NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI MCP

NVIDIA nForce^® 780i SLI™ media and communications processors (MCPs) are the foundation for the world's ultimate gaming PC. Maximize your rig's performance with 3-way SLI technology, achieve ultimate control with the real time component monitoring and tuning features the first platform designed for ESA-certified components, and experience phenomenal DirectX^® 10 gaming with the best platform for GeForce GPUs.

Maximize Your Rig's Performance Get as much as 2.8x the performance of a single card configuration with support for 3-way NVIDIA® SLI™ technology. Play the latest DirectX® 10 games at mind-blowing frame rates and resolutions for an unmatched gaming experience.

Achieve Ultimate Control Real-time component monitoring and tuning features give you complete control over your PC. Maximize your PC's performance through an immersive, all-in-one, 3D system monitor application.

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Spectacular DirectX 10 Gaming Experience Up your game by pairing NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI with three NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX or GeForce 8800 Ultra graphics cards and experience next generation DirectX® 10 games the way they're meant to be played.

• Designed for NVIDIA^® SLI™ technology
  NVIDIA SLI technology is a revolutionary platform innovation that allows you to intelligently scale graphics performance by combining multiple NVIDIA graphics solutions in a single system with an NVIDIA nForce SLI MCP. New support for 3-way SLI technology provides up to 2.4x performance increase so you can play the latest next generation applications at mind-blowing framerates and resolutions.
• Support for ESA
  Provides real-time and complete PC performance management. Tested by a comprehensive certification program for system compatibility and reliability, ESA-certified components and applications bring you unprecedented control to manage and tune thermal, electrical, acoustic and operating characteristics to maximize your PC's performance. For more information, visit www.nvidia.com/esa
• NVIDIA Control Panel
  NVIDIA Control Panel allows you to take full advantage of ESA. Easily adjust PC characteristics for maximum performance. Features NVIDIA System Monitor, so you can seamlessly monitor characteristics in an intuitive and customizable 3D environment.
• PCI Express 2.0 Support
  Designed to support the new PCI Express 2.0 bus architecture, offering a future-proofing bridge to tomorrow's most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications by maximizing 5 GT/s of bandwidth (twice that of first generation PCI Express). PCI Express 2.0 motherboards are fully backwards compatible with existing PCI Express products for broad support of PC peripherals.
• NVIDIA MediaShield™ Storage
  Suite of features that safeguards your most important digital media assets; always reliable, scalable, and accessible. Includes support for RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 configurations and up to six SATA 3Gb/s drives.
• NVIDIA FirstPacket™ technology
  Be the 'King of Ping' with NVIDIA FirstPacket technology. Get the crystal-clear phone conversations and online gaming performance you expect. NVIDIA FirstPacket technology assures your game data, VoIP conversations, and large file transfers are delivered according to preferences set by you in an intuitive wizard.
• High Definition Audio (HDA)
  High definition audio brings consumer electronics quality sound to the PC delivering high quality sound from multiple channels. Using HDA, systems can deliver 192 kHz/32-bit quality for eight channels, supporting new audio formats.

Main | Features

Downloads

• WHQL driver package for nForce 780i SLI motherboards
• NVIDIA nForce 700i Series Flash Demo
  See the latest features for NVIDIA nForce 700i series MCPs
• NVIDIA Control Panel - Performance Group (2MB PDF)
  Dynamically control core components within you PC without ever leaving Windows or entering the BIOS. The Performance group of the NVIDIA control panel allows users to optimize and adjust nearly every system component to minimize noise, increase stability, and maximize performance.
• NVIDIA System Monitor
  A new 3D application for seamless monitoring of PC component characteristics. Its unique and intuitive architecture is the ultimate foundation for delivering optimized system, thermal, and acoustic performance of your NVIDIA nForce based PC and ESA certified components.
• CPU Compatibility List (1.22MB PDF)
  Get the latest list of CPUs supported by NVIDIA nForce Intel Edition MCPs
• Memory Compatibility List (1.56MB PDF)
  Get the latest list of memory modules supported by NVIDIA nForce Intel Edition MCPs
• Product Comparison Chart (411KB PDF)
  View and compare the entire line up of available NVIDIA MCPs for Intel based motherboards.

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