Biostar Microtech recently announced the release of GeForce 7 series-based motherboards, the TF7150U-M7 and TF7100P-M7, which support a full range of current Intel CPUs and Intel's upcoming 45nm series, according to the company.
The Biostar TF7150U-M7 supports a 1333MHz FSB and is based on the Nvidia GeForce 7150 GPU, which supports DirectX 9.0 and Shader Model 3.0 and offers shared memory up to 512MB. The TF7150U-M7 has HDMI, DVI and D-Sub ports onboard. The TF7150U-M7 will have a recommended retail price of US$99.
| Biostar TF7150U-M7 specifications | ||
| Item | Details | |
| Model number | TF7150U-M7 | TF7100P-M7 |
| CPU Support | Intel Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Extreme/Core 2 Duo/Pentium Extreme/Pentium D/ Pentium 4/Celeron D/Celeron | Intel Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Extreme/Core 2 Duo/Pentium Extreme/Pentium D/ Pentium 4/Celeron D/Celeron |
| Chipset | Nvidia GeForce 7150 | Nvidia GeForce 7100 |
| Socket | 775 | 775 |
| PCI Express x16 | 1 | 1 |
| PCI Express x1 | 1 | 1 |
| PCI | 2 | 2 |
| LAN | 1 | 1 |
| SATA 3Gb/s | 4 | 4 |
| SATA RAID | 0, 1, 0+1, 5 | 0, 1, 0+1, 5 |
| USB 2.0 | 10 | 10 |
| Integrated Video |
Nvidia GeForce 7150 GPU Max. share memory up to 512MB Support DirectX 9 Full HD HDMI / DVI with HDCP supported |
Nvidia GeForce 7100 GPU Max. share memory up to 512MB Support DirectX 9 Full HD DVI with HDCP supported |
| GPU Frequency | 600+ MHz | @600MHz |
| Integrated Audio | 8+2 Channel HD audio | 8+2 Channel HD audio |
| HDMI | Support | Support |
| DVI | Support | Support |
| D-Sub | Support | Support |
Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, September 2007
The Biostar TF7150U-M7 motherboard
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