ASUS E2938 User Manual

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Chapter 1: Product Introduction

The Republic of Gamers consists only the best of the best. We offer the best 

hardware engineering, the fastest performance, the most innovating ideas, and we 

welcome the best gamers to join in.
In the Republic of Gamers, mercy rules are only for the weak, and bragging rights 

means everything. We believe in making statements and we excel in competitions. 

If your character matches our trait, then join the elite club, make your presence felt, 

in the Republic of Gamers.

This motherboard and its packaging comply with the European Union’s Restriction 

on the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS). This is in line with the ASUS vision 

of creating environment-friendly and recyclable products/packaging to safeguard 

consumers’ health while minimizing the impact on the environment.

This motherboard supports the latest Intel

®

 Core™2 processor in the LGA775 

package. With the new Intel

®

 Core™ microarchitecture technology and 1066 / 

800  MHz FSB, the Intel

®

 Core™2 is one of the most powerful and energy efficient 

CPUs in the world. This motherboard also supports the latest Intel

the latest Intel

®

 Quad-core 

processor, which is excellent for multi-tasking, multi-media and enthusiastic 

gamers with 1066 / 800 MHz FSB. See page 2-6 for details.

See page 2-6 for details.

The Intel

®

 P965 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support 8GB 

of dual-channel DDR2 800/677/533 architecture, 1066/800 FSB (Front Side 

Bus), PCI Express x16 graphics and multi-core CPU. It especially includes Intel® 

Fast Memory Access technology that  significantly optimizes the use of available 

memory bandwidth and reduces the latency of the memory accesses.

The motherboard supports DDR2 memory that features data transfer rates 

of 800/667/533 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 

3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR2 

architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system 

performance, eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidths of up to 12.8 GB/s. 

See page 2-14 for details.