Chapter 1: Product Introduction; Special Features; Product Highlights - Asus Maximus VIII Hero User Manual

Chapter 1: Product Introduction
Product Introduction
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Special features

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Product highlights

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The Republic of Gamers offers you the best of the best. We offer the best hardware
engineering, the fastest performance, the most innovative ideas, and we welcome the best
gamers to join in. In the Republic of Gamers, mercy rules are only for the weak, and bragging
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If your character matches our trait, then join the elite Republic of Gamers and make your
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LGA1151 socket for New 6th generation Intel Core processors
This motherboard supports the New 6th Gen Intel
package, with memory and PCI Express controllers integrated to support dual-channel (4
DIMM) DDR4 memory and 16 PCI Express 3.0/2.0 lanes.
Intel Z170 Express Chipset
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The Intel Z170 Express Chipset is a single-chipset design that supports socket LGA1151
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6th Gen Intel Core™ processors. It provides improved performance by utilizing serial
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point-to-point links, allowing increased bandwidth and stability. Additionally, Z170 provides a
maximum 10 USB 3.0 ports, 6 SATA 6Gbit/s ports for faster data retrieval.
PCIE 3.0
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PCIE 3.0 (PCIe 3.0) is the PCIe bus standard that provides twice the performance and
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speed of PCIe 2.0. It provides an optimal graphics performance, unprecedented data speed
and seamless transition with its complete backward compatibility to PCIe 1.0/2.0 devices.
SLI /CrossFire™ On-Demand
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This motherboard supports multi-GPU SLI
gaming performance. With the Intel
GPUs, it supports up to 2-WAY GPU SLI
ASUS MAXIMUS VIII HERO
Core™ processors on the LGA1151
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/CrossFireX
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Z97 platform to optimize the PCIe allocation of multiple
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or CrossFireX
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graphics cards for an unrivalled
configuration.
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