Motherboards will be available on the market by the end of September by the usual suspects: ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, ECS, DFI, Shuttle, EPoX, Biostar, Chaintech, Jetway and Foxconn. NVIDIA, however, makes a point saying that motherboards using this new chipset family is more targeted to OEMs and system builders, while big retail stores like CompUSA, Fry’s, etc are more likely to be pushing high-end and enthusiast products, like motherboards based on nForce 4 SLI. So maybe they won’t be easily seen around like nForce 4-based motherboards. According to NVIDIA, OEMs and system builders should be releasing PCs based on this new chipset family by October.

In Figure 5, you can see a GeForce 6150/nForce 430 model from MSI.

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Figure 5: GeForce 6150/nForce 430 model from MSI.

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Figure 6: Detail of the same motherboard.

This model has DVI and component video outputs. The DVI connector is soldered to the motherboard, while component video and S-Video outputs are available through a bracket.

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Figure 7: Pay attention to the on-board DVI connector.

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Figure 8: Component video bracket.