(18/12) NVIDIA Announces nForce 780i SLI and nForce 750i SLI Chipsets with 3-way SLI Support

NVIDIA announced a new solution for PC enthusiasts, the NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI chipset. It fully supports 3-way SLI as well as new Intel Yorkfield and Wolfdale processors and is the first to support ESA standard.

The company also announced a junior product, the NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI MCP / SPP. Together these two make the NVIDIA nForce 700i Series MCP series.

A ready motherboard on NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI

NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI flowchart (click the thumbnail for a larger image)

nForce 780i SLI / nForce 750i SLI specifications:

- Intel Socket 775 processors: Penryn (Yorkfield & Wolfdale), Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, Pentium
- 1333 MHz FSB
- 3-way SLI (3x16)
- ESA standard, NVIDIA Control Panel
- DDR2-1200 (EPP 1.0) / DDR2-800 RAM
- PCI Express 2.0, 62 lanes / 26 lanes
- 6+2 x SATA-2, 4+4 x PATA, RAID 0,1,0+1,5
- NVIDIA MediaShield Storage Technology
- 2 / 1 x Native Gigabit Ethernet
- NVIDIA FirstPacket
- NVIDIA DualNet (nForce 780i SLI only)
- 10 / 8 x USB ports
- 5 x PCI
- Azalia HD codec