just wondering what are the pros/cons of VIA apposed to Nforce? Which is overall better of the two; price and preformance wise. This question applies to 32/64bit systems.:D
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just wondering what are the pros/cons of VIA apposed to Nforce? Which is overall better of the two; price and preformance wise. This question applies to 32/64bit systems.:D
cheers
The nVIDIA nForce chipset has been an overclocking and stability legend for as long as i can remember. If nForce 2 and 3 are anything to go by nForce 4 is going to be amazing. My friend is running 300FSB on an MSI nForce 3 motherboard with stock NB heatsink, stability is no question at all for the chipset. Never been a fan of VIA tbh, their audio and overclocking lacks greatly.Quote:
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cheers for input:D i personally run a7n8x-e dlx Nforce2 myself. i like the overclocking functions and the onboard sound is very good.unfortunaly it wont be Nvidia SoundStorm / Dolby Digital Audio anymore.:( but hey i dont plan to upgrade for ages anyway:D is it true that VIA seem to get very hot?
If you are looking at AMD64 there is very little difference in performance between the 2 now that the memory controller is on the CPU.
Really comes down to features you need/bundle/price.
edit:actually I would say that my nF3 chip gets hotter than the VIA K8T880 nb & sb
Buff's got it spot on for the latest chipsets :)
For the older ones though, its more of a case of "Why would i even think about geting a VIA over a Nforce 2 ?"
I will go Nvidia with the latest ones too though. Ive had Zero problems with the nforce platform - ever. If i was to list all the problems id had with VIA over the years, id be here for the best part of a day.