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Best Price Performance
This graphics is great! It has outstanding price performance and complete functions.
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PC Modding (Malaysia)
Editors' Choice
" After going through this review and the benchmark results in the previous pages, you should be clear that this Gigabyte K8NXP-9 definitely is a top high end nForce4 Ultra."
February 15, 2005
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“The MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum motherboard is any overclocker’s dream motherboard. It offers rock solid stability even when running at 250HTT around the clock!” |
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Hardwarezone(Singapore)
" Its inclusion of Firewire and an eight-channel audio codec with S/PDIF output support makes it an ideal choice for video editing enthusiasts while its support for as many as 12 hard drives make it suitable for those wanting a low-cost file server based on affordable SATA and IDE drives. ...its versatility makes it a rather attractive consideration for those who prefer to have everything in one solution. "
June 12, 2005
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Hardwarezone (Singapore)
Shuttle XPC SN25P
NF4 desktop
The Shuttle XPC SN25P is based on the popular nForce 4 chipset for AMD Athlon 64 processors. With performance figures on par with desktop systems, this SFF can support the latest high-end graphics cards without a hitch thanks to its 350W SilentX power supply. A desktop replacement SFF anyone?
(March, 2006)
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Hardwarezone (Singapore)
ECS KN1 SLI Extreme
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI
Before NVIDIA's nForce4 SLI X16 drove prices of the nForce4 SLI down, the ECS KN1 SLI Extreme has long been delivering premium performance at budget friendly prices. As one of the best motherboards in ECS' 2005 line-up, the KN1 SLI Extreme delivers on all fronts - price, performance and features alike.
(March, 2006)
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Hardwarezone (Singapore)
ABIT Fatal1ty AN8 SLi
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI
From the self-proclaimed masters of gaming comes an nForce4 SLI motherboard that is designed to be the ultimate gaming platform. While ABIT has a whole range of Fatal1ty endorsed motherboards, the A8N SLi takes the cake for performance with the Guru Panel delivering easy access to advanced enthusiast functions.
(March, 2006)
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Hardwarezone (Singapore)
DFI LANParty UT nF4 Ultra-D
NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra
Without any doubt, the LANParty UT nF4 Ultra-D was one of the most interesting motherboards to hit the market in 2005. One of the few boards at the time to deliver dual PCIe graphics and extra voltage, this was the enthusiasts favorite board capable of modding to support SLI.
(March, 2006)
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Hardwarezone (Singapore)
Shuttle XPC SN25P
NF4 desktop
The Shuttle XPC SN25P is based on the popular nForce 4 chipset for AMD Athlon 64 processors. With performance figures on par with desktop systems, this SFF can support the latest high-end graphics cards without a hitch thanks to its 350W SilentX power supply. A desktop replacement SFF anyone?
(March, 2006)
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Hardwarezone (Singapore)
MSI P4N Diamond
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition
Perhaps the best board out of MSI's stables in 2005, the P4N Diamond received a full 5 out of 5 stars from us and also received our Most Overclockable Product Award for its extreme overclocking capabilities. Going the Intel route has never looked so good.
(March, 2006)
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MSI K8N Diamond
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI
The first motherboard to bear MSI's Diamond branding, the K8N Diamond came with high-end features never before seen in its time. It was also one of the pioneers to introduce heatpipe cooling for motherboard components and responsible for setting the standards of enthusiast nForce4 SLI boards.
(March, 2006)
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Hardwarezone (Singapore)
Shuttle XPC SN25P
NF4 desktop
The Shuttle XPC SN25P is based on the popular nForce 4 chipset for AMD Athlon 64 processors. With performance figures on par with desktop systems, this SFF can support the latest high-end graphics cards without a hitch thanks to its 350W SilentX power supply. A desktop replacement SFF anyone?
(March, 2006)
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Hardwarezone (Singapore)
ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16
The ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe closed 2005 with a bang as one of the most desirable motherboards for any AMD enthusiast. The top-end nForce4 SLI X16 chipset is given the ASUS touch of quality engineering, ultra-silent cooling and topped off with an 8-phase power circuitry for unrivaled stability.
(March, 2006)
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Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Quad Royal
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16 Intel Edition
Using the new nForce4 SLI X16 Intel Edition chipset, Gigabyte delivers the true meaning of multi-GPU technology well ahead of its time. The GA-8N-SLI Quad Royal is the first and only motherboard today with support for a quad x8 PCIe SLI configuration (that is four graphics cards if you were counting).
(March, 2006)
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OC Workbench (Singapore)
EPoX 8NPA SLI mainboard is based on the NVIDIA NF4 SLI chipset supporting 2 x PCI-Ex8 graphics card for best gaming performance....if you have been cursing and swearing why you bought the S754 processor at a premium, all is not lost. EPoX comes to the rescue with the first board that supports SLi on S754 board.
(September 13, 2005)
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OC Workbench (Singapore)
“With this first S754 GeForce 6100 board, the board's performance seems to be quite good considering it is an integrated chipset. In fact, when we paired it up with a 6600GT card, the performance is as good as the NF4 SLi S754 board we tested before.” |
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Hardwarezone(Singapore)
" First off, the NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition chipset was certainly able to match all the hype, setting new performance margins for the Pentium 4 platform. Throughout our benchmarking, it consistently scored better than the reference Intel 925XE Express board with a 5% average lead. This is a milestone in chipset history as Intel has finally been dethroned by a third party chipset. "
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" With SLI, ActiveArmor, DualDDR2, and SATA II, nForce4 SLI Intel Edition brings more than just raw performance to the table. NVIDIA has a champ on their hands and if retail performance is anything like what we've seen from the [Gigabyte] GA-8N-SLI Royal, we anticipate the 'Green eye' to quickly saturate the high end Pentium 4 market. "
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" After a conclusive review and testing of the [NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition-based] MSI P4N Diamond, we cannot help but be impressed with MSI's latest motherboard. From its quality design to abundant features, from its innate performance to massive overclockability, the MSI P4N Diamond is a gem of a find deserving of full honors. "
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Hardwarezone(Singapore)
“With the addition of SLI to the SFF platform, the SN26P instantly rises to the top of the performance pecking order, matching that of the best PC systems available now. For the LAN gaming junkie, this is one machine that will leave your competitors in the dust.” |
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“The K8N-SLI is an excellent motherboard and well worth a look for anyone wishing to build a budget gaming system. The board’s general performance was superb and it did well when compared to the competition.” |
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“What is really important about the GeForce 6100 series isn't its improved graphics core or mediocre 3D performance, but its great multimedia capabilities. Coupled with HD Audio support from the Azalia controller, the GeForce 6150 would really be an ideal solution for a compact, integrated and cost-effective digital home solution.” |
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" From what we've seen so far, the P5ND2-SLI Deluxe chalks up another win for ASUS scoring strong on features with first-rate gaming performance. The P5GD2-SLI Deluxe is not only an excellent piece of gaming hardware, it is to the Pentium what the A8N-SLI Deluxe should have been for the Athlon. "
June 24, 2005
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Australian PC User
While Intel’s 945 and 955X chipsets looked to follow on from the reliable 865 series, NVIDIA’s nForce4 SLI chipset adds in lots of extras.
January 2006, page 57
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Australian PC World (Australia)
NVIDIA nForce4 chipset
GeForce 6600 GT PCIe (Leadtek)
PC World Best Buys (A$1,500-3,000 PC)
“Powerful computing on a shoestring budget. A great all-rounder at a low price, giving you excellent "bang for your buck!"
December 2005, page 82
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Australian PC World (Australia)
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI chipset
GeForce 7800 GTX (Alienware Aurora 7500)
PC World Best Buys (over A$3,000 PC)
“The Aurora 7500 will lighten your wallet considerably, but gamers will love how it out-muscles and outruns all comers."
December 2005, page 82
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Australian PC World (Australia)
NVIDIA nForce4 (ABIT)
PC World Best Buys (AMD Motherboard category)
December 2005, page 91
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APC (Australia)
“The company’s decision to go with an nForce4 SLI motherboard and dual-core Opteron processors means that it can use the workstation to showcase some of the most cutting-edge technology available today. This is a great system now, and it’s shaping up to get even better.” |
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Atomic MPC (Australia)
“If you want a powerful, solid platform for one rather beastly machine, discounting the AC’97 audio with eight SATA channels, four DIMM slots, dual gigabit Ethernet and myriad other features, this motherboard brings the premium beef home. Lovely!” |
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PC Authority (Australia)
“All in all, it’s a mighty machine…” |
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Overclockers(New Zealand)
" Personally, I think the real benefit for SLI is giving users the option to upgrade sometimes down the road. They can simply drop in another identical VGA for a nice performance increase. This is a more economical way of upgrading than buying a new mid-high end VGA every 6 months. "
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China Information World (China)
NVIDIA SLI is a matured technology. SLI 16X is based on dual architecture hence has unprecedented bandwidth.
(November 15, 2005)
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China Information World (China)
Best Price Performance
These SLI motherboards are supposedly high-end products. However they are priced reasonably and have a terrific price performance advantage.
(September 13, 2005)
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IT168 - China
nForce4 SLI 16X
Outstanding Technology Award - Chipset
" Based on the design of nForce 4 SLI, nForce 4 SLI X16 has outstanding performance on OC capability and stability."
November, 2005
nForce4 SLI X16 is the best chipset available in 2005.
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PCPOP - China
Editor Choice Award
" SLI show the leadership of NVIDIA. This has allowed NVIDIA to get the licensing agreement from Intel. Compared with Intel 925XE chipsets, nForce4 SLI Intel Edition has more than 3% improvement in performance.
Intel users have now a choice of the super performance brought by SLI... We believe nForce4 SLI Intel Edition will also be the next hot product in the MB market in the near future. "
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DigiTimes Lab - 1
Editor Choice Award
“NVIDIA nForce Series products is focused on performance and features; not on price. The industry is just amazed that NVIDIA has managed to establish its own nForce brand within a short span of less than 4 years. We marvel at NVIDIA’s chipset RND capabilities.”
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DigiTimes
"NVIDIA is not worried of the competition in the Intel-platform market because it is the first chipset provider to introduce SLI technology to the Intel platform through nForce4 SLI Intel Edition. Both Intel and mobos are very supportive of this product. ”
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DigiTimes
"Benefiting its clear leadership in GPUs, NVIDIA aggressively goes for Intel chipset market with its unique SLI technology and marketing strategy. The outstanding performance of nForce4 SLI Intel Edition makes this a attractive product even if its price is much higher than other offerings in the market. ”
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Commercial Times
"According to Mercury, NVIDIA has 48% of the AMD K8 platform market in Q4 2004 (shipment is about 2M units), and 80% of the PCI-E products. The industry predicts that the shipment of chipsets for AMD platforms will increase; thanks to the increasing shipment of K8 CPUs. ”
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Oc.com
"The most powerful Intel platform is with NVIDIA’s nForce4 SLI Intel Edition. All NVIDIA’s nForce partners participated in the new product launch to demonstrate their support of NVIDIA. They also showcased their motherboard products adopting nForce4 SLI Intel Edition. ”
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Australia PC (APC)
"I've been testing the system and I am impressed. It's a very nice offering. We are currently trying to get our hands on an Intel 955X reference system to compare it with, but it has been nice to see SLI running on a Pentium-based platform ”
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Technoa(Korea)
“The brand new NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition showed outstanding performance during the test. Can it also take Intel market following AMD? It will be definitely welcomed in high-end PC market since it provides better performance and specification compared to Intel 925XE main board system.” “The launching of NVIDIA nForce4 Intel Edition would be a big pressure to the ATI since the sales of Intel based system is bigger than the AMD based system in the world’s CPU and system market.” “The fact that nForce4 SLI system supports dual graphics is also will threaten ATI in the high-end graphics card market because ATI doesn’t have main board chipset nor VGA that provide dual graphics environment.”
“The world leading main board companies including Abit, ASUS, Biostar, Chaintech, DFI, ECS, Epox, Foxconn, Gigabyte, MSI etc. announced adoption of nForce4 SLI Intel Edition and many system builder and high-end PC manufactures mentioned producing it as well. Therefore, I’m sure that NVIDIA nForce4 Intel Edition will raise the value and popularity of NVIDIA and also have a success in the high-end market.”
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Kbench(Korea)
“We test changing rate as Antialiasing 4x and Anisotropic Filtering 8x, single mode rate is decreased when increase AA and AF with 1024x768 resolution but SLI mode got a incredible rate that exceed the average 60 frames at 1600x1200 high resolution” “NVIDIA’s the first Intel based product gave pretty good impression.” “We hope NVIDIA is planning to show Intel platform in various markets including notebook, multimedia PC, workstation and server that only AMD platform had been. Therefore it will be good change for customers to have various choices”
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Impress PC Watch (Japan)
"When looking at the benchmark results, compared to the Intel 925XE, the nForce 4 SLI Intel Edition is clearly superior to its rival. Its support for DDR-667 provides a big benefit. Although sales numbers so far are small, DDR2-667 is already encountering a shortage in Akihabara. There is no question that the combination of the nForce4 SLI Intel Edition and DDR- 667 memory extracts the best that the Pentium 4 platform has to offer. However, compared to Intel 925XE-based motherboards that can be obtained at around 10,000 yen (~$100), nForce4 SLI Intel Edition based motherboards crosses the 30,000 yen threshold (~$300)." "That said, for enthusiasts craving high end components, it can't be considered a huge investment. At least until the dual-core supported Intel 955X/945 series are available, it is the most advanced chipset, and even for existing P4 CPU's it delivers great peformance and is poised to be a very popular product.”
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ITmedia PCUpdate (Japan)
"For users with an LGA775-based CPU that want the best 3D gaming performance, nForce4 SLI intel Edition based motheboards is a great choice. If you're looking to build an SLI PC from scratch, then the Athlon 64+nForce4 SLI combo might be cheaper due to the memory cost difference, but that won't necessarily be the case if a PC3200 memory supported nForce4 SLI Intel Edition motherboard makes its way to the market." "From the end of last year until now, the attention-grabbing NVIDIA SLI platform was exclusive to Athlon 64, but thanks to the arrival of the nForce4 SLI Intel Edition, there's no doubt that the Pentium 4 has also re-gained prominence.”
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DigiTimes Lab(Taiwan)
"NVIDIA nForce Series products always aim at performance and features, but not price. NVIDIA spent less than four years time establishing its own nForce brand, which makes the industry marvel at the company's chipset design ability. ”
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DigiTimes Lab(Taiwan)
"It is the first that nForce4 SLI Intel Edition system enables Intel platform to double the performance of 3D games with 2 PCI-E GPUs. This helps to redeem enthusiasts’ preference to Intel line-up…… NVIDIA is really outstanding because its first Intel platform product is so marvelous and even better than Intel’s chipsets.”
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Economic Daily News (Taiwan)
"NVIDIA moves into Intel P4 platform chipset market and target 10% of this high-end performance market. Currently, 13 mobos has adopted nForce4 SLI Intel Edition supporting the new-generation DDRII, they are ASUS, Albatron, Gigabyte, Foxconn, MSI, etc.”
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DigiTimes (Taiwan)
"NVIDIA is not worried about the competition in Intel-platform market because it is the first chipset provider to introduce SLI technology to Intel platform through nForce4 SLI Intel Edition. Both Intel and mobos are very supportive on this product. ”
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DigiTimes (Taiwan)
"Benefiting from its clear leadership in GPUs, NVIDIA aggressively goes for Intel chipset market with its unique SLI technology and marketing strategy. The outstanding performance of nForce4 SLI Intel Edition make it reasonable even its price is much higher than others and very persuadable for mobos to adopt NVIDIA’s first Intel chipset product. ”
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Commercial Times(Taiwan)
"According to the report of Mercury, NVIDIA took 48% of the AMD K8 platform market in Q4 2004 (shipment is about 2M units), and 80% of the PCI-E products. The industry predicts that the shipment of chipsets for AMD platforms will increase with thanks to the increasing shipment of K8 CPUs. As the new solution for Intel platforms, Henry claimed that NVIDIA will launch chipsets for mainstream market though it is currently focusing on high-end market. ”
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Commercial Times(Taiwan)
"According to the report of Mercury, NVIDIA took 48% of the AMD K8 platform market in Q4 2004 (shipment is about 2M units), and 80% of the PCI-E products. The industry predicts that the shipment of chipsets for AMD platforms will increase with thanks to the increasing shipment of K8 CPUs. As the new solution for Intel platforms, Henry claimed that NVIDIA will launch chipsets for mainstream market though it is currently focusing on high-end market. ”
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Economic Daily News(Taiwan)
"NVIDIA moves into Intel P4 platform chipset market and target 10% of this high-end performance market. Currently, 13 mobos has adopted nForce4 SLI Intel Edition supporting the new-generation DDRII, they are ASUS, Albatron, Gigabyte, Foxconn, MSI, etc. ”
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OC.com (Taiwan)
"NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition MCP support not only P4 LGA775 CPUs, but also dual-core Intel Pentium Extreme Edition and Pentium D CPU. In addition, it is the first MCP supporting NVIDIA SLI technology on Intel platforms. nForce4 SLI Intel Edition incorporates the rendering capabilities of two VGA cards in one single system., and bring up the whole new gaming experience. ”
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OC.com (Taiwan)
"In conclusion, we can see the “killing product” GA-8N-SLI implements many powerful features. Facing Intel’s strategies including transformation of CPUs, launch of dual-core Pentium D, 6 series etc., users now have more choices, such as NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition instead of Intel chipsets.”
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Cnet.com (Taiwan)
"Mobos are generally positive about NVIDIA’s Intel platform chipset. Local mobos said the new product opens the high-end gaming market for Intel and will help Intel chipset sales. Many mobos showed up at press conference to support. MSI and ABit both said nForce4 SLI Intel Edition will account 50% of their product lines.”
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DigiTimes (Taiwan)
"Sandra Pro 2005: In the review of multimedia order set, we can see Intel with C19 overwhelms AMD with CK804. As C19 supports DDR2-667 memory, the memory performance is 11.5% better than that on K8 platform. PCMark04: C19 platform is more advantageous than CK804 platform in DT application environment.”
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D-cross.com(Taiwan)
"With nForce4 SLI Intel Edition’s spec and performance, if its price also has killer product compatibility, then it will be huge threat to Intel i925XE and the upcoming i945 and i955 chipset.”
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Digital-Info.com(Taiwan)
"NVIDIA’s engineering sample can be overclocked to provide such a powerful performance. I believe that nForce4 SLI Intel Edition not only has complete features, but its overclocking capability is also promising and stunning.”
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Poweruser.com(Taiwan)
"NVIDIA overclocked the CPU at press conference from 3.7GHz to 4.2GHz, DDR2 frequency to 800MHz, latency clock to 3-4-4-8. With this crazy set up, no matter it is the gool air conditioning or the power of the chipset, the system can still run perfectly fine.”
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DigiTimes(Taiwan)
"C19 is best performed on software that needs a lot of system resources, for example, 2D desktop, office software, multimedia playback, video transformation and compression. Consumers can use nTune to improve performance, we expect performance breakthrough with nTune.”
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USTV(Taiwan)
"Now let’s take a look of a win-win cooperation. NVIDIA currently ships over 48% of AMD core logic solutions. Adding Intel Edition is going to accelerate the growth even more. NVIDIA is looking forward to making the products available for all Intel markets. NVIDIA launched SLI technology previously, which doubles sales, and now with its entrance to the Intel platform, it is expected to double the sales again.”
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