Intel vs. New AMD chipset?

[ClarkKent]

I've been reading a lot intels new 925x chipset. Currently I'm an AMD man but this new chipset seems to be the way to go for my new rig. My question is what new AMD chipsets will be out to counter Intels 925x?

 

[hkh]

Nforce 4 but it will not be out for a few months.

 

[- W.C Pohna -]

Yeah but in all honesty it seems the smarter move to stay away from the recent 925x chipsets as they all seem to have bugs and errors. Also NForce 4 is gonna be the **** rather than intels POS chipsets they've be turning out.

 

[ClarkKent]

Any links to some info?

 

[Zac42]

I've heard from various forumns and news site that it will have dual pci-e x16 slots... I believe that that is the most important feature Other than that I think it is very close to the NF3 feature wise. I've got an A8V ATM, but when NF4 comes out I'm planning on using te A8V to replace my old XP200+ machine, and drop in 6800GTs!

 

[ClarkKent]

I'd be happy with DDR2 and an unlocked AMD64. I've seen new intel boards with up to 8 SATA ports. I hope Nvidia does a great job cause I love to expand.

 

[MiNdWaRp]

Any word on NCQ support in NForce 4?

 

[ClarkKent]

I thought NQC was a harddrive trait? Or do I have that wrong?

 

[Zac42]

http://the-inquirer.net/?article=17058

 

[MiNdWaRp]

I thought NQC was a harddrive trait? Or do I have that wrong?

Yes it is a harddrive trait, maybe I'm wrong, but I thought that in order to use it it had to be supported by your motherboard chipset?

 

[ClarkKent]

I didn't think there had to be motherboard support for NQC. I could be wrong on that piont but the drives are already coming out aren't they?

Zac42 that is a great article link. Nforce4 is going to kick butt. I can't wait. I just hope 939 chip prices start to drop conciderably. A nice San Diego chip on a Nforce4 board would be just the thing for christmas.

 

[DanIdentity]

The chipset and harddrive both have to support NCQ.

And W.C Pohna, if you're talking about the southbridge issues and the recall, all that has been cleared up. There haven't been reports of any other bugs with the 925x chipsets.

 

[ClarkKent]

So will NCQ come with SATA 300 or will they stay with SATA 150 with NCQ?

 

[Dragonprince]

if you're talking about the southbridge issues and the recall, all that has been cleared up. There haven't been reports of any other bugs with the 925x chipsets.

Isnt 1 bug enough to make you worry about the chipset ? I'd wait until rev2 hits before spending money on a chipset that was obviously rushed to market to try and counter the 939 boards.....

 

[DanIdentity]

Isnt 1 bug enough to make you worry about the chipset ? I'd wait until rev2 hits before spending money on a chipset that was obviously rushed to market to try and counter the 939 boards.....

No, not really. The problem was in the manufacturing process, not the chipset itself. So there was no way of detecting the leakage problem until the chipsets were manufactured.

The problem didn't affect that many boards, but they recalled them all just to be sure. I'm not trying to blindly defend Intel, but they made a mistake, admitted to it, and dealt with it promptly. They provided full refunds to all distributors.

If you buy the chipset now, technically you are buying "rev 2." There aren't plans for a "rev 2" 925/915 chipset set in the future. They will just be replaced by new chipsets.

 

[ClarkKent]

So when will we see NCQ? And will SATA 300 be right behind it?

 

[violineb]

Just looking at those new intel mobos makes me sort of sick. Only support for those new socket 775 or whatever? I thought Prescotts suck for O/Cing. Personally I'd go A64 any day. Mmmm NF3 250gb.....can't wait for NF4

 

[ClarkKent]

Ok so I've done some homework and I'm definetily going to go with Nforce4 when it arrives. But I have some question that I hope some one can answer. Will there be boards that support SLI and some that don't? Will we have the choice, cause if there was a major price drop for going without it I might.

 

[dragon_788]

There will very likely be some vendors that don't include 2x PCIe 16x ports for cost reasons, and they will be cheaper. I personally might buy one with the the 2x ports, but I would only use one til the cards get cheaper and then I'd have to have some SLI goodness.

 

[ClarkKent]

A dual graphic card setup would be sweet (especially for you if you are really only running 1M PCI card). I realize it will help game play but will it help video editing as well or is that based more on CPU and harddrive speed? Cause if that is the case then I would rather break the bank on a top of the line CPU and save money on not going SLI.