Special Features; Product Highlights - Asus Rampage Extreme - Motherboard - ATX User Manual

1.3

Special features

1.3.1

Product highlights

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Intel Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Duo
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CPU support
This motherboard supports the latest Intel
Core™ 2 Duo processors in the LGA775 package. It is excellent for multi-tasking,
multi-media and enthusiastic gamers with 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB. The
Intel Core™ 2 series processor is one of the most powerful CPUs in the world.
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This motherboard also supports Intel
process. See page 2-7 for details.
Intel X48 Chipset
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The Intel X48 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support dual-
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channel DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800 architecture, 1600/1333/1066/800 FSB (Front
Side Bus), dual PCI Express x16 graphics, and multi-core CPUs. With the specially
included Intel
usage is optimized and memory access latency is reduced.
Dual-channel DDR3 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of
2000(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600/1333/1066/800 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth
requirements of the latest operation system, 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet
applications. The dual-channel DDR3 architecture doubles the bandwidth of your
system memory to boost system performance, eliminating bottlenecks with peak
bandwidths of up to 17 GB/s. Furthermore, the supply voltage for the memory is
reduced from 1.8 V for DDR2 to just 1.5 V for DDR3. This voltage reduction limits
the power consumption and heat generation of DDR3 which makes it an ideal
memory solution. See page 2-13 for details.
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Fast Memory Access technology, available memory bandwidth
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See page 2-13 for details.
Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad /
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CPUs in the new 45nm manufacturing
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Chapter 1: Product Introduction