Panoramica di tutti i Chipset

Azienda	ALi	nVIDIA Corp.	SiS	VIA Technologies
Northbridge	M1687 564 Ball BGA 0.22 µm	nForce3 150 1309 Ball BGA 0.15 µm	SiS 755FX 698 Ball BGA 0.22 µm	K8T800 578 Ball BGA 0.22 µm
Southbridge	M1563 444 Ball BGA	integrato	SiS 964	VT8237 539 Ball BGA
Interconnect	HyperTransport 1.6 GB/s	StreamThru	MuTIOL 1 GB/s mit HyperStreaming	8X V-Link 533 MB/s
AGP	3.0 / AGP 8x	3.0 / AGP 8x	3.0 / AGP 8x	3.0 / AGP 8x
Fixer AGP-/PCI-Takt für Overclocking	?	si	si	no
System Speed / Hyper Transport	16 Bit, 800 MHz Up & Down	8 Bit, 600 MHz Up; 16 Bit, 800 MHz Down	16 Bit, 800 MHz Up & Down	16 Bit, 800 MHz Up & Down
AGP	AGP 8x	AGP 8x	AGP 8x	AGP 8x
Tipo di Memorie	DDR SDRAM	DDR SDRAM	DDR SDRAM	DDR SDRAM
Velocità Memorie	DDR266/333/400	DDR266/333/400	DDR266/333/400	DDR266/333/400
Max. Memoria	4096 MB	4096 MB	4096 MB	4096 MB
Slot PCI	6x 32 Bit PCI 2.3	6x 32 Bit PCI 2.3 RAID 0+1 (Pro 250 only)	6x 32 Bit PCI 2.3	6x 32 Bit PCI 2.3 PCI-X using VIA VPX2
Interfaccia IDE	2 Porte U-ATA/133	2 Porte U-ATA/133	2 Porte U-ATA/133	2 Porte U-ATA/133
Serial ATA	–	4 Porte (Pro 250 only)	2 Porte	DriveStation Controller, 2 Porte SATA-150 & SATAlite Interface for 2 additional SATA ports
RAID	–	RAID 0, RAID 1	RAID 0, RAID 1	RAID 0, RAID 1 (SATA only)
USB Porte	6x USB 2.0/1.1 480 MBit/s	6x USB 2.0/1.1 480 MBit/s	8x USB 2.0/1.1 480 MBit/s	8x USB 2.0/1.1 480 MBit/s
Audio	AC97	AC97	AC97	AC97 or PCI VIA Vinyl Audio
Rete	10/100 MAC Interface	10/100/1,000 nVIDIA MAC	10/100 MAC Interface	VIA Gigabit Ethernet Interface
Driver	Driver dedicati AGP & IDE	nForce Unified Driver & ForceWare Suite	Driver dedicati AGP & IDE	Driver Unified Hyperion 4-in-1

Configurazione di Prova

Processore
CPU	Athlon 64 3200+ (Socket 754) 2.0 GHz 128/1024 KB
CPU Cooler	ThermalTake Silent Boost K8
Memorie
DDR400 (200 MHz)	1 x 512 MB / 5ns Corsair TwinX XMS32005, 1.2
Common Hardware
Scheda Video	nVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 Ultra Chip clock: 450 MHz Memory clock: 850 MHz DDR
Hard Drive	Western Digital WD800JB, 7.200 U/Min, 8 MB Cache, Single Platter
DVD/CD-ROM	Pioneer DVD-106
Interfaccia di rete	3COM 3C905TX-B PCI, 100 MBit/s
Software
Driver di sistema	ALi Integrated 2.05 nVIDIA nForce Drivers 2.45 SiS AGP 1.16A, IDE 2.03 VIA Hyperion 4in1 4.49
Driver nVIDIA	Detonator Ver. 52.16
VIA K8T800	Hyperion 4in1 14.49
DirectX	Version: 9.0b
Sistema Operativo	Windows XP, Build 2600 SP1