ASUS, worldwide leader of motherboard production, has once again kept up with leading trends and technologies with the announcement to release a wide range of high-performance motherboards that will take advantage of the most high-end and upcoming AMD AM3 CPUs. This new generation of AMD CPUs will encompass the 45nm infrastructure; and will be equipped with C1E halt states for advanced power savings. The most distinguishing feature of the AM3 CPUs is the fact that they will support DDR3 RAM. In order to meet user demands for top-of-the-line CPUs that deliver advanced performance, the ASUS M3/M2 Series motherboards will offer the most completed product lines to fully support the upcoming AM3 CPUs.
 

AM3 CPU Ready Motherboards

The list below shows the ASUS motherboards that are currently AM3 CPU-ready. For users who have already purchased the M3 or M2 Series motherboards, a simple BIOS update is all that is needed to support future AM3 CPUs. The following list will be continuously updated and more AM3 CPU-ready ASUS motherboards are expected to be announced soon.

ASUS AM3 CPU Ready Motherboards

Motherboard Model

Platform

BIOS Version

ROG Series

Crosshair II Formula

NVIDIA nForce® 780a SLI

1210

M3A Series

M3A79-T Deluxe

AMD 790FX+SB750

0504

M3A32-MVP Deluxe

AMD 790FX+SB600

1406

M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi-AP

AMD 790FX+SB600

1406

M3A78 PRO

AMD 780G+SB700

0702

M3A78-T

AMD 790GX+SB750

0502

M3A78

AMD 770+SB700

0703

M3A78-EM

AMD 780G+SB700

1103

M3A78-VM

AMD 780G+SB700

0802

M3A78-CM

AMD 780V+SB700

0902

M3A-H/HDMI

AMD 780G+SB700

1102

M3N Series

M3N78 PRO

NVIDIA GeForce 8300

0504

M3N-HT Deluxe/HDMI
&
M3N-HT Deluxe/Mempipe

NVIDIA nForce® 780a SLI

1602

M3N78

NVIDIA GeForce 8200

0504

M3N78-EM

NVIDIA GeForce 8300

0418

M3N78-VM

NVIDIA GeForce 8200

0804

M3N78-CM

NVIDIA GeForce 8200

0607

M3N78-AM

NVIDIA GeForce 8200

0708

M3N78 SE

NVIDIA GeForce 8200

0305

M3N72-D

NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI

0502

M3N-HD/HDMI

NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI

1402

M3N-H/HDMI

NVIDIA GeForce 8300

1301

M2N Series

M2N68

NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV+nForce 630a

0412

M2N68-AM

NVIDIA GeForce 7025+nForce 630a

0317

M2N68-VM

NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV+nForce 630a

0409

M2N68-CM

NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV+nForce 630a

0322


*Note: Models listed are DDR2 platforms. The new BIOS version listed supports both AMD AM2+ 45nm CPU and AM3 CPU.

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