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Feature
Processor
The RX480-A uses an 939-pin socket that carries the following features:
HyperTransport
integrated circuits to exchange information at much higher speeds than currently
available interconnect technologies.
Chipset
The RX480 Northbridge (NB) and SB400 Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based on an
innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
RX480 (NB)
SB400 (SB)
Memory
Audio (optional)
This motherboard may support either of the following Audio chipset.
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Accommodates AMD Sempron/Athlon64/Athlon 64 FX processors
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Supports up to 2000MT/s HyperTransport
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Technology is a point-to-point link between two devices, it enables
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1 x 2 (expandable to x 4) A-Link Express interface (PCI
Express 1.0a compliant) for connection to the ATI IXP
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Supports one PCI Express x16 for Graphics Interface, fully
compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision
1.0a.
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Fully supports ACPI states S1, S3, S4 and S5.
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Supports Single chip solution in 0.13 micron, 1.0-1.2v CMOS
technology
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2/4-lane A-Link Express interface (PCI Express 1.0a com-
pliant) to RADEON IGPs
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Compliant with PCI 2.3 specificaiton, up to 7 bus master
devices supported
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Four Serial ATA devices supported, compliant with Serial
ATA 1.0 specification, RAID 0 and RAID 1 accommodated
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Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to eight
USB 2.0 ports
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Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33
modes
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DDR 400/333/266 DDR SDRAM with Dual Channel supported
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Accommodates four unbuffered DIMMs, up to 4GB maximum memory size
Compliant with the AC'97 v2.3 specification
16-bit Stereo full-duplex CODEC with 48KHz sampling rate
Supports double sampling rate (96KHz) of DVD audio playback
Direct Sound 3D™
compatible
Compliant with AC'97 2.3 specification, supporting 8-ch DACs
Meets performance requirements for audio on PC99/2001 systems
Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.0 audio requirements
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