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Features and Specifications
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Features
The ESA (Enthusiast System Architecture) is the industry’s first open-standard PC monitoring and control protocol, which brings bi-directional, real-time communication and control of system thermal, electrical, acoustic and operating characteristics. ESA-certified components and applications allow power users to diagnose component-specific issues and tune their systems to meet their individual needs—whether it be unleashing hidden performance of PC or modifying for a whisper-quiet home theater operation.
3-way NVIDIA SLI® Technology build the fastest gaming solution available with NVIDIA nForce® 680i SLI MCPs (or other latest 3-way SLI enabled MCPs) and three NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GTX or GeForce 8800 Ultra-based graphics cards.(*Note:For Windows Vista Only.) Compared with single graphic card solution, it brings 2.8X faster performance gained.
Specification
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CPU
• Supports Socket 775 for Intel® Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, P4, P4EE, Pentium D, Pentium XE processors.
• Supports FSB 1333/1066/800/533MHz.
• Supports EIST technology.
• Supports Intel® Hyper-Threading technology.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.
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MSI Reminds you...
1. NVIDIA nForce Series boards DO NOT support Windows® 98/ME
2. SLI Technology only supports 32-bit and 64-bit Windows XP
3. For the best performance and commitment of convenience, please use memories listed in MSI approved memory module vendor list (Please check memory test report), which provides the easiest, up-to-date memory configurations.
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 Chipset
• NVIDIA® nForce 780i SLI Chipset
• NVIDIA® nForce 570i SLI Chipset
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Main Memory
• Supports dual channel DDR2 533/667/800/1066, using four 240-pin/1.8V DDR2 DIMMs.
• Supports a maximum memory size up to 8GB
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Slots
• Four PCI Express x16 slots
- PCIE_1 and PCIE_4 support PCIE 2.0 x 16 mode.
- PCIE_5 supports PCIE 1.0 x 16 mode.
- PCIE_6 supports PCIE 1.0 x 8 mode.
- supports SLI technology.
• Two PCI Express x1 slots
• One 32-bit v2.3 Master PCI bus slot (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface)
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On-Board IDE
• Two IDE controllers (IDE1 by NVIDIA® nForce570i SLI, IDE2 byJMB363
- Supports PIO Bus Master and Ultra DMA133/100/66 operation modes.
- Can connect up to 4 IDE devices.
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On-Board SATA
- nForce 570i SLI supports 6 SATA II ports
- Transfer rate is up to 300 MB/s.
- 2 eSATA port by JMicron JMB363
NV RAID
- 6 SATA ports support RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 or JBOD is supported
MSI Reminds You...
• The RAID setup floppy disk is optional depending on the districts. You can download the files from the website to make the setup disk. |
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Audio
- Creative® SB X-Fi Xtreme H/W Audio Card (MS-4132)
- 24-bit / 96KHz audio quality
- 100dB SNR clarity
- Up to 7.1ch EAX 4.0 Surround Sound
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LAN
- Supports Dual 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek® RTL8211BL
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IEEE1394
• Jmicron® JMB381 chipset
- Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps
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Internal I/O Connectors
- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- CPU / Systemx4 FAN connectors
- Front panel audio connector (MS-4132)
- Front panel connector
- 1 x IEEE1394 connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 4 ports
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 6 x serial ATA connectors
- 1 x serial port connector
- SPDIF-out connector (MS-4132)
- 1 x TPM module connector
- 2 x ATA133 connectors
- Chassis intrusion switch connector
- Clear CMOS button
MSI Reminds You...
• The floppy disk cable will be optional. |
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Back Panel I/O Ports
- 1 x Clear CMOS button
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse
- 2 x eSATA ports
- 1 x IEEE1394 port
- 6 x USB 2.0 ports
- 2 x RJ45 LAN Jack
- 1 x 5 in 1 + Optical SPDIF out Audio Card
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BIOS
• The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and
expansion cards of the board automatically.
• The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your
mainboard specifications.
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Dimension
• 30.4cm(L) x 24.5cm(W) ATX Form Factor
Mounting
• 9 mounting holes.
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For more information please visit MSI's Website ... HERE
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NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI MCP
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Overview
NVIDIA nForce® 780i SLI™ media and communications processors (MCPs) are the foundation for the world's ultimate gaming PC. Maximize your rig's performance with 3-way SLI technology, achieve ultimate control with the real time component monitoring and tuning features the first platform designed for ESA-certified components, and experience phenomenal DirectX® 10 gaming with the best platform for GeForce GPUs.
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Maximize Your Rig's Performance
Get as much as 2.8x the performance of a single card configuration with support for 3-way NVIDIA® SLI™ technology. Play the latest DirectX® 10 games at mind-blowing frame rates and resolutions for an unmatched gaming experience. |
Achieve Ultimate Control
Real-time component monitoring and tuning features give you complete control over your PC. Maximize your PC's performance through an immersive, all-in-one, 3D system monitor application. |
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Spectacular DirectX 10 Gaming Experience
Up your game by pairing NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI with three NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX or GeForce 8800 Ultra graphics cards and experience next generation DirectX® 10 games the way they're meant to be played. |
Features
Designed for NVIDIA® SLI™ technology
NVIDIA SLI technology is a revolutionary platform innovation that allows you to intelligently scale graphics performance by combining multiple NVIDIA graphics solutions in a single system with an NVIDIA nForce SLI MCP. New support for 3-way SLI technology provides up to 2.4x performance increase so you can play the latest next generation applications at mind-blowing framerates and resolutions.
Support for ESA
Provides real-time and complete PC performance management. Tested by a comprehensive certification program for system compatibility and reliability, ESA-certified components and applications bring you unprecedented control to manage and tune thermal, electrical, acoustic and operating characteristics to maximize your PC's performance. For more information, visit www.nvidia.com/esa
NVIDIA Control Panel
NVIDIA Control Panel allows you to take full advantage of ESA. Easily adjust PC characteristics for maximum performance. Features NVIDIA System Monitor, so you can seamlessly monitor characteristics in an intuitive and customizable 3D environment.
PCI Express 2.0 Support
Designed to support the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture, offering a future-proofing bridge to tomorrow's most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications by maximizing 5 GT/s of bandwidth (twice that of first generation PCI Express). PCI Express 2.0 motherboards are fully backwards compatible with existing PCI Express products for broad support of PC peripherals.
NVIDIA MediaShield™ Storage
Suite of features that safeguards your most important digital media assets; always reliable, scalable, and accessible. Includes support for RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 configurations and up to six SATA 3Gb/s drives.
NVIDIA FirstPacket™ technology
Be the 'King of Ping' with NVIDIA FirstPacket technology. Get the crystal-clear phone conversations and online gaming performance you expect. NVIDIA FirstPacket technology assures your game data, VoIP conversations, and large file transfers are delivered according to preferences set by you in an intuitive wizard.
High Definition Audio (HDA)
High definition audio brings consumer electronics quality sound to the PC delivering high quality sound from multiple channels. Using HDA, systems can deliver 192 kHz/32-bit quality for eight channels, supporting new audio formats.
Specifications
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| NVIDIA SLI Ready |
True 3 x16 graphics
3-way SLI technology support with three NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra or GeForce 8800 GTX graphics cards
SLI technology support with two identical SLI Ready graphics cards |
| System Performance Tools |
ESA certified motherboard
NVIDIA Control Panel
NVIDIA System Monitor |
| Expansion Slots |
PCI Express 2.0 support
62 lanes, 12 links: 3 x16* or 4 x8, 1 x16, 1 x8, 6 x1 *2 x16 are PCI Express Gen 2.0, 1 x16 is PCI Express Gen 1.0
Up to 5 PCI Slots |
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Intel Socket LGA775
Full support for Intel Penryn (Yorkfield & Wolfdale), Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, Pentium |
| Front Side Bus |
1333/1066/800/533 |
| Memory |
Dual channel memory architecture
DDR2 1200(EPP1.0)/800/667/533 |
| Storage |
NVIDIA MediaSheild™ Technology
Up to 6 Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s drives
Up to 2 PATA drives (Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33)
RAID configurations 0, 1, 0+1, 5 |
| Networking |
Dual native Gigabit Ethernet connections
NVIDIA FirstPacket™ technology
NVIDIA DualNet® technology |
| USB |
Up to 10 USB 2.0 ports |
| Audio |
HDA (Azalia) |
Note: Specifications vary by motherboard manufacturer
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