The FiringSquad have thrown up their review of Nvidia's nForce3 250GB motherboard! Here's a snip.
Much like the original nForce chipset, NVIDIA?s early 64-bit chipset efforts got off to a slow start with nForce3 150 and nForce3 Pro 150. The chipset lacked native Serial ATA support, relying instead on an external controller. In comparison, VIA?s K8T800 was more feature-rich and offered better performance, making it the early favorite among Athlon 64 users. Now NVIDIA is back again with its follow-up to nForce3 150, dubbed nForce3 250. Whereas nForce3 was originally intended to compete in the workstation segment with nForce3 Pro 150, and eventually adapted to serve the needs of the consumer in nForce3 150, NVIDIA?s nForce3 250 merges the needs of the workstation segment (where features and performance often take a back seat to stability and reliability) with the speed and eye-catching features consumers want to see in a motherboard.
As its name implies, nForce3 250 builds on the roots of nForce3 150, but NVIDIA has incorporated many design changes and new features. The result is a product that is intended to restore NVIDIA?s position as the leader on AMD?s 64-bit platform. We?re here today to go over all the changes and provide a picture of the new platform?s performance. Does nForce3 follow nForce2?s lead of delivering a new scale beyond its predecessor? Read on to find out!
nForce3 250GB
Much like the original nForce chipset, NVIDIA?s early 64-bit chipset efforts got off to a slow start with nForce3 150 and nForce3 Pro 150. The chipset lacked native Serial ATA support, relying instead on an external controller. In comparison, VIA?s K8T800 was more feature-rich and offered better performance, making it the early favorite among Athlon 64 users. Now NVIDIA is back again with its follow-up to nForce3 150, dubbed nForce3 250. Whereas nForce3 was originally intended to compete in the workstation segment with nForce3 Pro 150, and eventually adapted to serve the needs of the consumer in nForce3 150, NVIDIA?s nForce3 250 merges the needs of the workstation segment (where features and performance often take a back seat to stability and reliability) with the speed and eye-catching features consumers want to see in a motherboard.
As its name implies, nForce3 250 builds on the roots of nForce3 150, but NVIDIA has incorporated many design changes and new features. The result is a product that is intended to restore NVIDIA?s position as the leader on AMD?s 64-bit platform. We?re here today to go over all the changes and provide a picture of the new platform?s performance. Does nForce3 follow nForce2?s lead of delivering a new scale beyond its predecessor? Read on to find out!
nForce3 250GB
