Special Features; Product Highlights - Asus A8R-MVP User Manual

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Special features

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Product highlights

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The motherboard comes with a 939-pin surface mount, Zero Insertion
Force (ZIF) socket that supports AMD Athlon™ 64/Athlon™ 64 FX/Athlon™
64 X2/Sempron™ processors. With an integrated low-latency
high-bandwidth memory controller and a highly-scalable HyperTransport™
technology-based system bus, the motherboard provides a powerful
platform for your diverse computing needs, increased office productivity,
and enhanced digital media experience. See page 2-5.
ATI Radeon ATI Radeon ATI Radeon
ATI Radeon ATI Radeon
The ATI Radeon
rendering speed, eliminating the need to crank down screen resolutions to
get high quality images. The chipset allows higher antialiasing, anisotropic
filtering, shading, and texture settings. ATI Radeon
features the ATI Catalyst™ Control Center that allows you to get real-time
3D-rendered previews of adjustments to your display configurations and
advanced 3D settings. See Chapter 6 for details.
PCI Express™ interface PCI Express™ interface PCI Express™ interface
PCI Express™ interface PCI Express™ interface
The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect
technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point-to-point
serial interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by
carrying data in packets. This high speed interface is software compatible
with existing PCI specifications. See page 2-16 for details.
6-channel High Definition audio 6-channel High Definition audio
6-channel High Definition audio 6-channel High Definition audio 6-channel High Definition audio
Onboard is the SoundMAX
Jack Sensing and Enumeration Technology. The CODEC supports High
Definition Audio standard. With the CODEC, 6-channel audio ports, and
S/PDIF interface, your computer will produce crystal-clear digital audio.
See page 5-19 for details.
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