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Nvidia nForce 5 series question

Name: Cobra_R
Date: August 18, 2006 at 17:05:36 Pacific
OS: Windows XP Pro
CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon X2 4600+/2GB
Product: Custom

Comment:

Why didn't the Nivdia nForce 5 seires make a big splash unlike the Nvidia nForce 4 series did? I notice that there was a lot more coverage when the Nvidia nForce 4 series came out, more so then the Nvidia nForce 5 series. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ OC 2.7ghz 2GB Dual Channel DDR 3200 Nvidia 7900GT SATA II 2x 200gig 7200rpm 16mb cache RAID-0 Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI

Name: jam
Date: August 18, 2006 at 17:25:38 Pacific

Reply:

My guess is it's because the AM2 platform hasn't made a big splash....

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Whats neat about the 5 series is that its a versatile chipset compatible with both platforms, AMD and intel, smart move by nvidia if you ask me. Prescott 2.8Ghz Oc'ed @ 3.6Ghz; 5:4 ratio Abit Is7-E Motherboard, i865-PE Chipset Muskin pc3200 Enhanced, 412Mhz; 2.5-3-3-6 Pny 6800nu; 430Mhz 820Mhz; 16p,5vp Two 36Gb Raptors in raid0 a

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