- Comparison of Nvidia chipsets
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This is a comparison of chipsets manufactured by Nvidia.
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nForce
Model Release Date Processors Supported Fabrication
process (nm)FSB/HT
Frequency (MHz)Memory Max. memory AGP PATA Sound Features Notes nForce 220 2001 Athlon XP, Athlon, Duron 266MHz, 200MHz DDR 1.5GB AGP4X 4 Ports AC'97
NVAPU (MCP-D)64bit Geforce 2 MX (IGP-64) nForce 415 2002 Athlon XP, Athlon, Duron 266MHz, 200MHz DDR 1.5GB AGP4X 4 Ports AC'97
NVAPU (MCP-D)nForce 420 2001 Athlon XP, Athlon, Duron 266MHz, 200MHz DDR 1.5GB AGP4X 4 Ports AC'97
NVAPU (MCP-D)128bit Geforce 2 MX (IGP-128) nForce2
Model Release Date Processors Supported Fabrication
process (nm)FSB/HT
Frequency (MHz)Memory Max. memory AGP SATA PATA Sound Features Notes nForce2 2002 Athlon XP, Sempron, Athlon, Duron 333MHz, 266MHz, 100MHz DDR 3GB AGP8X 4 Ports AC'97
NVAPU (MCP-T)optional GeForce 4 MX IGP optional dual channel memory interface nForce2 400 2003 Athlon XP, Sempron, Athlon, Duron 400MHz, 333MHz, 266MHz, 100MHz DDR 3GB AGP8X 2x 1.5Gbit/s (MCP-S, MCP-Gb) 4 Ports AC'97
NVAPU (MCP-T)single channel memory interface RAID (MCP-RAID, MCP-Gb)
gigabit LAN (MCP-Gb)nForce2 Ultra 400 2003 Athlon XP, Sempron, Athlon, Duron 400MHz, 333MHz, 266MHz, 100MHz DDR 3GB AGP8X 2x 1.5Gbit/s (MCP-S, MCP-Gb) 4 Ports AC'97
NVAPU (MCP-T)dual channel memory interface RAID (MCP-RAID, MCP-Gb)
gigabit LAN (MCP-Gb)nForce3
Model Release Date Processors Supported Fabrication
process (nm)FSB/HT
Frequency (MHz)Memory AGP SATA PATA Sound Features Notes nForce3 250 September 23, 2003 Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket 754HT 800MHz DDR AGP8X 4 Ports 1.5Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97 Gb variant includes gigabit LAN nForce3 Ultra June 1, 2004 Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket 939HT 1GHz DDR AGP8X 4 Ports 1.5Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97 nForce4
For AMD processors
Model Release Date Processors Supported Fabrication
process (nm)FSB/HT
Frequency (MHz)Memory PCI-Express SLI SATA PATA Sound Features Notes nForce4 October, 2004 Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket 939, 754HT 1 GHz DDR2 / DDR 1.0 4 Ports 1.5 Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97 nForce4 Ultra October, 2004 Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket 939HT 1 GHz DDR2 / DDR 1.0 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97 Same chipset as nForce4 SLI but with some resistors removed thus disabling SLI nForce4 SLI October, 2004 Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket 939, 754HT 1 GHz DDR2 / DDR 1.0 SLI x8 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97 nForce4 SLI X16 November, 2005 Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket 939HT 1 GHz DDR 1.0 SLI x16 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97 For Intel processors
Model Release Date Processors Supported Fabrication
process (nm)FSB/HT
Frequency (MHz)Memory PCI-Express SLI SATA PATA Sound Features Notes nForce4 Ultra January 17, 2006 Pentium D, Pentium 4, EE, Celeron D
LGA 7751066 MHz DDR2 1.0 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports HDA nForce4 SLI XE January 17, 2006 Pentium D, Pentium 4, EE, Celeron D
LGA 7751066 MHz DDR2 1.0 SLI x8 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports HDA nForce4 SLI April 5, 2005 Pentium D, Pentium 4, EE, Celeron D
LGA 7751066 MHz DDR2 1.0 SLI x8 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97 nForce4 SLI X16 Pentium D, Pentium 4, EE, Celeron D
, Core2 (unofficial, some MB), LGA 7751066 MHz DDR2 1.0 SLI x16 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97 nForce 500 Series
Model Release Date Processors Supported Fabrication
process (nm)FSB/HT
Frequency (MHz)Memory PCI-Express SLI SATA PATA Sound Features Notes nForce 500 Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket AM2HT 1 GHz DDR2 / DDR x16: 1 slot
x1: 3 slots4 Ports 1.5 Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97 nForce 500 Ultra Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket AM2HT 1 GHz DDR2 / DDR x16: 1 slot
x1: 3 slots4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97 nForce 500 SLI Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64
Socket AM2HT 1 GHz DDR2 / DDR x8: 2 slots
x1: 3 slotsSLI x8 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97 nForce 520 LE Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket AM2HT 1 GHz DDR2 x16: 1 slot
x1: 2 slots2 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA nForce 520 Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket AM2HT 1 GHz DDR2 x16: 1 slot
x1: 3 slots4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA nForce 550 March 7, 2006 Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket AM2HT 1 GHz DDR2 x16: 1 slot
x1: 4 slots4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA nForce 560 Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket AM2HT 1 GHz DDR2 x16: 1 slot
x1: 3 slots4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA nForce 560 SLI Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64
Socket AM2HT 1 GHz DDR2 x8: 2 slots
x1: 2 slotsSLI x8 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97 nForce 570 Ultra Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket AM2HT 1 GHz DDR2 x16: 1 slot
x1: 4 slots6 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA nForce 570 LT SLI Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64
Socket AM2HT 1 GHz DDR2 x8: 2 slots
x1: 2 slotsSLI x8 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA nForce 570 SLI March 7, 2006 Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64
Socket AM2HT 1 GHz DDR2 x16: 1 slot
x8: 1 slot
x1: 4 slotsSLI x8 6 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA nForce 590 SLI March 7, 2006 Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64
Socket AM2HT 1 GHz DDR2 x16: 2 slots
x8: 1 slot
x1: 6 slotsSLI x16 6 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA nForce 600 Series
For AMD processors
Model Release Date Processors Supported Fabrication
process (nm)FSB/HT
Frequency (MHz)Memory PCI-Express PCI Bus Master SLI SATA PATA Sound Network Features Notes nForce 630a / GeForce 7025 September, 2007 AMD Athlon 64, X2 64
AMD Sempron
(Socket AM2)DDR2 x16: 1 slot
x1: 1 slotN/A 4 ports 3 Gbit/s 2 ports HDA 1 x 10/100/1000 Onboard GeForce 7025
Onboard RAID 0, 0+1, 5nForce 630a / GeForce 7050 September, 2007 AMD Athlon 64, X2 64
AMD Sempron
(Socket AM2)DDR2 x16: 1 slot
x1: 1 slotN/A 4 ports 3 Gbit/s 2 ports HDA 1 x 10/100/1000 Onboard GeForce 7050 w/DVI
Onboard RAID 0, 0+1, 512 USB nForce 630a / GeForce 7050PV September, 2007 AMD Athlon 64, X2 64
AMD Sempron
(Socket AM2)110 nm HT 1 GHz DDR2 x16: 1 slot
x1: 3 slotPCI 2.2: 5 N/A 4 ports 3 Gbit/s 2 ports HDA 7.1 1 x 10/100/1000 Onboard GeForce 7050 w/DVI
Onboard RAID 0, 0+1, 5nForce 680a SLI December 6, 2006 AMD Dual Dual-core Socket F HT 1 GHz DDR2 x16: 2 slots
x8: 2 slots
x1: 8 slotsPCI 2.2: 1 SLI x16 12 ports 3 Gbit/s 4 ports HDA 7.1 4 x 10/100/1000 For Intel processors
Model Release Date Processors Supported Fabrication
process (nm)FSB/HT
Frequency (MHz)Memory PCI-Express SLI SATA PATA Sound Features Notes nForce 610i / GeForce 7050 Intel Core 2, Pentium D, Pentium 4
LGA 7751333 / 1066 / 800 MHz DDR2 up to 800 single channel x16: 1 slot
x1: 1 slot4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports 2.1 channel Supports quad core and 45 nm CPUs nForce 630i / GeForce 7100 Intel Core 2, Pentium D, Pentium 4
LGA 7751333 / 1066 / 800 MHz DDR2 up to 800 single channel x16: 1 slot
x1: 2 slots4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA nForce 630i / GeForce 7150 Intel Core 2, Pentium D, Pentium 4
LGA 7751333 / 1066 / 800 MHz DDR2 up to 800 single channel x16: 1 slot
x1: 2 slots4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA nForce 650i Ultra Intel Core 2
LGA 7751333 / 1066 / 800 MHz DDR2 up to 800 with Dual Channel x16: 1 slot
x1: 2 slots4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports HDA Extreme FSB Overclocking: Good nForce 650i SLI Intel Core 2
LGA 7751333 / 1066 / 800 MHz DDR2 up to 800 with Dual Channel x8: 2 slots
x1: 2 slots
or
x16: 1 slot
x1: 2 slotsSLI x8 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports HDA Extreme FSB Overclocking: Good nForce 680i LT SLI March 26, 2007 Intel Core 2
LGA 7751333 / 1066 / 800 MHz DDR2 up to 800 with Dual Channel x16: 2 slots
x8: 1 slot
x1: 6 slotsSLI x16 6 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA Extreme FSB Overclocking: Good nForce 680i SLI November 8, 2006 Intel Core 2
LGA 7751333 / 1066 / 800 MHz DDR2 up to 1200 with Dual Channel SLI Ready Memory x16: 2 slots
x8: 1 slot
x1: 6 slotsSLI x16, Triple SLI x8 6 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA Extreme FSB Overclocking: Best nForce 700
For AMD processors
Model Release Date Processors Supported Fabrication
process (nm)FSB/HT
Frequency (MHz)Memory PCI-Express SLI SATA PATA Sound USB Network Features Notes nForce 720a AMD Phenom, Athlon 64, X2 64 AMD Sempron (Socket AM2+)
HT3.0
5.2/2.0 GHzDDR2 1066/800/667/533 x16: 1 slot,
x1: 2 slots
(PCIe 2.0)Hybrid with IGP 6 1 HDA
(Azalia)12 GbE: 1 connection PureVideo,
GeForceBoost,
HybridPowernForce 720d AMD Phenom, Athlon 64, X2 64 AMD Sempron (Socket AM2+)
HT3.0
5.2/2.0 GHzDDR2 1066/800/667/533 x16: 1 slot,
x1: 2 slots
(PCIe 2.0)
PCI: 3 slotsHybrid with IGP 6 1 HDA
(Azalia)12 GbE: 1 connection PureVideo,
GeForceBoost,
HybridPowernForce 730a May 2008 AMD Phenom, Athlon 64, X2 64 AMD Sempron (Socket AM2+)
HT3.0
5.2/2.0 GHzDDR2 1066/800/667/533 x16: 1 slot,
x1: 2 slots
(PCIe 2.0)Hybrid with IGP 6 1 HDA
(Azalia)12 GbE: 1 connection PureVideo HD,
GeForceBoost,
HybridPowernForce 750a May 2008 AMD Phenom, Athlon 64, X2 64 AMD Sempron (Socket AM2+)
HT3.0
5.2/2.0 GHzDDR2
up to 1066x8: 2 slots
x1: 1 slot
(PCIe 2.0)2 Way (2x8) 6 1 HDA
(Azalia)12 GbE: 1 connection PureVideo HD,
GeForceBoost,
HybridPower,
SLI-Memory ReadynForce 780a May 2008 AMD Phenom, Athlon 64, X2 64 AMD Sempron (Socket AM2+)
90 nm HT3.0
5.2/2.0 GHzDDR2
up to 1066x16: 3 slots
x1: 1 slot
(PCIe 2.0)2, 3 Way (x16, x8, x8) 6 1 HDA
(Azalia)12 GbE: 1 connection PureVideo HD,
GeForceBoost,
HybridPower,
SLI-Memory ReadyFor Intel processors
Model Release Date Processors Supported Fabrication
process (nm)FSB/HT
Frequency (MHz)Memory PCI-Express SLI SATA PATA Sound Features Notes nForce 730i/Geforce 9300 October 16, 2008 Intel Core 2
LGA 7751333 / 1066 / 800 MHz DDR2-800 or DDR3-1333 x16 2.0: 1 slot N/A 6 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA Onboard Geforce 9300M nForce 750i SLI Intel LGA 775 90 1066 / 1333MHz+ DDR2 533/667/800/1066MHz x16 2.0 : 2 slots 2-way SLI
(2x16)4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 1 Port HDA nForce 780i SLI December 17, 2007 Intel Core 2, Quad Core
LGA 7751333 / 1066 / 800 MHz DDR2 up to 1066 with Dual Channel x16 2.0: 2 slots
x16 1.0: 1 slot3-way SLI
(3x16)6 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA nForce 790i SLI March 2008 Intel Core 2 Duo, Quad Core 1600/1333 DDR3 PC1600 2000MHz x16 2.0: 2 slots
x16 1.0: 1 slot3-way SLI
(3x16)6 Ports 3 Gbit/s nForce 900
Model Release Date Processors Supported Fabrication
process (nm)FSB/HT
Frequency (MHz)Memory PCI-Express SLI SATA PATA Sound USB Network Features Notes nForce 980a 2009 AMD Phenom, Phenom II, Athlon II, Athlon, Athlon X2 HT 3.0
5.2/2.6 GHzDDR3 1333/1066
DDR2 800/667x16: 3 slots 2 Way (2x16)
3 Way (3x8)
MSI NF980-G65 Gen2 3 Way (2x16 + 1x8)6 1 HDA
(Azalia)12 GbE: 2 connections PureVideo HD,
GeForceBoost,
HybridPower,
SLI-Memory Ready,
FirstPacketnForce Professional
Model Release Date Processors Supported Fabrication
process (nm)FSB/HT
Frequency (MHz)Memory PCI-Express SLI SATA PATA Sound USB Network Features Notes nForce Professional 2200 MCP 01/2005 AMD Opteron 150 HT 1.0
1.6 GHzDDR 266/333/400 Registered/ECC 20 lanes, 4 links flexible x16: 2 slots 2 Way (2x8) 4 4 Enhanced AC'97
2.310 GbE: 1 connections MediaShield nForce Professional 2200 MCP and 2050 01/2005 AMD Opteron 150 HT 1.0
1.6 GHzDDR 266/333/400 Registered/ECC 40 lanes, 8 links flexible x16: 2 slots 2 Way (2x16) 8 4 Enhanced AC'97
2.310 GbE: 2 connections MediaShield nForce Professional 3400 MCP AMD Opteron HT 1 GHz
2000 MT/sDDR2 667 Registered/ECC 28 lanes, 6 links fixed x16: 2 slots 2 Way (2x8) 6 2 HDA
Azalia10 GbE: 2 connections MediaShield nForce Professional 3600 MCP AMD Opteron HT 1 GHz
2000 MT/sDDR2 667 Registered/ECC 28 lanes, 6 links fixed x16: 2 slots 2 Way (2x8) 6 2 HDA
Azalia10 GbE: 2 connections MediaShield nForce Professional 3600 MCP and 3050 AMD Opteron HT 1 GHz
2000 MT/sDDR2 667 Registered/ECC 56 lanes, 12 links flexible x16: 2 slots 2 Way (2x16) 12 4 HDA
Azalia10 GbE: 4 connections MediaShield See also
- Comparison of Nvidia graphics processing units
- Comparison of AMD chipsets
- Comparison of ATI chipsets
- List of Intel chipsets
- VIA chipsets
- Larrabee
External links
- Product Comparison Chart - Nvidia nForce for AMD - Desktop
- Product Comparison Chart - Nvidia nForce for Intel - Desktop (dated Aug 2007 - nForce6, Core2, LGA 775)
- NVIDIA based motherboards for Intel - Desktop (dated Mar 2008 - nForce7, Core2, LGA 775)
- NVIDIA based motherboards for AMD - Desktop
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