Introduction

I would like to thank ASUS for supplying the tested motherboard.

ASUS is one of the top-notch manufacturers for enthusiast's motherboards. Not only do they offer motherboards but a huge range of products like PCs, Video Cards, Cases, Displays, Mobile Phones, CD/DVD Drives, PDAs and coolers.

Being an ATI partner they are eligible to use ATI's chipsets on their motherboard products. The ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe is the first ASUS board which uses ATI's brand new Crossfire Xpress 3200 chipset. In fact ASUS was the first manufacturer to have a final product ready and on shelves. Some users could even buy the board a few days before the ATI NDA was up.



For more info on the ATI chipset read our Xpress 3200 Preview and also check out ATI Tech Day Seville: Breaking the world record which shows what Xpress 3200 can do.

Features

Specifications from Manufacturer

CPU

• Socket 939 for AMD® Opteron™/Athlon™ 64 FX/ Athlon™ 64 X2/ Athlon™ 64
• AMD64 architecture enables simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit computing
• AMD Cool 'n' Quiet!™ Technology
• AMD HyperTransport Technology

Chipset

• ATI™ CrossFire™ Xpress 3200/ULI M1575
• Front Side Bus 2000/1600 MT/s

Memory

• 4 x DIMM, max. 4GB, DDR 400/333/266, ECC and non-ECC, un-buffered memory
• Dual Channel Memory Architecture

Expansion Slots

• 2 x PCI Express x16 slot with CrossFire support at full x16, x16 mode
• 1 x PCI Express x1
• 3 x PCI

CrossFire Support

• ATI CrossFire graphics cards (both at x16 mode)

Storage/RAID

• ULi M1575 South Bridge:
• - 2 x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33
• - 4 x Serial ATA I/II 3.0Gb/s with RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 and JBOD support
• Silicon Image® 3132 SATA controller supports
• - 1 x Internal Serial ATA 3 Gb/s hard disk
• - 1 x External Serial ATA hard disk (SATA On-the-Go)
• - Support RAID 0, 1

Audio

• Realtek ALC882 8-channel CODEC
• Universal Audio Jack
• Multi-Streaming
• Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports on back I/O

LAN

• Marvell 88E8053 PCIe Gigabit LAN Controller, featuring AI NET2
• Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LAN Controller, featuring AI NET2

IEEE 1394a

• TI® 1394a controller supports:
• - 2x IEEE 1394a connectors at midboard

USB

• Max. 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports

ASUS AI Life Features

• Stack Cool 2
• SATA on the Go (External SATA on back I/O port)

Overclocking Features

• Intelligent overclocking tools:
• - AI NOS™ (Non-delay Overclocking System)
• - AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner)
• - ASUS PEG Link - Automatically performance tuning for single/dual graphics cards
• Precision Tweaker:
• - vDIMM: 12-step DRAM voltage control
• - vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.025V increment
• - vNB:Northbridge provides independent voltage adjustment at 0.1 V increment for core power,HT bus and PCI Express bus.
• SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)
• - FSB tuning from 200MHz up to 400MHz at 1MHz increment
• - PCI Express tuning from 100MHz up to 150MHz at 1MHz increment
• Overclocking Protection:
• - ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)

Special Features

• ASUS MyLogo2
• Multi-language BIOS
• CrashFree BIOS2
• ASUS AI NET2
• ASUS Q-Fan2 Technology
• ASUS EZ Flash

Back Panel I/O Ports

• 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
• 1 x PS/2 Mouse
• 1 x Parallel
• 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Out
• 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out
• 1 x External SATA
• 2 x RJ45
• 4 x USB 2.0/1.1
• 8-Channel Audio I/O

Internal I/O Connectors

• 2 x USB 2.0 connector supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports
• 2 x IEEE1394a connectors
• 5 x SATA connectors
• 2 x IDE connectors
• 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
• 1 x GAME/MIDI connector
• 1 x CPU/ 2 x Chassis/ 1 x Power FAN connectors
• 1 x COM connector
• 24-pin ATX Power connector
• 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector
• Chassis Intrusion
• CD audio in connector
• Front panel High Definition Audio connector
• System panel connector

BIOS

• 8Mb Flash ROM, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, WfM2.0

Manageability

• WfM 2.0,DMI 2.0,WOL by PME,WOR by PME, Chassis Intrusion, PXE and RPL

Support CD

• Drivers
• ASUS PC Probe II
• ASUS Update
• Anti-virus software (OEM version)

Accessories

• User's manual
• 5 x Serial ATA cables
• 2 x 2-port Serial ATA power cables
• 1 x 1-port Serial ATA power cable
• 2-port IEEE1394 module
• 1 x 2-port USB2.0 / Game module
• COM port module
• 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
• IDE cable
• FDD cable
• I/O shield
• InterVideo Media Launcher

Form Factor

• ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6"(30.5cm x 24.5cm)