NVIDIA nForce4 - Platform of Choice for AMD64, Says X-bit Poll

A recent poll at X-bit labs web-site identified NVIDIA’s nForce4-series of core-logic as the most popular among PC enthusiasts among all chipsets for AMD Athlon 64 breed of processors that support PCI Express bus. The poll also indicated that competing VIA’s PCI Express core-logic was to be accepted by a very small margin of enthusiasts.

According to the results of a recent survey, roughly 77% of respondents would choose a mainboard based on NVIDIA’s nForce4 chipsets if they had to pick up a PCI Express-supporting platform for AMD64 processors just now. Approximately 12% of surveyed would choose ATI RADEON XPRESS 200-series mainboard, whereas VIA K8T890-based solution would be chosen by 6% of hobbyists, which is well below the company’s historical share in the AMD market in general and acceptance among enthusiast market in particular. Platform solutions from SiS and ULi are also not popular among X-bit labs readers and only about 3% and 2% of those participated in the survey respectively would buy them or something similar.

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