Special Features; Product Highlights; Asus Xtreme Design-Hybrid Processor - Asus M4A89GTD PRO User Manual

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Special features

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Product highlights

AMD Phenom™ II / Athlon™ II / Sempron™ 100 Series Processors (socket AM3)
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This motherboard supports AMD
delivers better overclocking capabilities with less power consumption. It features
dual-channel DDR3 1333 memory support and accelerates data transfer rate up to 5200MT/s
via HyperTransport™ 3.0 based system bus. This motherboard also supports AMD
the new 45nm manufacturing process.
AMD 890GX Chipset
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AMD 890GX Chipset is designed to support up to 5200MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 (HT 3.0)
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interface speed and PCI Express™ 2.0 x16 graphics. It is optimized with AMD
and multi-core CPUs to provide excellent system performance and overclocking capabilities.
Dual-Channel DDR3 2000(O.C.) / 1333 / 1066 support
The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of 2000(O.C.) /
1333 / 1066 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics,
multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR3 architecture enlarges the
bandwidth of your system memory to boost system performance. Refer to page 2-10 for details.
ATI CrossFireX™ Technology
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ATI'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 ATI Catalyst™ Control Center.
AMD SB850 Chipset
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The AMD SB850 Southbridge natively supports the next generation SATA 6.0 Gb/s data
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transfer rate and PCI Express 2.0 interface.
1.3.2 ASUS Xtreme Design—Hybrid Processor*
TurboV EVO
The ultimate O.C. processor satisfies every level of overclockers—from die-hard enthusiasts
to beginners. Auto tuning intelligently pushes the system to the fastest clock speeds while
maintaining stability. Turbo Key boosts performance with just one touch; while TurboV offers
more options to advanced overclockers to achieve world O.C. record. Moreover, upgrade
your CPU at no additional cost with CPU Level UP! Refer to page 4-10 for details.
Auto Tuning
Auto Tuning is an intelligent tool that automates overclocking to achieve a total system level
up. This tool also provides stability testing. Even O.C. beginners can achieve extreme yet
stable overclocking results with Auto Tuning!
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AM3 multi-core processors with unique L3 cache and
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CPUs in
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's latest AM3
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Chapter 1: Product Introduction