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Posted by timothy on Tuesday October 19, 2004 @11:19PM from the when-ndas-lift-on-fox dept.

s3k writes "Firingsquad.com takes a look at nVidia's new nForce4 chip. It now includes a hardware-based firewall for improved CPU utilization, support for Serial ATA 3 Gigabytes/second hard drives, Gigabit Ethernet, and most importantly, 20-lane PCI Express. Firingsquad includes game performance numbers with nForce4 Ultra and a few performance notes on nForce4 SLI, which, according to nVidia will need a 550-watt power supply!" pacmanfan adds a link to PC Perspective's article (including benchmarks), Necroman points out the coverage at Bjorn3d and Anandtech, and Atif Butt would like you to check ATIF Approved for their take. The same boards, the same NDA -- don't be surprised to find the reviews cover similar ground, and are mostly positive.

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now i can finally... by Interfacer · 2004-10-19 23:24 · Score: 3, Funny

Get rid of my central heating system.
In order to heat up the house i just have to play DOOM3 at ultra high quality settings.

If they start supporting dual P4 extreme as well i can even add a water heater for the bathroom.

Thanks nvidia :)
1. Re:now i can finally... by selderrr · 2004-10-19 23:32 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  While this comment is rated funny, I would like to know how feasible it would be to actually use a high end CPU & mobo to heat a reasonable amount of water. I'm not kidding here ! I know that offcourse the main obstacle will be having a big pump and boiler in your office, which kinda beats the purpose of interior decorating, but in terms of heat, would it be possible ? I have 5 machines, 3 of which are almost constantly running (1 linux server, 1 dual xeon XP, 1 dual 1.8 G5 and 2 older P4s for code testing win95,98,me,200. But these are turned off mostly). That amounts to quite some watt, no ?
  
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Re:550 watts ! by alman · 2004-10-19 23:36 · Score: 1, Funny

550 watts ! Kewl - this really will be able to make my coffee and bake my pizza too then. I need never leave the screen.
Remember what goes in must come out!
New mod by papasui · 2004-10-19 23:59 · Score: 1, Funny

...according to nVidia will need a 550-watt power supply!
I eagerly await the mod that not only uses water to cool it but also acts a hydroelectric dam to power it.
Re:What is PCI Express ? by Shinglor · 2004-10-20 02:48 · Score: 2, Funny

And what the crap is a "motherboard"?