Asus M2N-MX - Manual (Page 13)

ASUS M2N-MX 1-3
NVIDIA ® GeForce™ 6100 GPU
and NVIDIA ® nForce™ 430 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™ 430 media and communications processor (MCP)
Southbridge delivers NVIDIA ® Gigabit and NVIDIA ® MediaShield storage
management technology allowing easy RAID configuration (RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD) for Serial ATA 3Gb/s.
DDR2 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory which features data transfer
rates of 800MHz/667 MHz/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 1-20 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.