Asus P5ND2 SE - Manual (Page 15)

ASUS P5ND2 SE 1-3
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
Latest processor technology
The motherboard comes with a 775-pin surface mount Land Grid Array
(LGA) socket designed for the Intel ® Pentium ® D, Intel ® Pentium ® 4, and
Intel ® Celeron ® processors in the 775-land package. The motherboard
supports Intel ® processors with 1066/800/533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB).
The motherboard also supports the Intel ® Hyper-Threading Technology,
Intel ® Dual-Core Technology and is fully compatible with Intel ® 05B/05A and
06B processors. See page 1-9 for details.
Intel ® Core TM 2 Processor Support
This motherboard supports the latest Intel ® Core TM 2 processors in LGA775
package. With new Intel ® Core microarchitecture technology and 1066/800
MHz FSB, Intel ® Core TM 2 processor is a very powerful and energy efficient CPU.
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep ® Technology (EIST)
The Enhanced Intel SpeedStep ® Technology (EIST) intelligently manages
the CPU resources by automatically adjusting the CPU voltage and core
frequency depending on the CPU loading and system speed or power
requirement.
Dual-channel DDR2 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory for flexible system upgrade and
to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics,
multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel architecture allows
memory bandwidths of up to 8.5 GB/s for DDR2. See page 1-16 for details.
PCI Express™ interface
The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect
technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point-to-point
serial interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by
carrying data in packets. This high speed interface is software compatible
with existing PCI specifications. See pages 1-23 for details.