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3 special features, 1 product highlights, Latest processor technology – Asus Motherboard P5ND2 User Manual

Page 15: Intel, Dual-core technology cpu support, Enhanced intel speedstep, Technology (eist), Pci express™ interface

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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.

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