FIRST LOOK: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Performance
by Wesley Fink on September 22, 2005 1:29 PM EST- Posted in
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Test Setup
Tests used OCZ PC3200 Platinum Rev. 2, which uses Samsung TCCD chips. All memory ran at 2-2-2-10 timing in all benchmarks.
Resolution in all benchmarks is 800x600x32 unless otherwise noted. 3DMark03 and 3Dmark05 default to a standardized 1024x768 resolution. In all games, detail was set to minimum or normal to try to provide frame rates that might be playable at 800x600. Game options were set exactly the same for tests on both the Biostar NVIDIA and ATI platforms.
| Performance Test Configuration | |
| Processor(s): | AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (2.4GHz) Socket 939 |
| RAM: | 2 x 512MB OCZ PC3200 Platinum Rev. 2 |
| Hard Drive(s): | Seagate 120GB 7200 RPM SATA (8MB Buffer) |
| Platform and Integrated Video Drivers: | NVIDIA nForce 81.26 ATI 5.9 Catalyst |
| Video Cards: | NVIDIA 6100 Integrated ATI RS480 Integrated |
| Operating System(s): | Windows XP Professional SP2 Direct X 9.0c |
| Motherboards: | BIOSTAR TForce 6100-939 (6100/410) ATI Grouper Reference Board (RS480) |
Tests used OCZ PC3200 Platinum Rev. 2, which uses Samsung TCCD chips. All memory ran at 2-2-2-10 timing in all benchmarks.
Resolution in all benchmarks is 800x600x32 unless otherwise noted. 3DMark03 and 3Dmark05 default to a standardized 1024x768 resolution. In all games, detail was set to minimum or normal to try to provide frame rates that might be playable at 800x600. Game options were set exactly the same for tests on both the Biostar NVIDIA and ATI platforms.
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wharris1 - Friday, September 23, 2005 - link
Great article for a chipset with a lot of potential. I was wondering if we'd get southbridge (410/430) performance testing that's been found on most recent motherboard reviews (USB, SATA, audio, etc).blinky2004 - Friday, September 23, 2005 - link
Bright yellow slots and retention brackets and CMOS Reloaded hmmm.... Just like the DFI's...I wonder if DFI lent a hand on the design.
xsilver - Thursday, September 22, 2005 - link
quote: "The only other place that we have seen CMOS reloaded is DFI."abit also has a "reloaded" cmos feature
but then again -- AT is pro dfi right ;)
JarredWalton - Thursday, September 22, 2005 - link
Sure, we're "pro DFI" - because DFI is making some very impressive boards. We're basically pro-enthusiast. :pI'm a little curious about the "CMOS Reloaded", though, as I would have that the name was trademarked.
xsilver - Thursday, September 22, 2005 - link
abit dont call it cmos reloaded probably because it is trademarkedthey call it uguru -- but it performs pretty much the same i think
eg. profiles in bios -- even if you reset the bios, you can load from a number of profiles that have been saved
abit also has the guru software which can load a different set of profiles (on the fly overclocking) while in windows --- not sure if dfi /others have that
MattH - Thursday, September 22, 2005 - link
The big question for me is whether the 6100/6150 will run Aero Glass.Hopefully there will be some boards out there with the full range of I/O options, including DVI, SPDIF, and 1394a. Put good overclocking options on one of those puppies, keep the price under $90, and it would be a killer board for anyone other than the SLI nuts.
Rza79 - Thursday, September 22, 2005 - link
On which frequency is the RS480 GPU running?Because on the MSI RS480 board you can set the mhz from 200Mhz up to 350Mhz.
On the MSI it is set to 200Mhz by default. So this is an important factor.
Also, it would be nice to see how the Geforce 6100 stacks up against a full fledged RS480 board like the Gigabyte K8A480M-9 with on board 32MB framebuffer.
The Gigabyte K8S760M also has on board framebuffer.
eRacer - Sunday, September 25, 2005 - link
Looks like http://www.hkepc.com/hwdb/c51-firstlook-test.htm">this HKEPC review uses an ATI chipset with the 32MB dedicated graphics memory. The ATI board (presumably with 32MB memory) is quite a bit faster than the 6100 chipset in the 3D benchmarks tested.Vol2005 - Monday, September 26, 2005 - link
it was a R482 based moboWesley Fink - Thursday, September 22, 2005 - link
The ATI RS480 GPU clock is 300MHz.