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Chapter 1 Chapter 1: Product Introduction Product Introduction 1 1.1 Special features 1.1.1 Product highlights Republic of Gamers The Republic of Gamers offers you the best of the best. We offer the best hardware engineering, the fastest performance, the most innovative ideas, and we welcome the best gamers to join in. In the Republic of Gamers, mercy rules are only for the weak, and bragging rights means everything. We believe in making statements and we excel in competitions. If your character matches our trait, then join the elite Republic of Gamers and make your presence felt. LGA1151 socket for New 6th generation Intel Core processors This motherboard supports the New 6th Gen Intel® Core™ processors on the LGA1151 package, with memory and PCI Express controllers integrated to support dual-channel (4 DIMM) DDR4 memory and 16 PCI Express 3.0/2.0 lanes. Intel® Z170 Express Chipset The Intel® Z170 Express Chipset is a single-chipset design that supports socket LGA1151 6th Gen Intel® Core™ processors. It provides improved performance by utilizing serial point-to-point links, allowing increased bandwidth and stability. Additionally, Z170 provides a maximum 10 USB 3.0 ports, 6 SATA 6Gbit/s ports for faster data retrieval. PCIE® 3.0 PCIE® 3.0 (PCIe 3.0) is the PCIe bus standard that provides twice the performance and speed of PCIe 2.0. It provides an optimal graphics performance, unprecedented data speed and seamless transition with its complete backward compatibility to PCIe 1.0/2.0 devices. SLI®/CrossFire™ On-Demand This motherboard supports multi-GPU SLI®/CrossFireX™ graphics cards for an unrivalled gaming performance. With the Intel® Z97 platform to optimize the PCIe allocation of multiple GPUs, it supports up to 2-WAY GPU SLI® or CrossFireX™ configuration. ASUS MAXIMUS VIII HERO 1-1

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ASUS MAXIMUS VIII HERO
1-1
Product Introduction
1
1.1
Special features
1.1.1
Product highlights
Republic of Gamers
The Republic of Gamers offers you the best of the best. We offer the best hardware
engineering, the fastest performance, the most innovative ideas, and we welcome the best
gamers to join in. In the Republic of Gamers, mercy rules are only for the weak, and bragging
rights means everything. We believe in making statements and we excel in competitions.
If your character matches our trait, then join the elite Republic of Gamers and make your
presence felt.
LGA1151 socket for New 6th generation Intel Core processors
This motherboard supports the New 6th Gen Intel
®
Core™ processors on the LGA1151
package, with memory and PCI Express controllers integrated to support dual-channel (4
DIMM) DDR4 memory and 16 PCI Express 3.0/2.0 lanes.
Intel
®
Z170 Express Chipset
The Intel
®
Z170 Express Chipset is a single-chipset design that supports socket LGA1151
6th Gen Intel
®
Core™ processors. It provides improved performance by utilizing serial
point-to-point links, allowing increased bandwidth and stability. Additionally, Z170 provides a
maximum 10 USB 3.0 ports, 6 SATA 6Gbit/s ports for faster data retrieval.
PCIE
®
3.0
PCIE
®
3.0 (PCIe 3.0) is the PCIe bus standard that provides twice the performance and
speed of PCIe 2.0. It provides an optimal graphics performance, unprecedented data speed
and seamless transition with its complete backward compatibility to PCIe 1.0/2.0 devices.
SLI
®
/CrossFire™ On-Demand
This motherboard supports multi-GPU SLI
®
/CrossFireX
™
graphics cards for an unrivalled
gaming performance. With the Intel
®
Z97 platform to optimize the PCIe allocation of multiple
GPUs, it supports up to 2-WAY GPU SLI
®
or CrossFireX
™
configuration.
Chapter 1:
Product Introduction