The nForce 700 is a chipset series designed by Nvidia first released in December 2007. The series supports both Intel Core 2 and AMD 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.
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.
Codenamed MCP72XEMotherboard GPU (mGPU): GeForce 8200DirectX 10 compliantPureVideo HDAddition 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 interfaceSupport for PCI-E 2.0 Triple SLISlot 1: full speed PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot from nForce 200Slot 2: full speed PCI Express 2.0 x8 slot from nForce 200Slot 3: full speed PCI Express 2.0 x8 slot from nForce 200 Hybrid SLIGeForce BoostHybridPowerSupport HT 3.0Codenamed MCP72PMotherboard GPU (mGPU): GeForce 8200DirectX 10 compliantPureVideo HDSupport for PCI-E 2.0SLIHybrid SLIGeForce BoostHybridPowerSupport HT 3.0Codenamed MCP78UMotherboard GPU (mGPU): GeForce 8300DirectX 10 compliantPureVideo HDDTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD 7.1 channel surround sound support (rumored beforehand, not implemented)Support for PCI-E 2.0Hybrid SLIGeForce BoostHybridPowerSupport HT 3.0Codenamed MCP78SMotherboard GPU (mGPU): GeForce 8200DirectX 10 compliantPureVideo HDDTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD 7.1 channel surround sound support (rumored beforehand, not implemented)Support for PCI-E 2.0Hybrid SLIGeForce BoostHybridPowerSupport HT 3.0Connect up to two display monitorsVia DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI or D-SubThe 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.
Three versions:MCP7A-UMCP7A-SMCP7A-H (No IGP and Hybrid SLI)motherboard GPU (mGPU)DirectX 10 compliantPureVideo HDOne PCI-E 2.0 x16 slotHybrid SLIGeForce BoostHybridPowerSupports a maximum of DDR2-800 dual-channel memorySupport 1333 MHz FSBConnect up to two display monitorsVia DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI or D-Sub