Nvidia nForce 680 SLI, nForce 790i Ultra SLI, nForce 750i SLI, nForce 730i SLI, nForce 650i SLI Quick Manual

QUICK GUIDE FOR NVIDIA-BASED MOTHERBOARDS

FOR INTEL PCs

NVIDIA-BASED MOTHERBOARD

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Why NVIDIA nForce MCPs?

NVIDIA® SLI® TECHNOLOGY

The combination of NVIDIA nForce >

®

MCPs

and GeForce

®

GPUs deliver the ultimate PC

gaming experience
Revolutionary platform innovation that >

allows users to intelligently scale graphics
performance by combining multiple NVIDIA
graphics solutions

SLI-certifi ed components deliver unmatched >
performance and compatibility with NVIDIA
nForce based motherboards

ADVANCED NETWORKING

Native Gigabit Ethernet solution with low CPU >
utilization

NVIDIA DualNet >

®

technology includes
teaming and TCP/IP acceleration for greater
bandwidth and better system performance

Prioritize important network traffic with >
NVIDIA FirstPacket

™

technology

PERFORMANCE

ESA-certifi ed components and applications >
bring you unprecedented control to monitor
and tune your PC performance

NVIDIA Control Panel utility gives you access >
to BIOS level settings directly from Microsoft
Windows to quickly optimize PC performance

SLI-Ready memory with EPP increases >
the bandwidth of memory buses with
select third party components with one
click implementation

STORAGE

Confi dently store and protect priceless >
digital media fi les with NVIDIA
MediaShield

™

technology
Support for multiple SATA 3Gb/s drives >
Reliable, accessible, scalable, and easy to >

manage storage

Why NVIDIA GeForce
Motherboard GPUs?

AWARDWINNING GEFORCE® GPUS

Best-in-class graphics and parallel processing >
performance with support for DirectX 10 and
NVIDIA CUDA™ technology

NVIDIA GeForce Boost technology turbocharges >
the performance of select discrete GeForce GPUs

Experience cutting-edge effects and incredible >
realism with NVIDIA PhysX™ technology

FLEXIBLE PLATFORM DESIGN
INCLUDING SFF PCs

Build sleek, compact small form factor >
(SFF) PCs
Optimized to run cool with whisper-quiet >
acoustics without compromising performance
Perfect for building a wide variety of >
systems including media PCs, home PCs,
and business PCs

HOME THEATRE QUALITY HD VIDEOS

Stunning Blu-Ray video playback and >
superb picture clarity with NVIDIA

®

PureVideo

®

HD technology
Offl oads video decoding from the CPU, >
resulting in smooth, stutter-free, high­defi nition video playback
Supports H.264, VC-1, and MPEG-2 >
HD-Video playback formats

AWARDWINNING CORE LOGIC

Uncompromised features and system >
performance

Confi dently store and protect priceless >
digital assets with NVIDIA MediaShield

™

technology
Native networking support including >

Gigabit Ethernet
SATA drive compatibility and PCIe >

expandability

NVID IA NFORCE® 790i U LTR A SLI® MCP

NVID IA GEFORCE

®

9400 M GPU

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QUICK GUIDE TO NVIDIABASED MOTHERBOARDS FOR INTEL PLATFORMS

Graphics CPU Performa nce Tuning Memory Storage OS Audio Networking

Form Factor

Core Clock / Sh ader

Clock (Mhz)

GPU Cores

NVIDIA

®

SLI

®

Technology

PCI Expre ss

®

x16 Slots

NVIDIA Ge Force

®

Boost

NVIDIA CU DA

™

Technology

NVIDIA Ph ysX

™

Technology

NVIDIA Pu reVideo

®

PCI Expre ss 2.0

DirectX S upport

Display Ou tputs

Processo r Supported

Socket Suppo rted

FSB speed

ESA-Certified

NVIDIA Co ntrol Panel

NVIDIA Sy stem Monitor

DDR Suppor t

SLI-Ready M emory

SATA/PATA

Drive Supp ort

NVIDIA Me diaShield

™

RAID

Microsoft

®

Windows

®

Vista

™

Capable

Audio Speci fication

Gigabit Ethe rnet

Connections

NVIDIA Fi rstPacket

™

technology

Product Ideal For

NVIDIA nForce MC Ps

nForce 790i Ul tra SLI

ENTHUSIAST

Overclocke r, Extreme Gamer,
Power User, Multimed ia
Enthusiast

ATX

3-way SLI

(3x16)

3

Core 2 Family
(incl. full 4 5nm support )

LGA775

1600
MHz

Dual DDR3

1333

Dual
DDR3
2000

6/2

0, 1,

0+1, 5

HDA 2

nForce 790i SLI

ATX

3-way SLI

(3x16)

3

Core 2 Family
(incl. full 4 5nm support )

LGA775

1600
MHz

Dual DDR3

1333

Dual
DDR3

1333

6/2

0, 1,

0+1, 5

HDA 2

nForce 780i SLI

ATX

3-way SLI

(3x16)

3

Core 2 Family
(incl. full 4 5nm support )

LGA775

1333
MHz

Dual DDR2 80 0

Dual
DDR2

1200

6/2

0, 1,

0+1, 5

HDA 2

nForce 680 SLI

ATX

3-way SLI

(2x16)

3

Core 2 Family LGA775

1333
MHz

Dual DDR2 80 0

Dual
DDR2

1200

6/2

0, 1,

0+1, 5

HDA 2

nForce 750i S LI

PERFORMANCE

Gamer, Multimedia Use r

ATX

2-way SLI

(2x8)

2

Core 2 Family
(incl. full 4 5nm support )

LGA775

1333
MHz

Dual DDR2 80 0

4/4

0, 1,

0+1, 5

HDA 1

nForce 730i SLI

ATX

1

HD 10

DP

HDMI

DVI

VGA

Core 2 Family
(incl. full 4 5nm support )
Pentium Family

LGA775

1333
MHz

Dual DDR3

1300

Dual DDR2 80 0

6/2

0, 1,

0+1, 5

HDA 1

nForce 650i SLI

ATX

2-way SLI

(2x8)

2

Core 2 Family LGA775

1333
MHz

Dual DDR2 80 0

4/4

0, 1,

0+1, 5

HDA 1

nForce 650i U ltra SLI

ATX

1

Core 2 Family LGA775

1333
MHz

Dual DDR2 80 0

4/4

0, 1,

0+1, 5

HDA 1

nForce 630i

MAINSTREAM

Business Use r, Casual Gamer,
Home PC User

ATX

1

Core 2 Family
(incl. full 4 5nm support )
Pentium Family

LGA775

1333
MHz

DDR2 800

4/2

0, 1,

0+1, 5

HDA 1

NVIDIA GeForc e mGPUs

GeForce 9400

PERFORMANCE

Gamer, Multimedia Use r

uATX

580 /
1400

16

1

HD 10

DP

HDMI

DVI
VGA

Core 2 Family
(incl. full 4 5nm support )
Pentium Family
Celeron Fami ly

LGA775

1333
MHz

Dual Channel

DDR3 1333

DDR2 800

6/2

0, 1,

0+1, 5

HDA 1

GeForce 930 0

uATX

450 /
1200

16

1

HD 10

DP

HDMI

DVI
VGA

Core 2 Family
(incl. full 4 5nm support )
Pentium Family
Celeron Fami ly

LGA775

1333
MHz

Dual Channel

DDR3 1333

DDR2 800

6/2

0, 1,

0+1, 5

HDA 1

GeForce 715 0
nForce 630i

MAINSTREAM

Business Use r, Casual Gamer,
Home PC User

uATX 600

1

9

HDMI

DVI
VGA

Core 2 Family
(incl. full 4 5nm support )
Pentium Family
Celeron Fami ly

LGA775

1333
MHz

DDR2 800

4/2

0, 1,

0+1, 5

HDA 1

GeForce 7100
nForce 630i

uATX 500

1

9

HDMI

DVI
VGA

Core 2 Family
(incl. full 4 5nm support )
Pentium Family
Celeron Fami ly

LGA775

1333
MHz

DDR2 800

4/2

0, 1,

0+1, 5

HDA 1

GeForce 7050
nForce 630i

uATX 500

1

9

DVI
VGA

Core 2 Family
(incl. full 4 5nm support )
Pentium Family
Celeron Fami ly

LGA775

1333
MHz

DDR2 667

4/2

0, 1,

0+1, 5

HDA 1

GeForce 6100
nForce 430

VALUE

Business Use r, Value PC Buyer

uATX 500

1

9 VGA

Core 2 Family
(incl. full 4 5nm support )
Pentium Family
Celeron Fami ly

LGA775

1333
MHz

DDR2 667

4/2 0, 1 HDA 1*

10/100 internet *

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