Asus M2N8-VMX - Manual (Page 15)

ASUS M2N8-VMX 1-3
NVIDIA ® GeForce™ 6100 GPU
and NVIDIA ® nForce™ 405 MCP chipsets
The NVIDIA ® GeForce™ 6100 graphics processing unit (GPU) Northbridge
supports Microsoft ® DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0, and PCI Express
interface.
The NVIDIA
® nForce™ 405 MCP delivers NVIDIA ® MediaShield storage
management technology, allowing easy RAID configuration (RAID 0, RAID 1)
for Serial ATA 3Gb/s.
DDR2 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory which features data transfer
rates of 800/667/533 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements
of the latest 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 12.8 GB/s. See pages 1-13 to 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 page 1-18 for details.
AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology
The motherboard supports the AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology, which
monitors system operation and automatically adjusts CPU voltage and
frequency for a cool and quiet operating environment.