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1.1.2ROG Gaming Features

SupremeFX Impact

The bundled SupremeFX Impact sound card brings you the best-in-class 115dB SNR sound for your motherboard in mini-ITX form factor. Its exclusive differential circuit design and four Op-Amps ensure lossless multi-channel gaming audio with exceptional clarity and fidelity.

The audiophile-grade TI LM4562 Op-Amp, one of the four Op-Amps, boosts high-end headphone enjoyment of up to 600ohm impedance, finer detail, and stronger bass.

The Music PnP function provides you with a true home entertainment media center, allowing you to stream audio files to your computer’s speakers via the front panel’s MIC-IN port. It allows you to enjoy listening to your favorite tracks when your computer is turned off.

Sonic Radar

Sonic Radar, an audio app designed for First Person Shooting (FPS) games, shows the precise direction and intensity of where a sound is coming from. In-game sound including gunshots, footprints, voice call-outs, or even a ticking bomb, is visualized as radar signals on the Sonic Radar display, providing you the advantage to know potential threats and avoid sneaky surprises.

GameFirst II

ASUS GameFirst II, with cFOS Traffic Shaping technology, provides a powerful and user- friendly network control to easily frag your gaming system. Featuring the EZ Mode for beginners’ setup and Advanced Mode for professionals’ tweaking, your frags comes first.

Intel Gigabit LAN

The LAN solution from Intel has been long known to have a better throughput, lower CPU utilization as well as better stability. With the Intel Gigabit LAN solutions onboard, the ultimate network experience can therefore be delivered to its users like never before.

1.1.3ROG Exclusive Features

Impact Power

The Impact Power vertical architecture provides you the same vaunted overvolting and overclocking flexibilities just like any othe ROG boards - without sacrificing stability, overclocking, and precision on mini-ITX form factor. For precise CPU/memory digital power control, Impact Power utilizes the best components such as BlackWing chokes, special fin design, and super-premium 10K black metallic solid state capacitors.

BlackWing chokes can handle as much as 60A of power, which is twice that of generic chokes.The special fin design, with its highly conductive and efficient gold-treated coating, results in 3-5C lower choke temperatures for added stability and ensures minimal-loss power delivery. Super-premium 10K Black Metallic solid state capacitors are forged for overclocking and the most extreme demands, lasting up to five times longer than generic capacitors with 20% wider temperature tolerance.

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