Asus F2A85-M Computer Hardware User Manual


 
ASUS F2A85-M
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Product introduction
1
1.1 Special features
1.1.1 Product highlights
AMD
®
A-series and Athlon
TM
Series Processors
This motherboard supports AMD
®
A- series and Athlon
TM
Series Processors. This
revolutionary APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) combines processing power and advanced
DirectX 11 graphics in one small, energy-efcient design to enable accelerated performance
and an industry-leading visual experience. It features Dual-channel DDR3 memory support
and accelerates data transfer rate up to 5GT/s.
AMD
®
A85X FCH (Hudson D4) Chipset
AMD
®
A85X FCH (Hudson D4) is designed to support up to 5GT/s interface speed and AMD
CrossFireX
TM
. It supports 8 x SATA 6.0Gb/s ports and 4 x USB 3.0 ports.
AMD
®
CrossFireX™ Technology
AMD’s CrossFireX™ boosts image quality along with rendering speed, eliminating the
need to scale down screen resolution to get high quality images. CrossFireX™ allows
higher antialiasing, anisotropic ltering, shading, and texture settings. Adjust your display
congurations, experiment with the advanced 3D settings, and check the effects with a real-
time 3D-rendered previews within AMD Catalyst™ Control Center.
Dual-Channel DDR3 2400 (O.C.)/2250 (O.C.)/2200 (O.C.)/2133 (O.C.)/2000
(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066MHz support
The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of 2400(O.C.)
/2250(O.C.) /2200(O.C.) /2133(O.C.) /2000(O.C.) /1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz to boost the
system’s performance, and to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D
graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications.
Complete USB 3.0 integration
This motherboard offers you the strategic USB 3.0 accessibility for both the front and rear
panels, allowing you to experience the convenience of the latest plug and play connectivity
solution at speed up to ten times faster than USB 2.0.
8-channel high denition audio
The onboard 8-channel HD audio (High Denition Audio, previously codenamed Azalia)
CODEC enables high-quality 192KHz/24-bit audio output and jack-detect feature that
automatically detects and identies what types of peripherals are plugged into the audio
I/O jacks and noties users of inappropriate connection, which means there will be no more
confusion of Line-in, Line-out, and Mic jacks.