
NVIDIA¨ GeForceª 6150 GPU
and NVIDIA¨ nForceª 430 MCP chipsets
The NVIDIA¨ GeForceª 6150 graphics processing unit (GPU) Northbridge supports Microsoft¨ DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0, dual VGA out (RGB and
The NVIDIA¨ nForceª 430 media and communications processor (MCP) Southbridge delivers NVIDIA¨ Gigabit LAN with ActiveArmor Firewall for secure networking, and NVIDIA¨ MediaShield storage management technology allowing easy RAID configuration (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and RAID 5) for Serial ATA II.
Employing the Double Data Rate (DDR) memory technology, the motherboard supports up to 4 GB of system memory using DDR400/333 DIMMs. The
PCI Expressª interface
The motherboard fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features
Serial ATA II technology
The motherboard supports the Serial ATA 3 Gb/s technology through the Serial ATA interfaces and the NVIDIA¨ nForceª430 MCP Southbridge. The Serial ATA II 3 Gb/s specification provides twice the bandwidth of the current Serial ATA products with a host of new features, including Native Command Queueing (NCQ), and Power Management (PM) Implementation Algorithm. Serial ATA allows for thinner, more flexible cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage requirement. See page
The Hot Swap function is supported only in RAID mode.
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