GeForce 8-series chipsets

GeForce 8 series is a series of Nvidia motherboard chipsets aimed at home theater PC solutions using CPUs by AMD (for its Intel CPUs equivalent see GeForce 9300 or GeForce 9400 chipsets[1]). The chipsets are capable of full 1080p Blu-ray and HD DVD playback with most processing being done by the integrated chipset from the motherboard and not requiring an additional video card.[2]

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Specifications

Feature Description
NVIDIA Hybrid SLI Technology GeForce Boost technology, HybridPower technology
Graphics DirectX 10 support, PureVideo HD, 8 stream processors
Display Options HDMI, Single Link DVI, VGA
Expansion Slots PCI Express 2.0 support, 1 x16, 3 x1, Up to 5 PCI Slots
CPU AMD Phenom, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64
CPU socket Socket AM2+/AM2
Memory DDR2 1066/800/667/533
Storage NVIDIA MediaShield Technology, Up to 6 Serial ATA 3.0 Gbit/s drives, Up to 2 PATA drives (Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33), RAID configurations 0, 1, 0+1, 5
Networking Native Gigabit Ethernet connection, NVIDIA FirstPacket technology
USB Up to 12 USB 2.0 ports
Audio VIA / Nvidia High Definition Audio

Available motherboards

Chipset Manufacturer Model Form Factor Integrated
HDMI 1.3
HDCP Key Other features
GeForce 8100 Zotac GF8100-A-E mATX No Yes HDMI by adapter, D-Sub, DVI
GeForce 8200 ASRock K10N78FullHD-hSLI mATX Yes Yes HDMI by adapter, D-Sub, DVI
ASUS M3N78-EMH HDMI mATX Yes Yes HDMI, D-Sub, DVI
Biostar GF8200 M2+ mATX No Yes D-Sub, DVI
ECS GF8200A ATX Yes Yes HDMI, D-Sub
EVGA 113-M2-E113-TR ATX Yes Yes HDMI, D-Sub, DVI
Gigabyte GA-M78SM-S2H mATX Yes Yes HDMI, D-Sub, DVI
MSI K9N2GM-FIH mATX Yes Yes HDMI, D-Sub
XFX MI-A78S-8209 mATX Yes Yes HDMI, D-Sub, DVI
Shuttle Inc. SN78SH7 SFF Yes Yes HDMI, DVI by adapter
GeForce 8300 ASUS M3N78 PRO ATX Yes Yes HDMI, D-Sub, DVI by adapter
XFX MI-A78U-8309 mATX Yes Yes HDMI, D-Sub, DVI
Zotac GF8300-A-E mATX Yes Yes HDMI by adapter, D-Sub, DVI

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