Introduction
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Features
The system board supports the AMD Athlon
TM
64 proc-
essor. AMD Athlon
TM
64 provides superior computing for
many software applications by allowing both 32-bit and
64-bit applications to run simultaneously on the same
platform. The operating system and software are able to process
more data and access a tremendous amount of memory which im-
proves the overall system performance.
2T timing which provides better system stability is supported in CG
or later revisions of the AMD Athlon
TM
64 processor. You can select
the memory timing in the Genie BIOS Setting submenu (“DRAM
Timing and Config” section) of the BIOS.
The AMD Cool‘n’Quiet
TM
technology allows
the system to detect the CPU’s tasks and
utilization status. When the CPU’s task slows down, the system effec-
tively lowers power consumption by lowering its CPU speed and
voltage, subsequently decreasing its noise level.
PCI Express is a high bandwidth I/O infrastructure
that possesses the ability to scale speeds by forming
multiple lanes. The system board currently supports
the physical layer of x1 and x16 lane widths. The x1 PCI Express
lane supports transfer rate of 2.5 Gigabytes (250MBbps) per sec-
ond. The PCI Express architecture also provides a high performance
graphics infrastructure by enhancing the capability of a x16 PCI Ex-
press lane to provide 4 Gigabytes per second transfer rate.
Cool‘n’Quiet
TM
