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M4A89GTD PRO

Core Unlocker

Turbo Key II

ASUS GPU Boost

TurboV EVO

MemOK!

CrossFireX Support

CPU, Chipset and Graphics Features

AMD® AM3 Phenom™II /Athlon™II /Sempron™ 100 Series

Processors

This motherboard supports AMD® AM3 multi-core processors with unique L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with less power consumption. It features dual-channel

DDR3 memory support and accelerates data transfer rate up to 5200MT/s via

HyperTransport™ 3.0 based system bus. This motherboard also supports

AMD® CPUs in the new 45nm manufacturing process.

AMD® 890GX

AMD® 890GX Chipset is designed to support up to 5200MT/s HyperTransport™ 3.0 (HT 3.0) interface speed and quad PCI Express™ 2.0 x16 graphics. It is optimized with AMD’s latest AM3 and multi-core CPUs to provide excellent system performance and overclocking capabilities.

CrossFireX Support

Flexible Multi-GPU solutions, Your Weapon of Choice!

M4A89GTD Series brings you the multi-GPU choice of

CrossFireX™. Expect a brand-new gaming style you’ve never experienced before!

PCIe 2.0 support

Double Speed; Double Bandwidth

This motherboard supports the latest PCIe 2.0 devices for double speed and bandwidth which enhances system performance.

VGA Output Support

HDMI Support

Enjoy Full HD 1080p Multimedia Home-Theater

Entertainment

High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a set of digital video standards that delivers multi-channel audio and uncompressed digital video for full HD 1080p visuals through through a single cable. Supporting HDCP copy protection such as HD DVD and Blu-ray Discs, HDMI provides you with the highest-quality home theater experience.

DVI Support

DVI (Digital Visual Interface) provides high visual quality of digital display devices such as LCD monitor. The interface of this motherboard supports dual VGA output both DVI-D/HDMI and

RGB.

True SATA 6Gb/s Support

The AMD® SB850 Southbridge natively supports next-generation Serial ATA (SATA) storage interface, this motherboard delivers up to 6.0 Gb/s data transfer rates.

Additionally, get enhanced scalability, faster data retrieval, double the bandwidth of current bus systems.

Hybrid Switch

Core Unlocker

Unleash True Core Performance Intelligently

ASUS Core Unlocker simplifies the activation of a latent AMD®

CPU—with just a simply switch. Enjoy an instant performance boost by simply unlocking the extra cores, without performing complicated BIOS changes.

Memory Features

Dual-Channel DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1333/ 1066 support

The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of 2000(O.C.)/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.

Turbo Key II

Switch on the Potential, Turn up the Performance!

Enjoy superb performance by auto-tuning your processor to an extreme yet stable state. Simply activate a dedicated switch on the motherboard to unleash extra processing capabilities.

Hybrid Processor

TurboV EVO

The Ultimate O.C. Processor

The ultimate O.C. processor satisfies every level of overclockers—from die-hard enthusiasts to beginners. Auto tuning intelligently pushes the system to the fastest clock speeds while maintaining stability. Turbo Key boosts performance with just one touch; while TurboV offers more options to advanced overclockers to achieve world O.C. record. Moreover, upgrade your CPU at no additional cost with CPU Level UP!

GPU Boost

Instant iGPU Level Up!

GPU Boost overclocks the integrated GPU in real time for the best graphics performance. User-friendly UI facilitates flexible frequency and voltage adjustments. Its ability to deliver multiple overclocking profiles also provides rapid and stable system-level upgrades.

Auto Tuning

Auto System Level Up to Tuning is an intelligent tool that automates overclocking to achieve a total system level up. This tool also provides stability testing. Even O.C. beginners can achieve extreme yet stable overclocking results with Auto Tuning!

Hybrid OS

Express Gate

0 to Internet in Seconds!

Express Gate™ is an ASUS exclusive OS that provides you with quick access to the Internet and key applications before entering

Windows®.

CPU Level UP

Ever wish that you could have a more expansive CPU? Upgrade your CPU at no additional cost with CPU Level UP! Simply pick the processor you wanted to OC to, and the motherboard will do the rest! See the new CPU speed and enjoy that performance instantly. Overclocking is never as easy as this.

ASUS Xtreme Phase

ASUS 8+2 Phase Power Design

Longer Life & Higher Efficiency!

Unleashes ultimate memory performances with independent power to core components, while providing fast transient response and stability for the CPU under heavy loading or overclocking modes.

ASUS Exclusive Features

MemOK!

Any Memory is A-OK!

MemOK! quickly ensures memory boot compatibility. This remarkable memory rescue tool requires a mere push of a button to patch memory issues. MemOK! determines failsafe settings and dramatically improves your system boot success. Get your

EPU

System Level Energy Saving The ASUS EPU (Energy

Processing Unit) provides total system power management by detecting current PC loadings and intelligently moderating power usage for critical PC components in real-time–helping save power and money!

system up and running in no time!

ASUS Quiet Thermal Solutions

ASUS Fanless Design - Heat pipe solution

The ASUS heat pipe features 0-dB thermal solution that offers users a noiseless

PC environment. Not only the beautiful shape upgrades the visual enjoyment for motherboard users, but also the heat pipe design lowers the temperature of the chipset and power phase area through high efficient heat-exchange. Combined with usability and aesthetics, the ASUS heat pipe will give users an extremely silent and cooling experience with the elegant appearance!

Fan Xpert

Active Quiet & Cool

ASUS Fan Xpert intelligently allows users to adjust both the

CPU and chassis fan speed according to different ambient temperature , which is caused by different climate conditions in different geographic regions and system loading.Built-in variety of useful profiles offer flexible controls of fan speed to achieve a quiet and cool environment.

ASUS EZ DIY

EZ Flash2

Simply update BIOS from a USB flash disk before entering the OS

EZ Flash is a user-friendly BIOS update utility. Simply press the pre-defined hotkey to launch this tool and update BIOS from a floppy disk before entering the OS.

O.C. Profile

Conveniently store or load multiple BIOS settings

Freely share and distribute favorite overclocking settings The motherboard features the ASUS O.C. Profile that allows users to conveniently store or load multiple BIOS settings. The BIOS settings can be stored in the CMOS or a separate file, giving users freedom to share and distribute their favorite overclocking settings.

Power eSATA

The Power eSATA solution combines the eSATA connector and power source together, allowing users to use external SATA devices without the need of additional power source*

*Power eSATA requires a specially designed signal cable to provide 5V power for the external SATA device. The cable is purchased separately*

CrashFree BIOS 3

Simply restore corrupted BIOS data from USB flash disk

The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 allows users to restore corrupted

BIOS data from a USB flash disk containing the BIOS file. This utility saves users the cost and hassle of buying a replacement

BIOS chip.

ASUS Q-Connector

ASUS Q-Connector allows you to easily connect or disconnect the chassis front panel cables to the motherboard. This unique module eliminates the trouble of connecting the system panel cables one at a time and avoiding wrong cable connections

Industry Standard

DTS

DTS Surround Sensation UltraPC

DTS Surround Sensation UltraPC delivers exceptional 5.1 surround experience through the most common PC audio setups - your existing stereo speakers or headphones. In addition to virtual surround, “Bass enhancement” provides stronger low frequency bass sound, and “Voice clarification” provides clear human dialogue even with loud background sound. With these technologies, you may experience a better home-theater audio with ease.

S/PDIF-out on Back I/O Port

This motherboard provides convenient connectivity to external home theater audio systems via coaxial and optical

S/PDIF-out (SONY-PHILIPS Digital Interface) jacks. It allows to transfer digital audio without converting to analog format and keeps the best signal quality.

High Definition Audio

Enjoy high-end sound system on your PC!

The onboard 8-channel HD audio (High Definition Audio, previously codenamed Azalia) CODEC enables high-quality

192KHz/24-bit audio output, jack-sensing feature, retasking functions and multi-streaming technology that simultaneously sends different audio streams to different destinations. You can now talk to your partners on the headphone while playing a multi-channel network games. All of these are done on one computer.

Noise Filter

Eliminate background noise while recording

This feature detects repetitive and stationary noises like computer fans, air conditioners, and other background noises then eliminates it in the incoming audio stream while recording.

RoHS

GreenASUS

The 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 and packaging to safeguard consumers´ health while minimizing the impact on the environment.

Specifications

CPU

Chipset

System Bus

Memory

Expansion Slots

VGA

Storage

LAN

Audio

IEEE 1394

USB

AMD Socket AM3 ;Phenom™II /Athlon™II /Sempron™ 100 Series Processors

AMD 140W CPU Support

AMD Cool 'n' Quiet™ Technology

Supports 45nm CPU

AMD 890GX/SB850

Up to 5200 MT/s ; HyperTransport™ 3.0

4 x DIMM, Max. 16 GB, DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1333/1066 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory

Dual Channel memory architecture

*AMD AM3 100 and 200 series CPU support up to DDR3 1066MHz

**Due to OS limitation, when installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is recommended.

***Refer to www.asus.com for the memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).

2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 support ATI CrossFireX™ technology(@dual x8 speed)

1 x PCIe 2.0 x4

1 x PCIe 2.0 x1

2 x PCI

Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 4290 GPU

Multi-VGA output support: HDMI, DVI-D and RGB ports

Supports HDMI with max. resolution 1920 x 1200 (1080P)

Supports DVI with max. resolution 2560x1600 @60Hz

Supports RGB with max. resolution 2560x1440 @75Hz

Support H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, DirectX10.1 and OpenGL2.0

Support Shader Model 4.1, Universal Video Decoder (UVD) 2.0

Max. UMA Memory Size: 512 MB

128MB DDR3 1333 sideport memory support

Hybrid CrossFireX support

SB850 Chipset

6 xSATA 6.0 Gb/s ports Support RAID 0,1,5,10

JMicron® JMB361 PATA and SATA controller

1 xUltraDMA 133/100 for up to 2 PATA devices

1 xExternal Power eSATA 3.0Gb/s port

Realtek® 8111E Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET2

ALC 892 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC

- BD Audio Layer Content Protection

- Support 192khz/24bit True BD Lossless Sound

- DTS Surround Sensation UltraPC

- Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, and Front Panel Jack-Retasking

- Optical S/PDIF Out ports at back I/O

- ASUS Noise Filter

VIA® 6308P controller supports 2 x 1394a port(s) (1 at mid-board; 1 at back panel)

14 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at back panel)

ASUS Unique Features

Overclocking Features

Back Panel I/O Ports

Internal I/O Connectors

BIOS

Manageability

ASUS Xtreme Design

ASUS Hybrid Processor -- TurboV EVO

- Auto Tuning, TurboV, CPU Level UP and GPU Boost

ASUS Hybrid Switch

- Core Unlocker

- Turbo Key II

ASUS Hybrid OS -- Express Gate

ASUS Power Solutions

- 8+2 Phase Power Design

- ASUS EPU

ASUS Exclusive Features

- MemOK!

ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution

- ASUS Fanless Design: Heat pipe solution

- ASUS Fan Xpert

ASUS EZ DIY

- ASUS Q-DIMM

- ASUS O.C. Profile

- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

- ASUS EZ Flash 2

- ASUS MyLogo 2

- Percision Twerker 3

- Multi-language BIOS

Precision Tweaker 3

- vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.003125V increment

- vDDNB: Adjustable CPU NB voltage at 0.003125V increment

- vCPU PLL: Adjustable CPU_PLL voltage at 0.00625V increment

- vHT bus: Adjustable PCH voltage at 0.00625V increment

- vDRAM Bus: Adjustable DRAM voltage at 0.00625V increment

- iChipset: Adjustable iChipset voltage at 0.00625V increment

SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)

- PCI Express frequency tuning from 100MHz up to 150MHz at 1MHz increment

- Internal Base Clock tuning from 100MHz up to 600MHz at 1MHz increment

Overclocking Protection

- ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)

1 x DVI

1 x D-Sub

1 x HDMI

1 x S/PDIF Out (Optical)

1 x IEEE 1394a

1 x LAN(RJ45) port

8 -Channel Audio I/O

1 x PS/2 Keyboard (Purple)

1 x Power eSATA

6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports

4 x USB connectors support additional 8 USB ports

1 x IDE connector

1 x IEEE 1394a connector

1 x CPU Fan connector

1 x Power Fan connector

6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

1 x Chassis Fan connector (4-pin)

1 x Chassis Fan connector (3-pin)

1 x S/PDIF Out Header

1 x Core Unlocker Switch

1 x Turbo Key II Switch

1 x MemOK! Button

Front panel audio connector

1 x COM connector

1 x Clear CMOS jumper

1 x 24-pin ATX Power connector

1 x 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector

System Panel

16 Mb Flash ROM , SPI, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ

Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

WfM 2.0,DMI 2.0,WOL by PME,WOR by PME,PXE

Accessories

Support Disc

Form Factor

1 x Ultra DMA 133/100 cable

2 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s cables

2 x Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s cables

1 x Q-Shield

1 x VGA Switch card

2 in 1 Q-connector (USB, System panel; Retail version only)

User's manual

Drivers

Anti-virus software (OEM version)

ASUS Update

ASUS Utilities

ATX Form Factor

12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x24.4 cm )

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