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north bridge differences

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http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/SubCategory.asp?SubCategory=22

here you can choose what north bridge you want to search by that comes on the mother board, but what is the difference between all of them

i see that the nvidea SLI and SLI X16 means that the board comes with 2 PCI express slots but is there anything more too it like features and what not?

and im talking about all the north bridges, not just the 2 i mentioned

any clarification would be great, thanks
 
Sli has 2 8X PCIe slots and Sli16 has 2 16X PCIe slots.

very little to no differecne in performance as even the higgest ends cards can;t stress a 16X let alone fill up and be slowed down by a 8X slot.
 
Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Sli has 2 8X PCIe slots and Sli16 has 2 16X PCIe slots.

very little to no differecne in performance as even the higgest ends cards can;t stress a 16X let alone fill up and be slowed down by a 8X slot.
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what about the differences with the others though? like nvidea vs. ATI, SiS, and VIA, and all the little off shoots?
 
Ati has some good AMD chipsets as does Uli. SiS I don;t think has much right now and Via is ok for a low end budget system.

<-- running a Via PT880pro system right now.
 
You should read reviews of motherboards that sport the different chipsets (look 'em up with Newegg 😉) and see the actual differences... All of those chipset makers are great, sometimes they produce chipsets that are somewhat less than the competition, but apart from those "mistakes", either one of them has earned its stripes...

nVidia has bought ULi (both are great), and ATI has some very good chipsets as well...
 
The first thing to note is that nForce 4 (all variants, including the 6100 & 6150), both ATi EXPRESS, ULi 1695, SiS 756 and VIA 890 series supports PCI express, all others only support AGP video interface.

ATi and nVidia are the only two that offer integrated video (actually SiS and VIA do also but not on the newer PCI express chipsets).

NVidia has a reputation as "the best" overclocking chip, but actually all of these chipsets offer good to great overclocking (note: motherboard design/bios support is as much if not more the cause of poor overclocking these days, therefore being the best overclocker really depends on the board more than the chipset).

If dual video cards are a concern there is three choices the nForce SLI, nForce SLI 16 and the ATi EXPRESS cossfire (ATi cards have to be used on the ATi chipset and nVidia cards have to be used on an nVidia chipset in dual card configuration).

ULi and SiS tend to have faster hard drive controllers than the others (please check reviews to be sure this is for both PATA and SATA).

NVidia chipsets tend to lead the rest in features like Gigabit LAN, RAID options, usb performance, ect. although some of these features may be dropped on lower end versions. Also you might want to be aware that these features have caused trouble for some people, personally I would consider these features as a bonus not a reason to choose nForce over another chipset.

Obviously if you have a specific "need" like SLI, firewire, integrated video Gigabit LAN or extreme overclocking that should be your first priority after that its really a flip of the coin as all are very close in actual performance.
 
thank you everyone for all the replies,

what i was kind of wondering, are the differences that great, that you would definitly want to pick one over the other,

but it seems justly has answered that question, im mainly looking for a fast system in general, so from what i understand from all of you is that, if im not looking for something specialized it doesn't matter all that much

again, thank you all for the info
 
If you want excellent overall performance, I would still stick with the different iterations of the nForce4 chipset... It's mature right now, and it performs very good under all circumstances...
 
Originally posted by: Wentelteefje
If you want excellent overall performance, I would still stick with the different iterations of the nForce4 chipset... It's mature right now, and it performs very good under all circumstances...
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Actually they all perform very good, but just for the sake of argument look at any review that has a ULi, ATi or SiS chipset in it and instead of looking at what chipset won a benchmark look at what chipset looses I bet you will see a nForce 4 chipset holds that honor more often than not. So it really depends more on the board than the chipset.


 
I wasn't solely talking from a performance perspective, I only pointed out that the nForce4 is a proven chipset, and that it would be good overall choice, no matter what you do with your pc... It has no major drawbacks...

Of course, manufacturers like ASRock have translated the ULi chipset into a magnificent thing, and others like Abit have shown that their solution can't quite live up to the "overclocker king" aspect the nForce4 chipset in general has...

There are different players, but the nForce4 is a solid and reliable choice, no matter what...
 
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