SLI and Intel

[redtop6683]

Hi all,

I'm new here so if I break protocol or my n00bness shows through pleaz let me know.

I'm posing a question and hopefully someone has an answer for me.

Has anyone got any hard evidence of a VERIFIED/FACTUAL release date for the nForce4 SLI chipsets getting in on Intel boards?

Here's the only information I've found that is FACTUAL thus far : http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_17070.html

If anyone hears anything else please let us all know.

~Jason

 

[gobucks]

probably february/march. Honestly, though, it seems like these SLI chipsets are gonna be mostly to keep dell happy with their XPS systems. The P4 is still piss-poor in gaming next to comparable Athlon64s, and this isn't gonna change that. Sure, a P4EE NF4-SLI system with dual 6800Ultras will be fast, but an identical FX-55 system is faster. I don't at all blame nvidia for working with Intel, i just think that they are focusing in a poor area. NF4 Ultra/vanilla/IGP caliber boards would be great on the P4, but their focus on the gaming SLI solutions just seems like a poor battle to pick.

 

[IntelUser2000]

gobucks, I have to disagree with you on that. Remember the Northwood days? Especially the C's? Intel had the fastest gaming solution then. Its too early to conclude that by the time Nvidia chipset solution is out Intel will be still slow on games.

 

[n7]

Considering Intel's dead end (till dual core) is 3.8 GHz with 2 MB L2 cache, who really cares?

ATM, A64 s939 is by far the best option unless you can really utilize HT enough to justify the otherwise poor performance.

 

[Keysplayr]

When you guys are all done with your AMD is better than Intel pissing contest, would you mind answering the OP's question if you know? I don't know but am also curious as I will not go near AMD.

 

[Megatomic]

I have seen no hard and fast release dates. But I do know that NF4 is an AMD chipset, the Intel chipset is supposed to get the NF5 name.

 

[Demo24]

lol will be pretty damn pointless. you can tell its already bottlenecked on a AMd fx chip. throw in a Intel p4 and you really wasted your money

 

[nRollo]

If you've got the $, I believe you can get a Tumwater board now?