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Jesse Printz Bryant Newby CIS 462 2/22/05. nForce4 Motherboard Chipset. Outline. Socket 939 What is a Chipset? nForce 4 Chipset nForce 4 Features Explination Compeditors Recommendation. What is Socket 939. CPU Specification Supports AMD Athlon 64 Processors 64-Bit. Why Socket 939?.
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Jesse Printz Bryant Newby CIS 462 2/22/05 nForce4 Motherboard Chipset
Outline • Socket 939 • What is a Chipset? • nForce 4 Chipset • nForce 4 Features Explination • Compeditors • Recommendation
What is Socket 939 • CPU Specification • Supports AMD Athlon 64 Processors • 64-Bit
Why Socket 939? • 90 nm design • 64-Bit • Future Expansion
What is a Chipset? • Architecture • Microchips that support the CPU, usually several controllers that govern how information travels between the processor and other components. • Tom's Hardware Guide: • If the CPU is the brain of the PC, the chipset is the heart • Standard Given to Motherboard Manufactures
What is nForce4? • Chipset Optimized for Graphics and Video • Standard for Motherboard Manufactures • nVidia's Fourth Installment of Graphics Chipsets
nForce4 Specifications • One x16 PCI Express Slot • Three x1 PCI Express Slots • 4 Serial ATA Hard Drives • RAID Across SATA & IDE • ActiveArmor Firewall • 10 USB 2.0 Ports
nForce4 Ultra Added Specifications • nTune for Overclocking • 3.0 Gb/s SATA Transfers • 20 PCI Express Lanes
nTune • On the fly • Clock Speed Changing • Monitoring • Temperatures • Voltages • Automated Troubleshooting • One Place
nForce4 SLI Added Specifications • Scalable Link Interface • 2 PCI Express Video Cards Working Together • Distributed Load Balancing • Automatic Split • Future Expansion
Other 939 Competitors • Uli • SiS • ATI Radeon XPRESS • VIA K8T800 • nForce3
Reccomendation • nForce 4 SLI chipset • Advantages • More Features • From Anandtech: On Average 3% faster than ATI Radeon XPRESS • Future Upgrades • More Control • Disadvantages • Cost
Sources • Anandtech - www.anandtech.com • nVidia - www.nvidia.com • TheTechReport - www.thetechreport.com • Tom's Hardware Guide - www.tomshardware.com • ATI - http://www.ati.com/ • PriceWatch - www.pricewatch.com