nForce4 SLI XE
The nForce4 SLI XE MCP is a cost-reduced follow-up to the nForce4 SLI MCP . Unlike the nForce4 SLI MCP, this chipset will fully support the Presler, Cedarmill, and Smithfield series of processors and offers High Definition Audio. The price target that NVIDIA has set for motherboards based on the nForce4 SLI XE MCP will be in the $99 US range and will go upwards based upon additional features implemented on the boards.
The reference design motherboard is shown above and represents the options that NVIDIA is targeting for the $99 US price point. The two SLI-Ready PCI Express x16 slots allow you to use two graphics cards (x8 PCI-E operation) or one SLI-Ready PCI Express graphics card and any storage, networking, or multimedia add-on cards (PCI Express x1, x4, x8 cards) for increased configuration flexibility and performance. We currently do not have boards in house to test and verify against NVIDIA’s performance claims, but we do expect samples to be received shortly.
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Cygni - Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - link
Nvidia chipsets are hard to setup? Huh? Are you serious?Really, if your friends dont know how to use hardrive autodetect in their bios settings, they shouldnt be building their own computesr in the first place.
Ive used, SiS, ULi, Intel, ATI, Via, Nvidia, and Intel chipsets for builds in the last 2 months... and they are all identical in the setup department, more or less. The only major bug i can think of in the NF4 rigs was Active Armor, and i hear its been fixed, as well as the original problems with the Intel SLI X16 chipsets that too has been fixed... I can think of more problems than that in chipsets from ATI, Intel, sis etc...
mino - Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - link
He did NOT mention it is tough to setup.Nvidia simply makes gamboy like products.
Whether you like it or not nf4 IS buggy, nor ULi, nor Intel nor VIA has such a buggy product on the market right now. Only ATI's screwed USB on the SB400/SB450 are comparable but you can use Uli for that here.
If you are building gaming machine - go for nF4, if you are making production systems, stay away from it.
Regs - Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - link
That this is actually a bad thing for Intel since they have a actual competitor.MrSmurf - Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - link
Intel has chipsets that support Crossfire. Plus Inten is known for their stability. It's not that bad of a thing for Intel.FinFET - Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - link
I know it's probably a screen cap, but when will people stop refering to 3Gbps SATA as SATA2.http://www.sata-io.org/namingguidelines.asp">Dispelling the Confusion: SATA II does not mean 3Gb/s
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - link
SATA2 does NOT mean 3Gb/s, as you point out, but 3Gb/s DOES mean SATA2. In other words, not all SATA2 is 3Gb/s, but all 3Gb/s is SATA2.fitten - Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - link
I think he's refering to http://www.sata-io.org/namingguidelines.asp">this...Basically, there is no such term as SATA2 or SATAII or whatever.
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - link
Calling it SATA-IO does not dispell any confusion, since all SATA-IO is not 3GB/s, but 3Gb/s is by definition a SATA-IO drive. The point is 3Gb/s is only one of the new SATA possible features, but it is not a necessary feature for a drive to be SATA2 or SATA-IO. It seems to me all the SATA-IO name has done is further obfuscate the confusion that SATA2 and SATA-IO can mean 3Gb/s or they can mean next to nothing. That is the organization's marketing issue - which they have NOT resolved.fitten - Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - link
I'm not arguing either way other than to clarify the other poster's post. You can use whatever term you want for it but be aware that the terms "SATA2" and "SATAII" and variations aren't used by the SATA standardization body, regardless of how obfuscated things are.Donegrim - Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - link
nForce4 SLI x16 nad nForce4 SLIIs this a typo? just thouhgt id point it out.