ImJacksAmygdala said:I think its just too late for the Nforce4 and I could care less what Drew Henry has to say. I sent a letter to him through the Inq aswell. He will just feed us some bullshit marketing line, but the message is already crystal clear. Nvidia is nerfing the nforce line of chipsets for the OEMs to cut down on costs and increase sales while offering enthusiasts SLI which is a Nvidia brand dual graphics solution ONLY which will also increase Nvidia sales. No thanks, there are other dual graphic card solutions aimed at the enthusiast market.
I'm seriusly considering the K8T890pro if its dual graphics solution is not video card brand specific and allows ATI or any other PCIexpress video card. What happens if we see another FX line in the future?
So where does this leave AMD64 users or other gamers that want to go AMD64?
Well I just hope that Intel's HD Audio (aka Azalia) causes Creative Labs to rethink the competition. Many users will stick with Intels onboard sound solution and Creative Labs will hopefully have no choice but to respond with a sound card that can compete with the feature set including DDlive 5.1 encoding, atleast Tom's Hardware believes that an audio war could be in the making.
http://www6.tomshardware.com/consumer/20040813/index.html
http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/hdaudio.htm
Despite how many HTPC enthusiasts feel about Creative Labs, I'm more interested in using it more for gaming than for movies. I think Creative could make a more dedicated solution with less of a CPU performance hit for gaming than Intels HD Audio. I plan on using the SPDIF out to a home theater audio amplifier and speakers so I'm not as concerned about the crappy DACs although I think Creative could do a better job than Intel's HD audio. I really think Creative labs has no choice but to repond due to the fact it is Intel pushing this.
http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=572
Ironically this competition would finally give AMD64 users a simular solution should Creative Labs repond with a simular sound card that provides DDlive 5.1 encoding. When that happens I will seriously consider the K8T890pro or maybe the Nforce4 SLI chipsets.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?threadid=459434&perpage=20&pagenumber=1
Anyone hear anything about Audigy3 HD Audio?
the main thing is why would he be adressing a dead issue there is a small light of hope that the soundstorm apu might arise like a phenox form the ashes so to speak then again mabe not the thing is we dont yet know soo stay tuned