BFG nForce4 Ultra Motherboard

BFG Technologies Updated: 2008-12-12 RSS
BFG nForce4 Ultra Motherboard

NVIDIA® nForce4™ Ultra-based motherboards from BFG Technologies® feature the latest PCI-Express® bus technology and deliver top performance, feature-rich multimedia computing, and security protection for the most demanding PC users.

PCI Express Support
Designed to run perfectly with the next-generation PCI Express bus architecture. This new bus doubles the bandwidth of the AGP 8X bus, delivering over 4 GB per second in both upstream and downstream data transfers.

NVIDIA ActiveArmor™
Enhances network security while delivering the highest system performance by offloading CPU-intensive packet filtering tasks in hardware, providing users with a PC networking environment that is both fast and secure. Only supported in the NVIDIA nForce4 SLI™ and Ultra MCPs.

NVIDIA Firewall
A high-performance, hardware-optimized firewall, NVIDIA Firewall protects your PC from intruders by filtering unauthorized traffic. Integrated into select NVIDIA nForce MCPs (media communication processors) with NVIDIA Gigabit Ethernet, it provides professional-grade traffic inspection capabilities, advanced management features--remote access, configuration, and monitoring--and is easy to use and setup via a user-friendly wizard.

NVIDIA RAID
NVIDIA RAID technology implements standard RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 techniques to maximize storage assets. NVIDIA RAID technology additionally introduces many innovations that simplify and optimize the management of RAID features and disk resources.

SATA 3Gb/s
Doubles bus bandwidth and provides blazingly high disk performance. Only supported in the NVIDIA nForce4 SLI and Ultra MCPs.

NVIDIA Native Gigabit Ethernet
The industry's fastest Gigabit Ethernet performance, eliminates network bottlenecks and improves overall system efficiency and performance.

NVIDIA nTune™ Performance Application
Enables the easiest, safest, and highest performing overclocking available for NVIDIA nForce-based PCs. Performance wizards allow automatic tuning for the best performance or the quietest operation. Previously known as the NVIDIA System Utility.

NVIDIA NVMixer™ Application
Completely control all aspects of the NVIDIA nForce audio experience — including volume adjustment, recording options, and speaker configuration — through easy-to-follow wizards.

64-Bit Architecture
NVIDIA nForce4 MCPs provide advanced processing capabilities and system innovations for the 64-bit AMD processor architecture.

Single-Chip Architecture
Revolutionary single-chip architecture enables higher-quality, full-featured motherboards and delivers maximum performance with the lowest latency. The single-chip design also means less power consumption and less heat dissipation.

Unified Driver Architecture (UDA)
Part of the NVIDIA Forceware® unified software environment (USE). The NVIDIA UDA guarantees forward and backward compatibility with software drivers. Simplifies upgrading to a new NVIDIA product because all NVIDIA products work with the same driver software.

HyperTransport Technology
A state of the art I/O bus interface, delivering the highest continuous throughput—800MB/s—between the nForce platform processors. Ensures data and information are relayed through the system as quickly as possible.

NVIDIA nForce Networking
NVIDIA networking delivers the highest throughput for network transfers and lower CPU utilization. The manageable and stable NVIDIA networking solution results in better networking performance and a lower total cost of ownership.

NVIDIA ForceWare Unified Software Environment (USE)
Ensures the best out-of-box experience for every user by delivering industry-leading features for graphics, audio, video, communications, storage, and security; one driver for all products; and continual performance and feature updates over the life of the product.

Specifications
Form Factor: ATX (305mm x 220mm)
CPU: Supports AMD Socket-939 Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 processor and processor interface via 2000MT/s HyperTransport bus
Chipset: NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra
Expansion Slots: PCI Express x16 port for PCI Express graphics card, two PCI Express x1 ports and three 32-bit PCI slots (v2.3 compliant)
Embedded System Monitoring: Temperature sensing for CPU and system / Fan speed monitoring and control for CPU and system
Boot-Block Flash ROM : Award system BIOS supports PnP, APM, DMI, ACPI and Multi-device booting features

Memory
Memory: Four 184-pin DDR DIMMs up to 4GB and supports Dual Channel DDR266/333/400 memory

Connections
Audio: Supports enhanced NVIDIA 7.1-channel audio, complies with AC'97 Rev 2.3 specifications, supports 48KHz coaxial S/PDIF output and EAX/Direct Sound 3D/I3DL2/A3D compatible
SATA: Supports four native SATA2 3.0Gb/s devices / Hot-swap capability, allowing disks to be changed without powering down the system / Optimized for the high-performance NVIDIA RAID technology / Supports SATA ATAPI devices
IDE Port: Supports 2 UltraDMA-66/100/133 IDE ports
FDD: One FDD connector supports up to 2.88MB
USB: Supports total 10 USB2.0 ports with High-Speed Device @ 480Mb/s Transfer Rates

Other Features
Rear panel I/O ports: PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard port / 25-pin D-Sub female Parallel port / Two 9-pin D-Sub male Serial ports / Four USB ports and one RJ45 connector / 6-port Audio Jack for 7.1-Channel and S/PDIF output
Internal I/O connectors: Four 3x1 pin fan connectors / Three 5x2 pin USB connectors for additional 6 USB ports / 3x1 pin wake on LAN connector with housing / 3x1 pin wake on Modem connector with housing / Two 4x1 pin CD-in connectors with 2.54mm pitch housing / 5x2 pin Front Audio connector / 9x2 pin Front Panel connector / 24 pin ATX Power connector / 4 pin ATX 12V Power connector