Difference between Nf4 and Nf4 Ultra chipsets?

Combat squirrel · 5 Mar 2006 at 01:10

As title really, iv been looking around and the only thing I can find so far is NF4 standard is Sata1 while ultra is Sata2, is that it or is there more ? How is the overclockablity on a normal NF4 ?

I ask as I may have the opportunity to swap my Epox NF3 Ultra (great overclocking board) for a Epox EP-9NPA+ nForce 4 (obviously straight swapping the pcie and agp gfx cards as well, but there identical)

The person who is swapping pretty much never updates there pc (hardly plays games), so there letting me swap as I want to update to a úber pci-e card soon,

So would you do this if it ment loosing an NF3 AGP board that lets my A64 do 2800mhz ? (255mhz on the NF3 chip)

I also ask as the Epox EP-9NPA+ NF4 standard is dirt cheap to buy, so im concerned as to why there flogging them cheap :S

Combat squirrel · 5 Mar 2006 at 11:04

nobody knows? doh !

Mul · 5 Mar 2006 at 15:11

thats about it other than Sata I and Sata II. As far as I know the 9NPA+ is nForce 4 Ultra.

Overclockability should be similar. both usually get up to 300FSB and higher.

Mul

Combat squirrel · 5 Mar 2006 at 16:11

thats what im wanting 2 hear, just want it to reach AT LEAST a 255FSB and im laughin, nope is defo the nforce 4 standard

decto · 5 Mar 2006 at 20:12

I have an MSI neo4-f with the standard chipset. HTT is prime stable up to 300, have run at 320 but not for long as I was finding the limits of the board which. No boot past 335

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james32 · 5 Mar 2006 at 20:45

there is no diffrence in chipsets! the normal chipset can be
moded to get sata 2 it just needs 2 resistors soldered back on and this gives you sata 2

Combat squirrel · 6 Mar 2006 at 01:40

james32 said:
there is no diffrence in chipsets! the normal chipset can be
moded to get sata 2 it just needs 2 resistors soldered back on and this gives you sata 2

well i have the 'standard' chipset now

got my x1800XT 512meg on order 2 !

how does one mod the chipset then ?

Goksly · 6 Mar 2006 at 02:32

A good start for getting information is always the makers website:
http://www.nvidia.com/page/nforce4_family.html

As for modding the chipset, I thought that was only Ultra -> SLI and I thought that was "fixed" in some drivers. I would be surprised if you can mod the vanilla version to the Ultra... but I cant say Ive read up on that.

james32 · 6 Mar 2006 at 10:20

pretty easy to mod nforce chipset for that Msi you have
Msi Mod to Sata 2

Combat squirrel · 6 Mar 2006 at 12:19

its an epox, should still work ?

Dutch Guy · 6 Mar 2006 at 15:44

Chipsets are the same no matter what board you buy, standard, Ultra, SLI etc...

The difference is in the extra's, the Ultra is SATA-II and has two NIC's when the standard NF4 has SATA and one NIC

Combat squirrel · 6 Mar 2006 at 16:52

NIC? network controller ?

Combat squirrel · 6 Mar 2006 at 16:56

im jus pondering if its worth tryin, the risk etc

id use some halfords car rear window paint to 'join' the to bits together, should work shouldnt it ? im thining obviously as its conductive, it worth the risk u think ?

Dutch Guy · 6 Mar 2006 at 19:08

Combat squirrel said:
NIC? network controller ?

Yes, the Ultra has two onboard network cards, the standard NF4 has one.