Special Features; Product Highlights - Asus P6T - Motherboard - ATX User Manual

1.3

Special features

1.3.1

Product highlights

Green ASUS
This motherboard and its packaging comply with the European Union's Restriction
on the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS). This is in line with the ASUS vision
of creating environment-friendly and recyclable products/packagings to safeguard
consumers' health while minimizing the impact on the environment.
Intel Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition /
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Core™ i7 Processor support
This motherboard supports the latest Intel
package with integrated memory controller to support 3-channel (6 DIMMs) DDR3
memory. Supports Intel
to 6.4GT/s and a max bandwidth of up to 25.6GB/s. Intel
one of the most powerful and energy efficient CPUs in the world. See page 2-5 for
details.
Intel X58 Chipset
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The Intel X58 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support latest
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Intel Core™ i7 Processors and Intel's next generation system interconnect
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interface, Intel
utilizing serial point-to-point links, allowing increased bandwidth and stability. It also
supports up to 36 PCI Express 2.0 lanes providing better graphics performance.
Triple-Channel DDR3 2000(O.C.) / 1866(O.C.) / 1800(O.C.) /
1600(O.C.) / 1333 / 1066 support
The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of
2000(O.C.) / 1866(O.C.) / 1800(O.C.) / 1600(O.C.) /1333 / 1066 MHz to meet the
higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet
applications. The triple-channel DDR3 architecture enlarges the bandwidth of your
system memory to boost system performance. See page 2-11 for details.
3-way SLI and Quad-GPU CrossFireX support
The P6T breaks the boundaries to bring you the multi-GPU choice of either SLI™
or CrossFireX™. Expect a brand-new gaming style you've never experienced
before! See chapter 5 for details.
SLI support may need BIOS update. Visit www.asus.com for more details.
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QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) with a system bus of up
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QuickPath Interconnect (QPI), providing improved performance by
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Core™ i7 processors in LGA1366
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Core™ i7 processor is
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Chapter 1: Product Introduction