Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z - Manual (Page 17)

ASUS CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z 1-1
Chapter 1
Product introduction
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1.1 Special features
1.1.1 Product highlights
Republic of Gamers
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AMD ® FX™-Series/Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/Sempron™ 100 Series Processors
(socket AM3+/AM3)
This motherboard supports AMD ® Socket AM3+ multi-core processors with up to 8-core
native CPU cores, and AMD ® CPUs in the new 32nm manufacturing process. It provides
better overclocking capabilities with less power consumption. It features AMD ® Turbo CORE
Technology 2.0 to accelerate data transfer rate up to 5200MT/s rate via HyperTransport™ 3.0
based system bus.
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 ® AM3+
and multi-core CPUs to provide excellent system performance and overclocking capabilities.
Dual-Channel DDR3 2400(O.C.) / 2133(O.C.) / 2000(O.C.) / 1800(O.C.) / 1600 /
1333 / 1066 MHz Support
The motherboard supports the dual-channel DDR3 memory that features data transfer
rates of DDR3 2400(O.C.) / 2133(O.C.) / 2000(O.C.) / 1800(O.C.) / 1600/ 1333 / 1066 MHz
to boost the system’s performance, and to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of 3D
graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications.
SLI™/CrossFire On-Demand
This motherboard features a unique PCIe 2.0 bridge chip to support multi-GPU SLI™/
CrossFireX™ graphics cards for an unrivaled gaming performance. With the AMD ® 990FX
platform to optimize the PCIe allocation of multiple GPUs, it supports up to 3-WAY GPU
SLI™ or 3-WAY GPU CrossFireX™ configuration.
Chapter 1: Product introduction