abit I-N73HD and MSI P6NGM (NVIDIA GeForce 71хх)
| abit I-N73HD | MSI P6NGM |
| Chipset |
NVIDIA GeForce 7100 |
NVIDIA GeForce 7150 |
| CPU |
LGA775 Pentium 4 FSB 1333/1066/800/533 MHz
Celeron FSB 800/533 MHz
Dual-Core Pentium4
Core 2 Duo (+ Yorkfield, Wolfdale)
HyperThreading |
LGA775 Pentium 4 FSB 1333/1066/800/533 MHz
Celeron FSB 800/533 MHz
Dual-Core Pentium4
Core 2 Duo (+ Yorkfield, Wolfdale)
HyperThreading |
| Memory |
DDR2 533/667/800 |
DDR2 533/667/800 |
| HDD |
1x UltraDMA/100
4x SerialATA II (RAID)
|
1x UltraDMA/100
4x SerialATA II (RAID)
|
| Extras |
2 IEEE-1394a
Audio - HDA
10 USB 2.0
Gigabit Ethernet |
2 IEEE-1394a
Audio - HDA
10 USB 2.0
Gigabit Ethernet |
| Price: |
~$77(Price.ru) |
n/a |
The release of the AMD 780G chipset has substantially changed the shares distribution on the market of integrated motherboards. The superb functionality and high performance in 3D applications almost leaves no chances for competitors in the sector of products priced at ~$80. Therefore, today's tests of motherboards based on the NVIDIA GeForce 71xx series chipsets, to some extent, will be interesting only to those users who are after the Intel platform rather than speed at 3D applications. In particular, we'll be reviewing abit I-N73HD (GeForce 7100) and MSI P6NGM (GeForce 7150).
Of special mention is the MSI board because the PCB of P6NGM was used by the company's engineers to develop a whole line of motherboards: P6NGM-L based on the nForce 7050 + nForce 610i combination, and P6NGM-FD (at that, there is still no precise info: either GeForce 7050 + nForce 630i, or GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i), and P6NGM-FIH GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i. We note that the P6NGM-FIH version is different from P6NGM in the lack of a Firewire controller.
Once again, let's recall the specifications of NVIDIA GeForce 7ххх series chipsets.
| |
NVIDIA GeForce 7150
NVIDIA nForce 630i |
NVIDIA GeForce 7100
NVIDIA nForce 630i |
NVIDIA GeForce 7050
NVIDIA nForce 630i |
NVIDIA GeForce 7050
NVIDIA nForce 610i |
| Supported processors |
Core
Pentium D
Pentium 4
Celeron D |
| Socket |
LGA775 |
| System bus (max. official FSB) |
1333 MHz |
1066 MHz |
| Supported memory |
DDR2800 |
DDR2800 |
DDR2667 |
DDR2667 |
| Support for DirectX 9.0 with shaders 3.0 |
Yes |
| Integrated support for HDMI |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Support for HDCP |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Support for DVI |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Graphics core speed |
630 MHz |
600 MHz |
500 MHz |
500 MHz |
| Support for PCI Express |
1x16
2x1 |
| Sound |
High-Definition Audio |
| Q-ty of SATA II/PATA links |
4/1 |
| Support for RAID |
0,1,0+1,5 |
0,1,0+1,5 |
0,1,0+1,5 |
0,1 |
| Support for NVIDIA MediaShield |
Yes |
| Support for Ethernet |
10/100/1000 |
10/100/1000 |
10/100/1000 |
10/100 |
| USB ports |
10 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
Specifications
| |
abit I-N73HD |
MSI P6NGM |
| CPU |
- Intel Pentium 4 (Prescott (2M)/Gallatin/CedarMill) with the bus speeds 1066/800/533 MHz
- Dual-core Intel Pentium D / EE (Smithfield/Presler) with the bus speeds 800/1066 MHz
- Intel Celeron with the bus speeds 533/800 MHz
- Support for Intel Core 2 Duo (+ Yorkfield, Wolfdale)
- Socket LGA775
- Support for HyperThreading processors |
| Chipset |
- NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i
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- NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i
|
| System memory |
- Two 240-pin slots for DDR2 SDRAM DIMM
- Maximum memory capacity 4 GB
- Supported memory DDR2 533/667/800
- Onboard power indicator |
- Two 240-pin slots for DDR2 SDRAM DIMM
- Maximum memory capacity 4 GB
- Supported memory DDR2 533/667/800 |
| Graphics |
- Integrated graphic core GeForce 7100
- One PCI Express x16 slot |
- Integrated graphic core GeForce 7150
- One PCI Express x16 slot |
| Expansion options |
- Two 32-bit PCI Bus Master slots
- One PCI Express x1 slot
- Ten USB 2.0 ports (4 integrated + 6 additional)
- Two IEEE1394 ports (Firewire; 1 integrated + 1 additional)
- Integrated High Definition Audio 7.1
- Gigabit Ethernet LAN controller
|
| Overclocking options |
- FSB adjustable within 100 to 625 MHz in 1 MHz increments; multiplier adjustable;
- Adjustable voltages on the CPU, memory, north bridge, and the FSB
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- FSB adjustable within 100 to 625 MHz in 1 MHz increments; multiplier adjustable
- Adjustable voltages memory
|
| Disk subsystem |
- 1 link for UltraDMA100/66/33 Bus Master IDE (nForce 630i; with support for up to 2 ATAPI devices)
- Support for SerialATA II (4 links - nForce 630i; support for RAID 0,1,0+1,5
- Support for LS-120 / ZIP / ATAPI CD-ROM |
| BIOS |
- 4 Mbit Flash ROM
- Award BIOS Phoenix with support for Enhanced ACPI, DMI, Green, PnP Features and Trend Chip Away Virus
|
- 4 Mbit Flash ROM
- AMI BIOS with support for Enhanced ACPI, DMI, Green, PnP Features
|
| Misc |
- Ports for PS/2 mouse and keyboard
- STR (Suspend to RAM)
- SPDIF Out
- Onboard power indicator
|
- One serial port, ports for PS/2 mouse and keyboard
- STR (Suspend to RAM)
- SPDIF Out
|
| Power management |
- Wake-up on modem, mouse, keyboard, LAN, timer, and USB
- Main 24-pin ATX power connector
- Additional 8-pin power connector
|
- Wake-up on modem, mouse, keyboard, LAN, timer, and USB
- Main 24-pin ATX power connector
- Additional 4-pin power connector
|
| Monitoring |
- Monitoring the temperature of the CPU, system, PWM, voltages, rotational speeds of the four fans
- FanEQ |
- Monitoring the temperature of the CPU, system, voltages, rotational speeds of the two fans
- Smart Fan |
| Dimensions |
- micro-ATX form factor, 244x244 mm (9.63" x 9.63") |
- micro-ATX form factor, 245x220 mm (9.63" x 8.64") |
Retail boxes
Package bundle
- motherboard;
- User's Manual in English;
- 1x software & drivers CD;
- one ATA133 cable + FDD cable;
- 1x SerialATA cable + a power supply adapter (1 connector);
- a cap for the rear panel of the housing;
- a sticker with the jumpers layout diagram.
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- motherboard;
- User's Manual in English;
- CD with the software and drivers for Windows XP + the same for MS Vista;
- one ATA133 cable;
- 1x SerialATA cable + a power supply adapter (1 connector);
- a cap for the rear panel of the housing.
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The package bundles of both the motherboards is almost identical
The differences are in that the abit board has a FDD cable, as well as a sticker with the layout of connectors and jumpers. On the MSI board, there are two CDs instead of one: one for Windows XP, the other one for Vista.
On the whole, we found nothing to complain about the package bundles of the boards since they fully meet the level of value products.
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