Nvidia and Nvidia works better together

[Zap]

I've been thinking about this since Lord Banshee started complaining about getting lower benchmarks with his video card (even after he "fixed" his self-imposed problem) on the Asrock ULi chipset board after "upgrading" from an Nvidia chipset board.

My thought is that Nvidia, whether by design or accident, made their products work better together than apart.

Here's evidence from Anandtech itself with the article titled Intel Motherboards: Can a Diamond beat a Royal Flush?

Two premium motherboards for the P4. One uses an Intel chipset, the other uses an Nvidia chipset. The parts for testing included an Nvidia chipset video card.

Guess which motherboard chipset performed better with the Nvidia chipset video card in 3D applications/games?

Uh huh. I thought so. Intel chipsets for their P4 are typically thought to be very high performance, but the newest one can't keep up with the Nvidia chipset in 3D gaming.

 

[eplebnista]

Interesting observations.

 

[evilharp]

Originally posted by: Zap
I've been thinking about this since Lord Banshee started complaining about getting lower benchmarks with his video card (even after he "fixed" his self-imposed problem) on the Asrock ULi chipset board after "upgrading" from an Nvidia chipset board.

My thought is that Nvidia, whether by design or accident, made their products work better together than apart.

Here's evidence from Anandtech itself with the article titled Intel Motherboards: Can a Diamond beat a Royal Flush?

Two premium motherboards for the P4. One uses an Intel chipset, the other uses an Nvidia chipset. The parts for testing included an Nvidia chipset video card.

Guess which motherboard chipset performed better with the Nvidia chipset video card in 3D applications/games?

Uh huh. I thought so. Intel chipsets for their P4 are typically thought to be very high performance, but the newest one can't keep up with the Nvidia chipset in 3D gaming.

Could be the case for Intel in particular. AMD has been wide open to other chipset makers for a while (nVidia/Uli/Via) whereas Intel is a primarily Intel (apart from the odd Ati solution or the rare "value" chipsets from uli/via).

It would be interesting to see if the 755 vs nForce4 comes up with similar results using ATI cards. Maybe the Intel solution isn't as "good" at pci-e graphics as nforce4?

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: evilharp
Maybe the Intel solution isn't as "good" at pci-e graphics as nforce4?

Easy to check this by benching an ATI card in an Intel chipset and Nvidia chipset board. If the ATI card is faster in the Nvidia chipset board, then that may indeed be a superior solution. If the ATI card tests the same in both, but the Nvidia card is faster with an Nvidia chipset board...

 

[evilharp]

Originally posted by: Zap

Originally posted by: evilharp
Maybe the Intel solution isn't as "good" at pci-e graphics as nforce4?

Easy to check this by benching an ATI card in an Intel chipset and Nvidia chipset board. If the ATI card is faster in the Nvidia chipset board, then that may indeed be a superior solution. If the ATI card tests the same in both, but the Nvidia card is faster with an Nvidia chipset board...

True, but then the problem arises... Most AT forum members don't use Intel. And if they do, they won't have the parts need for a 755/nForce4 comparison.

Maybe Anand can run another test