MSI Unveils Three Motherboards Based On NVIDIA’s New Chipsets

Following the product announcement of Nvidia’s GeForce 6100-series integrated GPUs, MSI unveiled three K8-compatible motherboards – the GeForce 6150/6100-based K8NPVM2/K8NGM2 for AMD Socket-939 CPUs, the 6100-based K8NGM-V for AMD Socket-754 processors and the K8N Diamond Plus, featuring Nvidia's nForce4 SLI dual-graphics chipset for the AMD Socket-939 platform.

K8NPVM2 / K8NGM2 bases on nForce 430 & GeForce 6150/6100 chipset, features PCI Express x16, SATA2 (RAID 0, 1, 0+5, 5), Gigabit Ethernet, and is bundled with DVI-D/D-Sub adapters (C51PV only). According to the company, the K8NPVM2 motherboard is well suited to deliver home digital audio and video, with the support of Nvidia’s PureVideo technology, Microsoft Windows Media Video HD standard and DVD-D output. The K8NPVM2 should be priced at less than NT$4,000 (US$120), according to sources.

K8NGM-V bases on nForce 410 and GeForce 6100 chipset, has PCI Express x16, SATA2 (RAID 0, 1) interface. It is scheduled for the late October.

Finally, K8N Diamond Plus bases on Nvidia nForce4 SLI, features PCI Express x16/x1/x4, SATA2 (RAID 0, 1, 0+5, 5), dual Gigabit Ethernet. Expected early in November.

Source: MSI Taiwan, iXBT, DigiTimes

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