Asus M4A78-HTPC User Manual - Page 9

M4A78-HTPC specifications summary - cpu support

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M4A78-HTPC specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory VGA Expansion Slots AMD® Phenom™ X4 / Phenom™ X3 / Athlon™ X2 / Athlon™ / Sempron™ processors (socket AM2+/AM2) Supports AM3 Phenom™ II / Athlon™ X4/ Athlon™ X3 / Athlon™ X2 AMD® 45nm CPU support AMD Cool'n'Quiet™ Technology AMD® 780G / SB700 Up to 5200 MT/s; HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface for AM3 / AM2+ CPU 2000 / 1600 MT/s for AM2 CPU Dual-channel memory architecture - 4 x 240-pin DIMM sockets support unbufferred ECC / non-ECC DDR2 1066* / 800 / 667 MHz memory modules - Supports up to 16GB system memory * Due to AMD® CPU limitation, DDR2 1066 is supported by AM3 / AM2+ CPUs for one DIMM per channel only. Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists). ** Due to OS limitation, when installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is recommended. Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 GPU - Supports HDMI™ Technology with max. resolution up to 1920 x 1200 (1080P) - Supports Dual-link DVI with max. resolution up to 2560 x 1600 @ 60Hz - Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2560 x 1440 @ 75Hz for 16:9 format - Hybrid CrossFireX™ support HDMI / DVI / D-Sub support (Dual independent displays support with HDMI / DVI and D-Sub) - Supports Microsoft® DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.0, Pixel Shader 4.0 - Hardware Decode Acceleration for H.264, VC-1, and MPEG-2 - Maximum shared memory of 256MB 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot 2 x PCIe x1 slots 1 x PCI 2.2 slot (continued on the next page) ix

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M4A78-HTPC specifications summary
(continued on the next page)
CPU
AMD
®
Phenom™ X4 / Phenom™ X3 / Athlon™ X2 /
Athlon™ / Sempron™ processors (socket AM2+/AM2)
Supports AM3 Phenom™ II / Athlon™ X4/ Athlon™ X3 /
Athlon™ X2
AMD
®
45nm CPU support
AMD Cool’n’Quiet™ Technology
Chipset
AMD
®
780G / SB700
System bus
Up to 5200 MT/s; HyperTransport™ 3.0 interface for
AM3 / AM2+ CPU
2000 / 1600 MT/s for AM2 CPU
Memory
Dual-channel memory architecture
-
4 x 240-pin DIMM sockets support unbufferred
ECC / non-ECC DDR2 1066* / 800 / 667 MHz
memory modules
-
Supports up to 16GB system memory
* Due to AMD
®
CPU limitation, DDR2 1066 is supported by
AM3 / AM2+ CPUs for one DIMM per channel only. Refer
to www.asus.com or this user manual for the Memory QVL
(Qualified Vendors Lists).
** Due to OS limitation, when installing total memory of 4GB
capacity or more, Windows 32-bit operation system may
only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed
memory of less than 3GB is recommended.
VGA
Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 GPU
-
Supports HDMI™ Technology with max. resolution up
to 1920 x 1200 (1080P)
-
Supports Dual-link DVI with max. resolution up to
2560 x 1600 @ 60Hz
-
Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to
2560 x 1440 @ 75Hz for 16:9 format
- Hybrid CrossFireX™ support
HDMI / DVI / D-Sub support (Dual independent
displays support with HDMI / DVI and D-Sub)
- Supports Microsoft
®
DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.0, Pixel
Shader 4.0
-
Hardware Decode Acceleration for H.264, VC-1, and
MPEG-2
-
Maximum shared memory of 256MB
Expansion Slots
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot
2 x PCIe x1 slots
1 x PCI 2.2 slot