Unlock the world’s first native 8-core processors.

Get full socket compatibility for AM3+ and AM3 processors with Hypertransport™ 3.0, PCI Express® 2.0 technologies 2x16 configuration to enable higher levels of performance on your graphics applications and advanced technology like SATA 6Gb/s to accelerate your connectivity, the AMD 990FX chipset is ideal fit for your FX processor and your ultimate PC.

Made to Perform - Made to Last

SAPPHIRE’s 10 years of success is based on performance, reliability and quality. We are proud to bring this philosophy to our mainboard products.

Professional Grade features

- Black Diamond Choke
The choke is an important component of the power regulation on your mainboard. The SAPPHIRE Diamond Choke with integral heatsink runs cooler and is more power efficient than a normal
- Solid Capacitors
High quality and durability with Polymer solid capacitors super low ESR and high heat resistance. choke.
- 30u Gold
Quality gold plated contacts means better contact and longterm reliability with gold plated contacts as high as 15u and up to 30u on key connector contacts.

Digital Pulse Width Modulation

Experience better overclocking, power efficiency and voltage stability with the SAPPHIRE Digital 8 Phase PWM design. Designed to ensure that your CPU is supplied with sufficient, high quality power required for heavy computational tasks and the ultimate overclocking possibilities.

To further protect your memory investment, SAPPHIRE provides a 3 Phase Digital PWM design for memory.

SAPPHIRE EZ Control makes the process of installing your mainboard a breeze.

Features include:
- System Power Button: System Power. Easy to locate push button.
- System Reset: Push button next to the power button.
- CMOS Reset: User friendly push button. No more jumpers!
- DIAG LED: Diagnose system boot problems and post codes. 2 digit codes are displayed on the Diagnostic LED. Code definitions can be referenced in your system’s board manual. After your system boots successfully, this LED then switches to display your CPU temperature.

BIOS corruption is a leading RMA issue. SAPPHIRE protects your system with Dual BIOS consisting of a primary and secondary backup BIOS. In the case your BIOS becomes physically damaged or corrupted, the secondary BIOS is used to take over on the next system boot to ensure normal system operation.

Unleash the performance of your mainboard with SAPPHIRE overclocking features



Features include:
- Xact Voltage Pad: Power users can easily measure on board device voltages like your CPU and memory.
- TRIXX OC Utility: The award winning Trixx is a windows based overclocking utility allowing you to tune or monitor your system to optimal performance.
- Hardware Monitor Gadget: Monitor your System / CPU Temperature, Voltage and Fan speeds from the Windows gadget side bar.
- Vdroop Disable Switch: Disable Vdroop (Load line Droop) allows stable voltages while overclocking. Advanced overclockers only.

With todays advanced PC applications and large data movement, fast data transfer rates are crucial. SAPPHIRE mainboards support the next generation of serial storage interface: SATA revision 3.0, doubling disk transfer speeds to 6Gb/s from previous revision 2.0 of 3Gb/s.

Get a 4X theoretical performance increase with RAID 0 (striping) when compared to SATA 3Gb/s (4X) and SATA 6Gb/s (2X) interfaces!

BlueTooth® 2.1 with EDR!

The SAPPHIRE PURE Platinum XXX Supports Bluetooth® version 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) and easy wireless connection between Bluetooth devices at speeds up to 3Mb/s. Perfect for Data and Voice applications.

I-smart charging.

Does your iPhone® stop charging when your computer goes into sleep mode? Not anymore! With i-Smart Charging your mainboard automatically detects if your Smart Phone, Iphone ®, Ipod ® or another USB device is connected and will continue to charge your device even if your computer goes into sleep mode.

The SAPPHIRE PURE 990FX features 2 USB3.0 front panel ports that support power charge including S5(Sleep mode).

Note* USB device must support the USB standard - power charging specification V1.1.

10x Performance increase over USB 2.0

Today, large capacity external drives and devices demand more bandwidth. USB® 3.0 addresses this need by offering 5 Gbps data transfer rates and a 10x performance increase over USB® 2.0. USB® 3.0 is compatible with previous USB® 2.0 and 1.1 devices. Unleash the performance of your external devices with USB® 3.0.

Experience true HD audio made for next generation multimedia PCs.

SAPPHIRE provides 5 24-bit stereo DACs offering sample rates ranging from 6 kHz to 192 kHz and supporting up to 7.1 channel surround sound for a true cinema feeling at home.

Features:
Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.0 audio requirements
EAX™ 1.0 & 2.0 compatible
Direct Sound 3D™ compatible
A3D™ compatible
I3DL2 compatible
HRTF 3D Positional Audio

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