Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF-9 (GeForce 6100 nForce 430) Review

Fresh from our chipset performance preview of the new NVIDIA GeForce 6100 / nForce 400 series of IGP chipsets, we have a retail board available for public consumption and this time from Gigabyte. The Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF-9 is configured using the GeForce 6100 GPU as the Northbridge and the nForce 430 MCP as the Southbridge.

Although Gigabyte is one of the first few manufacturers to come out with a GeForce 6100 / nForce 400 series motherboard, we like how they make full use of the chipset’s capabilities. As a budget mainstream motherboard that only costs US$79, the GA-K8N51GMF-9 supports all the features you’d expect to see in a full fledged ATX motherboard, including FireWire and the decision to go with a true HD CODEC instead of settling down with plain AC’97. The Gigabyte GA-K8N51GMF-9 was a very attractive motherboard, fully-featured, solid stability and excellent pricing. However, its performance numbers were a little worrying.

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