Special Features; Product Highlights - Asus STRIKER II FORMULA - Republic of Gamers Series Motherboard User Manual

1.3

Special features

1.3.1

Product highlights

Republic of Gamers
The Republic of Gamers consists only the best of the best. We offer the best
hardware engineering, the fastest performance, the most innovating ideas, and we
welcome the best gamers to join in. In the Republic of Gamers, mercy rules are
only for the weak, and bragging rights means everything. We believe in making
statements and we excel in competitions. If your character matches our trait, then
join the elite club, make your presence felt, in the Republic of Gamers.
Intel Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Duo / Core™2 Extreme
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CPU support
This motherboard supports the latest Intel
LGA775 package and Intel's next-generation 45nm multi-core processors. With the
new Intel Core™ microarchitecture technology and 1333/1066/800 MHz FSB, the
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Intel Core™2 is one of the most powerful and energy efficient CPUs in the world.
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See page 2-8 for details.
NVIDIA nForce
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The NVIDIA
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(SLI™) technology that allows three graphics processing units (GPUs) in a single
system. It's designed for enthusiast, extreme overclocking capability, ultimate
gaming performance with S��I technology support. It's definitely one of the fastest
platform in the world. The NVIDIA
(6) Serial ATA 3 Gb/s devices, three PCI Express™ x16 slots with NVIDIA
support at full x16, x16, x16 mode, and up to 10 USB 2.0 ports.
NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface (SLI™)
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NVIDIA SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) takes advantage of the increased
bandwidth of the PCI Express bus architecture and features intelligent hardware
and software that allows two GPUs to efficiently work together to deliver earth�
shattering, scalable performance.
NVIDIA 3-Way SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface)
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NVIDIA 3-Way SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) takes advantage of the increased
bandwidth of the PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture and features intelligent
hardware and software that allows three GPUs to efficiently work together to
deliver earth-shattering, scalable performance. For some applications nearly triple
performance! See Chapter 6 for details.
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780i SLI chipset
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nForce 780i SLI chipset supports the NVIDIA
Quad-core/Core™2 processor in the
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nForce 780i SLI chipset also supports six
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Scalable Link Interface
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Chapter 1: Product Introduction
SLI
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