Asus P5E3 - 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/packagings to safeguard
consumers’ health while minimizing the impact on the environment.
Intel ® Core™2 Quad Processor Ready
Supports
This motherboard supports the latest Intel ® Core™2 Quad processors in the
LGA775 package. It is excellent for multi-tasking, multi-media and enthusiastic
gamers with 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz FSB. The Intel ® Core™2 Quad processor is
one of the most powerful CPUs in the world. This motherboard also supports Intel ®
CPUs in the new 45 nm manufacturing process.
Intel ® Core™2 Duo/ Intel ® Core™2 Extreme CPU support
This motherboard supports the latest Intel ® Core™2 processor in the LGA775
package. With the new Intel ® Core™ microarchitecture technology and 1333/ 1066
/ 800 MHz FSB, the Intel ® Core™2 is one of the most powerful and energy efficient
CPUs in the world.
Intel X38 Chipset
The Intel ® X38 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support 8GB
of dual-channel DDR3 1333/1066/800 architecture, 1333/1066/800 FSB (Front
Side Bus), dual PCI Express 2.0 x16 graphics and multi-core CPUs. It especially
includes Intel ® Fast Memory Access technology that significantly optimizes the use
of available memory bandwidth and reduces the latency of the memory accesses.
PCIe 2.0
This motherboard supports the latest PCIe 2.0 device for twice the current speed
and bandwidth. This enhances system performance while still providing backward
compatibility to PCIe 1.0 devices.