1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
Republic of Gamers
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
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FX™/Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/ Sempron™ 100 Series Processors
(AM3+ CPU)
This motherboard supports latest AMD
®
Socket AM3+ multi-core processors
with up to 8-core native CPU cores and delivers better overclocking capabilities
with less power consumption. It features AMD Turbo CORE Technology 2.0 and
accelerates data transfer rate up to 5200MT/s via HyperTransport™ 3.0 based
system bus. This motherboard also supports AMD
®
CPUs in the new 32nm
manufacturing process.
AMD 990FX Chipset
AMD 990FX Chipset is designed to support up to 5.2GT/s HyperTransport™
3.0 (HT 3.0) interface speed and dual PCI Express™ 2.0 x16 graphics. It is
optimized with AMD latest AM3+ and multi-core CPUs to provide excellent system
performance and overclocking capabilities.
DDR3 2133(O.C.) Support
This motherboard supports DDR3 2133(O.C.) that provides faster data transfer
rate and more bandwith to increase memory computing efciency, enhancing
system performance in 3D graphics and other memory demanding applications.
Refer to www.asus.com for the supported CPU models.