The AMD and Intel Energy Crisis

NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra (PCI Express)

We used the standard nForce4 Ultra chipset. There is the SLI version with dual graphics option around, but this does not make a difference in terms of power consumption as long as it is equipped with a single graphics card. Two cards will of course accelerate energy consumption quite a bit.

Read NVIDIA Rushes Into PCI Express With nForce4 for more information.

Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.