Nvidia expands nForce chipset lineup for Intel systems

Santa Clara (CA) - Nvidia continues its strategy to drive its products into the high-volume mainstream and entry-level segment. The company today announced two new nForce4 variants that compete with Intel's 945P and 975X chipsets and aim at motherboards that are priced below $100.

It is the AMD core logic business Nvidia is dominating today, but it is the Intel space where the volume is. While competitor ATI recently convinced Intel into a partnership and use its Radeon Xpress200 chipsets in Intel-branded entry level motherboards - at least as long as Intel is not ramping its 90 nm chipset lines - Nvidia goes head to head with Intel.

Both new nForce4 chipsets support all currently available Intel dual-core CPU's of the 800 and 900 series, the manufacturer said. Compared to its rivals - mainly the i945P - Nvidia said that it does not only want to compete on a performance level, but also offer more features at a comparable price. On the high-end, Nvidia also claims that the performance of the SLI X16 will outpace Intel's 975X chipset.

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