ASUS m4a785t-m User Manual

The AMD

®

 785G Chipset is designed to support up to 5200MT/s 

HyperTransport™ 3.0 (HT 3.0) interface speed and PCI Express 2.0 

x16 graphics. It is optimized with AMD’s latest AM3 multi-core CPUs to 

provide excellent system performance and overclocking capabilities.

  

HyperTransport™ 3.0 technology provides 2.6 times more bandwidth 

than HT1.0 that radically improves system efficiency for a smoother and 

faster computing environment.

This motherboard supports the AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet technology which 

monitors system operation and automatically adjusts CPU voltage and 

frequency for a cool and quiet operating environment.

The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer 

rates of 1800 (O.C.)/1600 (O.C.)/1333/1066 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 25.6 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.

This motherboard supports PCI Express 2.0 devices for double speed 

and bandwidth which enhances system performance.

This motherboard provides convenient connectivity to external home 

theater audio systems via coaxial and optical S/PDIF_OUT (SONY-

PHILIPS Digital Interface) jacks. The S/PDIF transfers digital audio 

without converting it to analog format and keeps the best signal quality. 

ATI Hybrid CrossFireX™ technology greatly boosts graphics performance 

with an onboard GPU and a discrete graphics GPU.

•  Hybrid CrossFireX™ is supported by Windows

®

 Vista OS only.

•  Refer to www.amd.com for the discrete GPUs which support Hybrid CrossFireX™.

Chapter 1: Product introduction

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