Asus CROSSHAIR Crosshair English Edition User's Manual - Page 11

Crosshair specifications summary - am2

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Crosshair specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) High Definition Audio Storage Support AMD® Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64/ Sempron AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing AMD Live!™ Ready NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP NVIDIA LinkBoost™ Technology 2000 / 1600 MT/s Dual channel memory architecture 4 x DIMM, max. 8GB, DDR2-800/667/533, ECC and nonECC, un-buffered memory 2 x PCI Express x16 slot with NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support, at full x16, x16 speed 1 x PCI Express x4 3 x PCI 2.2 Support two identical NVIDIA SLI-Ready graphics cards (both at x16 mode) ASUS two-slot thermal design ASUS PEG Link SupremeFX Audio Card featuring ADI 1988B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming and Jack-Retasking 8 channel audio ports Coaxial, Optical S/PDIF out on back I/O port * ASUS Array Mic * Noise Filter NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP supports: * 1 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100 / 66 / 33 * 6 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ * NVIDIA MediaShield™ RAID supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD span cross Serial ATA drives Silicon Image® 3132 SATA controller supports: * 2 x External Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s port on back I/O (SATA On-the-Go) * Support RAID 0, 1, JBOD, RAID 0+1(10) and 5 through multiplier (continued on the next page) xi

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Crosshair specifications summary
(continued on the next page)
CPU
Support AMD® Socket AM2 Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX /
Athlon 64/ Sempron
AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology
AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32-bit and
64-bit computing
AMD Live!™ Ready
Chipset
NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP
NVIDIA LinkBoost™ Technology
System bus
2000 / 1600 MT/s
Memory
Dual channel memory architecture
4 x DIMM, max. 8GB, DDR2-800/667/533, ECC and non-
ECC, un-buffered memory
Expansion slots
2 x PCI Express x16 slot with NVIDIA® SLI™ technology
support, at full x16, x16 speed
1 x PCI Express x4
3 x PCI 2.2
Scalable Link Interface
(SLI™)
Support two identical NVIDIA SLI-Ready graphics cards
(both at x16 mode)
ASUS two-slot thermal design
ASUS PEG Link
High Definition Audio
SupremeFX Audio Card
featuring ADI 1988B 8-channel High Definition Audio
CODEC
Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming and
Jack-Retasking
8 channel audio ports
Coaxial, Optical S/PDIF out on back I/O port
* ASUS Array Mic
* Noise Filter
Storage
NVIDIA nForce® 590 SLI™ MCP supports:
* 1 x Ultra DMA 133 / 100 / 66 / 33
* 6 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ
* NVIDIA MediaShield™ RAID supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1,
5 and JBOD span cross Serial ATA drives
Silicon Image® 3132 SATA controller supports:
* 2 x External Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s port on back I/O (SATA
On-the-Go)
* Support RAID 0, 1, JBOD, RAID 0+1(10) and 5 through
multiplier