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. See page 2-22 for details.

64-bit CPU support

64-bit computing, the technology to replace 32-bit architecture, delivers advanced system performance, faster memory access and increased productivity. This motherboard provides excellent compatibility and flexibility by supporting either 64-bit or 32-bit architecture.

NVIDIA® GeForce 8200

The NVIDIA® GeForce 8200 offers the lastest support of Hybrid SLI technology, DirectX10 graphics features, HD video playback with HDMI / DVI output. It also supports HyperTransport TM 3.0 interface, PCI Express TM 2.0 bus architecture, Serial ATA 3 GB/s devices, and is optimized with AMD’s latest AM2+ and multi-core CPUs to provide excellent system performance.

HDMITM Interface

High-Definiton Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is the first and only industry-supported, uncompressed, all digital audio and video interface via a single cable and is HDCP compliant allowing playback of HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc and other protected content. See page 1-25 for details.

Dual channel DDR2 1066

DDR2 1066 memory provides great performance for 3D graphics and other memory demanding applications on next generation memory technology. See page 1-14 for details.

DDR2 1066 is for AM2+ CPU only.

Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology

The motherboard supports SATA hard drives based on the new SATA 3Gb/s storage specification. It allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 0+1, and JBOD configurations for five SATA connectors.

ASUS M3N78-VM

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