Asus Maximus Extreme - Manual (Page 24)

1-8 Chapter 1: Product Introduction
PCIe 2.0
This motherboard supports the latest PCIe 2.0 device for twice the current speed
and bandwidth. This enhances system performance while still providing backward
compatibility to PCIe 1.0 devices. See pages 2-20 and 2-22 for details.
DDR3 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of
1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest
3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR3
architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system
performance. Furthermore, this motherboard does not restrict the memory size
across two channels. Users may install different memory size DIMMs into the two
channels and enjoy dual-channel and single-channel functions at the same time.
This new feature optimizes the use of available memory size.
ATI CrossFire™ Technology
ATI’s CrossFire™ boosts image quality along with rendering speed, eliminating the
need to scale down screen resolution to get high quality images. CrossFire™ allows
higher antialiasing, anisotropic filtering, shading, and texture settings. Adjust your
display configurations, experiment with the advanced 3D settings, and check the
effects with a real-time 3D-rendered previews within ATI Catalyst™ Control Center.
Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology and SATA-On-The-Go
This motherboard supports the next-generation hard drives based on the Serial ATA
(SATA) 3Gb/s storage specification, delivering enhanced scalability and doubling
the bus bandwidth for high-speed data retrieval and saves. The external SATA port
located at the back I/O provides smart setup and hot-plug functions. Easily backup
photos, videos and other entertainment contents to external devices. See page
2-27 for details.
Dual RAID solution
The Intel ® X38 chipset incorporates six Serial ATA connectors with high
performance RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 functions. Making this motherboard an ideal
solution to enhance hard disk performance and data back up protection without the
cost of add-on cards. See page 2-30 for details.