nForce news

Hi there... I have both good and bad news for people who are waiting for or considering to buy nForce mainboards.

1) Check out <A HREF="http://www.msicomputer.com" target="_new">http://www.msicomputer.com</A>. It has a "sneak preview" of its upcoming nForce board: MS-6373. As far as I know, this is the first announced nForce board. If anyone else knows about other links to other products, please inform...

2) I just talked to the people at the main OEM Amd company in my country [it's small company and the people there are very friendly..] They told me that although nVidia denies any delays in nForce chipsets, they do expect a delay but they don't know how long it will be. They expect to receive a sample mobo from one of the manufacturers they represent in a week. I'll certainly try to be there when they receive it.

3) They also expect to sell MS-6373 around $200, but they do not have a price yet.

In short, it's coming but it will take some time. IMHO It will certainly have bugs as they are implementing so many new technologies, especially the new AGP 8X standard. These came out during a talk about my intended upgrade and they recommended me to go with an AMD 761 or Via KT266 chipset mainboard which are very stable in their opinion and I decided to follow their advice. I will also follow Tom's advice and buy MS-6380 as one of the two best boards for the Via KT266 chipset...

J