NVIDIA SLI Technology

N/A

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Socket

Socket type supported

775

CPU Type

CPU type supported

Intel

NVIDIA Control Panel

NVIDIA Control Panel allows you to take full advantage of ESA. Easily adjust PC characteristics for maximum performance. Features NVIDIA System Monitor, so you can seamlessly monitor characteristics in an intuitive and customizable 3D environment.

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NVIDIA System Monitor

A new 3D application for seamless monitoring of PC component characteristics. Its unique and intuitive architecture is the ultimate foundation for delivering optimized system, thermal, and acoustic performance of your NVIDIA nForce based PC and ESA certified components.

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NVIDIA nTune

Now with access to more settings from this Windows-based utility, the NVIDIA nTune performance manager allows automatic tuning for optimal performance. Once configured and customized, nTune automatically chooses the right system settings for the application that is being run based on your saved profiles and personal rules.

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NV BIOS

NV BIOS delivers easy-to-use tuning to let you have full control over your hardware including processor voltage tables and memory drive strengths.

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DiskAlert System

In the event of a disk failure, MediaShield users see a real-time image of the motherboard that highlights which hard drive has failed, making it easier to identify, replace, and recover.

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NVIDIA MediaShieldTM RAID

Suite of features that safeguards your most important digital media assets; always reliable, scalable, and accessible. Includes support for RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 configurations and up to six SATA 3Gb/s drives.

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Bootable Multidisk Array

MediaShield storage fully supports the use of multi-disk array for loading the operating system at power-up.

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Native Gigabit Ethernet Connection

The industry's fastest Gigabit Ethernet performance eliminates network bottlenecks and improves overall system efficiency and performance.

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NVIDIA FirstPacketTM Technology

Be the 'King of Ping' with NVIDIA FirstPacket technology. Get the crystal-clear phone conversations and online gaming performance you expect. NVIDIA FirstPacket technology assures your game data, VoIP conversations, and large file transfers are delivered according to preferences set by you in an intuitive wizard.

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TCP/IP Acceleration

Delivers the highest system performance by offloading CPU-intensive packet filtering tasks in hardware, providing users with a PC networking environment that is faster.

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Support for NVIDIA SLI-Ready memory with EPP 1.0

N/A

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Chipset

Generation of NVIDIA nForce MCP included on this motherboard.

680i LT, 680i SLI

FSB (MHz)

Through overclocking, the nForce 600i series can deliver FSB speeds well beyond specification. The front side bus (FSB) in the nForce 600i series is specified to run at 1333MHz to support existing and future FSB speeds. Through overclocking, however, the nForce 600i series can deliver FSB speeds well beyond specification*. Get the headroom today for overclocking and/or future FSB speeds.

1333

Memory Speed (MHz)

N/A

800 MHz

Memory w/ EPP (MHz)

N/A

1200, 800

Memory SLI Memory Support

N/A

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Memory Type

Type of memory supported by this motherboard.

DDR2

Memory Max (GB)

Maximum GB of total memory supported by this motherboard.

8 GB

Memory Slots

Number of memoryexpansion slots available onboard.

4

USB Ports

Number ofUSB ports supported on ATX

4 - 6

Onboard USB (Expansion)

N/A

4

Firewire Ports

N/A

1

Onboard Firewire (Expansion)

N/A

1

SATA

Combine up to 12 SATA drives into 2-4 volumes for bigger, faster RAID. More drives mean more configuration options such as 2x RAID 0 for boot partition, 2x RAID 0 for enhanced gaming, 4x RAID 5 for multimedia applications, and 4x RAID5 for media data storage. Take advantage of the latest SATA 3Gb/s hard drives with full support for hot plugging and native and tagged command queuing which can provide higher disk performance in a multi-threaded environment by performing out-of-order disk accesses.

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SLI

NVIDIA SLI technology is a revolutionary platform innovation that allows users to intelligently scale graphics performance by combining multiple NVIDIA graphics solutions in a single system with an NVIDIA nForce SLI MCP.

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Native Gigabit Ethernet Connection

The industry's fastest Gigabit Ethernet performance eliminates network bottlenecks and improves overall system efficiency and performance.

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ESA-Certified

Provides real-time and complete PC performance management. Tested by a comprehensive certification program for system compatibility and reliability, ESA-certified components and applications bring you unprecedented control to manage and tune thermal, electrical, acoustic and operating characteristics to maximize your PC’s performance.

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Audio Channels

High definition audio brings consumer electronics quality sound to the PC delivering high quality sound from multiple channels. Using HDA, systems can deliver 192kHz/32-bit quality for eight channels, supporting new audio formats.

8

SPDIF-Out

Digital S/PDIF for access to the Dolby® Digital 5.1 real-time encoder

1

Vista Ready

NVIDIA nForce-based motherboards are perfect for Microsoft® Windows Vista™ when coupled with an NVIDIA GeForce® GPU and 512MB of system memory.

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Vista Premium Ready

NVIDIA nForce-based motherboards are perfect for Microsoft® Windows Vista™ when coupled with an NVIDIA GeForce® GPU and 512MB of system memory.

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RoHS

The RoHS Directive stands for "the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment".  This Directive bans the placing on the EU market of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than agreed levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants.

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Dimensions L (Inches)

N/A

12

Dimensions W (Inches)

N/A

9.6

Dimensions H (Inches)

N/A

2.3

Dimensions L (Metric)

N/A

30.5

Dimensions W (Metric)

N/A

24.4

Dimensions H (Metric)

N/A

5.7

1394a Cable

N/A

1

USB 2.0 Cable (4 ports)

N/A

1

SATA Data Cables

N/A

2, 6

IDE Cable

N/A

1

Floppy Cable

N/A

1

SATA Power Cable

N/A

1, 3

2-Way SLI Bridge

SLI Bridge connector capable of linking two SLI compatible GeForce graphics cards.

1

I/O Shield

N/A

1

Multiple Disk Setup

Through a simple wizard-based interface, you can effortlessly set up your drives for better data protection, faster disk access, or maximum storage capacity. MediaShield automatically selects RAID 0, 1, 0+1 or 5 configuration according to your needs. Advanced users can access RAID options directly.

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