Asus A8N-SLI A8N-SLI English edition user's manual, version E1815b - Page 11

A8N-SLI specifications summary CPU Socket 939 for AMD Athlon™ 64FX/AMD Athlon™ 64 processor Supports AMD 64 architecture that enables simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit architecture Supports AMD® Cool 'n' Quiet! Technology Chipset NVIDIA® nForce™ 4 SLI Supports NVIDIA® Scalable Link Interface™ (SLI) technology System Bus 1600/2000 MT per second Memory Dual-channel memory architecture 4 x 184-pin DIMM sockets support ECC/non-ECC unbufferred 400/333/266 MHz DDR memory modules Supports up to 4 GB system memory Expansion slots 2 x PCI Express x16 slots with Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) support 2 x PCI Express x1 slots 3 x PCI slots Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) SLI™ mode supports: - 2 x same model/brand SLI™-ready PCI Express x16 graphics cards (N o t e: In SLI mode, the PCI Express x16 slots work at the bandwidth of PCI Express x8. The combined bandwidth of these maintain the bandwidth of PCI Express x16.) Single card mode supports (default): - 1 x any PCI Express x16 graphics card on the first slot (blue) - 1 x PCI Express x1 card on second slot (black) ASUS EZ Selector ASUS EZ Plug™ ASUS SLI Warning LED ASUS PEG Link for dual PCI Express graphics cards ASUS Two-slot thermal design Storage NVIDIA® nForce™ 4 SLI chipset supports: - 2 x Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 - 4 x Serial ATA 3Gb/s drives - RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1+0, and JBOD that spans across the Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drives (continued on the next page) xi