Introduction
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Chapter 1 - Introduction
Specifications
Processor
• AMD Athlon
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64 FX / Athlon
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64 / Sempron
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• Socket 939
Front Side Bus
• 2000MT/s HyperTransport interface
Chipset
• NVIDIA nForce4
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SLI (for “nF4 SLI” models only)
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Supports NVIDIA SLI
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(Scalable Link Interface)
• NVIDIA nForce4
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Ultra (for “nF4 Ultra” models only)
• NVIDIA nForce4
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(for “nF4” model only)
System Memory
• Four 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets
• Supports dual channel (128-bit wide) memory interface
• Supports up to 4GB system memory
• Supports PC2100 (DDR266), PC2700 (DDR333) and PC3200
(DDR400) DDR SDRAM DIMM
• Supports x8/x16 non-ECC unbuffered DIMMs, up to 512Mb
DDR devices
Expansion Slots
• 2 PCI Express x16 slots
• 1 PCI Express x1 slot
• 1 PCI Express x4 slot
• 2 PCI slots
SLI Mode / Single VGA Mode (for “nF4 SLI” models only)
• SLI mode
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2 SLI-ready graphics cards (use identical cards) on the PCI
Express x16 slots.
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The graphics cards are connected via the SLI bridge.
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The bandwidth of each slot is x8; when the graphics cards
are connected via the SLI bridge, it runs at x16 bandwidth.
• Single VGA mode
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1 PCI Express graphics card on the PCIE1 slot will run at
x16 bandwidth.
