what is nforce 4?

[tvdang7]

im an amateur at amd nforce 3 means apg right? and nforce 4 means pci-x right?

i want this mobo http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...item-details.asp?EdpNo=1239467&CatId=0
but it doesnt say if its neither....i know its pci-x so iono...some one help me please

 

[Fern]

The correct term is "PCI-e" not PCI-x.

Yes, the mobo you linked is a PCI-e mobo. Which means you need a PCI-e graphics card, can't use an AGP gfx card.

Otherwise, you can google nforce 4 and find a lot of reviews on that chipset.

Fern

EDIT: PCI-e, is also known as PCI-express, the add for the mobo uses the fully-spelled version

 

[tvdang7]

what what is nforce any way?......cant i use ati cards on them?

 

[us3rnotfound]

no!

 

[justly]

nForce is the name NVIDIA uses for their chipset line, and yes you can use an ATi videocard with them.

Do you need nForce? no... there are other chipsets but the nForce is most popular.

 

[tvdang7]

ic....so any pros and cons?...is it like an igp? or something?

 

[tvdang7]

would going via chipset be any differnt than nforce?....please help!!.....

 

[Promethply]

The NF4 platform would be better for you if you're after a PCI-E based Socket 939 motherboard.

Not sure, but I heard that the VIA K8T890 will not support the dual core Athlon 64 CPU, unlike the NF4 chipsets?