Nvidia nForce 680 SLI, nForce 790i Ultra SLI, nForce 750i SLI, nForce 730i SLI, nForce 650i SLI Quick Manual
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QUICK GUIDE FOR NVIDIA-BASED MOTHERBOARDS
FOR INTEL PCs
NVIDIA-BASED MOTHERBOARD
LINECARD
NVIDIA-BASED MOTHERBOARDS FOR INTEL | LINECARD | SEP08
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?
AWARDWINNING 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
AWARDWINNING 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 NVIDIABASED 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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change w ithout not ice.
Features and BeneFits For nVidia-Based MotherBoards For inteL
Features Benefits
GRAPHICS Form Factor
The de sign flexibi lity of NVIDIA nF orce® MCP and N VIDIA® GeFor ce® mGPU b ased mother boards ena ble a wide
rang e of systems i ncluding gam ing, media, h ome, busine ss, and smal l form fact or PCs.
GPU Cores
Select NV IDIA GeFor ce mGPUs incl ude enhance d processin g cores that p rovide incr edible par allel processin g and
grap hics horse power for tod ay’s consume r applicati ons.
NVIDIA® SLI® Technology
NVID IA SLI techn ology is a rev olutionar y platfo rm innovat ion that allo ws users to intelli gently scal e graphics
performance by c ombining mul tiple NVID IA graphic s solution s in a single system wi th an NVIDI A nForce® SLI MCP.
PCI Express® x16 slots
Up to three full -bandwid th, 16-lane P CI Expres s slots ensu re maximum perfo rmance for a dd in graphic s cards.
Offe rs twice th e PCI Expre ss bandwidth of x 8 solutions .
NVIDIA® GeForce Boost
Technology
GeFor ce Boost tur bocharge s the perfor mance of NV IDIA GeFor ce GPUs when co mbined wit h an NVIDIA
mothe rboard. (O n select pro ducts. V isit www.nvidia.com/hybridsli for m ore inform ation).
NVIDIA® CUDA™ Technology
Harness the massi ve compute p ower of the GeF orce® GPU to r ip movies and videos for yo ur iPod, Zune o r PSP
fast er on select m edia applic ations, joi n the fight again st cancer w ith Folding @home, and mo re!
NVIDIA® PhysX™ Technology
Expe rience incr edible realism w ith a GeForce® GPU. Immers e yourself in d estruct ible world s with fire, sm oke,
explo sions, dus t and debris . See action s o fluid and natu ral that you c an almost fee l every bon e-crunc hing hit as if
you wer e standing o n the 50 yard li ne; GeForce b rings it all to l ife.
NVIDIA® PureV ideo® Technology
and PureVideo HD Technology
The combination of high-definition video decode acceleration and post-processing that delivers unprecedented picture
clar ity, smoot h video, acc urate colo r, and pre cise image s caling for m ovies and v ideo.
PureV ideo HD incl udes requi red content p rotectio n circuitr y (HDCP) for p laying Bl u-ray mov ies at the hig hest qual ity
possible [please substantiate] , and is directly integrated with the leading HD movie software players. PureVideo HD
deli vers the ulti mate high- definition m ovie expe rience on a P C.
PCI Express 2.0
Offe rs a future -proofing b ridge to tomo rrow’s most b andwidth -hungry g ames and 3D app lication s by maximizing 5
GT/s of ban dwidth (twice th at of first gen eration PC I Express) and is fu lly backw ards compat ible with exi sting PCI
Expr ess produ cts.
Microsoft® DirectX® Suppor t
Ensur es top-notc h compatibi lity and per formanc e for all Micro soft Direc tX applic ations, in cluding supp ort for
Direc tX 10 on selec t product s.
Display Outputs
HDMI with HDCP - On bo ard HDMI connector desi gned to meet the output protec tion management (HDCP) an d securi ty
specific ations of the Blu-ray Dis c and HD DVD for mats, allowing the pl ayback of encry pted movie content on PCs wh en
conne cted to HDCP -complian t displays . DVI with HD CP - Able to dr ive any singl e-link dig ital flat-p anel displa y.
PERFORMANCE
TUNING TOOLS
AND SOFTWARE
ESA Certified
ESA -certifi ed components and ap plications prov ide real-ti me and comple te PC perfor mance mana gement, bri nging
you unp recedente d control to man age and tune th ermal, ele ctrical , acoustic and oper ating chara cteristi cs to
maxim ize your PC’s pe rforman ce.
NVIDIA Control Panel Utility
Acces s, monitor, and d ynamical ly adjust cr ucial system comp onents incl uding CPU tem perature s, voltage s, bus
speed s, and CPU cor e speed in real time wi th clear, user- friendly co ntrol panel .
NVIDIA System Monitor
Allo ws you to seaml essly monitor PC ch aracter istics in an in tuitive and c ustomizab le 3D enviro nment.
MEMORY NVIDIA SLI-Ready Memory with
EPP
SLI- Ready memor y with EPP in creases th e bandwid th of memory b uses with selec t third part y componen ts with
one cli ck implemen tation.
STORAGE NVIDIA® MediaShield™ Storage
Technology
Suite of featu res that safe guards your m ost impor tant digita l media asse ts, including:
Multip le Disk Setup : Simple point and cli ck wizard- based inter face for R AID 0, 1, 0+1, or 5 acro ss SATA device s•
Disk Alert Sy stem: identi fies the speci fic disk in the ev ent of a failur e•
RAI D Morphing: a bility to ch ange from one s upporte d RAID confi guration to a nother•
Boota ble RAID A rray: sup ports th e use of multi- disk configu rations fo r loading th e operatin g system at po wer-up•
SATA 3Gb/sec. with NCQ
Blazi ngly fast di sk perfor mance with th e latest SATA 3G b/s. hard dis k drives wi th full suppo rt for nati ve and tagged
comma nd queuing and h ot plug.
Ultra ATA-133
Dual- channel ATA inter face capa ble of a maximu m data trans fer rate of 133 M bps per chann el.
OS SUPPORT Microsoft® Windows®
Vista™ Capable
NVID IA nForce MC Ps are ready f or Microsof t Window s Vista Pre mium when coup led with an N VIDIA GeFo rce •
GPU and 512 MB of system me mory
NVID IA GeForc e mGPUs are re ady for Micr osoft Win dows Vis ta Premium w hen couple d with 1GB of sys tem memor y•
AUDIO High Definition Audio (HDA)
Featu res 32-bit, 19 2kHz quali ty for eight ch annels.
NET WORK ING NVIDIA Native Gigabit Ethernet
The ind ustry’s f astest Giga bit Ethern et perfor mance elimin ates netwo rk bottlen ecks and imp roves over all system
effic iency and pe rforman ce.
NVIDIA FirstPacket™ Technology
Ass ures your gam e data, VoIP con versatio ns, and larg e file transf ers are deli vered according t o your set
prefe rences. Lo wers your pi ng time for impr oved onlin e gaming.
* Features vary by product and motherboard design. Please confirm actual specs with your motherboard manufacturer.
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