NVIDIA Announces AMD Integrated Graphics
by Wesley Fink on September 20, 2005 1:08 PM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
NVIDIA announced today the introduction of an Integrated Graphics chipset for the AMD Athlon 64 processor. The GeForce 6100, the new NVIDIA chipset, brings a number of firsts to the market. According to NVIDIA:
- The GeForce 6100 series is the first 90nm GPU to hit the market.
- The nForce 400 series Southbridges, which are combined with the 6100 Northbridge, are the first NVIDIA chips to support Azalia (HD Audio).
- The GeForce 6100 is the first to support high-definition video while still providing customers the ability to offer component-out, composite-out and S-Video-out jacks right on the backplane.
- First UMA (memory sharing) solution to support both DirectX 9.0 and Shader Model 3.
- Optimized for digital media applications such as Daz Studio and Pinnacle Studio 10, along with mainstream games such as Sims2 and Lego Star Wars.
- Boards are all micro-ATX, and many manufacturers plan living room/convergence boxes that look more like video/hifi components than computers.
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mja28 - Thursday, September 22, 2005 - link
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82...">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82...Visual - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - link
on page 2 you mention that "the most feature-laden combination" has a tv tuner.i can see in the table above it has something called "tv encoder", i thought its something to do with tv-out though, certainly not a tuner.
i'd really like a cheap mobo with integrated tuner or atleast a video-in option, but i very much doubt anyone would release such a thing soon.
Wesley Fink - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - link
I have changed "Tuner" to "Encoder" so there is no potential for misunderstanding. Thank you for pointing this out.Questar - Thursday, September 22, 2005 - link
Proof reader on vacation again?Wesley Fink - Thursday, September 22, 2005 - link
Proffreaders don't catch errors like Tuner instead of Encoder ot 2 instead of 4. These two were all me.Leper Messiah - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - link
Seems like a good board for a HTPC or a DC computer, as long as its cheap and OC's okay. Don't need L33t video for F@H.toyota - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - link
why does it sat Nvidia has 2 pipelines and ATI has 4????????? the following is from the article about the ATI chipsets here on Anandtech a few months ago:"Radeon Express 200G adds ATI's first DirectX 9 integrated graphics, which can be supported by both DVI (digital) and VGA (analog) outputs. The graphics core is a modified version of the discrete Radeon X300 core with only two rendering pipelines instead of four." so am i lost or does the ATI also just have 2? why has nobody else noticed this?Wesley Fink - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - link
We have corrected the review to reflect the fact that BOTH the new nVidia 6100 and the ATI Radeon Xpress 200 use 2 pixel pipelines. We apologize for any confusion we created, but the article now reflects the fact that both chipsets use 2 pipelines.Johnmcl7 - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - link
Nice one Wes, reads perfectly now, I agree four pipelines would have been a good move from Nvidia but I guess price is of the highest importance here...I remember with the RS300 with the IGP Radeon 9000, the whole motherboard was the same cost as a discrete GF4MX440/R9000.Let's see if this gets rid of bold...
John
Phiro - Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - link
And we're still in bold!