abit conserves power with the I-N73HD GeForce 7100 Motherboard

abit has done a fine job with their new I-N73HD GeForce 7100 Motherboard, the layout is very tidy for such a small board. There are just two DDR2 memory slots and hiding behind them are the 24-pin power connector as well as the IDE and FDD connectors. The motherboard is only limited to 2GB of memory, but as you will not be running SLI graphics as well as high-end games this is more than enough to keep things running sweet.

Tweaktow have a in-depth review of the abit I-N73HD GeForce 7100 Motherboard, and they have some mixed feelings on this piece of hardware, here are there thoughts” NVIDIAs GeForce 7 series of integrated chipsets do fill in a void, giving you a choice for an integrated system that isn’t based on an Intel chipset. However, with the performance of this chipset compared to a G33 and G35 these days, Intel’s chipset has the option to run six SATA ports over the aging four that NVIDIA has. And the lack of Hybrid SLI on the GeForce 7 IGP based setups leaves them in direct competition with Intel for the IGP chipset of choice, something that Intel is currently winning, especially since G35 now has DX10 support under Vista.
The layout of the board is extremely clean, and its power and overclocking features do give it a heads up over the Intel IGP based chipsets which really leave a bit to be desired on overclocking. This makes the NVIDIA chipset a lot better, especially on memory overclocking. Asynchronous memory clocks are something NVIDIA introduced and continue to support, even on its IGP based boards.

abit has again done a fantastic job. While known for more of its high-end boards, the company now offers value boards that are extremely attractive options on the market. Overall, we found the board to have a great feel and good overclocking for the budget users.”

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