Asus P5N-D - Manual (Page 18)

1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
Intel ® Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Duo / Core™2 Extreme
CPU support
This motherboard supports the latest Intel ® Quad-core/Core™2 processor in the
LGA775 package and Intel’s 45nm multi-core processors. With the new Intel ®
Core™ microarchitecture technology and 1333/1066/800 MHz FSB, the Intel ®
Core™2 is one of the most powerful and energy efficient CPUs in the world.
NVIDIA ® nForce
®
750i SLI chipset
The NVIDIA ® nForce 750i SLI chipset supports the NVIDIA ® Scalable Link Interface
(SLI™) technology that allows two graphics processing units (GPUs) in a single
system. It’s designed for enthusiast, extreme overclocking capability, ultimate
gaming performance with SLI technology support. It’s definitely one of the fastest
platform in the world. The NVIDIA
® nForce 750i SLI chipset also supports four
Serial ATA 3 Gb/s devices, two PCI Express™ x16 slots with NVIDIA ® SLI ™ support
and up to 8 USB 2.0 ports.
NVIDIA ® Scalable Link Interface (SLI™)
NVIDIA SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) takes advantage of the increased
bandwidth of the PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture and features intelligent
hardware and software that allows two GPUs to efficiently work together to deliver
earth-shattering, scalable performance.
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. See page 2-21 for details.
DDR2 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory that 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 page 2-13 for details.