Which N-force2 has the best onboard video?

[Reebdoog]

right now I can't afford a video card and I'm building a system, so the vid card will have to wait. so which one would be best for me?

 

[AthlonXP]

They all use the same chipset. So it "should" be the same across the board with all manufacturers.

 

[Reebdoog]

but people say some of them have no onboard video

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Reebdoog
but people say some of them have no onboard video

Well, they obviously wouldn't have very good onboard video, then would they? 😛

The nForce2 comes in two flavours - SPP and IGP. The former lacks the integrated GPU.

For IGP, it differs only among the port layouts. Pretty much all recent nF2 boards have dual-VGA and TV-out supported on a bracket. Also try to find a board with the MCP2-T "Soundstorm" chip.

Recommended - MSI K7N2G-ILSR, Soltek Golden Flame (pinned @ top of this forum, I forget the name) and Epox 8RGA+ (no Soundstorm but o/c's like a mother though)

- M4H

 

[AthlonXP]

All the boards with the Nforce 2 SPP don't have on-board video, the chipset you are looking for is the Nforce 2 IGP.

 

[NesuD]

Soltek golden flame SL-75MRN-L is the one you want. They are out of stock at the moment at newegg but have an eta of 5-28. I built one of these last week for a neighbor and must say i was so impressed with it that i ordered the non video version for myself.