Designed for the enthusiasts but engineered for the mainstream, Sapphire PURE CrossFire Advantage PC-A9RD580Adv motherboard, based on the the AMD Socket 939 platform, is derived from the fundamental belief that enhanced stability and gaming immersion are the cornerstones to a solid PC platform. Built upon the ATI CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset, this talented board boasts dual PCI Express x16 slots for CrossFire Multi VPU support to deliver unmatched gaming performances. Its extreme overclocking and expansion features make it the most desirable board in its class.
The onboard Gigabit LAN and additional 10/100 LAN plus USB 2.0 ports provide connectivity without limitations. A pair of ATA133 ports, 4 SATA 1.5Gb/s ports with RAID 0/1 support and 2 SATA 3Gb/s ports with RAID 0/1 support are included for peak hard drive performance.
Designed for the enthusiasts but engineered for the mainstream, Sapphire PURE CrossFire Advantage PC-A9RD580Adv motherboard, based on the the AMD Socket 939 platform, is derived from the fundamental belief that enhanced stability and gaming immersion are the cornerstones to a solid PC platform. Built upon the ATI CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset, this talented board boasts dual PCI Express x16 slots for CrossFire Multi VPU support to deliver unmatched gaming performances. Its extreme overclocking and expansion features make it the most desirable board in its class.
The onboard Gigabit LAN and additional 10/100 LAN plus USB 2.0 ports provide connectivity without limitations. A pair of ATA133 ports, 4 SATA 1.5Gb/s ports with RAID 0/1 support and 2 SATA 3Gb/s ports with RAID 0/1 support are included for peak hard drive performance.
ATI CrossFire Multi-GPU Technology SupportThe Sapphire PC-A9RD580Adv incorporates full support for ATI CrossFire technology. The ATI CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset delivers unrivalled bandwidth for true full-bandwidth 2x16 PCI Express slots and offers the utmost flexibility and options to support the fastest GPUs and connector-free CrossFire graphics cards.
High-performance PCI Express-based Gigabit EthernetThe onboard Marvell Gigabit Ethernet controller features a fully integrated Gigabit Ethernet Media Access Control (MAC) and Physical-Layer (PHY) functions. The controller's host bus utilizes the PCIe architecture designed for high-performance and low-memory latency to ensure full Gigabit network bandwidth.
Dual SATA RAIDThe onboard Silicon Image Sil3132 and the SB450 Southbridge chipset provide a great solution to your RAID requirements on different storage standards. The SB450 chipset supports RAID 0/1 on 4 SATA 1.5Gb/s ports, and the PCIe Silicon Image Sil3132 controller offers 2 additional SATA 3Gb/s interfaces allowing RAID 0 and RAID 1.
Software BundleIn addition to a WHQL Driver CD, Sapphire motherboards are now shipping with a comprehensive software bundle, including StompSoft PC BackUp, Stompsoft Privacy Protector and Stompsoft Trial Software as well as a Sapphire Select DVD containing selected top applications and games. End customers can play each game for a one-hour trial before choosing titles to keep and using the activation codes for them.