Nvidia Chips

Model Release Date Processors Supported Fabrication
process (nm) FSB/HT
Frequency (MHz) Memory Max. memory AGP SATA PATA Sound Features Notes
nForce2 2002 Athlon XP, Sempron, Athlon, Duron 333MHz, 266MHz, 100MHz DDR 3GB AGP8X 4 Ports AC'97
NVAPU (MCP-T) optional GeForce 4 MX IGP optional dual channel memory interface
nForce2 400 2003 Athlon XP, Sempron, Athlon, Duron 400MHz, 333MHz, 266MHz, 100MHz DDR 3GB AGP8X 2x 1.5Gbit/s (MCP-S, MCP-Gb) 4 Ports AC'97
NVAPU (MCP-T) single channel memory interface RAID (MCP-RAID, MCP-Gb)
gigabit LAN (MCP-Gb)
nForce2 Ultra 400 2003 Athlon XP, Sempron, Athlon, Duron 400MHz, 333MHz, 266MHz, 100MHz DDR 3GB AGP8X 2x 1.5Gbit/s (MCP-S, MCP-Gb) 4 Ports AC'97
NVAPU (MCP-T) dual channel memory interface RAID (MCP-RAID, MCP-Gb)
gigabit LAN (MCP-Gb)
[edit]nForce3
Model Release Date Processors Supported Fabrication
process (nm) FSB/HT
Frequency (MHz) Memory AGP SATA PATA Sound Features Notes
nForce3 250 September 23, 2003 Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket 754 HT 800MHz DDR AGP8X 4 Ports 1.5Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97 Gb variant includes gigabit LAN
nForce3 Ultra June 1, 2004 Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket 939 HT 1GHz DDR AGP8X 4 Ports 1.5Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97
[edit]nForce4
[edit]For AMD processors
Model Release Date Processors Supported Fabrication
process (nm) FSB/HT
Frequency (MHz) Memory PCI-Express SLI SATA PATA Sound Features Notes
nForce4 October, 2004 Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket 939, 754 HT 1 GHz DDR2 / DDR 1.0 4 Ports 1.5 Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97
nForce4 Ultra October, 2004 Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket 939 HT 1 GHz DDR2 / DDR 1.0 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97 Same chipset as nForce4 SLI but with some resistors removed thus disabling SLI
nForce4 SLI October, 2004 Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket 939, 754 HT 1 GHz DDR2 / DDR 1.0 SLI x8 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97
nForce4 SLI X16 November, 2005 Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket 939 HT 1 GHz DDR 1.0 SLI x16 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97
[edit]For Intel processors
Model Release Date Processors Supported Fabrication
process (nm) FSB/HT
Frequency (MHz) Memory PCI-Express SLI SATA PATA Sound Features Notes
nForce4 Ultra January 17, 2006 Pentium D, Pentium 4, EE, Celeron D
LGA 775 1066 MHz DDR2 1.0 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports HDA
nForce4 SLI XE January 17, 2006 Pentium D, Pentium 4, EE, Celeron D
LGA 775 1066 MHz DDR2 1.0 SLI x8 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports HDA
nForce4 SLI April 5, 2005 Pentium D, Pentium 4, EE, Celeron D
LGA 775 1066 MHz DDR2 1.0 SLI x8 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97
nForce4 SLI X16 Pentium D, Pentium 4, EE, Celeron D
, Core2 (unofficial, some MB), LGA 775 1066 MHz DDR2 1.0 SLI x16 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97
[edit]nForce 500 Series
Model Release Date Processors Supported Fabrication
process (nm) FSB/HT
Frequency (MHz) Memory PCI-Express SLI SATA PATA Sound Features Notes
nForce 500 Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket AM2 HT 1 GHz DDR2 / DDR x16: 1 slot
x1: 3 slots 4 Ports 1.5 Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97
nForce 500 Ultra Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket AM2 HT 1 GHz DDR2 / DDR x16: 1 slot
x1: 3 slots 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97
nForce 500 SLI Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64
Socket AM2 HT 1 GHz DDR2 / DDR x8: 2 slots
x1: 3 slots SLI x8 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97
nForce 520 LE Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket AM2 HT 1 GHz DDR2 x16: 1 slot
x1: 2 slots 2 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA
nForce 520 Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket AM2 HT 1 GHz DDR2 x16: 1 slot
x1: 3 slots 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA
nForce 550 March 7, 2006 Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket AM2 HT 1 GHz DDR2 x16: 1 slot
x1: 4 slots 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA
nForce 560 Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket AM2 HT 1 GHz DDR2 x16: 1 slot
x1: 3 slots 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA
nForce 560 SLI Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64
Socket AM2 HT 1 GHz DDR2 x8: 2 slots
x1: 2 slots SLI x8 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 4 Ports AC'97
nForce 570 Ultra Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron
Socket AM2 HT 1 GHz DDR2 x16: 1 slot
x1: 4 slots 6 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA Asus PEG Link
nForce 570 LT SLI Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64
Socket AM2 HT 1 GHz DDR2 x8: 2 slots
x1: 2 slots SLI x8 4 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA
nForce 570 SLI March 7, 2006 Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64
Socket AM2 HT 1 GHz DDR2 x16: 1 slot
x8: 1 slot
x1: 4 slots SLI x8 6 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA
nForce 590 SLI March 7, 2006 Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64
Socket AM2 HT 1 GHz DDR2 x16: 2 slots
x8: 1 slot
x1: 6 slots SLI x16 6 Ports 3 Gbit/s 2 Ports HDA