The nForce 700 is a

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series designed by

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first released in December 2007. The series supports both

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and

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Phenom processors, and replaces the nForce 600 series chipsets. Several members were spotted, including the codenamed ''MCP72'' for AMD processors and the ''C72'' for Intel processors, launched with the name "nForce 780a" and "nForce 780i" chipsets respectively. Currently, the released variants are the 750i, 780i, 790i, and 790i Ultra.

AMD chipsets

The memory controller is built-in into the CPU, the supported memory type depends on the CPU and socket used. This way there are no supported memory types listed here.

nForce 780a SLI

*Codenamed ''MCP72XE'' * Motherboard GPU (mGPU): GeForce 8200 ** DirectX 10 compliant ** PureVideo HD *Addition of the nForce 200 PCI-E bridge (previously codenamed ''BR-04'') **Connected to the northbridge via a 4.5 GT/s proprietary bus using the PCI-E interface **Support for PCI-E 2.0ExpReview report
retrieved October 12, 2007 * Triple SLI **Slot 1: full speed PCI Express 2.0 ×16 slot from nForce 200 **Slot 2: full speed PCI Express 2.0 ×8 slot from nForce 200 **Slot 3: full speed PCI Express 2.0 ×8 slot from nForce 200 * Hybrid SLI **GeForce Boost **HybridPower *Support HT 3.0

nForce 750a

*Codenamed ''MCP72P'' * Motherboard GPU (mGPU): GeForce 8200 ** DirectX 10 compliant ** PureVideo HD *Support for PCI-E 2.0 * SLI * Hybrid SLI **GeForce Boost **HybridPower *Support HT 3.0

nForce 725a

*Codenamed ''MCP78U'' * Motherboard GPU (mGPU): GeForce 8300 ** DirectX 10 compliant ** PureVideo HD ** DTS-HD and

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7.1 channel surround sound support (rumored beforehand, not implemented)Fudzilla report
retrieved January 31, 2008 *Support for PCI-E 2.0 * Hybrid SLI **GeForce Boost **HybridPower *Support HT 3.0

nForce 720a

*Codenamed ''MCP78S'' * Motherboard GPU (mGPU): GeForce 8200 ** DirectX 10 compliant ** PureVideo HD ** DTS-HD and

7.1 channel surround sound support (rumored beforehand, not implemented) *Support for PCI-E 2.0 * Hybrid SLI **GeForce Boost **HybridPower *Support HT 3.0 *Connect up to two display monitors **Via

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, DVI or

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Intel chipsets

nForce 7xx

The nForce 780i and 750i chipsets features the nForce 200 PCI-E bridge (previously codenamed ''BR-04'') connected to the northbridge via a 4.5 GT/s proprietary bus. Its function is to implement the lack of PCI-E 2.0 support from the northbridge.

''MCP7A''

*Three versions: **MCP7A-U **MCP7A-S **MCP7A-H (No IGP and Hybrid SLI) * motherboard GPU (mGPU) ** DirectX 10 compliant ** PureVideo HD *One PCI-E 2.0 x16 slot * Hybrid SLI **GeForce Boost **HybridPower *Supports a maximum of DDR2-800 dual-channel memory *Support 1333 MHz FSB *Connect up to two display monitors **Via