Asus M5A88-M - Manual (Page 16)

1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction
Chapter 1
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
AMD ® FX™ / Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II / Sempron™ 100 series CPU support
This motherboard supports AMD ® Socket AM3+ multi-core processors with unique L3
cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with less power consumption. It features
dual-channel DDR3 memory support 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 ® 880G Chipset
AMD ® 880G Chipset is designed to support up to 5200MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 (HT 3.0)
interface speed and PCI Express™ 2.0 x16 graphics. It is optimized with AMD ® ’s latest AM3+
and multi-core CPUs to provide excellent system performance and overclocking capabilities.
DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866(O.C.)/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066 support
This motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of 2000(O.
C.)/1866(O.C.)/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements
of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR3
architecture enlarges the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system performance.
AMD ® SB850 Chipset
The AMD ® SB850 Southbridge natively supports the next generation SATA 6.0 Gb/s data
transfer rate and PCI Express 2.0 interface.
True USB 3.0 Support
Experience ultra-fast data transfers at 4.8 Gb/s with USB 3.0–the latest connectivity standard.
Built to connect easily with next-generation components and peripherals, USB 3.0 transfers
data 10X faster and is also backward compatible with USB 2.0 components.
Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s technology
The AMD ® SB850 chipset natively supports the next generation SATA 6.0 Gb/s data transfer
rate, enhances scalability, provides faster data retrieval, and doubles the bandwidth of the
current bus systems.
Hybrid CrossFireX™ support*
ATI Hybrid CrossFireX™ technology greatly boosts graphics performance with an onboard
GPU and a discrete GPU.
ErP ready
The motherboard is European Union´s Energy-related Products (ErP) ready, and ErP
requires products to meet certain energy efficiency requirements in regards to energy
consumptions. This is in line with ASUS vision of creating environment-friendly and energy-
efficient products through product design and innovation to reduce carbon footprint of the
product and thus mitigate environmental impacts.