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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formulav8 - Sunday, December 4, 2005 - link
Speak for yourself.jfreiman - Thursday, December 1, 2005 - link
What are the chances that this is not Asus' HTPC motherboard?Could they be developing another model for a home theater PC? -- If so, will it use the nVidia chipset?
As much as I want to use this board for my HTPC, I have to examine why Asus would not have - at the very minimum, included a spidif cable and TV out cable.
Something just doesn't fit in this picture.
-John
Calin - Friday, December 2, 2005 - link
I would like to have game performance compared to a single channel board using one of the current integrated graphic chipsets - there is a Biostar board for Socket 754 and a Asrock one. Or at least to have performance checked with a single DIMM (or two DIMMs in single channel mode)Thanks
jamawass - Thursday, December 1, 2005 - link
Poor implementation of a good idea by Asus.This chipset screams htpc, why have HD audio without out of the box spdif? Might as well have realtek audio. The S video out should also be standard with an optional component out dongle for those who need it. Add-on brackets take up pci openings on the case, quite a few htpc cases are microatx where these slots are a premium.ShadowVlican - Thursday, December 1, 2005 - link
aw man.... if only this board can OC...jfreiman - Thursday, December 1, 2005 - link
According to the picture of the motherboad the board you tested was 1.01.However, I just read that there is a 2.0 rev board. Are you aware of this? Do you know if this is accurate?
I can't find anything about this on the Asus site and would like to know about this before I get the final piece (motherboard/video) for my HTPC upgrade.
Thanks for the quick review, and I too would like to know more about it's CPU utilization during DVD and HDTV playback.
Again, thank you.
-John
PS. and if I missed it, what was the BIOS revision you used for your tests.
Gary Key - Thursday, December 1, 2005 - link
AMI 0506
plonk420 - Thursday, December 1, 2005 - link
may we see HL2 and MPEG2/WMV9 decoding benchmarks, please, Anand? also, how does one go about purchasing the addon card, and is it S-Video only, or is there hope for component out?BigLan - Thursday, December 1, 2005 - link
Does the nvidia firewall actually work on this board, or does it corrupt zip archives as have been reported with the nforce4?Leper Messiah - Thursday, December 1, 2005 - link
Performance is mediocore, features missing, can't OC. Guess I'll be sticking with a biostar 6100-T for my next F@H box.