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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
Processor
The nForce®3 250 is a single-chip with proven reliability and performance.
• HyperTransport link to the AMD Athlon 64/Athlon 64 FX CPU
• AGP3.0 8X interface at 533 MT/s
• PCI 2.3 interface, supporting up to six PCI slots
• Two separate SATA controllers with integrated PHYs, each supporting two
drives in master mode
• IEEE 802.3 NVIDIA MAC for 100BASE-TX/10BASE-T Fast Ethernet/Ethernet
• Single USB 2.0 EHCI and Dual USB 1.1 OHCI, supporting up to eight ports
• Dual Fast ATA-133 IDE controllers
• AC’97 2.3 interface, supporting S/PDIF pass-through function
Memory
• 2 x 184-pin, 2.5V, DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets support up to 2GB
• Support DDR400/333/266/200 unbuffered DDR SDRAM
AC’97 Audio CODEC
Chipset
HyperTransport Technology is a point-to-point link between two devices, it enables
integrated circuits to exchange information at much higher speeds than currently avail-
able interconnect technologies.
This motherboard uses a 754-pin socket that carries the following features:
• Accommodates AMD K8 processors
• Supports HyperTransport interface for AMD K8 processors
• Compliant with the AC’97 v2.3 CODEC
• Supports 6-channel audio CODEC designed for PC multimedia systems
• Provides three analog line-level inputs with 5-bit volume control: Line-in, CD,
AUX
• Supports S/PDIF output function
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This motherboard supports UltraDMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133/100/66
MB/s.
The motherboard comes with the following expansion options:
• One AGP 8X slot
• Five 32-bit PCI slots
• Two IDE headers which support four IDE devices
• One floppy disk drive interface
• Two 7-pin SATA connectors
Expansion Options
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