ASUS Motherboards Support High-Performance Quad-Core CPU

Being the worldwide motherboard leader, ASUS offers a wide range of high-performance motherboards that can take advantage of Intel's latest Quad-Core processors. Providing awesome performance for today's and tomorrow's thread-intensive games and applications, the cutting-edge Quad-Core processors offer a significant performance boost while providing an overall more energy efficient platform.

Extreme Performance for Games and Applications

Tests show that a Core 2 Extreme Quad-Core processor running on an ASUS motherboard (P5WDH) resulted in PCMark05 and 3DMark06 scores that are 25.6% and 9.4% higher than when running a similarly clocked Core 2 Duo processor with two cores. This undoubtedly shows that a combination of ASUS' motherboards with Intel's latest Core2 Extreme Quad-Core CPU produces extreme and unrivalled performance.

Quad-Core Ready Motherboards

Below are ASUS' motherboards that are currently Quad-Core ready. ASUS will always stay in step with the latest developments and provide hardware and firmware for optimal Quad-Core performance and functionality. More Quad-Core Ready ASUS motherboards are expected to be announced soon.

ASUS Quad-Core Ready Motherboards

Motherboard Model

Platform

Remark

Intel Chipset

P5WDG2 WS Professional

Intel 975X/ICH7R

BIOS 0408 and later

P5W64 WS Professional

Intel 975X/ICH7R

BIOS 0215 and later

P5W DH Deluxe

Intel 975X/ICH7R

BIOS 1403 and later

P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP

Intel P965/ICH8R

BIOS 0709 and later

P5B Deluxe

Intel P965/ICH8R

BIOS 0509 and later

P5B

Intel P965/ICH8

BIOS 0509 and later

P5B-E

Intel P965/ICH8R

BIOS 0601 and later

P5B-E Plus

Intel P965/ICH8R

BIOS 0108 and later

P5B-V

Intel G965/ICH8

BIOS 0403 and later

P5B-VM

Intel G965/ICH8

BIOS 0402 and later

P5B-MX

Intel 946GZ/ICH7

Native Support

P5B/TeleSky

Intel P965/ICH8

BIOS 0509 and later

P5B-VM DO

Intel Q965/ICH8DO

Native Support

NVIDIA Chipset

Striker Extreme

nForce680i SLI

Native Support

Striker

nForce680i SLI

Native Support

P5N32-E SLI 

nForce680i SLI

Native Support

P5N-E SLI

nForce650i SLI

Native Support