Mainboard Features - Nvidia nForce4 Ultra User Manual

Introduction

1-2 Mainboard Features

Socket AM2
Socket AM2 (940-pin) based motherboards are designed to provide performance enhancements for AMD
Athlon AM2 processor-based systems, and it also expected to be the next-generation of platform
innovations.
For more information about all the new features Athlon
at http://www.amd.com
Chipset
The board is designed with nVidia nForce4 Ultra/nForce4 4X chipset, featuring performance and stability with
the most innovative technology and features.
For more details about the nVidia chipset, please visit the nVidia Web site at http://www.nVidia.com.
PCI-Express (PCI-E)
Next generation peripheral interface to succeed to current PCI bus for the next decade. With smaller slot size
and 250MB/sec (PCI-E*1) or 4GB/sec(PCI-E*16) maximum transfer, PCI-Express overcomes PCI bus
bottleneck.
DDRII
DDRII ushers in the new era of DDR memory technology. DDRII memory offers faster speed, higher data
bandwidth and lower power consumption over DDR.
Dual Channel
Supports dual channel of DDRII memory to give you twice the memory bandwidth for greater system
performance.
Hardware Monitoring
Hardware monitoring enables you to monitor various aspects of the system operation and status. This
includes CPU temperature, voltage and fan speed in RPMs.
GbE LAN
This mainboard is mounted with the new Gigabit Ethernet LAN which allows data transmission at 1,000 megabits
per second (Mbps), running at 10 times faster than conventional 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LANs.
Serial ATA (Supported in the NVIDIA nForce4 4X chipset)
Support Serial ATA, an evolutionary replacement for Parallel ATA IDE storage interface. Increases the peak
data transfer speed up to 150MB/sec and allows future enhancements to the computing platform.
Serial ATA II (Supported in the NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra chipset)
S-ATA II is the second generation SATA interface with double the transferring speed up to 300MB/sec. It
supports NCQ to provide faster reading speed for your storage devices.
SATA RAID
RAID function available on chipset's SATA/SATA II ports, RAID 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD by NV driver support.
USB2.0
A popular USB standard for plugging in peripherals with up to 480Mbps transfer speed while maintaining
backward compatibility with older USB1.1 device.
6ch (Optional)
Mainboard is equipped with 6 channel of audio to support Dolby Digital 5.1 audio for DVD-playback. The onboard
audio jacks can be configured for normal 2 channel mode or 6 channel mode.
8ch (Optional)
Delivers 8 channel audio to bring you the latest in audio realism from DVD movies and games. Perfect for your
home theatre system.
AMD Cool'n'Quiet
AMD's Cool'n'Quiet
TM
2
Brief Introduction
Technology
TM
Technology lowers CPU operating voltage when the system is in idle mode. This helps to
AM2 Processor deliver, check out the AMD website
TM