SHUTTLE – Shuttle SN41G2 nForce2 IGP Review @ The Tech Report

The Tech Report has put together an excellent review of the Shuttle SN41G2 (nF2 IGP/MCP-T) - don’t miss this one:

“let’s talk for a second about why this chipset and this little PC go together so well. First and foremost, the spec table doesn’t mention the fact that nForce2 has dual banks of DDR memory, for more memory bandwidth than any competing Athlon chipset. This extra memory bandwidth helps make nForce2 faster than its competitors, but more importantly, it enables NVIDIA to graft a GeForce4 MX graphics core into the north bridge chip and get very decent performance. The GeForce4 MX core includes dual RAMDACs and a video encoder, so Shuttle is able to give the SN41G2 dual VGA outputs and an S-Video out without additional support chips. The nForce2′s IGP has, hands down, the best performance, features, and video signal quality I’ve ever seen in an integrated graphics solution. This should come as no shock, since NVIDIA has been a graphics leader for a few years now.…So what more can I say? This is one of the coolest products we’ve seen in a long time, and it’s just the latest in a long line of cool XPC systems. Shuttle has defined a market and is edging ever closer to perfecting its products in that market. The SN41G2 is innovative, stylish, and will make your buddies jealous. At about $360, it’s not a bargain, but it is a decent deal. Shuttle says SN41G2s should be available “shortly” after today. I expect for a lot of folks, that’s not a moment too soon. “

Full review: Shuttle’s XPC SN41G2 mini-barebones system @ tech-report.com
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