NVIDIA MCP73 Products

NVIDIA have four variants of MCP73 being announced at launch, with the differences mostly in the processor support, IGP clock and system memory support.

NVIDIA GeForce 7150 and NVIDIA nForce 630i

The top 7150/630i configuration supports all the mentioned features on the previous page, including 1333MHz bus processors, DDR2-800 memory, all supported RAID levels from the disk controllers (0, 1, 0+1 and 5), and the GigE network controller.

The IGP clock is stated as 600MHz+.

NVIDIA GeForce 7100 and NVIDIA nForce 630i

7100/630i is identical to 7150/630i, differing only on the IGP clock. It's 600MHz for this configuration.

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 and NVIDIA nForce 630i

7050/630i drops memory controller support to DDR2-667 for the system memory, 1333MHz bus processors aren't supported any more (1066 and 800MHz are), and you lose the HDMI port. IGP clock is also down to 500MHz.

NVIDIA GeForce 7050 and NVIDIA nForce 610i

The final configuration, 7050/610i drops to DDR2-667 as well, only supports up to 1066MHz bus processrs and doesn't have the HDMI or DVI ports. IGP clock is down to 500MHz again, and the nForce 610i moniker means the loss of RAID levels 0+1 and 5, no GigE support (just 100Mib/sec), and only 8 USB2.0 ports. The lack of HDMI or DVI output renders the 7050/610i configuration as the true cast-out bastard child of the family, leaving it useful only for the true poverty-spec PCs on the market.

Lack of any digital output has to fairly inexcusable in 2007 from any PC display device, even an IGP, we argue. Dropping HDMI we can understand, but DVI going too means you should ignore 7050/610i mainboards and equipped PCs when you spot it. Analogue only needs to die in a fire.