User Manual

1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction
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.
Green ASUS
This motherboard and its packaging comply with the European Union’s Restriction
on the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS). This is in line with the ASUS vision
of creating environment-friendly and recyclable products/packaging to safeguard
consumers’ health while minimizing the impact on the environment.
LGA1366 Intel
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Core™ i7 Ready
This motherboard supports the latest Intel
®
Core™ i7 processors in LGA1366
package with integrated memory controller to support 3-channel (6 DIMMs) DDR3
memory. Supports Intel
®
QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) with a system bus of up to
6.4 GT/s and a max bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s. Intel
®
Core™ i7 processor is
one of the most powerful and energy efficient CPUs in the world.
Intel
®
X58 Chipset
The Intel
®
X58 Express Chipset is one of the most powerful chipset designed to
support the Intel
®
Core™ i7 Processors with LGA1366 package and Intel® next
generation system interconnect interface, Intel
®
QuickPath Interconnect (QPI),
providing improved performance by utilizing serial point-to-point links, allowing
increased bandwidth and stability. It also supports up to 36 PCI Express 2.0 lanes
providing better graphics performance.
SLI/CrossFireX On-Demand
Why choose when you can have both?
SLI or CrossFireX? Fret no longer because with the ROG Rampage III GENE,
you'll be able to run both multi-GPU setups. The board features SLI/CrossFireX
on Demand technology, supporting SLI or CrossFireX configuration. Whichever
path you take, you can be assured of jaw-dropping graphics at a level previously
unseen.