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Product introduction 1.1 Special features 1 1.1.1 Product highlights AMD® FX™-Series/Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/Sempron™ 100 Series Processors (socket AM3+/AM3) This motherboard supports AMD® Socket AM3+ multi-core processors with up to 8-core native CPU cores, and AMD® 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 4800MT/s rate via HyperTransport™ 3.0 based system bus. AMD® 970 Chipset The AMD® Chipset is designed to support up to 4800 MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 (HT 3.0) interface speed and PCI Express™ 2.0x16 graphics. It is optimized with AMD®'s latest AM3+ and multi-core CPUs to provide excellent system performance and overclocking capabilities. AMD® SB950 Chipset The AMD® SB950 Southbridge natively supports the next generation SATA 6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate and PCI Express 2.0 interface. PCI Express® 2.0 This motherboard supports the latest PCIe 2.0 devices for double speed and bandwidth that enhances system performance. AMD® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Support 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 filtering, shading and texture settings. Adjust your display configurations, experiment with the 3D settings, and check the effects with a real-time 3D-rendered previews within AMD Catalyst™ Control Center. Dual-Channel DDR3 2133 (O.C.)/ 1866/ 1600/ 1333 /1066 MHz Support The motherboard supports the dual-channel DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of DDR3 2133 (O.C.)/ 1866/ 1600/ 1333/ 1066 MHz to boost the system's performance, and to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. Complete USB 3.0 Solution 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 3.0. Chapter 1 ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 1-1

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ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0
1-1
Chapter 1
Product introduction
1
1.1
Special features
1.1.1
Product highlights
AMD
®
FX™-Series/Phenom™ II/Athlon™ II/Sempron™ 100 Series Processors
(socket AM3+/AM3)
This motherboard supports AMD
®
Socket AM3+ multi-core processors with up to 8-core
native CPU cores, and AMD
®
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 4800MT/s rate via HyperTransport™ 3.0
based system bus.
AMD
®
970 Chipset
The AMD
®
Chipset is designed to support up to 4800 MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 (HT 3.0)
interface speed and PCI Express™ 2.0x16 graphics. It is optimized with AMD
®
’s latest AM3+
and multi-core CPUs to provide excellent system performance and overclocking capabilities.
AMD
®
SB950 Chipset
The AMD
®
SB950 Southbridge natively supports the next generation SATA 6.0 Gb/s data
transfer rate and PCI Express 2.0 interface.
PCI Express
®
2.0
This motherboard supports the latest PCIe 2.0 devices for double speed and bandwidth that
enhances system performance.
AMD
®
Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Support
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 anti-
aliasing, anisotropic filtering, shading and texture settings. Adjust your display configurations,
experiment with the 3D settings, and check the effects with a real-time 3D-rendered previews
within AMD Catalyst™ Control Center.
Dual-Channel DDR3 2133 (O.C.)/ 1866/ 1600/ 1333 /1066 MHz Support
The motherboard supports the dual-channel DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates
of DDR3 2133 (O.C.)/ 1866/ 1600/ 1333/ 1066 MHz to boost the system’s performance,
and to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet
applications.
Complete USB 3.0 Solution
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 3.0.