Product Introduction; Special Features; Product Highlights - Asus F2A85-M User Manual

Product introduction

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Special features

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Product highlights

AMD A-series accelerated processors with AMD
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graphics
This motherboard supports AMD
HD 7000 series graphics. This revolutionary APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) combines
processing power and advanced DirectX 11 graphics in one small, energy-efficient design to
enable accelerated performance and an industry-leading visual experience. It features Dual-
channel DDR3 memory support and accelerates data transfer rate up to 5GT/s.
AMD A85X FCH (Hudson D4) Chipset
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AMD A85X FCH (Hudson D4) is designed to support up to 5GT/s interface speed and AMD
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CrossFireX . It supports 8 x SATA 6.0Gb/s ports and 4 x USB 3.0 ports.
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AMD CrossFireX™ Technology
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AMD's CrossFireX™ boosts image quality along with rendering speed, eliminating the
need to scale down screen resolution to get high quality images. CrossFireX™ allows
higher antialiasing, anisotropic filtering, shading, and texture settings. Adjust your display
configurations, experiment with the advanced 3D settings, and check the effects with a real-
time 3D-rendered previews within AMD Catalyst™ Control Center.
Dual-Channel DDR3 2400 (O.C.)/2250 (O.C.)/2200 (O.C.)/2133 (O.C.)/2000
(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066MHz support
The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of 2400(O.C.)
/2250(O.C.) /2200(O.C.) /2133(O.C.) /2000(O.C.) /1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz to boost the
system's performance, and to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D
graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications.
Complete USB 3.0 integration
This motherboard offers you the strategic USB 3.0 accessibility for both the front and rear
panels, allowing you to experience the convenience of the latest plug and play connectivity
solution at speed up to ten times faster than USB 2.0.
8-channel high definition audio
The onboard 8-channel HD audio (High Definition Audio, previously codenamed Azalia)
CODEC enables high-quality 192KHz/24-bit audio output and jack-detect feature that
automatically detects and identifies what types of peripherals are plugged into the audio
I/O jacks and notifies users of inappropriate connection, which means there will be no more
confusion of Line-in, Line-out, and Mic jacks.
ASUS F2A85-M
A- series accelerated processor with AMD
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Radeon™ HD 7000 series
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Radeon™
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