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Gigabyte GA-K8NS-939 Review

Date: 2005-1-6

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   GIGABYTE GA-K8NS-939What is it: AMD64 Motherboard with nForceTM3 Ultra Chipset (Socket 939)Model No.:  GA-K8NS-939Manufacturer: GIGABYTE Availability: Now Introduction Suppo...

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GIGABYTE GA-K8NS-939

Feature

Socket 939 supports AMD Athlon?4 FX/ 64 processor

Supports Dual Channel DDR400 memory architecture

Integrated Serial-ATA interface with RAID 0,1 function

Integrated Gigabit LAN Ethernet controller

Integrated high quality 8 channel Audio Codec

Nvidia nForce 3 Comparison

  • Technical Features

    nForce3 150 nForce3 250 nForce3 250Gb nForce3 Ultra

    Integrated Ethernet MAC

    100Mbps 100Mbps 1000Mbps 1000Mbps

    Downstream Bus Width

    16-bit 16-bit 16-bit 16-bit

    Upstream Bus Width

    8-bit 16-bit 16-bit 16-bit

    HyperTransport Clock Speed

    600MHz 800MHz 800MHz 1GHz

    Total HyperTransport Bandwidth

    3.6GB/s 6.4GB/s 6.4GB/s 8.0GB/s

    NVIDIA Firewall Technology

    No No Yes Yes

    High Performance Networking Features

    No No Yes Yes

     

    Specification

    GA-K8NS-939
    nForce3 Ultra chipset
    Processor
    Socket 939 for AMD Athlon64/ 64 FX
    Chipset
  • NVIDIA nForce3 Ultra Platform Processor
  • Super I/O: ITE IT8712F chip
  • Integrated peripherials 

     - Marvell 8001 Gigabit Ethernet controller 
     - Realtek ALC850 Audio AC'97 Codec
  • Memory
  • Type: Dual channel DDR400/ 333/ 266 -184pin
  • Max capacity: Up to 4GB by 4 DIMM slots
  • Internal I/O Connectors
  • 2 x Serial ATA connector
  • 2 x UDMA ATA 133/100/66 Bus Master IDE connectors
  • 1 x FDD connector
  • 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 connectors (supports 4 ports)
  • 3 x cooling fan pin headers
  • CD in
  • Expansion Slots
  • 1 x AGP slot (8x/4x-AGP 3.0 compliant), supports 1.5v display card only
  • 5 x PCI slots (PCI 2.3 compliant)
  • Rear Panel I/O
  • PS/2 Keyboard / Mouse
  • 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  • 1 x RJ45 ports
  • 2 x COM ports
  • 1 x LPT
  • Audio (1 x Line-in / 1 x Line-out / 1 x Mic) connector
  • CPU/AGP/DIMM setting
  • CPU FSB / Multiplier / Vcore Voltage adjustable via BIOS
  • AGP Voltage / Clock adjustable via BIOS
  • DIMM Voltage / Clock adjustable via BIOS
  • Power
  • ATX power connector and ATX 12V connector
  • Power-off by Windows 98/ Me/ 2000/ XP shut down and switch
  • Form Factor
  • ATX form factor
  • 30.5 x 24.4 cm
  • H/W Monitoring
  • System health status auto-detect and report by BIOS
  • Hardware detecting and reporting for case open, CPU voltage, and fan speed
  • BIOS
    2M bit flash ROM, Phoenix BIOS
    Other Features
  • XpressTM Installation
  • XpressTM Recovery
  • Q-FlashTM
  • @BIOSTM





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