Gigabyte 73UM-S2H and 73PVM-S2H
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Date: 04.12.2007 |
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Gigabyte 73UM-S2H
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| Chipset |
NVIDIA GeForce 7150 |
| CPU |
LGA775 Pentium 4 FSB 1333/1066/800/533 MHz
Celeron FSB 800/533 MHz
Dual-Core Pentium4
Core 2 Duo (+ Yorkfield, Wolfdale)
HyperThreading |
| Memory |
DDR2 533/667/800 |
| HDD |
1x UltraDMA/100
4x SerialATA II (RAID)
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| Extras |
2 IEEE-1394a
Audio HDA
10 USB 2.0
Gigabit Ethernet |
| Price: |
n/a |
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Gigabyte 73PVM-S2H
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| Chipset |
NVIDIA GeForce 7100 |
| CPU |
LGA775 Pentium 4 FSB 1333/1066/800/533 MHz
Celeron FSB 800/533 MHz
Dual-Core Pentium4
Core 2 Duo (+ Yorkfield, Wolfdale)
HyperThreading |
| Memory |
DDR2 533/667/800 |
| HDD |
1x UltraDMA/100
4x SerialATA II (RAID)
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| Extras |
2 IEEE-1394a
Audio HDA
10 USB 2.0
Gigabit Ethernet |
| Price: |
n/a |
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Late in 2007, NVIDIA started its expansion over the market of integrated graphics for the Intel platform. To achieve that goal, a new line of GeForce 7000 series chipsets based on the G73 chip was released. It includes the following products: GeForce 7150+nForce 630i, GeForce 7100+nForce 630i, GeForce 7050+nForce 630i, and GeForce 7050+nForce 610i. Here are their technical specifications.
To begin with, we note the major advantages. First, the chipsets support all the existing Intel processors with FSB both 266 MHz and 333 MHz. Secondly, the integrated video core offers a really powerful functionality and support for HDMI with HDCP. Combined with the well polished graphic drivers, motherboards based on GeForce 7000 family chipsets appear to be a good alternative to systems with discrete low-end video cards. Besides, all the chipset (except GeForce 7050+nForce 610i) support plugging in two monitors.
Now, the shortcomings. The only shortcoming is the single-channel memory controller for GeForce 7000 series chipsets. However, as the performance test has shown, this technical solution has almost not affected the operating speed of the system equipped with a discrete video card. We'll be talking about the speed of the integrated video card a bit later.
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NVIDIA GeForce 7150
NVIDIA nForce 630i |
NVIDIA GeForce 7100
NVIDIA nForce 630i |
NVIDIA GeForce 7050
NVIDIA nForce 630i |
NVIDIA GeForce 7050
NVIDIA nForce 610i |
| Supported processors |
Core
Pentium D
Pentium 4
Celeron D |
| Socket |
LGA775 |
| System bus (max. official FSB) |
1333 MHz |
1066 MHz |
| Supported memory |
DDR2800 |
DDR2800 |
DDR2667 |
DDR2667 |
| Support for DirectX 9.0 with shaders 3.0 |
Yes |
| Integrated support for HDMI |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Support for HDCP |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Support for DVI |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Graphics core speed |
630 MHz |
600 MHz |
500 MHz |
500 MHz |
| Support for PCI Express |
1x16
2x1 |
| Sound |
High-Definition Audio |
| Q-ty of SATA II/PATA lines |
4/1 |
| Support for RAID |
0,1,0+1,5 |
0,1,0+1,5 |
0,1,0+1,5 |
0,1 |
| Support for NVIDIA MediaShield |
Yes |
| Support for Ethernet |
10/100/1000 |
10/100/1000 |
10/100/1000 |
10/100 |
| USB ports |
10 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
Discrete video cards are supported by new chipsets due to the sufficient number of PCI Express bus lanes. In particular, the two of the reviewed boards offer a PCI Express x16 slot and one PCI Express x1 slot each. By the way, these are 73UM-S2H and 73PVM-S2H made by Gigabyte, which are based on GeForce 7150 and GeForce 7100, respectively.
 As regards the expansion options, the GeForce 7000 series has not brought anything new: the GeForce 7150, 7100, and 7050 offer the integrated south bridge nForce 630i which supports a Gigabit network connection, four SerialATA II lines (with support for RAID), one ParallelATA line, integrated High Definition Audio 7.1, and ten USB 2.0 ports. In NVIDIA's assortment, there is also a super-value combination of GeForce 7050 and the south bridge nForce 610i which supports only eight USB 2.0 ports and does not support Gigabit Ethernet. The number of lines to plug in storage has not been reduced, whereas the RAID functionality has been cut down: only arrays of levels 0 and 1 are supported.
Specifications
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Gigabyte 73UM-S2H |
Gigabyte 73PVM-S2H |
| CPU |
- Intel Pentium 4 (Prescott (2M)/Gallatin/CedarMill) with the bus speeds 1066/800/533 MHz
- Dual-core Intel Pentium D / EE (Smithfield/Presler) with the bus speeds 800/1066 MHz
- Intel Celeron with the bus speeds 533/800 MHz
- Support for Intel Core 2 Duo (+ Yorkfield, Wolfdale)
- Socket LGA775
- Support for HyperThreading processors |
| Chipset |
- NVIDIA GeForce 7150 + nForce 630i |
- NVIDIA GeForce 7100 + nForce 630i |
| System Memory |
- Two 240-pin slots for DDR2 SDRAM DIMM
- Maximum memory capacity 4 GB
- Supported memory DDR2 533/667/800 |
| Graphics |
- Integrated graphic core GeForce 7150
- One PCI Express x16 slot |
- Integrated graphic core GeForce 7100
- One PCI Express x16 slot |
| Expansion options |
- Two 32-bit PCI Bus Master slots
- One PCI Express x1 slot
- Ten USB 2.0 ports (4 integrated + 6 additional)
- Two IEEE1394 ports (Firewire; one integrated + 1 additional)
- Integrated High Definition Audio 7.1
- Gigabit Ethernet LAN controller |
| Overclocking options |
- FSB adjustable within 100 to 650 MHz; video core frequency adjustable (up to +50%); multiplier adjustable
- Adjustable CPU voltage |
| Disk subsystem |
- 1 line for UltraDMA100/66/33 Bus Master IDE (nForce 630i; with support for up to 2 ATAPI devices)
- Support for SerialATA II (4 lines - nForce 630a; support for RAID 0,1,0+1,5
- Support for LS-120 / ZIP / ATAPI CD-ROM |
| BIOS |
- 4 Mbit Flash ROM
- Award BIOS with support for Enhanced ACPI, DMI, Green, PnP Features and Trend Chip Away Virus |
| Misc |
- One serial and one parallel port, ports for PS/2 mouse and keyboard
- STR (Suspend to RAM)
- SPDIF In/Out |
| Power management |
- Wake-up on modem, mouse, keyboard, LAN, timer, and USB
- Main 24-pin ATX power connector
- Additional 4-pin power connector |
| Monitoring |
- Monitoring the temperature of the CPU, system, voltages, rotational speeds of the two fans
- Smart Fan |
| Dimensions |
- ATX form factor, 245x220 mm (9.63" x 8.64") |
Retail boxes
Package bundle:
- motherboard;
- User's Manual in English + brief usage guide;
- CD with the software and drivers + the same as for MS Vista (*);
- one ATA133 cable + FDD cable;
- 2x SerialATA cables;
- a cap for the rear panel of the housing.
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* - available only in a box with Gigabyte 73UM-S2H.
The package bundles of both the motherboards is almost identical
The only difference is in that the board based on 7150 has an additional CD with drivers for MS Vista.
On the whole, we had nothing to claim about the package bundles of the boards. However, the retail price is still unknown, so we can't rate the package bundle.
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