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Chipset Duel - VIA vs. Nvidia nForce

Posted by michael on from the dueling-banjos dept.

msolnik writes: "Tom's Hardware has put 13 motherboards to the ultimate test in their lab. The outcome? By and large, the VIA KT266A chipset knocks the stuffing out of the Nvidia nForce 420D. True bright spots were the candidates sent in by Soltek and Soyo."

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  1. Except he left out the biggest factor by Frequanaut · · Score: 0, Troll



    That is, the nforce is *NOT* via.

    Via sucks.

  2. OT, but it must be said: by snake_dad · · Score: 0, Troll

    I just *love* your spamproof'd email address

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  3. Unfortunately, the NFORCE has NO FUTURE by Proud+Geek · · Score: 2, Troll

    It is an integrated chipset, and the performance is excellent considering that, but it is not as good as high-end non-integrated boards, and as a result of the extravagent design, it is very expensive.

    The OEM market doesn't want it because it is more expensive than other integrated chipsets. They don't care that the performance is much better. If it is $5 more, they will ditch it in a minute.

    So the other market to target is the performance market. Unfortunately, the GeForce2MX and regular DDR memory don't provide good enough performance for that segment, and the performance lags high-end boards sporting other chipsets even with an offboard video card.

    By targetting two very different market segments with the same chipset, NVIDIA has put themselves in the position of having an excellent compromise product that is suitable for neither camp. I hope they get a P4 license, because the extra memory bandwidth might actually mean something there, whereas with the FSB limitations of Athlon processors it does nothing for them. That way, with an external video card, the NFORCE might actually roar, instead of being dead in the water as it is right now.

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  4. Re:GeForce 2 MX??????? by 13Echo · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Not only that, but since it's in the northbridge, the interface is equivalent to AGP 6x."

    Wow. That must mean that the VIA integrated "S3 Savage 2000" systems must be equivalent to AGP6X sine they are integrated northbridge/graphics machines!

    Please... Where in the hell did you come up with this?