AMD Processor Performance Evaluation Guide
30579 Rev. 3.74 March 2007
AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture
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AMD Quad FX Platform with
Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture
The AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture (see
Figure 3
) is a two-socket, four-core processing solution that features high-
bandwidth processor-to-processor communication between matched pairs of
AMD Athlon™ 64 FX-70, FX-72, and FX-74 dual-core processors.
Figure 3. AMD Quad FX Platform with
Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture
The platform enhances the personal computing experience by exploiting the full
potential of the latest multi-threaded applications running under Windows Vista™.
Currently-shipping motherboards include the following features.
• Twelve SATA RAID interfaces
• Two Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) interfaces
• Ten USB 2.0 interfaces
• Two IEEE 1394 interfaces
• UAA HD Audio, External CODEC
• SP/PP/PS2 connections
• Optical/Coax SPDIF connections
128-Bit
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Coher
Link (
NVIDIA®
nForce 680a SLI
MCP
SATA
(12)
GbE
(2)
USB2
(10)
IEEE
1394
(2)
LPC
×8 PCIe (×16 Slot)
×8 PCIe (×16 Slot)
×1 PCIe Slot
×16 PCIe™ Slot
×16 PCIe Slot
PCI Slot
Super
I/O
BIOS
Flash
128-Bit
Dual-Channel