Which Chipset Do You Prefer?

GuardianAsher · Post by **GuardianAsher** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:35 am

I've been looking over the various chipsets that are out on the market, and I wanted to see which chipsets are preferred by people on PCA.

RubberDuckie · Post by **RubberDuckie** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:44 am

Vote one for Nforce Chipset.

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:45 am

Although I have an ATI Radian 9800 pro 256 that I've had for over a year now and like it, like most users I have never tested all the others listed so a poll won't indicate what's best by any means compared to hardware reviews. My card does play games like Doom3, Quake 4, Fear at 1280 X 1024 with very good, smooth gameplay so I'm happy with it and don't plan to replace it until it's obsolete (unable to properly run newer future games someday).

123cool · Post by **123cool** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:08 am

another on the Nforce.

Jim Z · Post by **Jim Z** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:00 am

nforce 4 here.

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 10:32 am

I've never had a problem with Intel chipsets, and I did have VIA a few times with no problems except for always having to update the VIA 4-1 drivers.

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:19 pm

Nforce 4. Altho i do miss my Nforce2 board that had soundstorm on it. It seems that turtlebeach might make a card that can do what the old soundstorm did.

Qui Gon-Jinn · Post by **Qui Gon-Jinn** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:39 pm

NVidia.. FTW..

I have had NO issues with Nvidia ever..

SIS.. VIa.. everything else.. always have issues.. bahhhh

Next up for me.. NForce 4.. SLI board.. and a PCI-E Video Card

MegaVectra · Post by **MegaVectra** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:45 pm

Am using a via (Asrock motherboard) chipset now and have had no problems. Had a Tyan Tiger a few years back and had nothing but problems, most likely not the chipset's fault. Next motherboard purchase will probably have a Nforce chipset.

moose1309 · Post by **moose1309** » Thu May 04, 2006 4:41 pm

I vote ULi, since I'm using the ASRock 939Dual-SATA2. It's a really great board for the bargain price. I do hope to replace it with an ATI board tho like the Asus.

wpublic · Post by **wpublic** » Wed May 24, 2006 6:01 pm

NForce 2.

when i got one of those, the days of me crossing my fingers when installing VIA drivers were over

however, i still have a rock solid AMD761 that has been running 5 yrs.

ZYFER · Post by **ZYFER** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:49 pm

As I have systems with different chipsets, Nvidia has won the overall stability/performance round with Via coming in a close second followed by Intel. Sis is so far behind, it can't see the others so it thinks it is the only one who makes chipsets.

GuardianAsher · Post by **GuardianAsher** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:26 am

Can I change my vote? When I started this thread, I swore up and down by VIA. But now, nForce has taken over the lead spot. nForce 2 Ultra, nForce 3 Ultra, both the best chipsets ever. VIA is still in second, though. I have a Shuttle MK40VN with a KM400A chipset that carries it's weight, but my nForce chipsets have run circles around VIA.