Asus Z97-WS User Guide - Page 19

Other special features, Beat Thermal Chokes, DTS Connect, DTS UltraPC II, ErP Ready

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Beat Thermal Chokes ASUS Beat Thermal Chokes deliver great durability, minimal power loss, and up to 93% power efficiency under normal operation. A special fin design results in 3-5oC lower choke temperatures for added stability, which is increased exponentially by use of highly conductive and efficient gold-treated coating. 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. DTS UltraPC II DTS UltraPC II delivers a superior surround sound experience through your system's speakers and headphones while monitoring and balancing the loudness level difference between digital audio formats. It also ehnances the audio settings through augmenting low and high frequencies of musical tones, restores compressed or re-mastered sounds, improves bass performance even without a subwoofer, and improves dialogues derived from DVD or Blu-ray Disc™. 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. Chapter 1 Z97-WS 1-3

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Z97-WS
1-3
Chapter 1
Beat Thermal Chokes
ASUS Beat Thermal Chokes deliver great durability, minimal power loss, and up to 93% power
efficiency under normal operation. A special fin design results in 3-5
o
C lower choke temperatures
for added stability, which is increased exponentially by use of highly conductive and efficient
gold-treated coating.
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.
DTS UltraPC II
DTS UltraPC II delivers a superior surround sound experience through your system’s
speakers and headphones while monitoring and balancing the loudness level difference
between digital audio formats. It also ehnances the audio settings through augmenting
low and high frequencies of musical tones, restores compressed or re-mastered sounds,
improves bass performance even without a subwoofer, and improves dialogues derived from
DVD or Blu-ray Disc™.
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.