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1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
Green ASUS
This motherboard and its packaging comply with the European Union’s Restriction
on the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS). This is in line with the ASUS vision
of creating environment-friendly and recyclable products/packaging to safeguard
consumers’ health while minimizing the impact on the environment.
AMD
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Socket AM2+ Phenom™ FX / Phenom X4 /
Phenom X2 / Athlon™ 64 X2 / Sempron™
CPU support
This motherboard supports AMD
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Socket AM2+ multi-core processors with
unique L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with less power
consumption. It features dual-channel DDR2 1066 memory support and
accelerates data transfer rate up to 5200MT/s via HyperTransport™ 3.0 based
system bus. See page 2-6 for details.
HyperTransport™ 3.0 support
HyperTransport™ 3.0 technology provides 2.6 times more bandwidth than
HyperTransport™ 1.0, radically improving system efciency to create a smoother,
faster computing environment.
AMD
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Socket AM2 Athlon™ 64 X2 / Athlon™
64 FX / Athlon™ 64 / Sempron™ CPU support
This motherboard supports AMD
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Socket AM2 single-core Athlon™ 64 /
Sempron™ and dual-core Athlon™ 64 X2 / Athlon™ 64 FX processors with 2MB
/ 1MB / 512KB L2 cache based on 64-bit architecture. It features 2000 / 1600
MT/s HyperTransport™-based system bus, dual-channel un-buffered DDR2 800
memory support, and AMD
®
Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology. See page 2-6 for details.
AMD 790FX Chipset
AMD 790FX Chipset is designed to support up to 5200MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0
(HT 3.0) interface speed and quad PCI Express™ 2.0 x16 graphics. It is optimized
with AMD
®
’s latest AM2+ and multi-core CPUs to provide excellent system
performance and overclocking capabilities.