SUMMARY: Since its announcement from nVidia, nForce 2 has been one of the most hyped up chipsets the industry has seen. Roughly six months ago nVidia brought this chipset to life with a huge bang, with many motherboards sporting the chipset and its many variants. Today Cameron "Sov" Johnson takes a look at 8 of the most popular nForce 2 motherboards on the market putting them all head-to-head to see who has the force.
Bus Frequency 100MHz/133MHz Internal 200MHz/266MHz External Supports DDR-200, DDR-266, DDR-333, DDR-400 Memory in single and Dual Channel Alpha EV6 Communication Bus
Expansion Slots 1 AGP 4x, 8x 5 PCI 1 ACR
Expansion Ports 1 PS2 Keyboard Port 1 PS2 Mouse Port 6 USB Ports 2.0 (2 rear accessible, 4 via optional expansion bus) 2 Serial Ports 1 Parallel Port 6 Audio Ports (Audio out front, Line in, Microphone via backplane, Center/Sub, Rear via expansion bracket) 1 Midi/game Port
Special Features BIOS Control of FSB, VCore, VDimm, VAgp settings nVidia 10/100 NIC C-Media Hardware Sound ACR Firewire Card
Bus Frequency 100MHz/133MHz Internal 200MHz/266MHz External Supports DDR-200, DDR-266, DDR-333, DDR-400 Memory in single and Dual Channel Alpha EV6 Communication Bus
Expansion Slots 1 AGP 4x, 8x 6 PCI
Expansion Ports 1 PS2 Keyboard Port 1 PS2 Mouse Port 6 USB Ports 2.0 (2 rear accessible, 4 via optional expansion bus) 2 Firewire Ports (via expansion bracket) 2 Serial Ports 1 Parallel Port 3 Audio Ports 1 Midi/game Port
Special Features BIOS Control of FSB, VCore, VDimm, VAgp settings nVidia 10/100 NIC Firewire
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