kt600 vs nforce2 OC potential.

[VIAN]

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[Peter D]

nForce 2, no question (Abit NF7-S, DFI Infinity/LanParty).

 

[big4x4]

How about the difference between stock performance of the two?

 

[Soulkeeper]

stock performance is probably within about 5% margin of difference between the two in most things
the kt600 is a solid solution and basically represents what via shoulda released in the kt400
the oc potential of the kt600 is limited tho (atleast for fsb overclocking) because of the pci dividers
the memory controller on the athlon via chipsets has also always seemed to have pretty low latencies, and this seems to show in applications that don't need a whole lot of memory bandwidth and instead rely on quick response of the memory subsystem
i think the kt600 boards seemed to max out between 210 and the upper 22x
wheras the nforce2 gets over 230 and 240 with good memory

if you can get a kt600 for atleast 20 or 30 bucks cheaper and you don't plan on doing insane overclocking of the fsb then you'd probably be happy with the purchase
i recommend the abit boards either way you go for socket A
they seem to be very good, like the old days

 

[Jeff7181]

I can't think of any reason to go with a Via chipset. You can get nForce2 motherboards for around $50... if you pay less than that you're probably going to get very low quality stuff that will be more likely to fail.

 

[Werty]

hmmm, nforce2's potential is only derived when used with DUAL-Channel mode, right? if were just gona use single channel memory, would nforce2 motherboards still be better or the same now with Kt600?

 

[big4x4]

Athlons do not benefit from DC like Intels do. Since they are the same price, why not just go with an nforce2 board. I own both types of boards and I prefer the nforce2 chipset over the via one. Regardless though, both are very stable and reliable chipsets!

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: big4x4
Athlons do not benefit from DC like Intels do. Since they are the same price, why not just go with an nforce2 board. I own both types of boards and I prefer the nforce2 chipset over the via one. Regardless though, both are very stable and reliable chipsets!

well, they do benefit some, but not nearly as much as P4's. Only a few percent, according to the reviews I've seen.

It's still worth running DC if you have 2 matched sticks anyway.

 

[Soulkeeper]

i think a few sites did a comparison of the nforce2 ultra400 and the kt600
the first ones showed the nforce2 taking most benchmarks like 8/10 or so
but via has updated their hyperion drivers several times and the newer reviews seem to reflect this
in single channel mode i think the kt600 could beat the nforce2
and then it comes close to winning when the nforce2 has dual channel it wins atleast 4/10 benchmarks against the nforce2 if i had to guess

 

[myocardia]

Yeah, but if you're wanting to overclock, why would you go with a Via chipset? The reason the nForce2 boards outsell the Via boards by at least a 10-1 ratio is because they are so good for overclocking.

 

[VIAN]

well, they do benefit some, but not nearly as much as P4's. Only a few percent, according to the reviews I've seen.

It's still worth running DC if you have 2 matched sticks anyway.

The Northbridge benefits from the bandwidth.

 

[nemesismk2]

Originally posted by: Werty
hmmm, nforce2's potential is only derived when used with DUAL-Channel mode, right? if were just gona use single channel memory, would nforce2 motherboards still be better or the same now with Kt600?

I have a nf2 and I found the difference between dual channel and single channel to be small, the only game which really showed what dual channel can do was Quake3.

 

[BlvdKing]

NForce 2 is better than KT600, trust me.

 

[MegaWorks]

Originally posted by: BlvdKing
NForce 2 is better than KT600, trust me.

listen to what he said!

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AMD Athlon XP T-Bred B DLT3C 1700+ @ 2.3GHZ (1.775v) 400FSB = 3200+
Abit NF7-S V.2 (nForce2-U400)
Corsair TwinX XMS 3200LL 512MB @ 2-3-2-6 (2.6v)
Sapphire Radeon 9500 Pro 128MB
Antec TrueBlue 480W
Thermalright SLK-947U with 92mm Vantec Tornado @2800RPM
Antec PlusView 1000AMG
Cambridge SoundWorks MegaWorks THX 550 5.1

 

[randumb]

nForce 2 because it has PCI/AGP lock.

 

[Werty]

Originally posted by: nemesismk2

Originally posted by: Werty
hmmm, nforce2's potential is only derived when used with DUAL-Channel mode, right? if were just gona use single channel memory, would nforce2 motherboards still be better or the same now with Kt600?

I have a nf2 and I found the difference between dual channel and single channel to be small, the only game which really showed what dual channel can do was Quake3.

ic. so if ill get a new KT600 based via motherboard for my AMD, i wouldnt miss out on perfomance aside from overclockability, right?

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: randumb
nForce 2 because it has PCI/AGP lock.

reason i got an nForce2 board.

 

[SammieC]

Same here that Lock is a godsend, helps tremendously. Also I am wanting to try that DFi board out, it seems to be the overclocking giant!

Nforce all the way!