nForce3 coming in summer?

[Twinhead]

I was reading the THG's news this morning, accidentally I read the news from nVIDIA website as well.

nVIDIA

I think nForce3 chipset will be available pretty soon. Man I just got the nForce2 board. :|


* UPDATE * nVIDIA just upgraded the nForce2 chipset to nForce2 Ultra 400 and nForce2 400

 

[Zarick]

I got the impression that the nforce 3 was for the server market not for home users.

 

[Twinhead]

Originally posted by: Zarick
I got the impression that the nforce 3 was for the server market not for home users.

Hmm...never thought about that...

 

[Vette73]

Its made to bve a workstation setup to run Opteron chips. BUT a lot of test have shown a nForce3 and Opterron makes a kickazz gameing machine.

 

[mrman3k]

nForce 3 is meant to provide an entry level workstation or high end gaming platform. It will be interesting to see how it stacks up against the 800MHz FSB P4's and how well the Opteron can overclock. This will also give us an idea to how the Athlon64 will do.

 

[Remedy]

high end gaming platform

Excuse me? How can a gaming platform be called "high end" when the Cpu (Opteron)(Because you can NOT use an Athlon64 DT processor in it) at the highest clock frequency cost twice and almost 3 times the amount of a comparable system to the compeition(or its own sister processor Athlon64), but expell the same amount of performance?

$650-processor- 242

$200-motherboard

$100 Registered DDR

It's a workstation, not a gaming system by anymeans.(doesn't mean you can't use it as one, just not economical to the end user)

 

[larciel]

because your sig kinda tells it.

because 2 is better than 1... well 2 costs more than 1.. but it is better.. right?

*i don't want to start an endless debate... let's just leave this to personal choice*

 

[SynthesisI]

Anyone know when that new ASUS nForce3 board will be out? If you do, please drop me a PM! Thx!

 

[Jii]

My feelings are that Nvidia may even make a strip-featured chipset from the nForce3 for desktop users (standard DDR RAM, support for both older and newer processors alike (if it's possible), but it's dependant upon the success of the nForce2. Let's see what happens. I'm looking forward to see articles and reviews from those people who have the time and talent to work with nForce3-based motherboards, making them "high-end desktops" and (hopefully) show what potential the nForce3 has in store.

Two CPUs are useful only if the OS and the application ran supports such configuration. Otherwise the other CPU is just for shows, nothing more.

I do respect people with such a CPU configuration; they are rich.