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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
• Accommodates AMD Sempron/Athlon 64/Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core/Athlon 64
FX processors
• Supports up to 2000 MT/s HyperTransport
TM
(HT) interface speeds
The RS485 Northbridge (NB) and SB460 Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based on an
innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
• 1 x2 (expandable to x4) A-Link Express interface (PCI Ex-
press 1.0a compliant) for connection to the ATI IXP
• Supports one PCI Express x16 for Graphics Interface, fully
compliant to the PCI Express Specification revision 1.0a.
• Integrated 2D/3D graphics engine,dual display,and an inte-
grated TV encoder supported
• Full DirectX 9.0 support (Vertex Shader version 2.0 and
Pixel Shader version 2.0)
HyperTransport
TM
Technology is a point-to-point link between two devices, it enables
integrated circuits to exchange information at much higher speeds than currently
available interconnect technologies.
This motherboard uses Socket AM2 that carries the following features:
Processor
Chipset
SB460 (SB) • 2/4-lane A-Link Express II interface to the ATI Northbridge’s
• Compliant with PCI 2.3 specification, up to 6 bus master
devices supported
• Four Serial ATA devices supported, compliant with Serial
ATA 1.0 specification, RAID 0 and RAID 1 accommodated
• Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controllers supporting up to 8 USB
2.0 ports
• Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33
modes
Audio (Optional)
RS485 (NB)
• Compliant with the AC’97 v2.3 CODEC
• Supports 6-channel audio CODEC designed for PC multimedia systems
•
Provides three analog line-level stereo inputs with 5-bit volume control:
Line-in, CD, AUX
• Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.0 audio requirements
• 8 channels of DAC support 24/20/16-bit PCM format for 7.1 audio solution
• Supports 192K/96K/48K/44.1KHz DAC sample rate
• Power support: Digital: 3.3V; Analog: 3.5V~5.25V
• Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.x audio requirements
• Direct Sound 3D
TM
compatible
• Dolby
R
Digital Encoder output for consumer electronic application
• DDR2 800/667/533/400 DDR2 SDRAM with Dual Channel supported
• Accommodates two unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 8 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to
16
GB
Memory
This motherboard may support either of the following Audio chipset: