Originally posted by: Crusader
Originally posted by: Zebo
Intel chipsets are still #1 stability
Why you say that? Sounds like urban legend to me. The stabilty testing I've seen at Toms and other places intel seems to crash a lot. Besides they recall whole chipsets a lot leading me to beleive something is seriously wrong with thier chipsets.
I think that xtknight summed it up best recently in the
intel thread within gen hardware-
Originally posted by: xtknight
If it weren't for Intel's x86 CPUs, I doubt AMD would have any either. I'd still buy an Intel CPU+Intel Chipset for beginners. They are simply a more stable platform. In my experience, the nForce 4 isn't as stable either. VIA paled in comparison when it comes to stability. We won't even get into SiS. BSODs are rampant on my Athlon 64 system compared to my Pentium 4 one. Rampant, of course, is relative. nForce 4 IDE drivers are awful (NCQ corruption, BIOS incompatibilities causing BSODs). My Diamond Max 10 drive won't detect half of the time on boot-up. If I overclock 1 MHz in the BIOS, it refuses to POST whatsoever (at least it used to). Linux will not install without APIC disabled either. If Intel made chipsets for AMD CPUs, that would be like the second coming of Christ.
I greatly respect xtknight and seeing him post exactly my thoughts on Intel stability was good. In my experience, the Nforce2+ made AMD finally usable to a broad degree. Though I'd still agree with xtknight in that in ultimate stablility and compatiblility (ram ect).. Intel cant be beat.
Some Nforce4 links in response to people calling shens on Intel chipsets > AMD/NV Nforce
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=27&threadid=1796279&enterthread=y
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=29&threadid=1796428&enterthread=y
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=29&threadid=1771160&enterthread=y
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=29&threadid=1654288&enterthread=y
And its good to mention that while Intel might be the fastest all the time, they make the best mobile platform going, most of the older enthusiasts with a lot of experience would agree that Intel chipsets are still the most stable.
They make great stuff, theres no doubt.
Nvidia has been the best thing to ever happen to AMD. But as much as I recognize Nvidias superb engineering and support (in all their products), I'd be hard pressed to ever say that the leading AMD chipset (NF4) would typically top Intels efforts.
If there is ANY "urban legends" going around for any company, its AMD not Intel.. IMO even the performance advantage is given way too much of a blank check.
I think this thread and most of the reactions to this chip are testament to that blind eye that is frequently turned to Intel products.
And finally my rig is a A64 3200+ (venice), 7800GT, DFI SLI NF4, 1GB, 400GB Seagate 7200.9 RAID-0 ect and so on so no bias against AMD here at all. Just clear eyes and an open mind!
I'd build with this chip for myself without doubt, and its my low end budget pick.