Opinions reguarding nForce:

[Beau]

Looking at making a new commercial home entertainment system that will be pc based. The nForce system has nearly all the components that I will be requiring for this system built into it. What's your opinion on the stability of this system?

 

[EKAtBzboyz]

stability wise i dont think there are any complaints regarding it
what features are you looking for, onboard video?

 

[Beau]

Well, it has a decent onboard video, plus SVideo out, 5.1 sound outputs, and PC support. I'll be using a modified version of the board with XP embedded as the os. It also needs to be able to run a small XML database, visualizations, dvd decoding, mp3 management & playing, network and internet functions, etc.... And needs to be not very power hungry.

 

[EKAtBzboyz]

well then nforce sounds like a good board for you
it appears you dont need cutting edge gfx so that is a good board for your needs since it has all the other features

 

[Adul]

nforce is very stable and I have been happy with the system i built form it.

 

[nortexoid]

honestly, it has nothign over other integrated chipsets in terms of offering the features required for a HTPC....that is, NO 3d.

u can get other mATX boards based on non-nvidia chipsets that have integrated LAN, video w/ s-video/composite out, and 6 channel audio...

i'm currently using a nforce board (asus a7n266-vm) in a bookpc case - it runs fine using winxp & sp1, but honestly, it doesn't feel as responsive as my old 700mhz classic athlon on an asus k7m board (amd 751)....the processor i'm currently using is a duron 1.1ghz w/ 256mb pc2100.

when i hit the start button it often sits there for a second and then finally pops up the menu....i'm using the latest nforce drivers (and i've tried the latest provided by Asus - they're slightly older - same thing happens)...i also don't like the way the 4.1/5.1 has to be configured...using the avance audio drivers on other mobos proved to be better, IMO.

all in all, it'll make a good HTPC, but so will other solutions out there, some for maybe even less...

 

[halkebul]

I just built a system for my brother using the Asus A7N266-VM motherboard. Added 1700+ and two 128MB sticks of Kingston DDR266 memory. No problems whatsover. All features worked flawlessly: LAN, Audio, integrated GeForce2, etc.