Asus Rampage II Extreme - Manual (Page 18)

1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
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only for the weak, and bragging rights means everything. We believe in making
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Intel ® Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition /
Core™ i7 Processor support
This motherboard supports the latest Intel ® Core™ i7 processors in LGA1366
package with integrated memory controller to support 3-channel (6 DIMMs) DDR3
memory. Supports Intel ® QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) with a system bus of up
to 6.4GT/s and a max bandwidth of up to 25.6GB/s. Intel ® Core™ i7 processor is
one of the most powerful and energy efficient CPUs in the world. See page 2-9 for
details.
Intel ® X58 Chipset
The Intel ® X58 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support latest
Intel ® Core™ i7 Processors and Intel’s next generation system interconnect
interface, Intel ® QuickPath Interconnect (QPI), providing improved performance by
utilizing serial point-to-point links, allowing increased bandwidth and stability. It also
supports up to 36 PCI Express 2.0 lanes providing better graphics performance.
Triple-Channel DDR3 memory support
The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates
of 1800 (O.C.) / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth
requirements of the latest operation system, 3D graphics, multimedia, and
Internet applications. The triple-channel DDR3 architecture triples the bandwidth
of your system memory to boost system performance, eliminating bottlenecks
with peak bandwidths of up to 43.2 GB/s. See page 2-15 for details.