
1.3Special features
1.3.1 Product hi
ghli

ghts
L
atest processor technol
ogy 
The motherboard comes with a
I
ntel
® Dual

-Core Technol
ogy CPU support 
The motherboard supports
E


nhanced I
ntel
SpeedStep® Technol
ogy (EI


ST)
The Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST) intelligently manages the CPU resources by automatically adjusting the CPU voltage and core frequency depending on the CPU loading and system speed or power requirement.
Dual
-channel
DDR2 memory support 


The motherboard supports DDR2 memory for flexible system upgrade and to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual‑channel architecture allows memory bandwidths of up to 8.5 GB/s for DDR2. See page
PCI
E


xpress™ i
nterface
The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point‑topoint 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 pages
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