Introduction
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Features
The system board supports the AMD
Athlon
TM
64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX /
Athlon
TM
64 / Sempron
TM
processor
for Socket AM2. AMD Athlon
TM
64
provides superior computing for many software applications by al-
lowing 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 improves 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
Configuration” 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.
The NVIDIA
®
SLI
TM
(Scalable Link Interface) technology
connects two SLI-ready PCI Express graphics cards in a
single and scalable system. The two identical graphics
cards, which are connected via the SLI bridge, will pro-
vide extreme performance allowing you to enjoy games with the
most visual effects and the most graphics demanding multimedia
utilities. Dual GPUs provide increased 3D graphics and and doubles
the graphics performance.
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, x8 and x16 lane widths.
The x1 PCI Express lane supports transfer rate of 2.5 Gigabytes
(250MBbps) per second. The PCI Express architecture also provides
a high performance graphics infrastructure by enhancing the capability
of a x16 PCI Express lane to provide 4 Gigabytes per second
transfer rate.
Cool‘n’Quiet
TM
