nForce 5-Intel. I WANT IT.

[AD-15]

Hello,

As you can see from my thread title, I am desperate for an Nforce5 motherboard that will work with Core Duo.

Does anybody know where to find them, or if they haven't arrived, does anybody know a release date? I am looking for a NON-SLi mobo, but a high-end one.

Thanks!

[Clunk]

why nforce 5?

[AD-15]

Because it's future proof, and of course, faster .

[Clunk]

faster than what?

[Hottentot]

Because it's future proof, and of course, faster ?

Says who ?. I have not seen any review that back that statement up.
And what about the ATI offering. I will wait until all 3 manufacturers have released boards.
I think it will be very hard to beat the 975x/965 combo, plus the first ATI/NVIDIA boards will probably have the same immature BIOSs the the current Intel boards had.

[AD-15]

I just thought that Nforce 5 would be faster and better than nforce4.

So any idea on the release date?

[charleski]

Anandtech thought the 590 had promise in their preview. And if you already have 2 7900GTXs then it'll be faster than anything available now simply because of SLI. (unless you are content to run the hacked drivers)

[MadduckUK]

I just thought that Nforce 5 would be faster and better than nforce4.

So any idea on the release date?

wouldnt it be better to wait for nForce 6 then? cause that will even faster and even BETTER. and you cant beat a bit of better can you?

if you'v got a compy now that your planning to upgrade tell us the specs.
if your building a comp from scratch tell us the specs.

cause your not making a lot of sence right now

[ExceededGoku]

Am I the only person that thinks that Nforce 4 was pants?
(past experience tells me this anyway, infact my Nforce 3 was also pants!)

[MadduckUK]

Am I the only person that thinks that Nforce 4 was sh1t?
(past experience tells me this anyway, infact my Nforce 3 was also sh1t!)

what were you expecting? a BJ? please enlighten us all to what the problems you experienced were

[AD-15]

hello, this is the entire thing I am planing to order:

CPU- Core 2 Duo 6600

Motherboard- Some Nforce5 motherboard

Case- Antec P180 silver

Memory- 2Gb TwinX XMS2, DDR2 PC6400 (800), 240 Pin, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 4-4-4-12

DVD-RW -Plextor PX-755SA

PSU- 600w Seasonic S12-600 SLi Ready Silent

Floppy Drive/Card reader- Mitsumi FA404M 1.44 Black FDD+Int USB2 7 in 1 Card Reader (SM/MMC/SD/CF/MD/MS) Fits in 3.5" FDD Bay

Graphics Card- 512MB ASUS 7900GTX Mem Clock 1600 MHz ,GPU 650 MHz , 24 Pipes,

Hard drives- 120Gb SATA2 Western Digital WD1200JS Caviar SE (7200rpm,8Mb) - NCQ , x2

Monitor-24" Dell 2407WFP Widescreen Midnight Grey 1920x1200

Keyboard/Mouse- Raptor Gaming P2 Pad with Teflon Spray & Teflon Gliders
Razer Copperhead SK Edition 2000dpi High Precision Gaming
Logitech Media Keyboard Elite

Software- -Microsoft Windows XP Professional OEM SP2
- Symantec Norton Internet Security 2006 Retail

Networking- -USRobotics ADSL2 + Modem/Wireless/Router + 4Port 125Mb MAXg + USB print server

Cooling: Zalman CNPS9500 AM2 Aero Flower Cooler
Akasa Amber 120mm fan x4
Akasa Amber 80mm fan

Soundcard- Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro-Retail

Speakers- Creative i-Trigue 3400

Warranty- 1 YEAR onsite


The reason I want nForce 5 is because it is so close, so it is worth waiting for.

[MadduckUK]

sooo.. the nforce 5 is better than the nforce 4 bacause the nforce 4 just wouldnt work? well that makes more sence

not sure of the touchdown date of the nforce 5. but id say its not going to be too far from the geforce 8 series. perhaps if your waiting anyway a little bit longer would be a good thing. apart from that id go for bigger harddrives, 200-250gb ir around the sweet spot at the moment. and 240gb total in a comp of that spec is pretty low.

[kempez]

I had a blast on NF4. Nothing "didn't work" and my board clocked like hell (it was a DFI after all )

But Intel and nVidia don't go NF5 on Intel looks to be a croc of poo

[SuicidaL]

Cooling: Zalman CNPS9500 AM2 Aero Flower Cooler

i would check that b4 buying

[MadduckUK]

i would check that b4 buying

oh eck. missed that! yes. id reconsider

[charleski]

NF5 on Intel looks to be a croc of poo

Well I think no-one can make a judgement either way until the boards actually start shipping.