Maxit Mag - nForce 590 Intel edition to go head to head with Intel 975X

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nForce 590 Intel edition to go head to head with Intel 975X

Written by WoobiaEroveva

Tuesday, 27 June 2006 09:37

It's a known fact that Intel makes the best chipsets for their own processors. No one else has been able to offer the same combination of speed and reliability of Intel chipsets. However all that could be about to change with the release of nVidia's new chipset dubbed nForce 590 SLi Intel edition. nVidia's last stab at making chipsets for Intel CPUs was with the nForce 4 chipset, and to be honest they didn't have much success with it. Appalling overclocking capabilities and stability issues were only some of the problems that the chipset was plagued with.

This time round, it seems that nVidia may have a winner. The chipset is aimed to compete with Intel's latest offering - the top of the line 975X chipset. The 975X has been around for a few months now and most of the bugs have been ironed out. However previews of the nForce 590 look promising. There are no boards at present which utilise the new chipset, but fortunately AnandTech have been able to run a few tests on a pre release reference board. The chipset supports all previous Intel LGA775 CPUs and is reported to support the upcoming range of Core 2 Duo CPUs.

We'll keep you updated and will hopefully be able to torture a sample pretty soon, so stay tuned!!

The full preview can be read over at AnandTech.

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