Asus P5E3 Pro - Manual (Page 12)

1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction
Intel ® X48 Chipset
The Intel ® X48 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support
dual-channel DDR3 1333/1066/800 architecture, 1600/1333/1066/800
FSB (Front Side Bus), dual PCI Express x16 graphics, and multi-core
CPUs. With the specially included Intel ® Fast Memory Access technology,
available memory bandwidth usage is optimized and memory access
latency is reduced.
Dual channel DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800 support
This motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer
rates of 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz providing great performance for 3D
graphics and other memory-demanding applications.
ATI CrossFire™X Technology
ATI’s CrossFire™X boosts image quality along with rendering speed,
eliminating the need to scale down screen resolution to get high quality
images. CrossFire™X allows higher antialiasing, anisotropic filtering,
shading, and texture settings. Adjust your display configurations,
experiment with the advanced 3D settings, and check the effects with a
real-time 3D-rendered previews within ATI Catalyst™ Control Center.
PCIe 2.0
This motherboard supports the latest PCIe 2.0 device for twice the
current speed and bandwidth. This enhances system performance while
still providing backward compatibility to PCIe 1.0 devices.
Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology
This motherboard supports hard drives based on the Serial ATA (SATA)
3Gb/s storage specifications, delivering enhanced scalability and
doubling the bus bandwidth for high-speed data saving and retrieval.
S/PDIF digital sound ready
This motherboard provides convenient connectivity to external home
theater audio systems via the S/PDIF-out (SONY-PHILIPS Digital
Interface) jack. It allows digital audio transfer and keeps the best signal
quality.
High Definition Audio
Enjoy high-end sound quality on your PC! The onboard 8-channel HD
audio (High Definition Audio, previously codenamed Azalia) CODEC
enables high-quality 192KHz/24-bit audio output, jack-sensing feature,
retasking functions, and multi-streaming technology that simultaneously
sends different audio streams to different destinations. You can now talk
to your partners on the headphones while playing multi-channel network
games.