NVIDIA Renames GeForce 6100 and nForce 405
The "MCP61P" is renamed GeForce 7050 and nForce 630a, still a single-chip design
AMD is not the only company playing the chipset renaming game. NVIDIA is renaming its existing MCP61P GeForce 6100 and nForce 405 chipset to compete with AMD’s upcoming RS690 in the marketing game. AMD’s RS690 hit a snag and has yet to launch in mass quantities unfortunately.
Nevertheless, NVIDIA has given the existing MCP61P GeForce 6100 and nForce 405 chipsets a new GeForce 7-series and nForce 600-series name. Under the new naming scheme, the single-chip MCP61P GeForce 6100 and nForce 405 is reborn as the GeForce 7050 and nForce 630a.
New name aside, the GeForce 7050 and nForce 630a are identical to the GeForce 6100 and nForce 405. While it may appear the GeForce 7050 does not deserve a GeForce 7-series designation, it is in fact a GeForce 7-series derived graphics core as previously reported. However, the performance of the MCP61P was abysmal and undeserving of the GeForce 7-series name and thus carried the GeForce 6100 name.
NVIDIA’s GeForce 7050 integrated graphics core features an sDVO connection for enhanced video output capabilities. PureVideo video processing is unavailable on GeForce 7050 IGP, unfortunately. It is up to motherboard manufactures to decide the video output capabilities of a GeForce 7050 IGP based motherboard. Depending on how the sDVO connection is used, motherboard manufacturers can equip motherboards with DVI, TV-out, component video out and/or HDMI outputs.
Although GeForce 7050 and nForce 630a based motherboards feature a GeForce 7-series IGP, there is still plenty of expansion options such as a single full-speed PCIe x16 slot. Other notable features of the GeForce 7050 and nForce 630a combination include dual-channel DDR2-533/667/800 support, PCIe x1 & PCI slots, high-definition audio, ten USB 2.0, four SATA 3.0Gbps ports with RAID and Gigabit Ethernet.
GeForce 7050 and nForce 630a-based motherboard. Image courtesy of Chilehardware
DVI, VGA, HDMI and TV-outputs
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