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Nvidia nForce4 Ultra Mobo Shootout

Date: 2005-6-2

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   Features At A GlanceNow that we've completed our showcase of all eight nForce4 Ultra based motherboards, we move on towards the benchmarking and testing section of this shootout. The following ...

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Features At A Glance

Now that we've completed our showcase of all eight nForce4 Ultra based motherboards, we move on towards the benchmarking and testing section of this shootout. The following table represents a guide to the different specifications and aspects of all the motherboards. This is useful as a quick guide for checking board features that we've covered in detail before.

Motherboard Feature Comparison 1
ABITFatal1ty AN8 ChaintechVNF4 Ultra DFILANParty UT Ultra-D ECSKN1 Extreme
Chipset NVIDIAnForce4 Ultra MCP NVIDIAnForce4 Ultra MCP NVIDIAnForce4 Ultra MCP NVIDIAnForce4 Ultra MCP
DDRDIMM Slots 4 4 4 4
PCIExpress Slots
  • 1 (x16)
  • 2?x1)
  • 1 (x16)
  • 2?x1)
  • 2?x16)
  • 1?x1)
  • 1 (x4)
  • 1 (x16)
  • 2?x1)
PCISlots 3 3 2 3
OtherSlots - - - PCIExtreme
ATA-133Port (chipset) 2 2 2 2
SATAII Ports (chipset) 4 4 4 4
ATA-133(others) - - - 1
SATA(others) - - - 2
COMPorts (header) - 2 (1) 1
ParallelPorts (header) - 1 - (1)
USBPorts (header) 6(4) 4(6) 6(4) 6(4)
FireWirePorts (header) 1(1) - 1(1) 2
GigabitEthernet 1 1 2 1
FastEthernet - - - 1
AudioChipset/Codec AudioMAX(ALC658) ALC850 Karajan(ALC850) ALC655
AudioPorts* F,R, C, I, M F,R, A, C, I, M F,R, A, C, I, M F, R/I, C/M
S/PDIF In/Out - In/Out Out
Dimension(mm) 305x 244 305x 220 305x 244 305x 244
FSBRange 200- 410MHz 200- 400MHz 200- 456MHz 200-250
PCIeRange 100- 145MHz 100- 145MHz 100- 145MHz -
CoreVoltage 1.500V - 1.850V 0.900V - 1.700V 0.800V - 1.550V +25mV- +375mV
RAMVoltage 2.50V - 2.80V 2.70V - 2.90V 2.50V - 4.00V 2.55V- 3.11V
ChipsetVoltage 1.50V - 1.80V 1.60V - 1.70V 1.50V - 1.80V -
MultiplierSelection Yes Yes Yes Yes

Motherboard Feature Comparison 2
EPoXEP-9NPA+ Ultra GigabyteGA-K8NXP-9 GigabyteGA-K8N Ultra-9 MSIK8N Neo4 Platinum
Chipset NVIDIAnForce4 Ultra MCP NVIDIAnForce4 Ultra MCP NVIDIAnForce4 Ultra MCP NVIDIAnForce4 Ultra MCP
DDRDIMM Slots 4 4 4 4
PCIExpress Slots
  • 1 (x16)
  • 3 (x1)
  • 1 (x16)
  • 2 (x1)
  • 1 (x16)
  • 2 (x1)
  • 1 (x16)
  • 1 (x1)
  • 1 (x4)
PCISlots 3 3 3 3
OtherSlots - D.P.S. - CommunicationSlot
ATA-133Port (chipset) 2 2 2 2
SATAII Ports (chipset) 4 4 4 4
ATA-133(others) - - - -
SATA(others) - 4 4 4
COMPorts (header) 1 1 1 1
ParallelPorts (header) 1 1 1 1
USBPorts (header) 6(4) 6(4) 6(4) 6(4)
FireWirePorts (header) (2) 2(1) 2(1) 1(1)
GigabitEthernet 1 2 2 2
FastEthernet - - - -
AudioChipset/Codec ALC850 ALC850 ALC850 ALC850
AudioPorts* F,R, A, C, I, M F,R, A, C, I, M F,R, A, C, I, M F,R, A, C, I, M
S/PDIF Out In/Out In/Out Out
Dimension(mm) 305x 244 305x 244 305x 244 305x 244
FSBRange 200- 400MHz 200- 400MHz 200- 455MHz 190-400
PCIeRange 100- 145MHz 100- 150MHz 100- 150MHz 100- 145MHz
CoreVoltage +0.025V - + 0.250V 0.800V - 1.750V 0.800V - 1.750V 0.825V - 1.550V
RAMVoltage 2.50V - 3.10V +0.1V - +0.2V +0.1V - +0.2V 2.50V - 2.85V
ChipsetVoltage 1.50V - 1.80V +0.1V - +0.3V +0.1V - +0.3V 1.50V - 1.85V
MultiplierSelection Yes Yes Yes Yes

* F = Front left/right, R = Rear left/right, A = Alt. left/right (for 7.1), C = Center / Subwoofer, I = Line In, M = Microphone. Ports separated by a comma (,) indicates individual ports while those separated by a forward slash (/) indicates ports with dual functions. Ports listed include using the bundled optional bracket (if any).

** Ports in parentheses () denote optional ports available on the motherboard as headers only.






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