I have found some disturbing info. There seems to be some discussion about SoundStorm 2 being a fact or rumor... here is what I have found.
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47085 and this.
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=1365071&enterthread=y this is the quote that I am making reference to ...:
--"Concillian"--
"""The SoundStorm2 rumor has been debunked. It is, and will remain, a RUMOR and not a reality.
This according to the people at nforcershq.com in this thread:
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=47085
They are still lobbying nVidia to bring back the APU.
Here is text I wrote summarizing in another thread:
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Basically the gist is that
1) The Inquirer article is the only source that ever said nForce4 would include SoundStorm, and that part of the article is not true.
2) Motherboard manufacturers do not ask nVidia for it, so nVidia dropped it. The reason manufacturers do not ask for it? They don't get scored down at review sites like AT and other for not having only AC97 sound. They see no benefit to SoundStorm and added cost, so it won't be making an appearance anytime soon... at least until review sites start demanding better onboard audio options and scoring down for normal 5.1.
A sad state of affairs, but true."""
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I hope that SoundStorm 2 turns out to be a real feature of the NForce 4 I would very much like to have the feature integrated into my new system...