NVIDIA NVIDIA Nvidia is an American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processors . Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Techonologies have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles...  nForce 700
CPU support	Phenom Phenom (processor) Phenom is the 64-bit AMD desktop processor line based on the K10 microarchitecture, in what AMD calls family 10h processors, sometimes incorrectly called "K10h". Triple-core versions belong to the Phenom 8000 series and quad cores to the AMD Phenom X4 9000 series... Phenom II Phenom II Phenom II is a family of AMD's multi-core 45 nm processors using the AMD K10 microarchitecture, succeeding the original Phenom. Advanced Micro Devices released the Socket AM2+ version of Phenom II in December 2008, while Socket AM3 versions with DDR3 support, along with an initial batch of... Athlon Athlon 64 The Athlon 64 is an eighth-generation, AMD64-architecture microprocessor produced by AMD, released on September 23, 2003. It is the third processor to bear the name Athlon, and the immediate successor to the Athlon XP... Athlon II Athlon II Athlon II is a family of AMD multi-core 45 nm central processing units, which is aimed at the midrange to budget market and is a complementary product lineup to the Phenom II.-Features:... Core 2 Pentium D Pentium D The Pentium D brand refers to two series of desktop dual-core 64-bit x86-64 microprocessors with the NetBurst microarchitecture manufactured by Intel. Each CPU comprised two dies, each containing a single core, residing next to each other on a multi-chip module package. The brand's first processor,...
Socket support	LGA 775 Socket AM2+ Socket AM2+ Socket AM2+ is a CPU socket, which is the immediate successor to Socket AM2 that is used by several AMD processors such as Athlon 64 X2. Socket AM2+ is a mid-migration from Socket AM2 to Socket AM3 and both AM2+ and AM2 socket CPUs and motherboards have the potential to operate together...
Release Date	December 2007
Predecessor	nForce 600 NForce 600 The nForce 600 chipset was released in the first half of November 2006, coinciding with the GeForce 8 series launch on November 8, 2006. The nForce 600 supports Intel's LGA 775 socket and AMD's Quad FX platform and replaces the nForce 500 series....
Successor	nForce 900

The nForce 700 is a chipset

Chipset

A chipset, PC chipset, or chip set refers to a group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together. They are usually marketed as a single product.- Computers :...

 series designed by Nvidia

NVIDIA

Nvidia is an American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processors . Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Techonologies have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles...

 first released in December 2007. The series supports both Intel Core 2 and AMD

Advanced Micro Devices

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. or AMD is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Sunnyvale, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for commercial and consumer markets...

 Phenom

Phenom (processor)

Phenom is the 64-bit AMD desktop processor line based on the K10 microarchitecture, in what AMD calls family 10h processors, sometimes incorrectly called "K10h". Triple-core versions belong to the Phenom 8000 series and quad cores to the AMD Phenom X4 9000 series...

 processors, and replaces the nForce 600

NForce 600

The nForce 600 chipset was released in the first half of November 2006, coinciding with the GeForce 8 series launch on November 8, 2006. The nForce 600 supports Intel's LGA 775 socket and AMD's Quad FX platform and replaces the nForce 500 series....

 series chipsets. Several members were spotted, including the codenamed MCP72 for AMD processors and the C72 for Intel processors, launched with the name "nForce 780a" and "nForce 780i" chipsets respectively. Currently, the released variants are the 750i, 780i, 790i, and 790i Ultra.

nForce 780a

• Codenamed MCP72XE
• Motherboard GPU (mGPU): GeForce 8200
  • DirectX 10 compliant
  • PureVideo HD
• Addition of the nForce 200 PCI-E bridge (previously codenamed BR-04)
  • Connected to the northbridge via a 4.5 GT/s proprietary bus using the PCI-E interface
  • Support for PCI-E 2.0
• 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
• Hybrid SLI
  • GeForce Boost
  • HybridPower
• Supports a maximum of DDR2-1066
  DDR2 SDRAM
  DDR2 SDRAM is a double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory interface. It supersedes the original DDR SDRAM specification and has itself been superseded by DDR3 SDRAM...
  
   dual-channel memory, and DDR2-1200 dual-channel SLI memory
• Support HT
  HyperTransport
  HyperTransport , formerly known as Lightning Data Transport , is a technology for interconnection of computer processors. It is a bidirectional serial/parallel high-bandwidth, low-latency point-to-point link that was introduced on April 2, 2001...
  
   3.0

nForce 750a

• Codenamed MCP72P
• Motherboard GPU (mGPU): GeForce 8200
  • DirectX 10 compliant
  • PureVideo HD
• Support for PCI-E 2.0
• SLI
  Scalable Link Interface
  Scalable Link Interface is a brand name for a multi-GPU solution developed by NVIDIA for linking two or more video cards together to produce a single output...
  
  
• Hybrid SLI
  • GeForce Boost
  • HybridPower
• Supports a maximum of DDR3-1333
  DDR3 SDRAM
  In computing, DDR3 SDRAM, an abbreviation for double data rate type three synchronous dynamic random access memory, is a modern kind of dynamic random access memory with a high bandwidth interface. It is one of several variants of DRAM and associated interface techniques used since the early 1970s...
  
   dual-channel memory.
• Support HT
  HyperTransport
  HyperTransport , formerly known as Lightning Data Transport , is a technology for interconnection of computer processors. It is a bidirectional serial/parallel high-bandwidth, low-latency point-to-point link that was introduced on April 2, 2001...
  
   3.0

nForce 730a

• Codenamed MCP78U
• Motherboard GPU (mGPU): GeForce 8300
  • DirectX 10 compliant
  • PureVideo HD
  • DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD
    Dolby TrueHD
    Dolby TrueHD is an advanced lossless multi-channel audio codec developed by Dolby Laboratories which is intended primarily for high-definition home-entertainment equipment such as Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. It is the successor to the AC-3 Dolby Digital surround sound codec which was used as the...
    
     7.1 channel surround sound support (rumored beforehand, not implemented)
• Support for PCI-E 2.0
• Hybrid SLI
  • GeForce Boost
  • HybridPower
• Supports a maximum of DDR2-1066
  DDR2 SDRAM
  DDR2 SDRAM is a double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory interface. It supersedes the original DDR SDRAM specification and has itself been superseded by DDR3 SDRAM...
  
   dual-channel memory
• Support HT
  HyperTransport
  HyperTransport , formerly known as Lightning Data Transport , is a technology for interconnection of computer processors. It is a bidirectional serial/parallel high-bandwidth, low-latency point-to-point link that was introduced on April 2, 2001...
  
   3.0

nForce 720a

• Codenamed MCP78S
• Motherboard GPU (mGPU): GeForce 8200
  • DirectX 10 compliant
  • PureVideo HD
  • DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD
    Dolby TrueHD
    Dolby TrueHD is an advanced lossless multi-channel audio codec developed by Dolby Laboratories which is intended primarily for high-definition home-entertainment equipment such as Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD. It is the successor to the AC-3 Dolby Digital surround sound codec which was used as the...
    
     7.1 channel surround sound support (rumored beforehand, not implemented)
• Support for PCI-E 2.0
• Hybrid SLI
  • GeForce Boost
  • HybridPower
• Supports a maximum of DDR2-1066
  DDR2 SDRAM
  DDR2 SDRAM is a double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory interface. It supersedes the original DDR SDRAM specification and has itself been superseded by DDR3 SDRAM...
  
   dual-channel memory
• Support HT
  HyperTransport
  HyperTransport , formerly known as Lightning Data Transport , is a technology for interconnection of computer processors. It is a bidirectional serial/parallel high-bandwidth, low-latency point-to-point link that was introduced on April 2, 2001...
  
   3.0
• Connect up to two display monitors
  • Via DisplayPort
    DisplayPort
    DisplayPort is a digital display interface standard produced by the Video Electronics Standards Association . The specification defines a royalty-free digital interconnect for audio and video. The interface is primarily used to connect a video source to a display device such as a computer monitor...
    
    , HDMI
    High-Definition Multimedia Interface
    HDMI is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data. It is a digital alternative to consumer analog standards, such as radio frequency coaxial cable, composite video, S-Video, SCART, component video, D-Terminal, or VGA...
    
    , DVI
    Digital Visual Interface
    The Digital Visual Interface is a video interface standard covering the transmission of video between a source device and a display device. The DVI standard has achieved widespread acceptance in the PC industry, both in desktop PCs and monitors...
    
     or D-Sub
    D-subminiature
    The D-subminiature or D-sub is a common type of electrical connector. They are named for their characteristic D-shaped metal shield. When they were introduced, D-subs were among the smaller connectors used on computer systems....
    
    

nForce 7xx

The nForce 780i and 750i chipsets features the nForce 200 PCI-E bridge (previously codenamed BR-04) connected to the northbridge via a 4.5 GT/s proprietary bus. It's function is to implement the lack of PCI-E 2.0 support from the northbridge.

	nForce 790i Ultra	nForce 790i	nForce 780i	nForce 750i
Codename	C73XE	C73P	C72XE	C72P
FSB Front side bus A front-side bus is a computer communication interface often used in computers during the 1990s and 2000s.It typically carries data between the central processing unit and a memory controller hub, known as the northbridge....	1600Mhz	1600Mhz	1333Mhz	1333Mhz
Processor Support	45 nm Penryn	45 nm Penryn	45 nm Penryn	45 nm Penryn
RAM Support	DDR3-2000 DDR3 SDRAM In computing, DDR3 SDRAM, an abbreviation for double data rate type three synchronous dynamic random access memory, is a modern kind of dynamic random access memory with a high bandwidth interface. It is one of several variants of DRAM and associated interface techniques used since the early 1970s...  SLI memory	DDR3-2000 DDR3 SDRAM In computing, DDR3 SDRAM, an abbreviation for double data rate type three synchronous dynamic random access memory, is a modern kind of dynamic random access memory with a high bandwidth interface. It is one of several variants of DRAM and associated interface techniques used since the early 1970s...  SLI memory	DDR2-1200 DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 SDRAM is a double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory interface. It supersedes the original DDR SDRAM specification and has itself been superseded by DDR3 SDRAM...  SLI memory	DDR2-1200 DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 SDRAM is a double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory interface. It supersedes the original DDR SDRAM specification and has itself been superseded by DDR3 SDRAM...
Maximum RAM	8GB	8GB	8GB	8GB
SLI	Triple SLI	Triple SLI	Triple SLI	Dual SLI Scalable Link Interface Scalable Link Interface is a brand name for a multi-GPU solution developed by NVIDIA for linking two or more video cards together to produce a single output...
SLI Slot 1	PCI-E 2.0 x16 from Northbridge	PCI-E 2.0 x16 from Northbridge	PCI-E 2.0 x16 from Northbridge	PCI-E 2.0 x16 from Northbridge
SLI Slot 2	PCI-E 1.0 x16 from Southbridge	PCI-E 1.0 x16 from Southbridge	PCI-E 1.0 x16 from Southbridge	PCI-E 2.0 x16 from Northbridge
SLI Slot 3	PCI-E 2.0 x16 from Northbridge	PCI-E 2.0 x16 from Northbridge	PCI-E 2.0 x16 from Northbridge	N/A
Remarks	Memory more easily overclockable	Special GPU routing (PWShort)http://www.guru3d.com/article/nvidia-nforce-790i-ultra-sli-review-evga/4; Overclocks much better than predecessor.http://www.guru3d.com/article/nvidia-nforce-790i-ultra-sli-review-evga/8	Shared similar layout as its predecessor, the nForce 680i SLI; The northbridge dissipates 48W Watt The watt is a derived unit of power in the International System of Units , named after the Scottish engineer James Watt . The unit, defined as one joule per second, measures the rate of energy conversion.-Definition:...  when running

MCP7A

• Three versions:
  • MCP7A-U
  • MCP7A-S
  • MCP7A-H (No IGP and Hybrid SLI)
• motherboard GPU (mGPU)
  • DirectX 10 compliant
  • PureVideo HD
• One PCI-E 2.0 x16 slot
• Hybrid SLI
  • GeForce Boost
  • HybridPower
• Supports a maximum of DDR2-800
  DDR2 SDRAM
  DDR2 SDRAM is a double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory interface. It supersedes the original DDR SDRAM specification and has itself been superseded by DDR3 SDRAM...
  
   dual-channel memory
• Support 1333 MHz FSB
  Front side bus
  A front-side bus is a computer communication interface often used in computers during the 1990s and 2000s.It typically carries data between the central processing unit and a memory controller hub, known as the northbridge....
  
  
• Connect up to two display monitors
  • Via DisplayPort
    DisplayPort
    DisplayPort is a digital display interface standard produced by the Video Electronics Standards Association . The specification defines a royalty-free digital interconnect for audio and video. The interface is primarily used to connect a video source to a display device such as a computer monitor...
    
    , HDMI
    High-Definition Multimedia Interface
    HDMI is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data. It is a digital alternative to consumer analog standards, such as radio frequency coaxial cable, composite video, S-Video, SCART, component video, D-Terminal, or VGA...
    
    , DVI
    Digital Visual Interface
    The Digital Visual Interface is a video interface standard covering the transmission of video between a source device and a display device. The DVI standard has achieved widespread acceptance in the PC industry, both in desktop PCs and monitors...
    
     or D-Sub
    D-subminiature
    The D-subminiature or D-sub is a common type of electrical connector. They are named for their characteristic D-shaped metal shield. When they were introduced, D-subs were among the smaller connectors used on computer systems....
    
    

See also

• AMD 700 chipset series
  AMD 700 chipset series
  The AMD 700 chipset series is a set of chipsets designed by ATI for AMD Phenom processors to be sold under the AMD brand...
  
  
• List of Intel chipsets
• Comparison of AMD chipsets
  Comparison of AMD chipsets
  This is a comparison of chipsets sold under the brand AMD, manufactured before May 2004 by the company itself, before the adoption of open platform approach as well as chipsets manufactured by ATI Technologies after July 2006 as the completion of the ATI acquisition.- AMD-xxx :- A-Link Express II...
  
  
• Comparison of Nvidia chipsets
  Comparison of Nvidia chipsets
  - nForce :- nForce2 :- nForce3 :- For AMD processors :- For Intel processors :- nForce 500 Series :- For AMD processors :- For Intel processors :- For AMD processors :- For Intel processors :- nForce 900 :- nForce Professional :...