Package contents

Check your motherboard package for the following items.

Motherboard

ASUS A88X-PLUS motherboard

 

 

Cables

2 x Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s cables

 

 

Accessories

1 x I/O Shield

 

 

Application DVD

Support DVD

 

 

Documentation

User Guide

 

 

If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.

A88X-PLUS specifications summary

APU

Chipset

Memory

Graphics

Expansion slots

LAN

AMD® FM2+ socket for AMD® A-Series/AthlonTMseries processors Supports CPU up to 4 cores

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.

AMD® A88X FCH

4 x DIMMs, Max. 64GB, DDR3 2400(O.C.) / 2250(O.C.) / 2200(O.C.) / 2133 / 1866 / 1600 / 1333 MHz non-ECC Unbuffered Memory

Dual-channel memory architecture

Support AMD Memory Profile (AMP) memory

• Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of indivudal APUs.

• The maximum 64GB 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).

Integrated AMD Radeon™ HD 8000/7000 Series Graphics in A-Series APU Multi-VGA output support: HDMI/DVI/RGB ports

-Supports HDMI with max. resolution of 1920x1200@60Hz

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

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

-Maximum shared memory of 2048MB

-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 3.0*/2.0 x16 slot (@x16 mode)

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (@x4 mode)

2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots

3 x PCI slots

*Only FM2+ processors can support PCIe 3.0.

Realtek® 8111G PCIe Gigabit LAN controller

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