NVIDIA has plans to launch an integrated chipset which supports the Core 2 Duo Intel LGA775 Platform. This series of chipset is named MCP73. It is scheduled for September.
Today, a website shown an unknown mainboard bearing the brand Topstar which bears this engineering sample of the MCP73 Chipset.
MCP73 Series is a Integrated Chipset for Intel LGA775 Platform. It includes MCP73PV(NF7050-630I), MCP73S(NF7025-630I) and MCP73V(NF7025-610I).
In these three chipsets, most of spec are same, such as support Intel FSB1333/1000 CPU, SATAII, PATA, HDAUDIO, GB Lan, etc. However, there are little differences between the three of them.
1. MCP73PV supports Single DDRII800, MCP73S/V only support Single DDRII667
2. MCP73PV Supports HDMI & HDCP, MCP73S support HDCP,
But MCP73V didnot support HDMI and HDCP.
The "Topstar" board shown is model TM-NF73SM. TM-NF73SM uses NF7050-630I which supports LGA775 CPU, DDRII 800 Single Channel, SATAII, PATA, Gb Lan, HDaudio, etc. In addition, Topstar added a Debug LED on I/O Panel, which is a useful feature for DIY users to diagnose board problems.
At this moment, we have no concrete time table of when MCP73 boards will appear in the market.
Below are pictures of the Topstar Mainboard TM-N73SM.
NF7050-630I
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