Features Of Motherboard - AMD SB700 User Manual

Chapter 1
Introduction of AMD770 Motherboards
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Features of motherboard

The AMD770 chipset motherboard series are based on the latestAMD770 Chipset and the
SB700 chipset which supports the innovative 64-bit AMD Socket AM2+ dual core
multi-tasking Socket AM2+ Athlon64 X2 processors. With an integrated low-latency
high-bandwidth DDRII memory controller and a highly-scalable Hyper Transport
technology-based system bus up to HT 3.0. AMD770 Platform Processor Chipset motherboard
series deliver the outstanding system performance and professional desktop platform solution
with the advantages of new generation 64-bit AMD Socket AM2+ and Socket AM2 AMD
Phenom™ FX, AMD Phenom™ Athlon64 FX ， Athlon64 X2
，
Athlon64 & Sempron
processors.
The AMD770 Series motherboards support new generation Socket AM2+ processors with an
integrated DDRII memory controller for Dual channel DDRII400/ DDRII533 /DDRII667
/DDRII800/DDRII1066 (AM2 Sempron processors only support up to DDRII667 memory)
DDRII Module up to 8GB . The motherboard is embedded with SB700 chipset of providing
ULTRA ATA 133 connectors and Serial ATA2 with RAID 0, 1,0+1, 10 functions which
support up to one IDE and six Serial ATA2 devices to accelerate hard disk drives and
guarantee the data security without failure in advanced computing performance.
The AMD770 motherboards provide 10/100/1000 LAN function with REALTEK RTL8111C
PCI-E Gigabit LAN which supports 10/100/1000Mbps data transfer rate. And the embedded
Azalia 8-channel Audio CODEC is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro standards that
offer you with the home cinema quality and satisfying software compatibility.
The AMD770 Series motherboards deliver outstanding value and performance for gamers,
with a true bandwidth design for Multi-GPU configurations. This high bandwidth architecture
in the AMD770 chipset are with the flexibility for single or dual card or three cards
configurations. The AMD770 chipset provide 2 x16@8 line PCI Express slots to support
simultaneous operation of graphics cards for astonishing performance with brilliant and
intense 3D graphics.
AMD770 Series motherboard series offer two PCI-Express2.0x16 graphics slots. Two
PCI-Express x16@8 deliver up to 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction. Two
PCI Express x1 I/O slot offers 1024 Mbyte/sec concurrently, over 7 times more bandwidth
than PCI at 133Mbye/sec, tackling the most demanding multimedia tasks nowadays .When
PE1 installed switch card, the transmitting speed of PE4 will be doubled. The
AMD790X/AMD770 motherboards also carry two 32-bit PCI slots guarantee the rich
connectivity for the I/O peripheral devices. This motherboard support CrossFire function.
Embedded USB controllers as well as capability of expanding to 12 of USB2.0 functional
ports delivering 480Mb/s bandwidth of rich connectivity, these motherboards meet the future
USB demands which are also equipped with hardware monitor function on system to monitor
and protect your system and maintain your non-stop business computing.
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