ASUS CROSSHAIR V FORMULA-Z
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Chapter 1
Product introduction
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1.1 Special features
1.1.1 Product highlights
Republic of Gamers
The Republic of Gamers offers you the best of the best. We offer the best hardware
engineering, the fastest performance, the most innovative 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 statements and we excel in competitions.
If your character matches our trait, then join the elite Republic of Gamers and make your
presence felt.
AMD
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FX™-Series/Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/Sempron™ 100 Series Processors
This motherboard supports AMD
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Socket AM3+ multi-core processors with up to 8-core
native CPU cores, and AMD
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CPUs in the new 32nm manufacturing process. It provides
better overclocking capabilities with less power consumption. It features AMD
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Turbo CORE
Technology 2.0 to accelerate data transfer rate up to 5200MT/s rate via HyperTransport™ 3.0
based system bus.
AMD
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990FX Chipset
AMD
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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
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AM3+
and multi-core CPUs to provide excellent system performance and overclocking capabilities.
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
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990FX
platform to optimize the PCIe allocation of multiple GPUs, it supports up to 3-WAY GPU
SLI™ or 3-WAY GPU CrossFireX™ conguration.
Chapter 1: Product introduction