NVIDIA nForce

[DAN200]

According to this months PCZone NVIDIA are to manufacture a high performance motherboard geared towards 3D Graphhics (Read games) with an intergrated GF2 MX (8x AGP!) and a kick ass sound card. What do people think about this?

 

[Will]

Overpriced, overhyped and underspec'd.

 

[Testin da Cable]

innit

my dual athlon will pee all over it aiiii

 

[DAN200]

Overpriced -Yes
Overhyped- Yes
Underspecd -Hell no!

 

[Will]

It's got some good tricks with the memory bus, from what I've read, but not worth the price, and onboard sound and graphics sucks.

GF2 MX? - everyone wants better than that.
On board sound? - not worth the extra money.

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by testin_da_cable
innit

my dual athlon will pee all over it aiiii

You don't have one

 

[DAN200]

Ive just checked my PCZone about the onboard sound...

"The Audio Processing Unit (APU) is more capable than an SBLive!, supporting DX8.0, EAX, A3D and Dolby 5.1 in hardware, nt requiring any CPU Power"

 

[Will]

But you have to pay extra for it. I suppose it's the most useful part of the board. The built in MX really annoys me though. It's just not good enough for the sort of people the board is marketed at.

 

[Testin da Cable]

Originally posted by Embattle


You don't have one

26 aug

 

[DAN200]

ummm... It has a AGP slot too (8X agp I might add)

 

[Will]

Yeah, but you paid for the onboard. Why not throw that money away?

 

[DAN200]

i dunno, cos it might filll up your bin?

 

[Will]

lol - post it to me instead.

 

[old.TUG]

I tink it'll be oreet... Spesh when the GF3MX version is available.

The Sound aspect - sposed to be one of the best sound chips out atm anyways so it's worth the bit extra reeleh... shud be a nice range of chipsets - time will tell

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by testin_da_cable


26 aug

Your just getting it for bragging rights aren't u

 

[Testin da Cable]

Originally posted by Embattle


Your just getting it for bragging rights aren't u

actually......yes

 

[bodhi]

yes of course they are going to release a bug free uber fast chipset first time round. Wait for nForce 3, then you might have a proposition. Plus its AMD only, which limits it to pikey people and 3r33+ 0v3rcl0cking d00dz

 

[Will]

AMD gives more bang for your buck - how is that pikey?

 

[nath]

oh don't start :|

 

[old.frankie]

well bodhi a fucking twat

so take no notice of him

 

[Testin da Cable]

bods prolly once had a k5 and hasn't recovered from the shock yet

 

[Will]

lol

 

[DAN200]

ffs AMD chips are by far the best processors for gaming AND they cost a helluva lot less than a P3/4. That is all.

 

[Wij]

Won't it perform way better than a GF2MX because the system memory performs better than that onboard an MX card ?

Plus an AGP slot for upgrade. Sounds good to me.

 

[bodhi]

Originally posted by testin_da_cable
bods prolly once had a k5 and hasn't recovered from the shock yet

Nope just know three people with Athlons. None of them will buy AMD again. Blame it on VIA all you want (they certainly do), but after their experiences, I'll pay extra for piece of mind.

Oh and frankie, I care what someone who owns a Nova SR thinks. Honest.

 

[Summo]

How strange. Me and five others I know have Athlons (two of us have VIA) as well and I'd recommend them to anyone. Will definitely buy again.

 

[Will]

Ditto - I've 'only' got a Duron 800, with an A7Pro motherboard, and it's great. I would really recommend it to anyone.

 

[Testin da Cable]

ditto

I've never had a prob with mine [and I have three*!]



*Tbird, duron and a 'classic'

 

[Embattle]

Don't worry Bodhi loves Intel & ATI....this disguises the fact that he is the actually pikey

 

[Meatballs]

its kinda like a console if its all integrated, and hopefully wiv the integration this will optomise the paths between different components making everything faster, plus less hardware woes as developers can test the configuration and and iron out any bugs for it...