nForce 700

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Nvidia nForce 700
CPU supportedPhenom
Phenom II
Athlon
Athlon II
Core 2
Pentium D
Socket supportedLGA 775
Socket AM2+
Miscellaneous
Release date(s)December 2007
PredecessornForce 600
SuccessornForce 900

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, launched with the name "nForce 780a" and "nForce 780i" chipsets respectively. Currently, the released variants are the 750i, 780i, 790i, and 790i Ultra.

AMD chipsets[]

The memory controller is built-in into the CPU, the supported memory type depends on the CPU and socket used. This way there are no supported memory types listed here.

nForce 780a SLI[]

  • Codenamed MCP72XE
  • Motherboard GPU (mGPU): GeForce 8200
    • DirectX 10 compliant
  • 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 [1]
  • Triple SLI
    • Slot 1: full speed PCI Express 2.0 ×16 slot from nForce 200
    • Slot 2: full speed PCI Express 2.0 ×8 slot from nForce 200
    • Slot 3: full speed PCI Express 2.0 ×8 slot from nForce 200 [2]
  • Hybrid SLI
    • GeForce Boost
    • HybridPower
  • Support HT 3.0

nForce 750a[]

  • Codenamed MCP72P
  • Motherboard GPU (mGPU): GeForce 8200
    • DirectX 10 compliant
    • PureVideo HD
  • Support for PCI-E 2.0
  • SLI
  • Hybrid SLI
    • GeForce Boost
    • HybridPower
  • Support HT 3.0

nForce 725a[]

  • Codenamed MCP78U
  • Motherboard GPU (mGPU): GeForce 8300[3]
    • DirectX 10 compliant
    • PureVideo HD
    • DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD 7.1 channel surround sound support (rumored beforehand, not implemented)[4]
  • Support for PCI-E 2.0
  • Hybrid SLI
    • GeForce Boost
    • HybridPower
  • Support HT 3.0

nForce 720a[]

  • Codenamed MCP78S
  • Motherboard GPU (mGPU): GeForce 8200
    • DirectX 10 compliant
    • PureVideo HD
    • DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD 7.1 channel surround sound support (rumored beforehand, not implemented)[4]
  • Support for PCI-E 2.0
  • Hybrid SLI
    • GeForce Boost
    • HybridPower
  • Support HT 3.0
  • Connect up to two display monitors

Intel chipsets[]

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. Its function is to implement the lack of PCI-E 2.0 support from the northbridge.[5]

nForce 790i Ultra nForce 790i nForce 780i nForce 750i
Codename C73XE C73P C72XE C72P
FSB 1600 MHz 1600 MHz 1333 MHz 1333 MHz
Processor Support 45 nm Penryn 45 nm Penryn 45 nm Penryn 45 nm Penryn
RAM Support DDR3-2000 SLI memory[6] DDR3-2000 SLI memory[7] DDR2-1200 SLI memory DDR2-1200
Maximum RAM 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB
SLI Triple SLI Triple SLI Triple SLI Dual SLI
SLI Slot 1 PCI-E 2.0 ×16 from Northbridge PCI-E 2.0 ×16 from Northbridge PCI-E 2.0 ×16 from Northbridge PCI-E 2.0 ×16 from Northbridge
SLI Slot 2 PCI-E 1.0 ×16 from Southbridge[citation needed] PCI-E 1.0 ×16 from Southbridge[citation needed] PCI-E 1.0 ×16 from Southbridge PCI-E 2.0 ×16 from Northbridge
SLI Slot 3 PCI-E 2.0 ×16 from Northbridge PCI-E 2.0 ×16 from Northbridge PCI-E 2.0 ×16 from Northbridge N/A
Remarks Memory more easily overclockable[citation needed] Special GPU routing (PWShort)[2]; Overclocks much better than predecessor.[3] Shared similar layout as its predecessor, the nForce 680i SLI; The northbridge dissipates 48W when running [8]

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 dual-channel memory
  • Support 1333 MHz FSB
  • Connect up to two display monitors

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ (in Chinese) ExpReview report, retrieved October 12, 2007
  2. ^ [1], retrieved January 21, 2007
  3. ^ Fudzilla report, retrieved February 13, 2008
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Fudzilla report, retrieved January 31, 2008
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-01-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ NVIDIA 790i Reference Board
  7. ^ The Inquirer report, retrieved October 15, 2007
  8. ^ "The Inquirer report". The Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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