Which is better, VIA or Nvidia

[Solitude]

K8V-X chipset by VIA or K8N nforce 3 chipset by nvidia

which is better, please consider performance and cost?

 

[BW86]

nvidia.

 

[wseyller]

nvidia nforce 3

 

[VIAN]

They all perform the same.

The difference is the features they provide and the overclocking potential.

 

[moonspinner]

Even considering the cost, I have found that the Nvidia is much more stable and also works in a larger variety of computers. In the computer I use at home, the only one I can get to work properly, is Nvidia. Now I only install that brand on my work computers, because it is more reliable.

 

[Shenkoa]

SH1T SH1T, I am in class. Trying to pay attention to the lecture and this forum at the same time, Sorry I thought it said ATI and Nvidia and I assumed it was another one of VS. THREADS.

VIA for compatiblity
NFORCE for SPEED!

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: Shenkoa
ATI is not a bit unstable. That was an empty statement with no proof. People always say that ATI is unstable but they are full of crap, I have had many many ATI cards running drivers that are over 5 years old. I have never had a stability problom.

Nvidia and ATI are both = as of now, last year I would of told you ATI

As far as chipset, go for Nvidia.

What the H3LL are you talking about?
They are talking about motherboard chipsets Nvidia or VIA. What does ATI have to do with this whatsoever?

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: Shenkoa
VIA for compatiblity

Bwahahahahahahaha!!11!!!! :laugh:

 

[ToeJam13]

First off, VIA doesn't make a K8V-X chipset. Asus makes a Socket 754 mainboard using the VIA K8T800 chipset using that name.

Offhand, here are some NB spec differences:

K8T800: 800MHz HT
K8T800-PRO: 1GHz HT
nForce3-250 - 800MHz HT
nForce3-250GB - 800MHz HT, 1000MBit Ethernet, Firewall ACL processing
nForce3-250 PRO - 1GHz HT
nForce3-250GB PRO - 1GHz HT, 1000MBit Ethernet, Firewall ACL processing

Typically, my Nvidia boards crash less and are more tolerant of different video/memory than my VIA boards. Anandtech has also mentioned that comparable Nvidia boards are 1-2% faster than VIA boards.

The only problem with Nvidia is that they don't open their drivers to 3rd parties, so if you ever want to use your mainboard under BSD or such, you may be out of luck.

 

[gxshockwav]

boards with nvidia 250gb chipset tend to have a working agp/pci lock. the via chipsets may or may not have it...it's more of a toss up with via boards.

If you want stock performance, I think either would suffice.

 

[drpootums]

I'd go with nVidia too, but make sure to get the NF3 250 board and not the 150 board. Big difference between the two!

 

[Solitude]

Hey drpootums,

yeah i agree w/ all you guys, nforce3 all the way. My bro, newbie, when it comes to computer part or the new latest and greatest... Anyway, I was thinking of building a shuttle, but it comes w/ mobo already. I want to get the 250 chipset, but the only chipset they had for the shuttle w/ nvidia.

1. 150,
2. Ultra,

the ultra came w/ 939, only 150 came w/ 754, maybe you would know any good shuttle to build from. Shuttle => gaming machine. Thinking of medal of honor pacific edition heard it hella good. Probably test out the new bad boy agp 6600GT, pimp card for the price.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Nforce is the greatest. There is nothing wrong with VIA its just not as good as Nforce

Nforce 4 is going to be very nice ( Soundstorm is gone ). What he might be referrring to with ATI is the RX480 and RS480. Yes they got a good review but they dont have the reputation yet. They need to build a a reputation, and they need to be released. We cant base everything off of reviews. They are nice boards but nothing is like the Nforce boards IMO.

-Kevin

 

[Mik3y]

Originally posted by: Gamingphreek
Nforce is the greatest. There is nothing wrong with VIA its just not as good as Nforce

:thumbsup:

 

[xbassman]

The only reason IMHO Via would even be comparable to Nvidia is because Nvidia has made them work harder.
Back when, Via never even came close to the Intel chipsets. Then Nvidia hits the market with NForce and AMD builders finally have something good to work with!

 

[Fern]

Yeah, I've heard some pretty bad sh*t about about their old chipsets. First one I had was the KT333 chipset, and I find it very good. Beats the h3ll outta my similar Intel rig all day long.

Fern

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER

Originally posted by: Shenkoa
VIA for compatiblity

Bwahahahahahahaha!!11!!!! :laugh:

LOL:thumbsup:

 

[uOpt]

I chose NVidia.

My VIA-based Athlon XP board gave me lots of trouble with drivers.

Recently Via screwed up some memory bridge thing, forgot the details, but it led to non-working boards.

The NForce with Gigabit Ethernet also has the Ethernet chip outside the PCI bus which is a huge plus for me.

That NForce chipset also support ECC, although plus for me.

 

[imported_Kensai]

nVidia, so much more power than VIA.
So much nicer than VIA.
No southbridges on the "in" models.

 

[sportster64]

what about the sound card quality of each of the chipsets ?

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: sportster64
what about the sound card quality of each of the chipsets ?

meh, AC97 chips on the motherboards, varies from mobo maker to mobo maker

 

[Zebo]

If you're not overclcoking the SiS 755/760 is the best chipset. Otherwise get Nvidia.

Everythings off the PCI Bus and it has faster communication between it's chipsets, not to mention price and speed superior. But since only budget board makers make them overclcoking is not an option really. An I don't know if any 939 boards have been made yet. But plenty of 754 boards have it. For example here: http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=13-128-244&depa=1 This board also has the fastest on-board video in both AMD and Intel chipsets bar none: http://www.ocworkbench.com/200.../K8S760M/k8s760m-7.htm

SiS755 is the first Athlon64 chipset to combine the ability to fix the AGP/PCI frequency with a full implementation of the 800MHz HyperTransport bus. In addition, while using a traditional North/South bridge chipset, SiS uses a 1GHz Mutiol bus between the chips to minimize the North/South bus as a potential bottleneck. The features of the 964 Southbridge are also fully competitive with SATA RAID, ATA133 IDE, 8USB 2.0 ports, integrated 100db Signal-to-Noise 5.1 channel audio, and 10/100 Ethernet. The only things that we might wish for are 100/1000 Ethernet and Firewire, both of which can be added by board manufacturers. On paper, at least, SiS755 appeared to be the best of current Athlon64 chipsets.

Features are one thing, but there is more to high-performance computing that a feature check list. To our surprise, SiS755 also provided the best performance in AnandTech benchmarks of any Athlon64 chipset that we have tested. This applies across the benchmarks, and there does not appear to be a weak area in the performance of the SiS755 Reference Board. Memory Latency is the best we have seen, Content Creation and General Usage are competitive with the best we've seen on A64, gaming sets new highs for A64 performance, and SPECviewperf performance is the best we have seen on an Athlon64. The margin over other Athlon64 chipset boards we have tested is generally small, but it is consistent. SiS755 provides the best performance of any Athlon64 chipset that we have tested, and we are looking forward to evaluating production boards based on the SiS755.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuch...c.aspx?i=1922&p=10

 

[uOpt]

Originally posted by: sportster64
what about the sound card quality of each of the chipsets ?

Sound is always an addon chip on the PIC bus added by the board manufracturer. It is not part of the base chipset.

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: MartinCracauer

Originally posted by: sportster64
what about the sound card quality of each of the chipsets ?

Sound is always an addon chip on the PIC bus added by the board manufracturer. It is not part of the base chipset.

See above SiS has on-board 100db Signal-to-Noise 5.1 channel audio.