Question on Nvidia Chipset

[Dufrane]

I have been searching for the difference between the Nforce 415-D and Nforce 420-D chipsets. Any insight would be greatly apprieciated.

 

[Adul]

only difference. the 415 has no integrated graphics in it.

 

[Dufrane]

How does the performance compare to the via kt266a or kt333??

 

[DeRusto]

performance between the nforce and the kt266a are about the same, while the kt333 is ever so slightly faster than the both of them..but certainly not by a noticeable amount

 

[Pheran]

Yup. The Abit NV7-133R is an awesome nForce 415 board, my main rig uses one. It's not good for overclockers, but otherwise it rocks.

 

[Dufrane]

Thanks for all the input. One last question. Which board is better the Asus A7N266-C or the Abit NV7-133R??

 

[RanDum72]

hanks for all the input. One last question. Which board is better the Asus A7N266-C or the Abit NV7-133R??

Its a toss. The Abit has the built-in NIC while the Asus has full thermal protection(like if your heatsink falls off, it will shut-off when the CPU hits a certain temp). The Abit is jumperless but has fewer options. The Asus has jumpers and BIOS settings that offer more options for OC'ing, like locking the AGP/PCI clocks when OC'ing the FSB. I have the Asus and the micro-ATX version of the Abit, the NV7-m.

 

[Pheran]

I'd hardly call this a toss up... the Abit NV7-133R has an ATA133 RAID controller and USB 2.0; the Asus board has neither. The Abit is also a bit cheaper, at least at Newegg. The Abit is a much better value.

 

[Sivar]

However, Asus is widely considered a much higher quality manufacturer. Recently I decided that Abit had cleaned up their act because their recent boards had been popular with the reviewers like Anandtech so I purchased a KR7A with ATA133 RAID, 4 DIMM slots, etc. It ate a total of three Crucial modules over time before it finally died a terrible death. I researched some problems I was having before it died and found that it and several other models of their boards were very problematic.
Asus is more expensive, but only if you don't put a value on your time. (though there are certainly Abit users that have functioning boards)

 

[Pheran]

We'll just have to agree to disagree on that point. I've owned 4 Abit boards (TX5, BM6, KT7-RAID, and NV7-133R) and have never had a problem with any of them. I've also built two more Abit systems for friends, again no problems (well, other than the occasional VIA issue which has nothing to do with Abit). Also, this review of motherboard manufacturers, while admittedly subjective, disagrees as well. If you're worried about a motherboard eating DIMMs, I'd be worried about Asus putting out-of-spec DIMM voltage on their motherboards.