Conroe - Wait for Nvidia chipsets?

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I've been with AMD for a long time now and I want to switch to Conroe. I've been with AMD since the original Athlon so I really am behind on the Intel side of things. (running socket 754 2800 currently) On the AMD side I have enjoyed the Nvidia chipset boards.

I have read that Nvidia will have a chipset for Conroe in the future. Would it better waiting for that chipset or is the current Intel conroe chipset comparable? I have not been able to find much info regarding Conroe and Nvidia chipsets. If anyone is familiar with the Intel side & Nvidia chipsets advice would be greatly appreciated.
 

cmdrdredd

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they have a chipset available now but it's not too great compared to Intel's. I'd wait and see how the new one works before deciding.
 

coldpower27

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Originally posted by: Com80787
I've been with AMD for a long time now and I want to switch to Conroe. I've been with AMD since the original Athlon so I really am behind on the Intel side of things. (running socket 754 2800 currently) On the AMD side I have enjoyed the Nvidia chipset boards.

I have read that Nvidia will have a chipset for Conroe in the future. Would it better waiting for that chipset or is the current Intel conroe chipset comparable? I have not been able to find much info regarding Conroe and Nvidia chipsets. If anyone is familiar with the Intel side & Nvidia chipsets advice would be greatly appreciated.

Unless you need SLI capabilities I suggest you stick with an Intel chipset.
 

cmdrdredd

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Originally posted by: coldpower27
Originally posted by: Com80787
I've been with AMD for a long time now and I want to switch to Conroe. I've been with AMD since the original Athlon so I really am behind on the Intel side of things. (running socket 754 2800 currently) On the AMD side I have enjoyed the Nvidia chipset boards.

I have read that Nvidia will have a chipset for Conroe in the future. Would it better waiting for that chipset or is the current Intel conroe chipset comparable? I have not been able to find much info regarding Conroe and Nvidia chipsets. If anyone is familiar with the Intel side & Nvidia chipsets advice would be greatly appreciated.

Unless you need SLI capabilities I suggest you stick with an Intel chipset.


I still stand by the wait and see approach.
 

ScottFern

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I think the Intel 590 Nvidia chipset will be comprable to the 975x Intel chipset, but the nvidia board will have more bells and whistles. The main thing I am worried about is BIOS support........who will have it better? I dunno.
 

n7

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Originally posted by: ScottFern
I think the Intel 590 Nvidia chipset will be comprable to the 975x Intel chipset, but the nvidia board will have more bells and whistles.

Agreed.

I would actually prefer nF590/570 for SLI support & those nice extras nVidia puts on, but what really matters to me is how OCable nF5 will be, & no one knows that yet.
 

xsilver

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I think Jared of AT has said that performance is going to be verysimilar to intel chipsets; apparently they already have samples being tested? The difference rather may be the price (read:competition)
 
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I only buy a new CPU/Motherboard combination when my current machine's performance is craptastic. I like to get extended use out of a new system so yeah, I would like to see how Intel's 965/975 chipsets stack up against the RD600/nForce 500 Series.

Then again, I don't think there would be any real performance gains across the different chipsets. I know I just said I would personally wait... but I won't stop other people from buying a 965/975 mobo today. It's all about how medieval your current rig is and how desperately you want to move on to something better.
 

gobucks

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i was interested in the nforce 570, but all the ones i saw only have FSB up to 400MHz, which isn't good enough for an e6300/e6400. for higher end chips though, it might be pretty good.
 

ChiPCGuy

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I would take the "wait and see" approach (read: 4 months minimum) before buying ANYTHING Conroe related. First, you want mobo makers to tweak their first gen 965 boards with the new C2 stepping of that chipset (amongst the other inevitable board level tweaks *and* BIOS updates) that will occur in Sep/Oct in addition to the nVidia entry and the ATI entrys. Second, you really should wait until a massive roundup from at least three major review sites of said boards and see which ones comes out on top for your needs. When I say top sites, I mean AnandTech, HardOCP, and XBit Labs for starters.

The other advantage of waiting is that drivers will also have been tweaked, and prices will have (hopefully) come down due to increased availability.
 

xsilver

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Originally posted by: PingSpike
Isn't the ATI chipste suppose to be pretty nice too?


read somewhere that pre production testing has already achieved 500-600fsb results!!!

amd produces the best intel chipset?? :confused:
 

bob661

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I'd wait. There's still some teething on the Intel chipset boards as far as Conroe is concerned plus I'd like to have more than three choices.
 

xenolith

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Originally posted by: xsilver
Originally posted by: PingSpike
Isn't the ATI chipste suppose to be pretty nice too?


read somewhere that pre production testing has already achieved 500-600fsb results!!!

amd produces the best intel chipset?? :confused:


Yeah, AMD played a big role in developing the ATI RD600 chipset. :p