NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb Preview - Short Media

Do not mistake present nForce3 boards with the nForce3 250Gb. The nForce3 chipset is changing and current production models on the market are nForce3 150 and 150 Pro versions. The nForce3 250 and 250Gb chipset most appeal to enthusiasts who want it all. It isn’t for every user and that’s the reason for the 150, 150 PRO, 250 and 250Gb models along with NVIDIA’s nForce3 Go150 series for mobile users. NVIDIA nForce3 250Gb could be most beneficial in workstation environments in multimedia houses. In graphic design and multimedia work there is the absolute need for data integrity and fast and fat PC to PC connections. No one wants to here "bork" or wait longer than a few minutes to transfer large data files. This is where NVIDIA could gain a strong foothold. They would stand to benefit with an aggressive move into this area as the 250Gb will support Athlon 64 or Athlon 64 FX processors.

For the home user the safety of the NVIDIA Firewall comes only in the 250Gb flavor. NVIDIA made a good impression with their firewall which was easy to use for the novice user and extensive enough for the seasoned veteran. Security is more costly but has a strong appeal and the NVIDIA marketing department knows this. NVIDIA have opened up their technology to antivirus software producers to further enhance security and data integrity. NVIDIA were quick to comment that a majority of the reasons for firewall protection are due to incidents within the network of a workplace rather than from outside attacks. It seems our co-workers aren’t as trustworthy as we may have once thought. The home user can also benefit from the data integrity of NVIDIA RAID. It would be disasterous to lose a hard drive and precious data with it.

No doubt that enthusiasts will take a shine to all the bells and whistles but may miss the audio quality and features that NVIDIA SoundStorm brought. SoundStorm will resurface but in a different form. For now users have to be content with AC’97…

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