipset is the latest chipset desgined to support dual-
channel DDR2 1066/800/667 architecture, 1600/1333/1066/800/FSB (Front Side
Bus), PCIe 2.0, and multi-core CPUs. It especially includes Intel ® Fast Memory
Access technology that significantly optimizes the use of available memory
bandwith and reduces the latency of the memory accesses.
Dual-Channel DDR2 1300 support
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory that features data transfer rates of 1300
/1200 / 1066 / 800 / 667 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the
latest operation system, 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
20.8 GB/s.