ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0
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Chapter 1
Product introduction
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1.1 Special features
1.1.1 Product highlights
The Ultimate Force
The TUF series delivers a tough image with its unique design, and high-quality and military-
standard components. The TUF series pursues pre-eminent stability, all-around compatibility,
and extreme durability.
FX™/Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/ Sempron™ 100 Series Processors (AM3+ / AM3
CPU)
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 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 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 AM3+
and multi-core CPUs to provide excellent system performance and overclocking capabilities.
PCI Express
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2.0
This motherboard supports the latest PCIe 2.0 devices for double speed and bandwidth that
enhances system performance.
QUAD-GPU SLI and QUAD-GPU CrossFireX™ Support
This motherboard supports multi-GPU congurations of both SLI™ and CrossFireX. This
motherboard features the AMD
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990FX/SB950 platform, optimizing PCIe allocation in multiple
GPU setups.
Dual-Channel 1866 MHz Support
The motherboard supports the dual-channel DDR3 memory that features data transfer
rates of 1866 MHz to boost the system’s performance, and to meet the higher bandwidth
requirements of 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications.