GeForce 6100 Chipset

nForce 3 and nForce 4 are single chip solutions. With the GeForce 6100 series, NVIDIA returns to a two-chip solution.


The GeForce6100/6150 provide integrated graphics support and PCI Express. The 430/410 MCP, NVIDIA's name for their Southbridges, provides the rest of the peripheral support including integrated LAN, IDE, SATA, USB and support for both high-definition Azalia and AC'97 audio.



Motherboards and systems are expected in early October from a wide cross-section of manufacturers. Two of the earliest boards are expected from Asus . . .


. . . and Gigabyte..


The GeForce 6100 Family Our Take
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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!

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