GeForce 8000-series chipsets

GeForce 8000 series is a series of Nvidia motherboard chipsets aimed at home theater PC and gaming pc solutions using CPUs by AMD (for its Intel CPUs equivalent see GeForce 9300 or GeForce 9400 chipsets^[1]). The chipsets are capable of full 1080p Blu-ray and HD DVD playback with most processing being done by the integrated chipset from the motherboard and not requiring an additional video card.^[2]

Specifications

Feature	Description
NVIDIA Hybrid SLI Technology	GeForce Boost technology, HybridPower technology
Graphics	DirectX 10 support, PureVideo HD, 8 stream processors
Display Options	HDMI, Single Link DVI, VGA
Expansion Slots	PCI Express 2.0 support, 1 x16, 3 x1, Up to 5 PCI Slots
CPU	AMD Phenom, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64
CPU socket	Socket AM2+/AM2
Memory	DDR2 1066/800/667/533
Storage	NVIDIA MediaShield Technology, Up to 6 Serial ATA 3.0 Gbit/s drives, Up to 2 PATA drives (Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33), RAID configurations 0, 1, 0+1, 5
Networking	Native Gigabit Ethernet connection, NVIDIA FirstPacket technology
USB	Up to 12 USB 2.0 ports
Audio	VIA / Nvidia High Definition Audio

Available motherboards

Chipset	Manufacturer	Model	Form Factor	Integrated HDMI 1.3	HDCP Key	Other features
GeForce 8100	Zotac	GF8100-A-E	mATX	No	Yes	HDMI by adapter, D-sub, DVI
	ECS		mATX	No	Yes	HDMI by adapter, D-sub, DVI
GeForce 8200[3]	ASRock	K10N78FullHD-hSLI	mATX	Yes	Yes	HDMI by adapter, D-sub, DVI
	ASUS	M3N78-EMH HDMI	mATX	Yes	Yes	HDMI, D-sub, DVI
	Biostar	GF8200 M2+	mATX	No	Yes	D-sub, DVI
	ECS	GF8200A	ATX	Yes	Yes	HDMI, D-sub
	EVGA	113-M2-E113-TR	ATX	Yes	Yes	HDMI, D-sub, DVI
	Gigabyte	GA-M78SM-S2H	mATX	Yes	Yes	HDMI, D-sub, DVI
		GA-M85M-US2H	mATX	Yes	Yes	HDMI, D-sub, DVI-D, NVIDIA Core Calibration[4]
	MSI	K9N2GM-FIH	mATX	Yes	Yes	HDMI, D-sub
	XFX	MB-N78S-8209	mATX	Yes	Yes	HDMI, D-sub, DVI, NVIDIA Core Calibration
		MI-A78S-8209	mATX	Yes	Yes	HDMI, D-sub, DVI, NVIDIA Core Calibration
	Shuttle Inc.	SN78SH7	SFF	Yes	Yes	HDMI, DVI by adapter
GeForce 8300	ASUS	M3N78 PRO[permanent dead link]	ATX	Yes	Yes	HDMI, D-sub, DVI by adapter
	XFX	MI-A78U-8309	mATX	Yes	Yes	HDMI, D-sub, DVI
	Zotac	GF8300-A-E	mATX	Yes	Yes	HDMI by adapter, D-sub, DVI

See also

• Comparison of Nvidia chipsets