Shortcomings Revealed in nForce4 SLI Redux 93
EconolineCrush writes "Slashdot recently covered the launch of NVIDIA's nForce 4 SLI chipset for Intel processors, and although early reviews fawned over the chipset's performance, closer examination reveals several shortcomings that the initial wave of coverage failed to document. Problems with stability, drivers, and the chipset's oft-praised hardware-accelerated firewall and Gigabit Ethernet controller escaped the scrutiny of many reviews."
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Clarification (Score:3, Informative)
So... what he was saying is that an Intel user may be disapointed by the Nforce 4's shortcomings, but an AMD user is acustomed to this level of quality, still good just not the best.
Re:Shortcomings of the reviewer (Score:5, Informative)
Incidentally:
It's hard to be both most important and second-most important at the same time. Yet this is apparently a feat both AMD and Intel have managed. I guess this is a byproduct of their research into quantum computers. ("Alright! We're on top! Oh shit, I just changed our importance by measuring it.")nForce4 for Intel != nFroce4 for AMD (Score:5, Informative)
I reviewed one of these nForce machines (Score:4, Informative)
We did request SLI, but HP sent a single card system because they told us SLI wasn't quite ready.
I have another system on my review schedule from another vendor, and when we suggested they ship us an SLI system, they backed off.
Looks like SLI isn't quite ready for prime time.