ASRock proudly announces NVIDIA^® NF-6100-405 Chipset motherboard - AM2NF6G-VSTA!

Supporting Socket AM2 for AMD Athlon™ 64FX / 64X2 / 64 and Sempron Processors , AM2NF6G-VSTA is Dual Channel DDRII800 and is based on NVIDIA^® NF-6100-405 chipset providing integrated NVIDIA^® GeForce6-class graphics DX9.0 VGA, Pixel Shader 3.0 and maximum shared memory of 256MB. For user wanting to try Microsoft^® - Windows^® Vista™, this motherboard is Windows^® Vista™ Premium Logo H/W Ready…ASRock AM2NF6G-VSTA

July 31th, 2006, Taipei

To try the latest Microsoft^® - Windows^® Vista™ operating system, you have to be ready with strong graphics ability. AM2NF6G-VSTA offers exhilarating gaming experience with its support of NVIDIA^® GeForce6-class graphics DX9.0 VGA, Pixel Shader 3.0 and maximum shared memory of 256MB. For users interested to try all the new stuff, like socket AM2 motherboard, socket AM2 CPU, Windows^® Vista™ operating system, the newly released motherboard with embedded graphics - AM2NF6G-VSTA, which is based on NVIDIA^® NF-6100-405 chipset is exactly what you need.

NVIDIA^® NF-6100-405 is a single chip, capable of running at 1000MHz (2.0GT/s). For scalability, the memory support of AM2 motherboard is awesome comparing with 939 or 754 socket. It comes with 4 DIMM slots of Dual Channel DDRII800/667/533 with maximum capacity up to 8GB.

A high-end motherboard must definitely match with the awesome operating system. AM2NF6G-VSTA is Windows^® Vista™ Premium Logo Hardware Ready for you to install the cool Windows^® Vista™ Premium edition. To be qualified for Windows^® Vista™ Premium logo, there are some harsh requirements to be met, such as HD audio, DirectX 9.0 etc, and AM2NF6G-VSTA is fully compliant with those requirements.

To upgrade graphics performance, AM2NF6G-VSTA comes with PCI Express Graphics slot and PCI Express x 1 interfaces to upgrade to PCI-E graphics cards. To further boost system performance, AM2NF6G-VSTA also comes with the most updated Serial ATA II 3.0Gb/s, which is the latest and fastest specification so far with a high speed of 300Mbytes. AM2NF6G-VSTA is designed with 7.1 CH Vista™ Premium level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec) which provides high quality audio and jack fool-proof function.

All computers that meet minimal hardware requirements will see the Windows^® Vista™ Basic user experience. Windows^® Aero is an environment with an additional level of visual sophistication for Home Premium user experience. Windows^® Vista™ Aero provides spectacular visual effects such as glass-like interface elementsthat you can see through.

Here are AM2NF6G-VSTA brief specifications:

• Socket AM2 for AMD Athlon™ 64FX / 64X2 / 64 and Sempron Processors (Detailed support list is available on www.asrock.com)
• NVIDIA^® NF-6100-405 Chipset
• Supports FSB 1000MHz (2.0GT/s), Hyper-Transport Technology and AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Technology
• Integrated NVIDIA^® GeForce6-class graphics DX9.0 VGA, Pixel Shader 3.0, Max. shared memory 256MB
• Supports Dual Channel DDRII800/667/533 with 4 x DIMM slots, maximum capacity up to 8GB
• ASRock AM2 Boost, ASRock Patented Technology to boost memory performance up to 12.5%
• Hybrid Booster - ASRock Safe Overclocking Technology
• Untied Overclocking: FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCI/PCIE buses
• 1 x PCI Express Graphics slot
• 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
• 2 x Serial ATA II 3.0Gb/s, support RAID 0, 1, JBOD, NCQ, and "Hot Plug" functions
• 7.1 CH Vista™ Premium level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec)
• Windows^® Vista™ Premium Logo Hardware Ready
• HD 8CH I/O: 4 ready-to-use USB ports, HD 7.1 channel audio jacks