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NVIDIA nForce Chipset Review
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Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
AMDMB has gotten a hold of an NVidia nForce reference motherboard for AMD Socket A processors to try out. Here's a quick snip:
The TwinBank Memory Controller is also a first for a motherboard chipset. Using this revolutionary memory controller, NVIDIA can offer the manufacturers the option of a standard 64-bit memory bus or an advanced (and a bit more expensive) 128-bit DDR Intelligent Memory Interface. This will essentially allow the motherboards that feature this option to boast a 4.2 GB/sec maximum memory bandwidth, higher than any current available system for any home platform.
Catch the full review here.
Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
Wow...Onboard 5.1 DSS sound, GeForce 2 MX 400 like video, 56k modem, and 100BaseT Ethernet for less than 150$. This is going to be one sweet low budget setup. Intel will have to drop their prices even more to compete with this.
The ACP Riser card even seems to not tax the CPU like AMR or CNR slots do. Looks like the Southbridge takes care of that now.
If a motherboard manufacturer decides to allow 64 megs of assigned memory to the video, this thing should be able to do high res 3D really well. I bet there's some sort of arrangement NVidia has to limit it though so they don't hurt their GF2 Ultra and GF3 sales though.
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