Asus Motherboard P5ND2 - Manual (Page 15)

ASUS P5ND2 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 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 04B/04A
processors. See page 1-9 for details.
Intel ® Dual-Core Technology CPU support
The motherboard supports dual-core processors containing two physical
CPU cores with dedicated L2 caches to meet demands for more powerful
processing.
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.