Deja Vu: nForce2 delayed til 333fsb Athlon XP launch

[Athlon4all]

check out this @ X-Bit Labs. It is official, mobo makers making nForce2 boards have just like its predecessor, had stability problems, and as a result, nForce2 officially is delayed. The good news is that nVidia did assure X-Bit Labs that boards would be avaialable for October's 333fsb Athlon XP 2700+ launch.

 

[MikeMike]

nforce 1 may have been unstable to begin with, but look at what happened to it! it became one of the most stable boards evr for AMD. But atleast it will come out b4 333fsb

 

[splice]

can't wait!, nForce2 + Barton will be my next upgrade before the Hammers are released.

 

[Rand]

Personally I was always a touch wary of the nForce1, hardware compatibility was very good but it always seemed a bit "buggy" to me and I didnt find the audio controller to live up to expectations. Audibly it sounded decent, but some of it's features didnt always work flawlessly. I also found it to be extremely picky about DRAM used, and stability was lost quickly when overclocking with tight DRAM timings.

Those were my experiences with it, others may well have a different impression.

A decent chipset despite some mild issues though, and a hell of an integrated solution especially considering it was nVidia's first attempt at a core logic chipset.
I REALLY hope manufacturers take their time with nForce2 solutions though, as the original nForce1 boards were plauged with DRAM related issues and not completely stable IMHO.

I was quite favourably impressed with the price levels nForce 220D solutions hit, given the extremely high complexity and jhigh levels of crosstalk they did exceptionally well at reducing boards to very appealing price-points.

 

[bluemax]

Darn it - another nVidelay. (Say that aloud - I know you want to.)
I was looking forward to nForce2, but since I'm in no position to buy I won't have a hard time waiting. Hope the video core is DX8.1 compliant.

 

[merlocka]

Originally posted by: bluemax
Darn it - another nVidelay. (Say that aloud - I know you want to.)
I was looking forward to nForce2, but since I'm in no position to buy I won't have a hard time waiting. Hope the video core is DX8.1 compliant.

LOL, nVidelay.

Well, this is a real bummer cause I was hoping to pick up a nForce2 and drop in a $50 XP1600 and run it at 333FSB for a decent upgrade until the .13 333MHz FSB Athlons are cheaper.

Argh, it's getting tough (for me) not to buy Intel these days.

 

[Athlon4all]

Hope the video core is DX8.1 compliant.

Nope, it's a NV17 GF4MX core running at 250MHz core clock Next gen nForce will have likely the NV31 core which should be DX8 complaint.

I REALLY hope manufacturers take their time with nForce2 solutions though, as the original nForce1 boards were plauged with DRAM related issues and not completely stable IMHO.

Exactley. Thats why its good to see they aren't rushing

 

[vash]

Not releasing the board now isn't a good thing, ihmo. Even if the 333FSB isn't fully supported, having the board out, in people's hands, will possibly help find problems with IDE controllers, north bridges, etc. People would buy parts now, get their existing chip installed and wait for the 333fsb Athlons when they come in Oct. People upgrade in waves, and if the nForce2 board was tested and debugged before the new Athlon was released, we'd all be in good shape.

My box is enough for now, I'm going to hold off for an entire new system.

vash

 

[RanDum72]

Personally I was always a touch wary of the nForce1, hardware compatibility was very good but it always seemed a bit "buggy" to me and I didnt find the audio controller to live up to expectations. Audibly it sounded decent, but some of it's features didnt always work flawlessly. I also found it to be extremely picky about DRAM used, and stability was lost quickly when overclocking with tight DRAM timings.

This is quite the opposite of my experience. Maybe true if you are talking Abit boards (although the only Abit nforce board I have, NV7m, was 100% stable) but all of my Asus nforce boards (3) have been have been flawless. It runs with just about any DDR memory, the sound is more than decent(especially with the newest drivers) and I've been running at above 150fsb with regular PC2100 as far as I can remember without any instabilities. Not even my KG7 can match them in terms of 'out-of-box' good experiences.

 

[Askheart]

The chipset itself is excellent, albeit it wasn't very popular it's a good pick.

nforce is rock stable and easy to set up, confirmed by Hewlett-Packard's choice. AMD chipsets are very stable too, but nforce has the easiest configuration steps I've ever seen.

Hope the mobo makers build up some decent boards with the nforce2. I expect it to be my next upgrade.

 

[Macro2]

All companies in the business delay. Only a few admit it. Some never admit it.