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    MSI AMD M/B Based on NForce is Out!!

    Hello Guys,

    Anyone thinking of getting it? In an old thread here you all thought nVidia would try to put its video in it. Well what you know it is there but there is also a AGP slot but i dont get what they mean by 2x/4x (1.5V only)? Comments?

    the link http://www.msicomputer.com/product/d.../k7n420pro.htm

    For those who want a quick look:

    MSI K7N420 PRO (MS-6373)
    nForce 420D Chipset
    Support 200/266MHz FSB.
    Twinbank Memory Architecture / 128-bit DDR memory controller.
    Integrated GeForceMX-class advanced GPU (Graphics Processing Unit).
    AGP 4X (1.5v).
    Hyper Transport interface to MCP (800MB/sec max).
    MCP-D (Media Communications Processor)
    Dual ATA/100 controller.
    USB UHCI 1.0a, up to 6 USB ports.
    IEEE 802.3 compatible MAC (MII).
    Integrated Audio Processor Unit.
    AC'97 2.1 compliant.
    Multiplex DVI/TV Interface with AGP slot. (optional)
    S/PDIF output function.
    Main Memory
    3 DDR DIMMs.
    Maximum memory size of 1.5GB.
    Support 128-bit system memory.

    Slots
    One CNR Slot(Communication Network Riser).
    One AGP Slot. Note: AGP 2.0 2x/4x (1.5V only)
    Five PCI (v2.2) 32 bit Master PCI bus slots.

    Onboard IDE
    An IDE controller on the MCP chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA 100 operation modes.
    Can connect to 4 IDE devices.

    Video
    256-bit 2D/3D graphics accelerator.
    2nd generation T&L engine, NVIDIA Shading Rasterizer (NSR).
    Multiplex DVI /TV interface with the AGP slot. (optional)
    PC 2001 compliant SMA and operates with 128-bit system memory installed.

    Network
    Chip integrated 10/100 BaseT Ethernet/Fast Ethernet.

    Audio
    APU (Audio Processing Unit) integrated in MCP
    Support up to 256 hardware-processed voices or 64 hardware voices in 3D.
    Support multi-speaker 3D audio.
    S/PDIF out through external bracket.

    Onboard peripherals
    1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes.
    2 Serial ports (COM A + COM B)
    6 USB ports (2 rear connectors and 2 USB front pin header to support four ports)
    1 Parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode.
    1 VGA connector.
    1 IrDA connector.
    1 Audio/Game port.
    1 RJ-45 port.
    Life is a bed of roses. Everyone else sees the roses, you are the one being gored by the thorns.

    AMD PhenomII555@B55(Quadcore-3.2GHz) Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 Kingston 1x2GB Generic 8400GS512MB WD1.5TB LGMulti-Drive Dell2407WFP
    ***Matrox G400DH 32MB still chugging along happily in my other pc***
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  • #2
    As much as I hate VIA, I still think the KT266A+SB Audigy is a much better choice than nForce.

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    • #3
      Re: MSI AMD M/B Based on NForce is Out!!

      Originally posted by Belwarrior
      Hello Guys,

      Anyone thinking of getting it? In an old thread here you all thought nVidia would try to put its video in it. Well what you know it is there but there is also a AGP slot but i dont get what they mean by 2x/4x (1.5V only)? Comments?
      It means that the nForce chipset only supports AGP cards with a signal voltage of 1.5 V (btw, the same restriction applies to Intel's i845 and i850 chipsets). This means that you can't use older graphics cards such as Matrox G200, 3dfx Voodoo x or ATI Rage Fury (which only support 3.3 V AGP voltage) on motherboards with these chipsets.

      To avoid that a wrong card is inserted into a "1.5 V only" AGP slot, there is a notch on all cards which support 1.5 V voltage. Other cards shouldn't have this notch so they can't be pushed into the slot, but unfortunately there are some cards out there which have that notch but don't support 1.5 V (for example, early revisions of the Diamond Viper 770). Motherboards with i845 or i850 chipsets may even be damaged by using those cards!

      Georg

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      • #4
        I would go for the KT266A solution especially after reading this
        http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboar...126/index.html review of KT266A boards pitted against the first 2 nForce boards ... !
        Fear, Makes Wise Men Foolish !
        incentivize transparent paradigms

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        • #5
          The nForce isn't really my kind of motherboard. I put together fast systems for myself, and the nForce is beaten out by the 266A. The dual-pipe DDR has future potential, but the current AMD architectures can't take advantage of it in a UP configuration. I don't really understand why nVidia is offering it so soon.
          The nForce doesn't look to be an awful product. It will certainly be welcome in the value and OEM markets, but those aren't my kind of box.
          Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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          • #6
            The integrated graphics do need the extra bandwidth. It gets much faster. The nForce 420 was designed for that purpose, but when you use a AGP board instead, it's not much faster than a nForce 220.

            And one more thing, I never thought VIA could design a memorycontroller like that!!!

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