Which do you think is going to be a better chipset?

[Radioactive Ape]

With the new ATI crossfire motherboards coming out with the new-ish chipset, i was was wondering, which do you guys think is going to be a better chipset? I think nF4 will have some features that ATI might not include, but im torn on performance, i think ATI might have an edge because they've had time to perfect it. Give me your comments. Oh, and i have a question that i don't think deserves another thread by the way. Is the nF4 Ultra and the nF4 SLI the same except for the SLI? Please, I need that answered. Thanks in Advance.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Yes, the ultra and the SLI chipsets are the same but for the SLI support.
I may go over to ATI but I've got to see retail motherboards before I can head that way.
I'll be sticking with NF4 in the meantime.

 

[morishani]

I think ATI need to work on the other stuff that nV have, not just SLI, the things that make nForce 4 great.
like gb-lan, better sound card, firewall, the magnificent RAID tool

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Actually ATI's got the better sound card. Azilla High Definition Audio. Not sure about the raid tool though, but the firewall is useless & buggy . I have to agree on the GB lan though.
Might want to check this out for some enthusiast's boards
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2481&p=4

Seriously this thing looks like it can oc pretty damn well.

-TPG

 

[morishani]

You sure about the sound card? i have 6.1 channels :\ no spdif , kinda realtek ac97.
what firewall, are we talking about the rs480(xpress 200) chipset?

 

[Budman]

ULi M1695