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Introduction
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Features
The system board supports high performance DDR2
technology whose data transfer rate delivers bandwidth
of 12.8 Gb/s and beyond. That is twice the speed of
the conventional DDR without increasing its power con-
sumption. DDR2 SDRAM modules work at 1.8V supply compared
to 2.6V memory voltage for DDR modules. DDR2 also incorpo-
rates new innovations such as the On-Die Termination (ODT) as
well as larger 4-bit pre-fetch against DDR which fetches 2 bits per
clock cycle.
ATI’s CrossFire
TM
technology drives your PC to a new
peak of performance by combining multiple GPUs in a
single system. By connecting a Radeon CrossFire Edition
graphics card and a standard PCI Express graphics card,
the power of the dual GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) within the
system will accelerate your gaming performance and improve image
quality.
PCI Express Gen 2 is a high bandwidth I/O infrastruc-
ture that possesses the ability to scale speeds by form-
ing multiple lanes. The x16 PCI Express lane supports
transfer rate up to 5Gb/s.
The onboard Realtek ALC885 is a High Definition audio
codec and the 6 audio jacks at the rear I/O panel pro-
vides 8-channel audio output for advanced 7.1-channel
super surround sound audio system. ALC885 also sup-
ports S/PDIF output, allowing digital connections with DVD systems
or other audio/video multimedia.
S/PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that
transfers digital audio signals to a device without having
to be converted first to an analog format. This prevents
the quality of the audio signal from degrading whenever
it is converted to analog. S/PDIF is usually found on digital audio
equipment such as a DAT machine or audio processing device. The
S/PDIF interface on the system board sends surround sound and
3D audio signal outputs to amplifiers and speakers and to digital
recording devices like CD recorders.
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