SHUTTLE - Small PCs feel the nForce2

ZDNet has an article on Shuttle’s new barebones system, the SN41G2, based on NVIDIA’s nForce2 IGP and MCP-T. Matt Loney asks if this is ‘the most powerful small form factor PC around’.

‘The growing trend towards smaller PCs got a fillip on Tuesday when motherboard manufacturer Shuttle launched its long-awaited small form factor PC based on Nvidia’s nForce2 chipset.

The significance of the launch is that the Shuttle motherboard within the PC uses the version of Nvidia’s chipset that has integrated graphics, in the shape of the GeForce 4MX graphics processor, capable of driving dual VGA displays. Previous small form factor PCs from Shuttle — collectively known as XPCs — have used less powerful VIA graphics (for versions housing AMD processors), or SIS graphics (for those with Intel processors).“When we originated the XPC concept, we could only dream of chipsets like the nForce2,” said Ken Huang, director of XPC development at Shuttle. Use of the nForce2 chipset enabled Shuttle to build in an 8x AGP slot for upgrading the graphics, as well as USB 2.0 ports. Three Firewire ports are also included.

As integration increases — networking, USB, Firewire and sound as well as graphics are all now routinely built into the latest motherboards — small form factor PCs have increased in popularity.‘

Full article: Small PCs feel the nForce2 @ zdnet.co.uk
More details: Shuttle.com