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nForce?

kinkstr · 2005-01-26 01:12:48

Could someone explain to me what exactly nForce means, and what advantages does it have?

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Could someone explain to me what exactly nForce means, and what advantages does it have?

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#2 26-01-2005 02:34AM

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It's just one AMD chipset from nVidia afaik.

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#3 26-01-2005 06:46PM

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www.nvidia.com ..

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#4 26-01-2005 07:31PM

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nForce is one of the 2 possible chipsets for an AMD motherboard to have.
The VIA chipsets are generally a bit cheaper and are supposed to be rock solid at stock speeds. nForce chipsets are a little dearer but the only way to go if you want to overclock.

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#5 26-01-2005 07:32PM

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padraigf wrote:

nForce is one of the 2 possible chipsets for an AMD motherboard to have.
The VIA chipsets are generally a bit cheaper and are supposed to be rock solid at stock speeds. nForce chipsets are a little dearer but the only way to go if you want to overclock.

Cheers, the mobo im getting is nForce3, im still not 100% on what it means but atleast i know its good

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#6 27-01-2005 04:25PM

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padraigf wrote:

nForce is one of the 2 possible chipsets for an AMD motherboard to have.
The VIA chipsets are generally a bit cheaper and are supposed to be rock solid at stock speeds. nForce chipsets are a little dearer but the only way to go if you want to overclock.

Via arent that bad for overclocking either, i wouldnt say nforce are the "only" way to go for overclocking

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#7 27-01-2005 08:48PM

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Yeah, youre right there gline. Just meant in general.

Of course you would say that with a VIA board in your rig

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#8 28-01-2005 01:42PM

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padraigf wrote:

Yeah, youre right there gline. Just meant in general.

Of course you would say that with a VIA board in your rig

True but my last mobo was nforce, i think they are both equally ok for overclocking if you now how to get the max out of ur cpu and memory etc

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#9 01-02-2005 08:33PM

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Nforce support much higher FSBs so an unlocked chip means lower the multiplier and raise the FSB to get the same speed so not really overclocking

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#10 01-02-2005 08:38PM

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The nForce Ultra motherboards at the moment aren't great for ocing at all. Lots of them seem to be locked at 233

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#11 01-02-2005 08:42PM

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Locked or capped?

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#12 02-02-2005 02:14AM

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My epox 9nda3+ Can hit 270.... dno what nforce ultra youre thinking about. Ive seen 9nda3+s hit 330!

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#13 02-02-2005 02:16AM

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Sorry I meant the nforce 4 ultra, Gigabyte board.

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#14 02-02-2005 02:17AM

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http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=221043

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#15 02-02-2005 02:52AM

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padraigf wrote:

nForce is one of the 2 possible chipsets for an AMD motherboard to have.

Not 2, it is 4 and not chipsets but more generations. I should know cause I had the original nforce chipset (420 not 415) on my MSI mobo years ago :cool:

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#16 02-02-2005 05:30PM

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Well yeah, but for the inexperienced it's effectively 2. Either a VIA solution or an AMD solution. Didn't wanna inundate the fella with a load of detail if he wasnte even sure what nForce was in the first place.

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