Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 Enters into the Market

News about the forthcoming release of the updated motherboard Sabertooth 990FX was voiced by Asus earlier this year. Nevertheless, the release of long-awaited motherboard has been delayed till mid August, and these days the product can be already found in the market. Primarily, Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 is notable for the availability of OS Windows 8 conformance certificate.

The updated motherboard is compatible with AM3 and AM3+ processors and boasts a bunch of advanced solutions. Among the most striking innovations implemented by Asus, the substitute of old-fashioned JMicron JMB362 controller by a more progressive controller from ASMedia added to the board's functionality. In addition, the manufacturer supplemented the layout with one more ASMedia ASM1042 controller that allowed to integrate USB 3.0 interface. The implemented in earlier version micro scheme Realtek RTL8111E has been also substituted by RTL8111F scheme; at the same time, IEEE 1394a interface has been totally removed from the platform.

To continue, transformations touched upon motherboard's functionality as well. Asus added a range of options and technologies to its updated product, including DirectKey, USB BIOS Flashback, Remote GO!, and USB 3.0 Boost. This motherboard is able to support various graphics SLI and CrossFire configurations and is equipped with 8+2-channel digital power subsystem. It has got four slots for DDR3 RAM, the overall volume capacity of which approximates 32 GB.

Upon the whole, motherboard Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 accommodates twelve USB 2.0 ports, six USB 3.0 ports, a single gigabit LAN, and six SATA 6 Gb/sec ports.