NVIDIA GeForce® 8300

Amplify your gaming experience with the XFX NVIDIA GeForce® 8300 amotherboard. A true performer in every sense of the word, this first-of-its-kind HybridSLI™ motherboard comes jam-packed with all of the full-throttle features handcore gamers demand. From NVIDIA GeForce Boost Technology that pops graphics performance up to 45% to the first motherboard series to support AMD Phenom processors, the 8300 is ready to rock your game.

KEY FEATURES

GeForce® 8300 Motherboard

• AMD Socket AM2+ CPU's up to 95W
• AMD Phenom, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64
• NVIDIA HybridSLI Technology*
• First motherboard series with onboard graphics to support DirectX10 out of the box
• Rear panel clear CMOS button and LED display
• Dual BIOS with preset overclocking
• MicroATX formfactor
• Silent cooling with heatpipes
• PureVideo HD Technology
• PCI Express 2.0 support
• Up to 6 Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s drives
• Up to 2 PATA drives (Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33)
• DDR2 1066/800/667/533
• Native Gigabit Ethernet connection
• Up to 10 USA ports
• NVIDIA FIrstPacket™ Technology
• NVIDIA MediaShield™ Technology

*Requires HybridSLI capable components.

Onboard Graphics

• Up to 256MB DDR2 memory
• HDMI + DVI with HDCP & VGA
• NVIDIA® CineFX™ 3.0 Engine
• NVIDIA® nView™ Multi-Display Technology
• NVIDIA® Digital Vibrance Control™ 3.0 Technology
• DirectX® 10 support
• OpenGL® 1.5 Optimization and Support
• NVIDIA PureVideo HD support

SPECIFICATIONS

Socket Socket type supported	AM2+/AM2
CPU Type CPU type supported	AMD
Hybrid Power N/A	√
Hybrid SLI N/A	√
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.	√
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.	√
NVIDIA nTune Now with access to more settings from this Windows-based utility, the NVIDIA nTune performance manager allows automatic tuning for optimal performance. Once configured and customized, nTune automatically chooses the right system settings for the application that is being run based on your saved profiles and personal rules.	√
NV BIOS NV BIOS delivers easy-to-use tuning to let you have full control over your hardware including processor voltage tables and memory drive strengths.	√
Multiple Disk Setup Through a simple wizard-based interface, you can effortlessly set up your drives for better data protection, faster disk access, or maximum storage capacity. MediaShield automatically selects RAID 0, 1, 0+1 or 5 configuration according to your needs. Advanced users can access RAID options directly.	√
DiskAlert System In the event of a disk failure, MediaShield users see a real-time image of the motherboard that highlights which hard drive has failed, making it easier to identify, replace, and recover.	√
NVIDIA MediaShieldTM RAID 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.	√
Bootable Multidisk Array MediaShield storage fully supports the use of multi-disk array for loading the operating system at power-up.	√
Native Gigabit Ethernet Connection The industry's fastest Gigabit Ethernet performance eliminates network bottlenecks and improves overall system efficiency and performance.	1
NVIDIA FirstPacketTM 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.	√
TCP/IP Acceleration Delivers the highest system performance by offloading CPU-intensive packet filtering tasks in hardware, providing users with a PC networking environment that is faster.	√
Chipset Generation of NVIDIA nForce MCP included on this motherboard.	8300
Memory Speed (MHz) N/A	1066 MHz
Memory Type Type of memory supported by this motherboard.	DDR2
Memory Max (GB) Maximum GB of total memory supported by this motherboard.	8 GB
Memory Slots Number of memoryexpansion slots available onboard.	4
USB Ports Number ofUSB ports supported on ATX	4
Onboard USB (Expansion) N/A	6
SATA Combine up to 12 SATA drives into 2-4 volumes for bigger, faster RAID. More drives mean more configuration options such as 2x RAID 0 for boot partition, 2x RAID 0 for enhanced gaming, 4x RAID 5 for multimedia applications, and 4x RAID5 for media data storage. Take advantage of the latest SATA 3Gb/s hard drives with full support for hot plugging and native and tagged command queuing which can provide higher disk performance in a multi-threaded environment by performing out-of-order disk accesses.	6
eSATA N/A	1
Native Gigabit Ethernet Connection The industry's fastest Gigabit Ethernet performance eliminates network bottlenecks and improves overall system efficiency and performance.	1
Audio Channels High definition audio brings consumer electronics quality sound to the PC delivering high quality sound from multiple channels. Using HDA, systems can deliver 192kHz/32-bit quality for eight channels, supporting new audio formats.	8
Onboard GeForce Graphics N/A	8200
HDCP Designed to meet the output protection management (HDCP) and security specifications of the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats, allowing the playback of encrypted movie content on PCs when connected to HDCP-compliant displays. Requires other HDCP-compatible components.	√
VIVO Video In Video Out is a graphics card port which enables some video cards to have bidirectional (input and output) video transfer through a Mini-DIN connector and a specialized splitter cable.	1
VGA Analog-based standard adopted in the late 1980s designed for CRT displays.	1
HDMI The High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is a compact audio/video connector interface for transmitting uncompressed digital streams.	1
Vista Ready NVIDIA nForce-based motherboards are perfect for Microsoft® Windows Vista™ when coupled with an NVIDIA GeForce® GPU and 512MB of system memory.	√
Vista Premium Ready NVIDIA nForce-based motherboards are perfect for Microsoft® Windows Vista™ when coupled with an NVIDIA GeForce® GPU and 512MB of system memory.	√
RoHS The RoHS Directive stands for "the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment". This Directive bans the placing on the EU market of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than agreed levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants.	√
Dimensions L (Inches) N/A	8.9
Dimensions W (Inches) N/A	9.6
Dimensions H (Inches) N/A	1.5
Dimensions L (Metric) N/A	22.5
Dimensions W (Metric) N/A	24.5
Dimensions H (Metric) N/A	4
SATA Data Cables N/A	1
IDE Cable N/A	1
Floppy Cable N/A	1
SATA Power Cable N/A	1
I/O Shield N/A	1

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS OF GRAPHICS REALISM AND PERFORMANCE BUILT INTO A MOTHERBOARD

• Film-quality effects and unparalleled graphics realism with Microsoft DirectX® 10 applications and games
• Turbocharge graphics performance of GeForce GPUs® with GeForce® Boost
• High Dynamic Range lighting with 16 x full-screen anti-aliasing adds cinematic realism

IMMERSIVE, EXTREME HD ENTERTAINMENT

• New PureVideo® HD engine supports hardware accelerated Picture-in-Picture for the ultimate Blu-ray and HD DVD movie experience
• Dynamic contrast enhancement and vibrant color forspectacular picture clarity with frame by frame optimization
• New video processing architecture offloads the CPU and 3D engine of complex video tasks
• Single HDMI cable sends both high definition video