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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.
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.