Asus P5Q3 - Manual (Page 18)

1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
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.
Intel ® P45 Chipset
The Intel ® P45 Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support 16GB of dual-
channel DDR3 1333/1066/800 MHz memory architecture, 1333/1066/800 MHz
FSB (Front Side Bus) 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.
Dual-Channel DDR3 1800(O.C.) support
The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of
1800(O.C.)/1600/1333/1066/800 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements
of the latest operation system, 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications.
The dual-channel DDR3 architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system
memory to boost system performance. Furthermore, the supply voltage for the
memory is reduced from 1.8 V for DDR2 to just 1.5 V for DDR3. This voltage
reduction limits the power consumption and heat generation of DDR3 which makes
it an ideal memory solution.