Worldwide first Windows^® Vista™ Premium/Basic Logo Hardware Ready motherboards are born! K8NF4G-VSTA

Embedded with powerful NVIDIA^® nForce 4 Series Chipsets GeForce 6100 and nForce 410 MCP, this motherboard definitely quenches your thirst for exhilarating gaming experience with DirectX9.0, Pixel Shader 3.0 and maximum 128MB shared memory, which allows you to enjoy 3D gaming that is equivalent to other high-end Graphics cards, what's more? It is Windows^® Vista™ Basic Logo Hardware Ready......ASRock K8NF4G-VSTA

June 1^st, 2006, Taipei

For users craving for ultimate gaming experience and new Windows^® Operating system – Windows^® Vista™, here comes a 754 socket motherboard that can satisfy their needs. K8NF4G-VSTA is really a highly functional motherboard with integrated NV44 graphics DirectX9.0 VGA, pixel shader 3.0 and maximum shared memory of 128MB, and is even Windows^® Vista™ Basic Hardware Ready.

For users who prefers 754 platform, they can choose K8NF4G-VSTA which based on NVIDIA^® nForce 4 series chipset - GeForce 6100, supports Socket 754 for AMD Athlon™ 64 and Sempron Processors, with chipset capable to FSB1000MHz (2.0GT/s). K8NF4G-VSTA comes with AMD Cool 'n' Quiet, Hyper-Transport Technology and ASRock Untied Overclocking Technology, which allows FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCI/PCIE buses. For scalability, K8NF4G-VSTA comes with 2 DIMM slots of DDR400 with maximum capacity up to 2GB. To go with the latest trend of PCI Express interface, K8NF4G-VSTA is supported with both PCI Express x 16 and PCI Express x 1 interface. To further boost system performance, users may even upgrade their hard disk interface to the updated SATA II (3.0Gb/s), which is the latest and fastest specification so far with a high speed of 300Mbytes, twice the speed of Serial ATA. Of course, you may find 7.1 High Definition Audio which provides high quality audio, 10/100 Ethernet LAN, 4-ready-to-use USB2.0 ports on board as well.

Windows^® Vista™ operating system, which is the spotlight of this newly released model, is going to be announced soon within months. Windows^® Vista™ operating system may increase reliability, security, and ease of use for entry-level computers and basic tasks such as fast searching function, writing e-mail and surfing the Web.

Another amazing part of K8NF4G-VSTA is that it comes with high-end embedded chipsets - NVIDIA^® GeForce 6100. NVIDIA^® GeForce 6100 supports the latest DirectX9.0, Pixel Shader 3.0 and maximum 128MB shared memory. Almost all animated hot games these days require DX9.0 and Pixel Shader 3.0 to have them run smoothly and without lagging. nForce 4 series GPUs are able to provide a powerful, flexible, and stable platform for delivering faster, smoother, and ultra-realistic game play.

We took test run on K8NF4G-VSTA with ATi reference boards for its graphics performance, and proved that they are currently the strongest AMD K8 Embedded Graphics platforms.

Here are K8NF4G-VSTA brief specifications:

• Socket 754 for AMD Athlon™ 64 and Sempron processors (Detailed support list is available on www.asrock.com/support/index.htm )
• nVidia GeForce 6100 chipset + nForce 410 MCP chipsets
• Chipset Capable to FSB 1000MHz (2.0GT/s), Hyper-Transport Technology and AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Technology
• Integrated NV44 graphics DX9.0 VGA, Pixel Shader 3.0, Max. shared memory 128MB 
• Supports DDR400, 2 x DIMM slots
• Hybrid Booster - ASRock Safe Overclocking Technology
• Untied Overclocking: FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCI/PCIE buses
• 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
• 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
• 2 x Serial ATA II 3.0Gb/s, supports RAID 0, 1, JBOD
• 7.1 channel with High Definition Audio
• Windows^® Vista™ Basic Logo Hardware Ready
• HD 8CH I/O: 4 ready-to-use USB ports, HD 7.1 channel audio jack