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Could some of you fellas clarify the pros and cons between the two chipsets.? I'm planning an upgrade with my tax refund when it comes. Thanks.
Originally posted by: perdomot
Of all the reviews I've seen, the nforce mobos overclock a little better. The advantage the Via mobos have is the 8237 southbridge which makes sata hdds like the Raptor perform much better, particularly on smaller files that Windows uses. I've confirmed this myself just this week. Considering the hdd is the slowest part of the PC, I would go with the solution that makes it perform the best and sacrifice a little on the cpu/ram OC.
Originally posted by: Pohemi420
Originally posted by: miketheidiot
Nforce4
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Originally posted by: Pohemi420
I say Bah... SIS sucks. I must admit I don't know much about ULi though.
Originally posted by: Pohemi420
What do you want, a market-wide report stating the obvious? All I know is that out of my friends that have boughten an SIS mobo in the past (four now), they have all had problems with mobo drivers and controlability for overclocking. Is it coincidence that SIS is not as widely used and is usually cheaper than Nforce or Via boards? My opinion is that if you are an enthusiast who likes to play with their machine, stick with Nforce or Via.
EDIT: I didn't mean that comment as a personal attack, justly (unless you design the SiS chipsets) I would just never recommend an SiS board to a friend unless they drastically change their chipsets. There are much better options available.
Originally posted by: hundesau
Wow, ur friends had problems with there hardware? maybe take a look into the lobby, bet u will find more people having problems with their hardware of nvidia and via.
and btw: Uli who belongs to ALI...yeah its sum funny names, but they been building good chipsets and there will be Soyo board with Socket 939 and Uli Chipsets. Has it the potentila to become as famous as nforce? NO! too many choices confuse the unexperienced buyer he will stick to what everybody else is buying. Does that mean the Chipset and cheaper boards are crap? No.