Asus A8N-VM CSM: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 Finally Arrives
by Wesley Fink on December 1, 2005 12:04 AM 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 2-2-2-7 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 where possible to try to provide frame rates that might be playable at 800x600. Game options were set exactly the same for tests on the Asus A8N-VM, the Biostar NVIDIA 6100 and ATI RS482 platforms. ATI has announced an RS485 chipset that is clocked higher than the current RS482. It is designed to compete with the new NVIDIA GeForce 6150.
| 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 8.22 Platform 81.95 Video ATI 5.10 Catalyst |
| Video Cards: | NVIDIA 6150 Integrated NVIDIA 6100 Integrated ATI RS482 Integrated |
| Operating System(s): | Windows XP Professional SP2 Direct X 9.0c |
| Motherboards: | Asus A8N-VM CSM (6150/430) BIOSTAR TForce 6100-939 (6100/410) ATI Grouper Reference Board (RS482) |
Tests used OCZ PC3200 Platinum Rev. 2, which uses Samsung TCCD chips. All memory ran at 2-2-2-7 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 where possible to try to provide frame rates that might be playable at 800x600. Game options were set exactly the same for tests on the Asus A8N-VM, the Biostar NVIDIA 6100 and ATI RS482 platforms. ATI has announced an RS485 chipset that is clocked higher than the current RS482. It is designed to compete with the new NVIDIA GeForce 6150.
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frank1966 - Saturday, December 31, 2005 - link
I have bought two of these, needed to be upgraded to 5.06 to really do anyting with it. Asus customer support comment: Dealer should not sell these board without upgrading them first...After many hours of testing and emailing with other users:
- You can't change FSB. It is fixed at 200. No overclocking possible.
- You can't use HT as specified. it is only stable at 400 mhz at 8 bits, which reduces bandwidth by factor 5
- Gigabit does not go above 200mbit
Revision is 1.01
I send them back.
fusionrx - Friday, December 9, 2005 - link
Anand and gang,in the followup article you guys plan to do, how about adding a section for mobo performance with value ram and with high $$ ram. This board is a steal and those of us who want to make a very capable budget system are curious as to how this would perform with 'budget ram'.
ie. I have this mobo, and want to pair it with a 3200 cpu and 1gb value ram.
Beenthere - Sunday, December 4, 2005 - link
Despite the many comments on this Mobo and the number of integrated graphics Mobos based on the Nvidia 6100 series chip showing up, I can't figure out where there is enough need/demand/market for these integrated graphics boards??? It looks like a solution for a non-existent need to me. It looks like Nvidia is trying to create a market segment that doesn't exist??? Very strange.legolad - Tuesday, December 6, 2005 - link
I, for one, don't give a rat's left buttock for the integrated graphics.I'm building a new LAN party PC on the cheap and wanted to make it small. Trouble is, I don't want to make it proprietary a la Biostar/Shuttle.
So I opted for the Aspire QPack case with an XFX 6800 GS card.
I'll use the onboard audio and LAN.
Trouble is, none of the reviews of these 6100 and 6150 mobos (here or on other web sites) seem to compare the performance of these mobos with the performance of other MicroATX boards. I mean, from a performance perspective, I want to compare the MicroATX boards built from the 6100/6150 chipsets with those MicroATX boards that are built from, say, nForce4 chipsets.
While I may one day build an HTPC, I'm just not a fan of that yet. Still too early in the game.
But a small gaming PC with good enough performance to rock some FPSs or RTSs with my buds - now THAT's a compelling app for me.
Has ANYONE directly compared the performance of Micro-ATX boards made from different chipsets? I've been looking, but still haven't found anything.
legolad - Tuesday, December 6, 2005 - link
"I'll use the onboard audio and LAN."should read:
"I'll use the onboard audio and LAN of whatever mobo I buy."
BigLan - Sunday, December 4, 2005 - link
Boards with integrated graphics have the largest market share. You know Intel is the biggest player in VGA, right? All the OEMS (Dell, Gateway, HP etc) want the cheapest board poosible, and not having to plug a vid card into the board is just another way to do that, coupled with the fact that it is one less thing to break.The nice thing about these nforce boards, and the radeon xpress, is that they'll at least be able to run vista's eye candy, which previous generation integrated parts will not be able to do.
benwa73 - Friday, December 2, 2005 - link
Does anyone have a good recommendation for a case for this board? Something small but quiet.frustrated - Friday, December 2, 2005 - link
Please, please, please try an installation of mythtv of this motherboard and let us know the results. Is driver support available in linux for the different components on this board.Phantronius - Friday, December 2, 2005 - link
Hey Linux boy, we don't care. Piss off.frustrated - Monday, December 5, 2005 - link
Ignorant. Mythtv is big in the home brew PVR market. I think there would be a lot of interest seeing if this board works well in Linux. An installation of Knoppmyth would only take about 30 minutes.