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1.3Special features

1.3.1Product highlights

Green ASUS

This motherboard and its packaging comply with the European Union’s Restriction on the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS). This is in line with the ASUS vision of creating environment-friendly and recyclable products/packagings to safeguard consumers’ health while minimizing the impact on the environment.

Intel® LGA1156 Lynnfield Processor Ready

This motherboard supports the latest Intel® Lynnfield processors in LGA1156 package, which has memory and PCI Express controller integrated to support 2-channel (4 DIMMs) DDR3 memory and 16 PCI Express 2.0 lanes, providing great graphics performance. Intel® Lynnfield processor is one of the most powerful and energy efficient CPU in the world. Refer to page 2-5 for details.

Intel® P55

The Intel® P55 Express Chipset is the latest one-chipset design to support the latest 1156 socket Intel® Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 processors. Intel P55 provides improved performance by utilizing serial point-to-point links, allowing increased bandwidth and stability.

PCIe 2.0 support

Double Speed; Double Bandwidth

This motherboard supports the latest PCIe 2.0 devices for double speed and bandwidth that enhances system performance. Refer to page 2-22 for details.

Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ support!

Flexible Multi-GPU solution, Your Weapon of Choice!

P7P55D brings you the multi-GPU choice of CrossFireX™. The motherboard features the most powerful Intel® P55 platform to optimize PCIe allocation in multiple GPU configurations. Expect a brand-new gaming style you’ve never experienced before! Refer to Chapter 5 for details.

Dual-Channel DDR3 DDR3 2133 (O.C.)/1600/1333/1066 support

The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of 2133(O.C.) / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR3 architecture enlarges the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system performance. Refer to page 2-10 for details.

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Chapter 1: Product Introduction