Asus Rampage IV GENE, User Manual

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Chapter 1: Product Introduction
Chapter 1
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
Republic of Gamers
The Republic of Gamers consists only the best of the best. We offer the best hardware
engineering, the fastest performance, the most innovating ideas, and we welcome the best
gamers to join in. In the Republic of Gamers, mercy rules are only for the weak, and bragging
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If your character matches our trait, then join the elite club, make your presence felt, in the
Republic of Gamers.
LGA2011 Intel
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Sandy Bridge-E Processor
This motherboard supports the latest Intel
®
Sandy Bridge-E processors in the LGA2011
package, with memory and PCI Express controllers integrated to support 4-channel (4 DIMM)
DDR3 memory and x16 PCI Express 3.0 lanes. This provides great graphics performance.
Intel
®
Sandy Bridge-E processors are among the most powerful and energy efficient CPUs in
the world.
Intel
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X79 Express Chipset
The Intel ® X79 Express Chipset is the latest single-chipset design that supports the new
socket 2011 Intel ® Core™ i7 Extreme Edition processors. It improves performance by utilizing
serial point-to-point links, allowing for increased bandwidth and stability. Additionally, the
X79 comes with 2 SATA 6Gb/s and 4 SATA 3Gb/s ports for faster data retrieval, doubling the
bandwidth of current bus systems.
PCIe 3.0 Ready
The PCI Express
®
3.0 (PCIe 3.0) is the latest PCI Express bus standard with improved
encoding schemes that provide twice the performance of the current PCIe 2.0. The total
bandwidth for a x16 link reaches a maximum of 32GB/s, double the convenience and
seamless transition offered by a complete backward compatibility with PCIe 1.0 and PCIe
2.0 devices. PCIe 3.0 will become a must-have feature for users who wish to improve and
optimize graphic performance, as well as having the latest technology available to them.
*Actual PCIe speed depends on installed CPU type.
SLI/CrossFire On-Demand
Why choose when you can have both?
SLI or CrossFireX? Fret no longer because with the ROG RAMPAGE IV GENE, you'll be able
to run both multi-GPU setups. The board features SLI/CrossFireX on Demand technology,
supporting up to Quad GPU SLI or Quad-GPU CrossFireX configuration. Whichever path you
take, you can be assured of jaw-dropping graphics at a level previously unseen.