A85XM-A specifications summary

APU

AMD® FM2 socket for AMD® A-Series / Athlon™ processors

 

Supports CPU up to 4 cores

 

Microsoft® DirectX 11 support

 

AMD® Turbo Core Technology 3.0 support

 

• The AMD® Turbo Core Technology 3.0 support depends on the APU types.

 

• Refer to www.asus.com for the AMD® APU support list.

Chipset Memory

AMD® A85X FCH (Hudson D4)

2 x 240-pin DIMM slots support maximum 32GB unbuffered non-ECC DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066MHz memory modules

Dual-channel memory architecture

•The maximum 32GB memory capacity can be supported with 16GB or above DIMMs. ASUS will update the memory QVL once the DIMMs are available in the market.

•Refer to www.asus.com for the latest Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors List).

•When you install a total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. We recommend a maximum of 3GB system memory if you are using a Windows® 32-bit operating system.

Graphics

Expansion slots

Storage

LAN

Audio

Integrated AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series Graphics in A-Series APU Multi-VGA output support: HDMI, DVI, D-Sub ports

-Supports HDMI with max. resolution of 1920x1080@60Hz

-Supports Dual-link DVI with max. resolution of 2560x1600@60Hz

-Supports D-Sub with max. resolution of 1920x1600@60Hz

-Supports Microsoft® DirectX 11

-Maximum shared memory of 2G

-Supports AMD® Dual Graphics technology

•Refer to http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/dual-graphics/Pages/dual-graphics.aspx#3 for the discrete GPUs that support Dual Graphics technology.

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot

1 x PCI slot

AMD® A85X FCH:

-8 x Serial ATA 6 Gb/s connectors with RAID 0, RAID 1,RAID 5,RAID 10 and JBOD support

Realtek® 8111F PCIe Gigabit LAN controller

Realtek® ALC887 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC

 

• Use a chassis with HD audio module in the front panel to support an 8-channel

USB

audio output.

AMD® A85X FCH:

 

 

- 4 x USB 3.0 ports* (2 ports at the back panel [blue], 2 ports at mid-

 

board)

 

- 6 x USB 2.0 ports (2 ports at the back panel, 4 ports at mid-board)

 

* Supports ASUS USB 3.0 Boost.

 

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