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NVidia nForce Chipset analyzed
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Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
TechHard has an excellent overview of the NVidia NForce chipset currently being developed for AMD processor platforms. Looks impressive in the early stages and offers tons of memory bandwidth. Here's a snip:
NVidia's nForce chipset is truly revolutionary. The predictive processing power of the DASP, coupled with HyperTransport and StreamThru's isochronous data system make it a truly formidable beast to its competitors.
Catch the full review here
Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
If AMD is smart, they'll back NVidia totally instead of being VIA's second source of income next to their Pentium chipsets.
If NVidia delivers, this chipset will be the bane of all the other chipset manufacturers.
Posted by: Kdr Kane
It's been attempted before.
I have some reservations about the Nforce chipset. It's great for those "in the know". But, it isn't going to make the main stream and be developed by desktop or server manufacturers. Maybe some motherboard manufacturers might make a model or two of motherboards. For all the development that is needed to take place, I don't see a significant return on their investment.
Great innovation. It lacks the "increased megahertz" the average user is expecting. And as an Athlon only system, it limits itself.
I would be concerned if I was invested in nVidia right now. This divergence from the standard PC architecture is as significant as trying to make an Apple MAC run PC software. Although, they say they would be happy with 4% of AMD's market. Then maybe the numbers are in their favor after all.
I've been bitten too many times by trying to stay ahead of the curve and going away from well-known technologies. I am a bit more cautious today.
Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
From what I have read, there are several motherboard manufacturers already working with it including Asus. The technology isn't exactly new, they have been working on it for the X-box for some time now.
Of course i'm going to wait for the reviews before I buy one, but if NVidia can do with chipsets what they did with graphic cards, this thing might just push the Athlon another step ahead. AGP compatability problems are the biggest downfall right now. This system config would be pretty much guaranteed to work with any Geforce card.
Time will tell though. 
Posted by: Null Actor
It's a great board for the OEM / low cost segment. You save so much due to integration on the board that you are going to start seeing high end AMD systems being sold for under 500$. That's nothing to scoff at...
Just another bite taken out of Intel's market share.
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