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NVidia nForce Reviewed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the dolby-is-oh-so-yum dept.

CtrlPhreak writes: "The highly awaited NVidia nForce is finally here. Anandtech has a review of an nForce 420 reference board. This is the one with integrated dolby 5.1 sound, a GF2 MX core at 6x agp, and dual-channel DDR RAM! Go check it out."

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  1. Too much bandwidth? by doorbot.com · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The review seems to say that there's too much bandwidth available on the 420 series. Granted, it is used if you stick with the built in video, but won't someone paying a premium for the 420 most likely stick their own AGP card in? Maybe a Radeon 7500 or a GeForce 3...

    At any rate, I'm wondering if the nForce is set for a multiprocessor future, especially since it offers so much bandwidth. One Athlon can't take full advantage of all that bandwidth, but I'll bet two could.

    With nVidia positioning themselves as the bandwidth gurus on the AMD side, I wonder how long it will be before ServerWorks steps in and showers us with their chipsets (for AMD). My guess is ServerWorks will wait for AMD chips to support 4+ processors in a single box.

  2. Hmmm.... where have I seen this before? by DG · · Score: 4, Funny

    Something about this motherboard seems strangely familliar.....

    - On-board, highly-advanced graphics processor? Check.

    - On-board, highly-advanced sound processor? Check.

    - On-board, almost every other connector and whoosit you could want in a PC? Check.

    Oh my God, they've invented the Amiga!

    :)

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  3. Re:seems nice, but... by cmowire · · Score: 4, Funny

    Naw, it's smart business.

    Consider all of the laid off ex-dotcommers who don't have large disposable incomes right now. ;)

    Playstations for the poor!!! ;)

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