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AMD CPUs are in a state of flux at the moment, with the recent launch of the FX-70 series and the new LGA array that is replacing the Socket AM2 platform. The new nForce 680a motherboard has two CPU sockets. The NF-M2 nView uses the Socket AM2 platform that is still relevant for most people, as the new platform is just entering the market.  Socket AM2 The other important feature of the NF-M2 nView is the integrated video. Integrated video has long been the laughingstock of the hardcore enthusiast. In fact today's modern games like Star Trek Legacy, Oblivion, Prey, Battlefield 2142, Dark Messiah Might and Magic and many others don't even list the Intel GMA3000, Intel's latest integrated graphics core as a supported video card. AMD and NVIDIA have much better integrated video in their RADEON chipset and the nForce 6150 chipset.  Performance profiles  Geforce 6150 information Key features of the nForce 6150 integrated video include support for DirectX 9.0c Pixel and Vertex Shader 3.0. The key features of SM3.0 include longer Shader Programs, Vertex Texture Fetch, Dynamic Branching in the Pixel Shader and Vertex Shader. The GeForce 6 series upon which the 6150 is based upon is now over 2 years old, but is an excellent choice for now, as nothing on the market at the moment is better in features or performance. The GeForce 6150 has 2 Pixel Pipelines and a clockspeed of 475MHz for the core. This gives a nearly 1 Gigapixel fillrate for the integrated graphics. Memory is shared with the motherboard memory. The 6150 uses TurboCache technology to improve performance when used with motherboard memory. The graphics can take up to 256MB of shared system memory to run, with the system allocating 512MB to the graphics memory under driver 84.21  DVI and D-Sub One of the special features of this board is the inclusion of both a DVI and a D-Sub connector for the onboard graphics features. This allows the purchaser of a NF-M2 nView board to run two monitors without the need for an additional graphics card, a Digital LCD monitor and an analog CRT monitor. The DVI-I connection is capable of doing up to 1080i resolution on a digital LCD monitor. Another important feature of the NF-M2 nView is the ability of the GeForce 6150 to use the PureVideo CODEC for High Definition content like Blu-Ray or HD-DVD. The GeForce 6150 graphics is one of the few integrated solutions with this capability, as it requires a hefty CPU and or a hefty graphics chip.  S/PDIF  IO  CD-In FPAudio1  Side view of IO Audio Shots     Going along with the integrated graphics is the need for high quality integrated audio. The introduction of the GeForce 6150+nForce 430 combination was the first NVIDIA platform to support High Definition Audio (HDA). The NF-M2 nView sports a Realtek ALC880 CODEC, which fully supports HDA. Multiple simultaneous audio streams, and 7.1 channel audio are the key features of HDA. Contents: 
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