nForce 700

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NVIDIA nForce 700
CPU support Phenom
Core 2
Socket support LGA775
Socket AM2+
Release Date December 2007
Predecessor nForce 600
Successor TBA

The nForce 700 is a chipset series designed by NVIDIA first released in December 2007. The series supports both Intel Core 2 and AMD Phenom processors, and replaces the nForce 600 series chipsets. Several members were spotted, including the codenamed MCP72 for AMD processors and the C72 for Intel processors, to be launch with the name "nForce 780a" and "nForce 780i" chipsets respectively. Currently, the released variants are the 750i, 780i, 790i, and 790i Ultra..

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[edit] AMD chipsets

[edit] nForce 780a

  • Codenamed MCP72XE
  • motherboard GPU (mGPU)
  • Addition of the nForce 200 PCI-E bridge (previously codenamed BR-04)
    • Connected to the northbridge via a 4.5 Gbit/s proprietary bus using the PCI-E interface
    • Support for PCI-E 2.0 [1]
  • Triple SLI
    • Slot 1: full speed PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot from nForce 200
    • Slot 2: full speed PCI Express 2.0 x8 slot from nForce 200
    • Slot 3: full speed PCI Express 2.0 x8 slot from nForce 200 [2]
  • Hybrid SLI
    • GeForce Boost
    • HybridPower
  • Supports a maximum of DDR2-1066 dual-channel memory, and DDR2-1200 dual-channel SLI memory
  • Support HT 3.0

[edit] nForce 750a

[edit] nForce 730a

[edit] nForce 720a

[edit] Intel chipsets

[edit] nForce 790i

  • Codenamed C73P (790i)/C73XE (790i Ultra)
  • Support 1600 MHz FSB
  • Support 45nm Penryn
  • Triple SLI
    • Slot 1: full speed PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot from nForce northbridge
    • Slot 2: full speed PCI Express 1.0 x16 slot pulled from the southbridge
    • Slot 3: full speed PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot from nForce northbridge
  • Addition of the nForce 200 PCI-E bridge (previously codenamed BR-04) integrated into Northbridge.
  • EPP 2.0
  • Supports a maximum of 8GB DDR3-1333 (non-ultra), Ultra can overclock above DDR3-2000.
  • Special GPU routing (PWShort)[2]
  • Overclocks much better than predecessor.[3]

[edit] nForce 780i

  • Codenamed C72XE (780i)
  • Shared similar layout as its predecessor, the nForce 680i SLI
  • Addition of the nForce 200 PCI-E bridge (previously codenamed BR-04)
    • Connected to the northbridge via a 4.5 Gbit/s proprietary bus
    • Support for PCI-E 2.0 [1]
  • Triple SLI
    • Slot 1: full speed PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot from nForce 200
    • Slot 2: full speed PCI Express 1.0 x16 slot pulled from the southbridge
    • Slot 3: full speed PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot from nForce 200
  • Supports a maximum of 8GB DDR2-800 dual-channel memory, and DDR2-1200 dual-channel SLI memory (780i) [5] (790i)
  • Support 1333 MHz FSB
  • The northbridge (including the nForce 200 chip) was reported to dissipate 48 W when running [6]

[edit] nForce 750i

  • Codenamed C72P
  • Addition of the nForce 200 PCI-E bridge (previously codenamed BR-04)
    • Connected to the northbridge via a 4.5 Gbit/s proprietary bus
    • Support for PCI-E 2.0 [1]
  • SLI
    • Slot 1: full speed PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot from nForce 200
    • Slot 2: full speed PCI Express 2.0 x8 slot from nForce 200
  • Supports a maximum of DDR2-800 dual-channel memory
  • Support 1333 MHz FSB

[edit] MCP7A

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c (Chinese) ExpReview report, retrieved October 12, 2007
  2. ^ [1], retrieved January 21, 2007
  3. ^ Fudzilla report, retrieved February 13, 2008
  4. ^ a b Fudzilla report, retrieved January 31, 2008
  5. ^ The Inquirer report, retrieved October 15, 2007
  6. ^ The Inquirer report, retrieved October 12, 2007
  7. ^ VR-zone report, retrieved November 14, 2007

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