NVIDIA Announces nForce4 SLI XE And nForce4 Ultra Core Logic
NVIDIA announced the release of two new chipsets for Intel processors: NVIDIA nForce4 SLI XE MCP and NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra MCP. These complete company's product series for Intel and enable to offer solutions for every price segment.
nForce4 SLI X16 Enthusiast
nForce4 Ultra
- nForce4 SLI X16 Enthusiast: >$150
- nForce4 SLI XE Performance Mainstream: <$99
- nForce4 Ultra Mainstream: <$89
Features:
| Chipset type |
SLI XE |
Ultra |
| PCI-Express |
1x16 and 3x1 or 2x8 and 3x1 |
1x16 and 4x1 |
| PCI Express lanes |
20 |
20 |
| NVIDIA SLI |
Yes |
No |
| Supported processors |
Intel Socket 775 |
Intel Socket 775 |
| SATA/PATA |
4/4 |
4/4 |
| SATA type |
3Gbps |
3Gbps |
| RAID |
0,1,0+1,5 |
0,1,0+1,5 |
| NVIDIA MediaShield |
Yes |
Yes |
| NVIDIA ActiveArmor Firewall |
Yes |
Yes |
| Ethernet |
10/100/1000 |
10/100/1000 |
| USB ports |
8 |
8 |
| NVIDIA nTune |
Yes |
Yes |
| Audio codec |
HDA (Azalia) / AC97 |
HDA (Azalia) / AC97 |
And below is an image of a reference motherboard based on the new chipset:
Company's key partners that will use SLI XE in their products are MSI, ECS, EPOX, Biostar, Jetway and Foxconn. The key Ultra partners are Foxconn, Epox and Biostar.
Source: NVIDIA
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