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ECS NFORCE 570 SLIT-A Review
[Abstract]
IntroductionIt seems very nostalgic to say so, but back in the Pentium 4/Pentium D days, NVIDIA's nForce 4 family of chipsets proved to be the top choice, besting even Intel's own 955X/975X Exp...
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Introduction
It seems very nostalgic to say so, but back in the Pentium 4/Pentium D days, NVIDIA's nForce 4 family of chipsets proved to be the top choice, besting even Intel's own 955X/975X Express chipsets in terms of raw performance and overclockability. NVIDIA launched the successor to the nForce 4 earlier this year, but the new nForce 500 series was initially only available for the AMD platform with Intel Editions 'on the way'. Now with all the attention around Intel's new babies - the Core 2 processor and Broadwater chipset - it has been a while since we've seen NVIDIA's chipsets in the limelight. So comes into play ECS' new NFORCE 570 SLIT-A (rev 5.1) motherboard. As its name implies, it is based on the nForce 570 SLI Intel Edition chipset.
The ECS nFORCE 570 SLIT-A motherboard. |
The following table lists the bundled peripherals and technical specifications of the ECS NFORCE 570 SLIT-A motherboard:-
1 x SATA data cable
1 x SATA power converter cable
1 x 80-conductor Ultra ATA data cable
1 x floppy drive data cable
SLI high-speed digital link interface bridge
I/O shield
Driver CD
User's manual
ECS nFORCE 570 SLIT-A Technical Specifications.
| CPU Support | - Supports90nm/65nm LGA775 processor package
- Supports IntelCore 2 Duo / Core 2 Extreme
- Supports Intel PentiumD / Pentium Processor Extreme Edition
- SupportsIntel Pentium 4 / Pentium 4 Extreme Edition
- IntelVirtualization Technology ready
| | Chipset | - NVIDIAnForce 570 SLI Intel Edition SPP (nForce C19 A3/C19XE)
- 400- 1066MHz frontside bus
- NVIDIA DualDDR2 Memory Controller
- One x16 PCI Expresslink for graphics card - Locked at x8
- SupportsScalableLink Interface Technology (SLI) fordual PCIe x8 interfaces
- Supportsup to four PCIExpress x1 lanes
- NVIDIAnForce 570 SLI Intel Edition MCP (nForce 430/MCP51)
- Supportsup to tenUSB 2.0 ports
- Supports four SATA 3.0Gbps ports
- Dual-channel UltraATA-133 IDE controller
- Supports up to six PCIslots
| | Memory | - NVIDIADualDDR2architecture
- 4 x 240-pin DIMMsockets support max. 4GB DDR2400/533/667 non-ECC memory
- Slot independantdual-channel mode
- NVIDIA QuickSync
- NVIDIADASP 3.0
| | Storage | - NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI Intel Edition MCP (nForce430/MCP51)
- 4 x Ultra ATA33/66/100/133 (data transfer rate up to133MB/sec.)
- 4 x SATA?.0Gbps interface
- NVIDIA MediaShieldTechnology
- Supports RAID 0,RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5,JBOD
- Supports RAIDMorphing
| | Audio | - Realtek ALC883 8-channel HD Audio CODEC
- Coaxial,Optical S/PDIF out on back I/O port
| | Networking | - NVIDIA Gigabit LAN co-supported byMarvell?8E1116 PHY chip (Transceiver)
| | I/O Interface | - 1 x Floppy connector
- 2 xUltra ATA IDE connectors
- 4 x SATAconnectors
- 10 x USB 2.0 ports (4 x rear, 6 xheader)
- 1 x RJ45 LAN port
- Coaxialand Optical S/PDIF port
- 8-Channel Audio I/O ports
- 1 x 9-pin serial port (bracket)
- 1 xparallel port (SPP/EPP/ECP)
- 1 x mini-DIN-6 PS/2mouse port
- 1 x mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port
| | ExpansionSlots | - 2 x PCIe x16 slots,PCI Express Bus specification v1.0acompliant (Locked at x8 each)
- 2 x PCIe x1slots, PCIExpress Bus specification v1.0acompliant
- 3 x 32-bit PCI slots,PCI 2.3 compliant
| | PCB | - ATX FormFactor, 12"x9.6"(30.5cm x 24.4cm)
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For an entry level board, the nFORCE 570 SLIT-A has a nicely featured rear panel with S/PDIF. Gigabit LAN, USB 2.0, analog surround sound and the usual legacy ports. |
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