Asus P10S WS P10S WS User Guide for English - Page 16

ASUS-exclusive workstation features, 1.1.3 Other special features - workstation motherboard

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Chapter 1 1.1.2 ASUS-exclusive workstation features PCI Express 3.0 for Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Support The motherboard provides PCI Express x16 slots for Quad-GPU AMD CrossFireX™ graphics cards, giving you with ample graphics power to easily run even the most demanding computer games for enhanced entertainment. ProCool Connector ProCool eliminates the hollow areas associated with traditional power connectors, ensuring an exceptionally close and secure connection with this motherboard. This design is much stronger, and provides better heat dissipation, allowing cooler operating temperatures. Built-in dual Intel® Ethernet For more reliable networking, this motherboard features the latest server class built-in dual Intel® Ethernet. This leads to lower CPU utilization and temperatures, achieving outstanding performance, and providing better support for diverse operating systems. 1.1.3 Other special features DTS Connect To get the most out of your audio entertainment across all formats and quality levels, DTS Connect combines two enabling technologies, DTS Neo:PC™ upmixes stereo sources (CDs, MP3s, WMAs, internet radio) into as many as 7.1 channels of incredible surround sound. Consumers can connect their PC to a home theater system. DTS Interactive is capable of performing mult-channel encoding of DTS bitstreams on personal computers, and sending encoded bitstreams out of a digital audio connection (such as S/PDIF or HDMI) designed to deliver audio to an external decoder. ErP Ready The motherboard is European Union's Energy-related Products (ErP) ready, and ErP requires products to meet certain energy efficiency requirement in regards to energy consumptions. This is in line with ASUS vision of creating environment-friendly and energyefficient products through product design and innovation to reduce carbon footprint of the product and thus mitigate environmental impacts. 1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction

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Chapter 1: Product Introduction
Chapter 1
1.1.2
ASUS-exclusive workstation features
PCI Express 3.0 for Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Support
The motherboard provides PCI Express x16 slots for Quad-GPU AMD CrossFireX™
graphics cards, giving you with ample graphics power to easily run even the most demanding
computer games for enhanced entertainment.
ProCool Connector
ProCool eliminates the hollow areas associated with traditional power connectors, ensuring an
exceptionally close and secure connection with this motherboard. This design is much stronger,
and provides better heat dissipation, allowing cooler operating temperatures.
Built-in dual Intel
®
Ethernet
For more reliable networking, this motherboard features the latest server class built-in dual
Intel
®
Ethernet. This leads to lower CPU utilization and temperatures, achieving outstanding
performance, and providing better support for diverse operating systems.
1.1.3
Other special features
DTS Connect
To get the most out of your audio entertainment across all formats and quality levels, DTS
Connect combines two enabling technologies, DTS Neo:PC™ upmixes stereo sources (CDs,
MP3s, WMAs, internet radio) into as many as 7.1 channels of incredible surround sound.
Consumers can connect their PC to a home theater system. DTS Interactive is capable of
performing mult-channel encoding of DTS bitstreams on personal computers, and sending
encoded bitstreams out of a digital audio connection (such as S/PDIF or HDMI) designed to
deliver audio to an external decoder.
ErP Ready
The motherboard is European Union’s Energy-related Products (ErP) ready, and ErP
requires products to meet certain energy efficiency requirement in regards to energy
consumptions. This is in line with ASUS vision of creating environment-friendly and energy-
efficient products through product design and innovation to reduce carbon footprint of the
product and thus mitigate environmental impacts.