ASUS has announced a Windows 8-compatible motherboards for AMD processors
ASUS has announced a Windows 8-compatible motherboards for AMD processors
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ASUS is preparing hard for an early release of Windows 8 Microsoft and actively adds to the list of devices that are compatible with it. Was recently announced a list of motherboards, has successfully passed the test for Win8-compatible, and all processors are designed for the production of AMD.
New products from ASUS includes a series of F1 (F1A75-M PRO R2.0, F1A55 R2.0), M5A (M5A99FX PRO R2.0, M5A99X EVO R2.0, M5A97 EVO R2.0, M5A97 R2.0, M5A97 LE R2 .0), ROG (Crosshair V Formula-Z) and TUF (SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0). All these models are characterized by technologies such as Fast Boot and Remote GO!, Designed for remote PC using PDA or tablet and speed up the loading of the system, respectively. Also, they present a digital power management and hardware button DirectKey to access the BIOS.
Alas, ASUS revealed the characteristic is not all its Win8-compatible motherboards for processors AMD, specifying only their shared data. For example, the boards of a series of M5A fitted socket AM3 +, whereas in a series of models F1A is FM1.
Detailed specifications are available only for motherboard ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 and M5A99FX PRO R2.0. First implemented in the form factor ATX, but it is based on modern chipset AMD 990FX. The motherboard has four slots for DDR3 memory up to the total volume of 32 GB, four slots PCI-E 2.0 x16, eight SATA ports and two eSATA, four USB 3.0 ports and eight USB 2.0. Couples do not have a connector PCI, PCI-E 2.0 x1 and PS / 2.
Motherboard ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 created in the image SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 except for a few key points are not: it is located two PS / 2, but the seven SATA ports and one eSATA. It also reduced the number of connectors USB 3.0 - there are only two.
ASUS did not hurry to clarify the value of their new motherboards, as well as the date of their appearance on the market. As for the operating system, Windows 8, what Microsoft intends to release its October 26 this year.
