Nvidia launches nForce chipsets for AMD CPUs

Looking from results they are performing around the same as the 790FX board, though overclocking seems to have taken a jump. One review stated that they managed to have a 100% stable overclock for a Phenom BE 9850 @ 2.9Ghz. That's quite nice.

Comment by C7ouD at 7:55pm 9th May 2008

Looking from results they are performing around the same as the 790FX board, though overclocking seems to have taken a jump. One review stated that they managed to have a 100% stable overclock for a Phenom BE 9850 @ 2.9Ghz. That's quite nice.

Comment by C7ouD at 7:55pm 9th May 2008

We need some Benchmarks CPC, so come on guys let us see if this may help Nvidia and AMD out at all... we might get the competition back as well if this all goes well, because i think Nvidia do hold the key to who is the best CPU manufacturer, because Nvidia have the best GPUs and now that they own the Physx API then this will only benefit the small time CPU manufacturers even more, because AMD will probably have the upper hand with their next gen budget CPUs and if most of the work is dealt with by the GPU then you wouldn't need a high powered CPU, what do you guys reckon, do you think Nvidia may be holding the key to get AMD back in buisness?

Comment by NikoBellic at 11:06am 7th May 2008

would be nice! I'd like to see how x2's x3's and x4's compare on these boards with AMD's own chipsets. I don't think this is about nVidia trying to destroy the ATi brand. You could still buy an ATi card if you really want it. The Hybrid Power is a useful technology and could save owners a few quid in running costs as well as helping to stop devestation of grasslands in mongolia and the re-election of Mugabe...but please CPC, let us see some benchmarks/power consumption comparisons to see if this does make a real difference. :)

Comment by EdArch at 10:42am 7th May 2008

Owns an AMD ???????? ROFLCOPTER ;)

Comment by Lightning_Pete at 8:20am 7th May 2008

This could be the way forward for Nvidia and AMD, because both of them seem to be in trouble with intel, and if you like the 8x00 series, then this may pay off for you... and ever since the recent bits of news here or there, i have decided to concentrate on competition over performance... because its not like i need a nasa beater like, is it, plus... we'll get faster performance sooner, if we have decent competition... like Nvidia and AMD.

Comment by NikoBellic at 12:21am 7th May 2008

i'm glad nvidia is finally making some chipsets for amd, they make good chipsets and excluding amd from the action was definetly not helping amd out. btw, i totally agree with msi on the uselessness of those pci-x slots, except; even with a device that uses them they are useless. i have an x-fi xtreme audio pci-e 1x card, and puting it in one of the normal 1x slots is nearly impossible, if you have it right by the GPU your temps go up a fair bit, i just managed to get mine in the 4x(?) slot above my first 16x slot (had it in my second 16x slot for a while actually) and i'm not too comfertable about that, being so close to the gpu (it is REALLY close) may cause interference, and my tuniq tower is right next to it, pinty side of the fins because my dfi board rotates the mounting mechanism 90*, so plugging it in and mounting it is painfull and finnicky. going back to amd: i know they are behind intel for performance, but i want to see a full on spider platform (the dfi board, black edition phenom, LOW LATENCY ram, and four 3870x2's) set up and tested in comparison to intel's closest system.

Comment by yougotkicked at 10:07pm 6th May 2008

This chipset has the same abilities as the 780G / 790GX from ATI that is already on the street. Hybrid Crossfire can switch between the IGP and the discrete GPU on desktop AND will also do this with the upcoming PUMA mobile platform coming out 6/1. I think everyone should take a cold hard look at nVidia right now. Compare the reviews from the ATI HD 4xxx series to the new 9xxx series from nVidia. You'll see that it's nVidia that is sweating in their shoes right now. They have put themselves on the rocks with Intel with their spoutings over the last few weeks and they also have VERY competitive products coming from the only other CPU manufacturer out there. If they piss off Intel AND AMD, who will they build chipsets / GPUs for? Via? BT

Comment by bjterry62 at 8:26pm 6th May 2008

This chipset has the same abilities as the 780G / 790GX from ATI that is already on the street. Hybrid Crossfire can switch between the IGP and the discrete GPU on desktop AND will also do this with the upcoming PUMA mobile platform coming out 6/1. I think everyone should take a cold hard look at nVidia right now. Compare the reviews from the ATI HD 4xxx series to the new 9xxx series from nVidia. You'll see that it's nVidia that is sweating in their shoes right now. They have put themselves on the rocks with Intel with their spoutings over the last few weeks and they also have VERY competitive products coming from the only other CPU manufacturer out there. If they piss off Intel AND AMD, who will they build chipsets / GPUs for? Via? BT

Comment by bjterry62 at 8:26pm 6th May 2008

This has been on the cards for some time...the feud between nvidia and intel will probably result in intel denying nvidia a license they need to be able to run their chipset with intels forthcoming nehalem processor. They are just making sure that the can still produce chipsets for one of the cpu manufacturers latest cpu's even if it is only AMD's. Probably the reason they have been dissing the role of a high powered cpu as compared to a high end GPU in their recent press releases.

Comment by technogiant at 7:16pm 6th May 2008

I think that this could be the beginnings of a merger between ATI, AMD, and Nvidia, or at least the relisation that if the Intel Graphics card is good, they are all in trouble!

Comment by carlg75 at 5:54pm 6th May 2008

I don't really see the benefit of this move. The crossfire chipsets have been far better over clockers for a long time now. But more than that, I don't see that many people are going to be building 3-way SLi on any typre of rig, let alone one with mediocre CPU's...

Comment by PokerMuppet at 4:15pm 6th May 2008

This is very sneaky on Nvidia's part. They really are truly trying to destroy the name ATI once and for all. Maybe they are scared about the upcoming 4000 series.

Comment by CPC_RedDawn at 4:17pm 6th May 2008

I think this could be the first very small step to help AMD get through this very difficult period. We have all read here in detail about the problems with AMD. I know AMD have ATI to promote but to get a helping hand by the competition should be great news for them. Hopefully, they will get off their ass and release a more competitive CPU against what Intel have to offer with performance to match. Although, I can't see them releasing anything that we haven't already seen on this site. In that case, they need to lower the price of their CPU's to try and get joe public to buy a system with this configuration. At the moment I just don't see the benefit of doing just that.

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