is the nfroce chipset good.. does it worth it to buy a mobo with nfroce , if not .what chipset would you guys recommend?

nFroce chip is a higher level of nVidia. I think that GeForce4 TI 4600 is good enough already.

a higher level? what???? nForce is "affordable" performance gfx "card", its onboard video, I would never buy a mobo with onboard video. you said chipset? what or actually which type do you mean? like system chipset?

I said it wrong... i meant that GeForce is a higher level of nForce... my fualt...

The nVidia nForce is a motherboard chipset made by nVidia for the Athlon line of processors, specifically the Athlon XP. The two big selling features are the dual-channel DDR memory support and the integrated Geforce 2 MX graphics. The integrated graphics are no good by today's standards, so that is no longer much of a selling point. The dual channel DDR support requires exactly two sticks of DDR RAM, and even then, a VIA KT266a chipset motherboard has better memory performance. Basically, it is not worth it as it is slower than the last generation VIA boards, and the integrated video is slow compared to today's new video cards, and made slower because it runs off of system memory. On the other hand, nVidia will soon be releasing the nForce2 chipset. This chipset also supports dual channel memory, all this time it supports 400 Mhz DDR 3200 RAM instead of 266Mhz DDR 2100 RAM. This boost performance. Also, this time there is the option to get the board without integrated video, saving money. If you still want integrated video, you can get an integrated Geforce 4 mx, which really isn't all that good. It also comes with built in land and some special media processor or something that decodes 6 channel sound in hardware or something cool like that. It also comes with USB 2.0, and I think it might have Firewire support too, but I am not sure. I would reccommend not buying a motherboard based on the original nForce as you can get a KT266a or KT333 by VIA in new mobos and get better performance. Also, if you do not mind waiting a while, you can get an nForce 2, which, if nVidia gets it right, will be superior to any other motherboard for the AMD platform running DDR 400. And no, the nForce is NOT a graphics card, and even if it was, it would be a geforce 2 mx, which in no way can beat a ti4600. There is currently no nVidia card on the market that is more high-end than the GF4 ti4600. This excludes the professional cards, of course, but those really aren't any good for gaming, only CAD and things like that.

well, Froggx pretty much covered it, good job

thanks.. froggx.but now im a little sad becuse i own and msi k7n420 pro .. with and xp2100.. also i have samsung ddr 2700 ,so that means im not taking advantege of my ddr memory? i mean the (2700) even though i dont know , what that stands for! any help would be apreciated