M3A78-EM specifications summary

 

CPU.

AMD® Socket AM2+ / AM2 for Phenom™FX / Phenom /

 

 

Athlon™ / Sempron™ processor

 

 

AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology

 

 

Supports CPU up to 140W

 

Chipset

AMD 780G / SB700

 

System bus

Up to 5200 MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface

 

 

for AM2+ CPU

 

 

2000 / 1600 MT/s for AM2 CPU

 

Memory

Dual-channel memory architecture

 

 

4 x 240-pin DIMM slots support unbuffered ECC and

 

 

non-ECC DDR2 1066*/800/667MHz memory modules

 

 

Supports up to 8GB system memory

 

 

* Due to AMD CPU limitation, DDR2 1066 is supported

 

 

by AM2+ CPU for one DIMM per channel only.

 

 

** Refer to www.asus.com or user manual for

 

 

Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors List)

 

 

*** When you install a total memory of 4GB or more,

 

 

Windows® 32-bit operation system may only

 

 

recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a maximum of 3GB

 

 

system memory is recommended if you are using a

 

 

Windows 32-bit operation system.

 

Expansion slots

1 x PCI Express™ x16 slot

 

 

1 x PCI Express™ x1 slot

 

 

2 x PCI 2.2 slots

 

 

Supports PCI Express™ 2.0 / 1.0 Architecture

 

Graphics

Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 GPU

 

 

Supports maximum shared memory up to 256MB

 

 

Supports DisplayPort with max. resolution up to

 

 

2560 x 1600@60Hz

 

 

Supports HDMI™ Technology with max. resolution up to

 

 

1920 x 1200(1080P)

 

 

Supports DVI with max. resolution up to 2560 x 1600

 

 

@60Hz

 

 

Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2456 x 1536

 

 

@75Hz

 

 

Supports Hybrid CrossFireX™ technology (For Windows

 

 

Vista OS only)

 

 

Supports Microsoft® DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.0, and

 

 

Pixel Shader 4.0

 

 

* Refer to www.asus.com for the discrete graphics

 

 

GPU QVL which supports the Hybrid CrossFireX

 

 

technology.

 

 

** Due to chipset limitation, DisplayPort on this

 

 

motherboard only supports video signals.

 

 

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