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Introduction
Features
DDR3 delivers increased system bandwidth and im-
proved performance. It offers peak data transfer rate of
up to 21 Gb/s bandwidth. The advantages of DDR3 are
its higher bandwidth and its increase in performance at a
lower power than DDR2.
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.
S/PDIF
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