Nforce, Sis and Geforce 3?

The nForce will always come with onboard video. I would use that until the next version of the GeForce3 arives, or the Radeon 2. If you choose to buy the nForce-
The next big battle in chipsets will be in a few months between the 735 and the nForce. The 735 will be much cheaper. So IF it wins in performance/stability/compatability, the nForce may not be a good choice for those who do not want to pay for onboard video.

Cast not thine pearls before the swine

The funny thing, though, is that the onboard audio is far better reason to buy nForce than its onboard video. While there are video cards out there better than GeForce2 MX, there is nothing that even comes close to nForce's onboard audio. And will not be for months to come.

It's a whole blasted multi-APU (audio multi-processor). It beats any sound card in pure specification numbers, and the only one that is fully DirectX 8 compliant. No one is even talking about Dolby 5.1 decoding anymore. It is doing Dolby 5.1 <b>encoding</b> (!!!) in real time.

It would hardly be an overestimation to say that nForce's onboard audio is to SoundBlaster (or other comparable sound cards) is what GeForce3 is to Voodoo.

Leo

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by LeoKor on 06/21/01 11:18 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

Oh yes, definitely. But still, I find the fact to be curious.

Leo

I wouldn't go as far to say the "nForce Audio to Soundblaster" is what "GeForce 3 is to voodoo". Th soundblaster live cards are pretty good, although nobody yet has taken the EAX or DirectSound3D to its full potential. But it definitely is a superior solution. I'd say its more of a comparison between a GF3 and a GF1.

Creative are working on a Realtime DD5.1 encoding solution of their own. It will also have DV i/o which suggests it might contain some sort of video onboard. It is likely to come with a Box that fits a hard drive bay and contains some of the i/o and controls. It is also said to be accompanied by a remote control. Th i/o's will be DV, optical, coaxial and din. The only thing is that if you want this, there will be a price to pay as opposed to the nForce audio which is virtually free, with a minor premium if you wand DD5.1. Mainly because microsoft paid for the R&D.

Personally, I'd like to see a realtime DTS encoding solution.



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This was my very first post (at the top). I think it is funny because even way back in June rcf84 was making claims about future stuff being better than nvidia stuff. They didn't even make a sound blaster Live 2! It is the audigy. I am wondering however how does the nforce's sound compare to the audigy's sound?

and freakin when can we buy an Nforce board!!!!!? this is ridiculous, its october! This thread is talking about when Tom said OEMs would be out in July.